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Brodebec

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  1. As a Sydney fan I disagree - the Melbourne derby has far more passion at the moment because it has some history. According to all at SFS on Saturday it was a great atmosphere, but when I speak to my SFC friends the general vibe is still that the whole thing feels quite forced. Sure we play along, but the feeling isn't there yet. Although if the RBB continues to insist on marching past our pub to start shit then it is sure to grow.
  2. Everyone takes a swipe at us about 'bling' when it's convenient. Happy to have the tag, although it would be much nicer if we weren't holding up the table right now. At least it's helping me to develop a more measured perspective about football.
  3. The only thing working for them here is the fact that ADP hasn't had the misfortune of going to Gosford yet.
  4. http://www.smh.com.au/sport/sportsday-live-thursday-december-13-2012-20121213-2bav9.html Note item at 11:11am. Apparently ATO "moving to wind up" Newcastle Jets.
  5. The FFA are worried about appearances all of a sudden?!?! Works for me though, and I am pretty sure Posh wouldn't want to live in Perth, Brisbane or Adelaide.
  6. http://www.lagalaxy.com/news/2012/11/david-beckham-play-his-final-game-la-galaxy-mls-cup-2012 So with Beckham leaving Galaxy to "experience one last challenge before the end of my playing career" the clubs in Aus who are chasing him must have had their confidence bolstered a little. If he comes to Australia I think it will be either WSW or you folk. I hope it's Heart.
  7. There are a large number of places you would go before Parramatta if Asian fare was what you needed BUT when in Parramatta, Temasek is your friend. Funnily enough the two other places I would have suggested work with your Camp Granada gag - Eastwood and Chatswood!
  8. Temasek. http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/70/752196/restaurant/Sydney/Temasek-Parramatta
  9. To gather all the douchebags in one place and give the rest of us some peace.
  10. Sorry, I genuinely did not mean to cause offence. I will try to explain (hopefully more eloquently but think I will struggle!) why I don't feel a great rivalry with them yet. I know in Melbourne a sporting culture of intra-city rivalry is well ingrained but that's not the sporting culture I grew up with. As a young lass my most hated sporting team was the Canterbury Bulldogs because, as a Parramatta Eels fan in the 80s, my team played them in a number of grand finals and developed a "history" with them. A lot of older Parramatta fans feel the same about Manly because of the 1970s. It's been my personal experience growing up following sport in Sydney that what develops a rivalry in Sydney is a series of events, not a geographical boundary. Others might not agree but that's how I feel about it. As a result of this in season 1 of the a-league I felt no great rivalry for any team. Then we played CCM in the Grand Final. That became a rivalry which grew over a few seasons for me after I got capsicum sprayed at Bluetongue, after the epic 5-4 win which saw me sustain bruises to my legs so severe I couldn't walk the next day and after getting sick of dealing with their bogan fans. I didn't hate Victory until observing their fans beat up female friends of mine and just cause a whole load of unnecessary shit over an extended period of time. Oh and the Kevin Muscat factor. That never helped. So what I guess I am saying is the main reason I feel nothing more than curiosity about WSW is because they haven't given me a reason to hate them yet. Just being in my city isn't enough for me personally. I grew up in Western Sydney and, had they introduced a Western Sydney team from season 1, there is every chance I would have been a Wanderers fan. I feel like this rivalry is being hyped at the moment and my personal feeling is not there - hence why I called it a "manufactured" rivalry. I am certainly looking forward to the game and am happy to have two sides playing the highest level of football in my city but I don't feel about it the way I do about playing Victory or CCM. YET. I welcome the organic development of a strong rivalry though. On the arrogance front I am not sure what part of my feeling would indicate any arrogance - I certainly don't question the legitimacy of WSW or their right to exist in "my city" like so many Victory supporters seem to do with Heart. On form they are doing better than my team at the moment and they have done well in attracting members. I don't see them as insignificant and I don't think there is anything about my club that makes us inherently better than them. In summary, please don't banish me to MV.net, show some humanity! *Apologies for the essay, I am home sick and really should not be trusted with a computer and a football forum.
  11. No pissing contest necessary. Was just curious about the seemingly different approaches and being a little bit cheeky! The design of Parramatta Stadium might make it a bit easier to keep groups in. It is hard enough to get out of there when it is a large crowd and they aren't trying to keep you in the stands, let alone when they are. Have zero knowledge of our plans in this regard but my assumption would be a home derby would be the place we would do larger than normal Tifo for the "derby". Also reasonably confident ADP's home debut was considered more important. I could most definitely be wrong about this though too but the feeling around ADP's first home game was pretty special. My own feeling about this weeks "derby" is more curiosity than anything else and I know many other SFC fans feel the same. You can't manufacture a rivalry - I am sure WSW hates us more than we hate them. We have years of rivalry with other clubs, what do they have? The enemy on the other side of Homebush! I appreciate the "potential" for there to be a great rivalry here, just don't think it is a reality yet. It might be by Sunday though!
