A-League in the Media Thread

Discussion in 'Australian A-League' started by el-capitano, Apr 16, 2008.

  1. el-capitano

    el-capitano Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 30, 2005
    Sydney
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    Becks is back :eek:

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    http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/s...ments-after-loss/story-e6frfg8x-1226213586233
     
  2. zhuangzi

    zhuangzi Member

    Feb 7, 2008
    Australia
    Club:
    Sydney FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
  3. el-capitano

    el-capitano Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 30, 2005
    Sydney
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    You know:

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  4. el-capitano

    el-capitano Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 30, 2005
    Sydney
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    http://www.smh.com.au/sport/football/victory-looking-beyond-galaxy-20111206-1ohko.html
     
  5. el-capitano

    el-capitano Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 30, 2005
    Sydney
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    http://www.smh.com.au/sport/a-leagu...ideshow-of-a-beckham-tour-20111208-1ola0.html
     
  6. el-capitano

    el-capitano Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 30, 2005
    Sydney
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    http://www.smh.com.au/sport/a-league/foreign-trio-bottom-of-class-20111217-1ozwn.html
     
  7. zhuangzi

    zhuangzi Member

    Feb 7, 2008
    Australia
    Club:
    Sydney FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    No mention of Fergie?
     
  8. Zednaught

    Zednaught Member

    Jan 11, 2011
    Club:
    Adelaide United
    http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-new...e-set-to-quit-perth-glory-20111219-1p1sp.html

     
  9. zhuangzi

    zhuangzi Member

    Feb 7, 2008
    Australia
    Club:
    Sydney FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    Right, it's the public's fault for not turning up to watch your shitty coach drive your expensive squad into a wall every game.
     
  10. zhuangzi

    zhuangzi Member

    Feb 7, 2008
    Australia
    Club:
    Sydney FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    Channel 9 Does Violence To The Words 'Bloody Brawl'

    and

    Haters Gonna Hate

     
  11. DynamoEAR

    DynamoEAR Member+

    May 30, 2011
    HoustAtlantaDMV
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  12. Capt. Socceroo

    May 7, 2001
    Adelaide, Australia
    Club:
    Adelaide United
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    The driver? probably, the father in the article is actually very supportive of the Roar fans and very anti-police. What's encouraging these days is the response from the general public to these type of articles. Not that long ago, these Soccerphobic articles would be swallowed hook, line, sinker & copy of Angling times by the general public. If you read the responses to the article by the sokkah hating Herald Sun regarding the arrest of 16 fans (from the 26k) at the Melbourne Derby were very encouraging. It will take a whole generation of change ridding the 4th estate of types raised hostile to Soccer in this country, specifically the editors that believe that the readers 'want' top read this garbage. Like Pepsi, Soccer is the choice of the Next generation in your country and mine.
     
  13. DynamoEAR

    DynamoEAR Member+

    May 30, 2011
    HoustAtlantaDMV
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    amen.


    p.s, i am dying for our respective federations to have a friendly against one another, even though odds are, you will kick our ass.:cool:
     
  14. el-capitano

    el-capitano Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 30, 2005
    Sydney
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    As opposed to the one before the World Cup- where you kicked us. ;)
     
  15. Capt. Socceroo

    May 7, 2001
    Adelaide, Australia
    Club:
    Adelaide United
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    Yes, that sucked and IIRC it wasn't even your first XI! ouch!
    Still, we had Pim, 'play for a draw at home AND away' Verbeek in charge, don't we look so much better under Herr Holger:)
     
  16. DynamoEAR

    DynamoEAR Member+

    May 30, 2011
    HoustAtlantaDMV
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    can somebody in here tell me why the Melbourne derby has exploded so quickly?
     
  17. Capt. Socceroo

    May 7, 2001
    Adelaide, Australia
    Club:
    Adelaide United
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia

    Melburnians are famous in Australia for being ultra passionate sports fans. By contrast Sydneysiders are famous for being very blase about attending live sport - unless its an 'event game'.

