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Don't you oppress me

Perhaps, but a plebiscite has to be done in the name of democracy given the magnitude of the issue. This crap the lefties are sprouting about the plebiscite being a bad thing is not only a load of shit, its insulting to the Australian public. Have a vote, then we can be done with the issue for good.

Exactly. I still expect us to be pretty competitive, and hopefully at least take a point given our depth in the squad.

Melbourne City to field understrength side at Morshead Park on Sunday Brendan WrigleyBrendan Wrigley @brendan_wrigley 13 Sep 2016, 5:49 p.m. Melbourne City will field a well-below full strength side when they take on the Newcastle Jets in a friendly at Morshead Park on Sunday. A number of the A-League club’s biggest names, including Tim Cahill, will not make the trip to Ballarat for the fixture ahead of the start of the home-and-away season. While coaching staff would not choose the squad until closer to the weekend, the majority of the senior A-League players would not take part in the match. While Melbourne City had originally intended to send a stronger line-up for the exhibition match, the majority of the club’s senior players will be rested ahead of Wednesday night’s FFA Cup quarter-final clash with the Western Sydney Wanderers at AAMI Park. The side which will take to the pitch on Sunday will be made up of some A-League players as well as players from the clubs youth side and the club’s National Premier Leagues side, which competes in the same competition as the Ballarat Red Devils. While the Melbourne City squad will only be in Ballarat for the day, the Newcastle Jets will arrive on Saturday evening before leaving on Monday. The Jets are also yet to name their squad which will make the journey to Ballarat for the hit-out before the beginning of the A-League season which starts on October 7. LEL. Serves the Ballarat Courier right for not doing their research; we were always going to field an understrength side given the FFA Cup tie on the Wednesday.

Absolutely agree. Tbh the biggest fuck up CFG appear to have made was signing JVS on a 3 year deal worth so much right back at the start, which has to a degree forced their hand into making the decision to let him coach on in 2016/17. 700k was always massive overs for a bloke with no coaching success whatsoever to his name. I wasnt against signing him at the time, the 6 wins in a row off the canvas was pretty good grounds to be signed on as coach, however 700k is a lot and then puts you in a compromised position if it all turns pear shaped. Exhibit 1 : Richmond FC & Damien Hardwick.

Its FFACUPCITY

Haha geez I reckon I’ve been surpassed as the Unions’ number one enemy.

Look theres no positive way to dress this result up. Losing 4-1 to Wellington is concerning no matter what the circumstances, and needs to be judged on what it is. Clearly our experimentation with three at the back is not working, but i guess we should take that for what it is - experimentation. Our defence is obviously a bit of a shambles at the minute, and fingers crossed we can get that sorted. The positives we can take out of it are 1] Cahill scored. Getting on the board early is essential for confidence, as we saw with Bruno last year. Hopefully Brandan isnt too far behind now. 2] Jakobsen to come in. Clearly at this stage we are pinning all of our hopes on him being a raging success. 3] Our marquee. Is going to need to be, and pretty confident he will be, something special. By the sounds and looks of each game we’ve played we are controlling possession but struggling to make meaningful inroads to goal, then getting caught on the counter as we press up and try and force something to happen. Hopefully this guy, be it Colazo or someone else, is either a wizard on the ball or an exceptional crosser to bring Cahill/Bruno into play. It’s not too dissimilar to what happened under Amor and Gombau at Adelaide as they struggled to adjust to the possession based style.

Nah we definitely beat Perth 2-1 behind closed doors at AAMI maybe 2 years ago. Koren scored from the spot im pretty sure

Pretty sure we've at least won two. Beat Adelaide a few weeks ago and Perth at AAMI a year or two ago.

Kinda looks like Joel Selwood...

Their victim mentality rivals that of Liverpool and Victory tbh.

Is booing a second language over there or are they just always the victim??

Not yet, stay tuned.

https://fantasy.a-league.com.au League Code : 4ENXELCA Have at it schmucks

AFL X wont be a spectator sport tho; its designed as a feelgood sport you play to get you into the market. A bit like touch rugby. Everyone scores a goal type shit.

Whats to stop someone doing a bit of photoshop with : Which of these is commonly kicked in a game of Australian Rules Football? A: Pads B: Football C: Pregnant Women D: Nothing Just a bit of humour; nothing more, nothing less

Meh, who cares. It's a bit tongue in cheek.

No i understand what you mean, but i don't think I've heard the 'all efnik kids are brats' thing much outside of Dawn.

Season 7 of Game Of Thrones will centre around Houses Miller and Trani and their titanic struggle to take control of the Seven Kingdoms of Novocastria...

From the Jets forum: From what I have heard from my sources at the club, and from talking with others with knowledge this is what occurred on the china trip leading up to todays decision, whether this is true Im not sure, this is what I have been told from my sources. McKinna had no control over this decision, wouldnt be surprised to see him walk in the coming days.- Scott was not present for the start of the china trip, only arrived an hour prior to the first match to meet with the group- Luciano was not happy that everything was dumped on him regarding preparation for this match- Luciano throughout the trip had bad mouthed Scott behind his back to other staff members, (perhaps one of the staff went back to Scott with this info?)- Second game I am to believe there was a mishap regarding the team sheet, hence why at one stage just after half time we were down to 10 and the asian team scored, I remember reading on Lawrie's twitter or instagram about a player being sent off, with no red card shown. (From previous experience filling out the team sheet is something an assistant or team manager does) - Luciano is told after this match that he is no longer required on the trip, subsequently he returns back to australia.Thats all I know from what I been told, now the rest is just pure speculation from me as to what occurred afterwards.- Trani returns back to Australia, and goes to higher ups (Ledman Group??? Board?) with his side of the story regarding what happened, Scott doesnt seem like the sort of person to hold back so he probably tore Trani a new one for not checking team sheet properly (imagine if that had occurred in an A League match)- Trani not happy he got mugged of by someone younger than him and someone he considers to have less experience - Whether or not Trani told the whole truth or added something extra to make Scott look bad remains to be known- Trani is close mates with new Chinese assistant coach, where as Scott wasnt. This Chinese coach obvs has very good connections with Ledman Group guessing Trani used this to his advantage.- perhaps the china man wasnt happy with the way Scott treated him, only adding fuel to the fire- Not sure whether Scott was given a chance to explain his side of the story, i feel the ultimatum thing might be correct or ledman have just backed Trani over Scott. Im sure stuff regarding the treatment of Cooper, Brennan and Pavicevic , along with the reluctancy to give Ma Lei Lei more minutes also contributed to Scotts dismissal.From putting all the pieces together seems Trani has knifed Scott in the back because he was sent home, now he actually might end up with a head coaching role, something which he has never had before in the A-league, maybe this why he has joined the jets, cause he knew this was the quickest route to him getting a head gig.

Nah @kingofhearts is the Vegeta to @cadete's Frieza.

Protest Chants for 90 minutes!!

Interesting stat i found on 442. Didnt know our home record in World Cup Qualifying was so good tbh: Australia's last loss in a competitive World Cup Qualifier played in Australia came in May 1981 against New Zealand. Since then Australia has a record of 43 wins, 8 draws and 1 loss in World Cup qualifiers played at home. The one loss was against China in a meaningless dead-rubber game, when Australia had already qualified for the next round with a game to spare and put the Olyroos out for a warm-up game prior to the Beijing Olympics. This includes matches against Argentina, Uruguay, Iran, Japan, Scotland, Israel and Canada, as well as smaller OFC and AFC nations.

Like Pauline Hanson, Id like to thing that Dawn isnt reflective of the common man.