  12. Clearly not well 'ard enough then! Once they herded us into the ground level courtyard area of a function room for a "free BBQ". Only thing separating courtyard from the outside concourse was a 1.5m high glass barrier. On the other side - a large number of the dirty scums less desirable members. That was when we discovered how much the bastards love to throw coins. Good work VicPol!
  13. Do you guys not get held back when you are the away team at Etihad? When SFC plays at Etihad we always get held in the stadium for 30 minutes after and a police escort to a point far enough away from the stadium that the cops deem us to be "safe". Only thing that seems odd to me about the approach for Saturday night is that the RBB is being held, not The Cove. Makes it clear where they are expecting the trouble to come from.
  14. Bolts "walked out" eh? I love Bolton (he had his best season in the league his first season with your mob) but he had no "choice" when he left - we didn't offer him a contract. I do think that was a shit decision by the club and the only reasons I can offer are all based on rumour so don't particularly want to go into it! And I have no logical answer as to why we don't seem interested in signing a good keeper. Salary cap?
  15. Missing Bosschaart immensely and young kids are carrying McFlynn. Our defence needs attention, our midfield needs attention. Parking the bus would be the worst thing we could do (particularly when our bus is full of holes at the moment). Need to win, not draw. And yes, it would be awkward but is also entirely possible. Bridge will probably score it as well to rub salt in the wound (Although I doubt anything he does could make any of us less happy to be rid of him). Overall, rather nervous about it. Glad I am not making the trip, don't need the inevitable drama.
  16. You haven't noticed it seems - been around a while - couldn't tell you exactly when we started but there is Youtube footage of us doing it in Newcastle January 2010. In my experience it goes down like a lead balloon in The Cove so it isn't regularly done. Going to start paying taxes too then? Pretty sure YS would suffer heavily under the exchange rate from AUD to EUR - your meagre income from Aussie terraces isn't going to cover it!
  17. A great signing. Grella is a good player but one of the most valuable things he will bring to Heart is his experience and (most of the time!) maturity. For any squad with a "youth" focus it is great to have a player like that around. Congrats folks!
  18. I am a Cove member who is Melbourne based so also go to Heart games to get a regular football fix. I am genuinely interested in which songs you think we have "copied" from YS. I was rather drunk on Saturday night but am struggling to think of anything we did that night that you could claim you did first? Actually, I am struggling to think of many songs that we do that YS also do to be honest. The only "new" Cove songs I remember doing were "Rhythm of My Heart" (which is a few seasons old now and definitely NOT a YS song) and our "new" one for Del Piero which is actually just a lyric change on an old song we (and many others in the league) stole from overseas many seasons ago.
  19. 52 in the Fox Sports one. I am happy with that given I have 3 Sydney FC players in my squad!
  20. Struggling with what most high quality international players struggle with in our league - marked difference in his skill level and the skill level of those around him. Further, he has played one friendly with the team - it's going to take time for him to get used to playing alongside these people. I don't think anyone could accuse him of not giving a fuck. He seems to have had a pretty good idea of what he was going to be up against coming out here but was clearly frustrated at various points during the game which is natural. ADP aside we were truly awful on Saturday evening. Not panic stations yet though, we have traditionally been shit in the opening rounds of the season so it's business as usual for us as far as I am concerned. Will panic around round 5 if no improvement (that being said I am going up to Sydney for game next weekend so it would be nice if they could at least give it a go).
  21. Reminds me of the time they had a half time video asking all the players what their favourite meal was and the large majority said "chicken schnitzel". Oh Newcastle.
  22. If this was necessary for Western Sydney to get up and running then surely it could have been applied to all clubs.
  23. Whether or not this Ballack thing proves true, I cannot believe this has not been raised yet from that Fox Sports article (and not just for the poor use of the English language): "It is understands that the other A-League clubs made a remarkable offer in July to allow the Wanderers short-term dispensation to sign a small number of extra overseas players, given the tightness of the market in Australia." Whilst I would love to see as many quality players as we can in the A-League (preferably not wearing Navy though) it seems like a load of crap to me that WSW be given this kind of concession. Just because the FFA decided to bring them in in a ridiculously hastened fashion the rest of the clubs dole out concessions to them? My club alone already released two local players from contracts to give them to WSW without the usual compensation for player release (and yes, insert evil laugh here because of the calibre of player they took off our hands!). If I were a New Zealand Knights, Gold Coast United, NQ Fury or even Heart supporter I would be going nuts asking why this club gets so many concessions where others didn't. Yet more evidence of the Mickey Mouse nature of the administration of our sport.
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