    Folklore will tell you that if you move to Melbourne, a local will ask you two questions.
    1. What's your name?
    2. Who do you support? and not necessarily in that order.

    In Sydney its more like:
    1. whats your name?
    2. What school did you go to?/or Which Law firm is your daddy a partner at? ;)
     
  18. DynamoEAR

    DynamoEAR Member+

    May 30, 2011
    HoustAtlantaDMV
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I see the differences in culture between Victoria and NSW,


    but why do the Heart supporters dislike the Victory supporters so much?


    Is it demographically split or something?(example: the Milano derby is heated because the AC milan fans were originally blue collar, while Inter's were more well off.)
     
  19. Zednaught

    Zednaught Member

    Jan 11, 2011
    Club:
    Adelaide United
    No demographic split. Neither clubs have existed long enough for demographics or are based in areas of the city for different demographics.

    It's largely to do with Melbourne sporting culture- which can not be seperated from the AFL.

    Because Melbourne has 9 AFL teams (plus Geelong) the culture is very much one where you have frequent contact with supporters of other teams and thus have great opportunites to mock other teams.

    Mocking the supporters of other teams is very much part of Melbourne culture, so that naturally translates to the A-League where Heart and Victory supporters will go around giving each other shit all the time.
     
  20. DynamoEAR

    DynamoEAR Member+

    May 30, 2011
    HoustAtlantaDMV
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  21. Capt. Socceroo

    May 7, 2001
    Adelaide, Australia
    Club:
    Adelaide United
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    the following is the best description of the reasons and 'difference' between MHT & MVC;)

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    In the beginning, the PFA created the idea of the A-League. They went to the FFA and sagely proposed she deliver twin brothers for Australia’s two major population centres.

    The FFA rejected the PFA’s advice. Instead, she chose to conceive a solitary child for both Melbourne & Sydney. She wanted to spoil her beloved children, to give them every chance to grow fat and healthy on these huge markets for five years without the competition.

    When it came to find the father of the Melbourne A-League club, the FFA lifted her skirt and flirted with three suitors.
    Tony Ising, dressed in navy blue, sold the vision and laid on the charm. The FFA blushed, her eyes dilated and she quivered in anticipation. A passionate tryst ensued and a child, Melbourne Victory, was born.

    A significant chunk of Melbourne’s starved football community became smitten and for five years they helped grow a football empire. The FFA was pleased. Her Melbourne child was strong and healthy, but for the A-League to grow and improve Victory needed competition.

    Surely, she thought, there must be fans in Melbourne who had not jumped on the Victory bandwagon. So, she put her shortest skirt back on and went looking for a new father. And as a result, Melbourne Heart was born.

    So there we have it, two bastard children, as illegitimate as each other, competing in the A-League’s only legitimate derby.
    Victory, the obese, spoiled older child, versus Heart, the scrawnier, better natured little brother.
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    source:
    http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/10/22/the-melbourne-derby-when-two-brothers-go-to-war/
     
  22. zhuangzi

    zhuangzi Member

    Feb 7, 2008
    Australia
    Club:
    Sydney FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkWZyX8lmVU"]Kevin Muscat Red Card vs Melbourne Heart 22/1/11 - YouTube[/ame]
     
  23. el-capitano

    el-capitano Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 30, 2005
    Sydney
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
  24. el-capitano

    el-capitano Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 30, 2005
    Sydney
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    Mainly because Robbie Slater has called him a racist :eek:


    :D

    http://www.smh.com.au/sport/footbal...s-slater-charge-of-racism-20120116-1q3a1.html
     
  25. zhuangzi

    zhuangzi Member

    Feb 7, 2008
    Australia
    Club:
    Sydney FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    God, Robbie Slater. Thanks to your idiocy I have to stick up for Fozzie: he's not made a racist distinction you huge plank, he's outlining the fact that English coaching culture has been a dead end for close to 40 years. You can argue he's wrong about Magilton as a representative of that culture but it's not 'racist', you drooling simpleton.
     

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