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And there are two consequences beyond this. Our best players, particularly Bruno, will get little or no protection and will struggle to perform as a result. And serious fouls and resulting injuries will be more likely, and will be missed or go unpunished. Would Bobo have been sent off if simulation hadn't been in the minds of officials?

Didn't see the second half live but just watching now. Bobo should have been off and Matt Simon ought to have been close too. We were the better side, but Brandan needs to cut out the diving.

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Looks it. Someone did some great scouting. Have we found a gun centre back? Liked him pre-season at Ballarat.

Brandan, absolute screamer. One for the mixtape.

I think you might be right. what a screamer.

He has a cunning plan to confuse the opposition...

He certainly hasn't been great since he copped that crack on the head.

Colazo or rat boy on the left? I'd be thinking Colazo? That's why I couldn't work out the formation, because we appear to have two left sided players in the front three, and have left both of our right wingers out of the starting Eleven? I know, JVS...

Well we will find out how good he is tonight! Baptism of fire...

Very odd selection tonight with several usuals missing. Trying to work out the formation. Back four it looks like, but beyond that not sure.

They are always sad to watch in football. Talent to burn, talent most of us ordinary mortals would beg for, and thrown away because of their own demons. We had one at Walsall called Ishmel Demontagnac, one of the best players you'd ever see when it all came together, but a thoroughly troubled and often dangerous human being.

Well good on him, but he was only doing what he'd been told to do. But those who gave him those instructions are nowhere near apologising. Petard. Own. Hoisted. By. Excellent post.

I think it's like this. There are those of us sad obsessives who post on discussion boards who make every match they can. Then there are members like my missus who admitted that after three games in a week, she was a bit over live football. She came to the match because I was going, but I'd imagine that if we'd had a competing commitment, or it had been up to her, she'd have given it a miss. I suspect many of our members and others felt that three games in a week was too much, and they wanted or needed, for all sorts of reasons, to do something else.

The man is beyond contempt and has no self awareness. They're sledging you sunshine because you've spent weeks dragging their reputation through the mud, not least Bruno. JVS needs to put it out there next time that he reckons Brisbane players and their manager are trying to get our players penalised through simulation. We need to get into the ref's head before Aloisi does.

It's the aim of a lot of opposition players and managers to achieve this. Not sure we have a plan B if it happens.

Thank you guys! Heard that one loud and clear! And that appalling ref. Second half performance was one eyed.

And yet not a bad performance all told. We've had most of the play, hit the bar and drawn three brilliant saves. Brisbane are vile and the ref is giving us nothing.

The chant "Aloisi, what a wanker, what a wanker" scans beautifully and would be entirely appropriate. Just sayin'... Dogs abuse would be entirely justified.

As are Colazo and Franjic. Our defence looks better with both of them in it. And both can cross.

Get in. Come on you reds.

I'm leaning towards red. I gave the white shirt an outing for the Nix (squad rotation) but got to go red for this one. Might even opt for the old Heart shirt since this is a historic night.

Indeed we do. And we're much ruder too, and about the ref. Never understood the apparent embargo on being vile about your footballing neighbours in Australia....

Not so sure. I'm inexplicably optimistic...