Ambulance arriving

Very sad to hear.

The moment I see any idiots like this at a game this season, will be reporting it straight away. Hopefully the club and FFA ban these guys.

So apparently it was a WS fan who was the one injured, not an SFC fan like first reported.

this is what i am hearing too. he wore a black beanie and had a black and red flag*

Edited by williamn: 14/8/2012 09:02:09 PM

i love the wanderers but if anyone from the RBB started a fight they need to stay away from football, best wishes to anyone who was hurt no matter from which side i hope they recover fast, this is something we just dont need, nothing good can come out of this for anyone but i am more concerned about anyone that may be hurt

And there it is....

Still think cultures have nothing to do with it?

also i am sure i speak for 99% of people when i say no one who supports the wanderers wants to see this, that is not our culture pity a few people can really screw things up

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Yep. Went down once, got it back up, then it went down again :/

You think this is a culture thing, rather than a stupidity thing? :?

Even as a Wanderer fan i will say i would deserve to get hit if i went to this game and tried to put shit on the fans from the Cove.
If your there to watch the game thats all good but to go there and start shit against your rival club even though its not a game your team is playing in is just asking for trouble.
Im just pissed off because i know the media will love to throw this one on the back page of the papers.

Yeh he does because Mr know it all already knows the race of all those involved in this fight even though hes most likely not even at the game or anywhere near the incident.

Where at any stage did I say it was a race thing...I didn't. You did!!

Culture is not necessarily defined by race or even religion. I suggest you look up ALL the meanings of culture in the dictionary if you've ever seen one...

If I used the word cultured to describe a pearl does it mean it belongs to a race, religion or ethnic background? The answer is NO bozo...

Seriously dont try justifying what you said. Your clearly saying that culture was the problem here and i know for a fact the culture you are talking about is the culture of different ethnic background which then falls into the race category.
If you have these views then atleast admit it and dont talk shit or atleast explain exactly what the problem here is and why it started dont just say its thier culture but then deny it had anything to do with their background.

Initial post:


Next post:

Third post:

You tell me that third post isn't without the first two in mind - with the discussion about culture stemming from race/nationality.

Nothing more to say....

That crowd violence and injury to the child is extremely disappointing news, but it's good to hear that both clubs, supporters groups and co are onto it fast.

Maybe the positive spin, if there can be one, is atleast with it happening early and early in pre-season and the life of the club, it means the club and the RBB supporter group can seek to organise sort this out early in the club's life, well before the A-League season gets up and running and so 'reputation' won't be too harmed and indeed can continue to improve as the club and the supporter group improves in this area. And let's not pick on West Sydney or what not - It's ofcourse been a historic problem in the game, NSL or what not, Melbourne aswell as Sydney and what not and we well know the negative wider perceptions of the game that can be re-inforced by such scenes. So for all 'real supporters' they certainly do not condone this and as RBB said and I'm sure The Cove and the rest too, they seek what's best for the game as all others who support the A-League do.

All A-League supporters are stakeholders in the league and the Wanderers fans especially, in this early period, especially given the surrounding uncertainty of recent A-League past, Fury and GCU gone, GFC/Economy/Lack of Investors these days, the Wanderers fans would feel even more so I presume. Such incidents only undermine this fledgling club who's just starting to get a foothold and seeking to get it's name out there, to build it's reputation and the Wanderers fans well know, seek as much to promote and uplift the club in this regard as much anyone.



Players signed by West Sydney so far - 15 out of 23 spots, which includes just 2 out of the maximum 5 allocated VISA spots filled so far.

Some people are just plain over-reacting.

Also note - Wanderers and Poppa are forming a team at shorter notice, in a shorter timeframe and as time ticks, less of a pre-season to prepare, gel, a full squad with matches etc... than their A-League rivals for this upcoming season.

And while some start up A-League clubs in the past have been quicker to assemble squads, including late start ups like Phoenix, Poppa and co seem to insist on due diligence, trialling and what not and that seems based on experience with other A-League clubs, including Sydney FC - who do similarly these days with their VISA boys especially.

Also, just to be more boring - Poppa and co, while, yes, part of their mantra is to appeal to the fans/base, including 'a squad of local players, local state league boys etc' and 'play attractive, attacking football' the reality is that for the club to have more cut-through in their early days, they will need to see 'some level' of success, and certainly early on, atleast to be competitive, challenging Top 6 even, rather than cellar dwellars. So ofcourse this will see Poppa and co signing 'Aussies who aren't West Sydney products' like Nikolai T-S, and 'A-League rejects' (As all the A-League expansion clubs have done), and too the best VISA players possible, within budget. So this means only so many opportunities for State league boys, and those who have eventually been signed. And with VISA players it can mean players who Poppa feels he knows best, from his limited coaching career so far - Including, as he said of these two, players he's already scouted, been following for a while - presumably even via his time with Palace?

And while Poppa and co have been keen on due diligence, combing over via trial etc... they well know they only have a couple months till season start now and the sooner they get the squad together the better. And with VISA boys, it's well known that most take half a season to click into gear in this league, heck same even applies for the returning Aussies Abroad, even Kewell, so for VISA boys he may well feel - better to get these 'pre-scouted/known commodity' boys in sooner and get as much pre-season as possible in, rather than delay further through additional weeks of trialling where it's already mid-late August and that just isn't practical at this later stage of pre-season.

So again - 8 more squad places including 3 more VISA spots to fill. And, ontop of that, a whole NYL squad too, some of whom will surely feature for the Wanderers senior side during the season.

Ah well, I guess it just shows the level of anticipation for the side, with people getting so carried away with just barely 15 players or only half a squad signed.

Wow, you know for a fact that when he said one thing he meant another. Quite a superpower you have there champ, but remember to use it for good instead of evil. That means yelling racist at everyone who disagrees with you, because facts and logic have nothing to do with forming a coherent argument.

Dear Soccer and (WSW wannabe hooligans in particular),


thank you kindly


signed,
the CEOs of every other football code.
& Rebecca Wilson.

ignore this post

Edited by swarth: 15/8/2012 09:07:16 AM

Yelling racist at everyone who diagrees with me :?
If you call that a super power then i guess we all have super powers since being able to state the obvious is seen as a special power by some.

Crusader, you were saying it must be people of a certain background in another thread, grow up.

If Jason Trifiro plays, he will play much higher than that.

--------Covic
Elrich NTS Beauchamp Cole
-----Trifiro- Poljak
--------Mooy
Polenz/Appiah-Kubi------------Haliti/Minniecon
-------Kresinger/Bridge

Yep, swap Mooy and Trifiro.

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Maybe you guys could do this (using wanderers instead of chelsea) just before kickoff

Sydney United go 1-0 up just before HT. Looks like I may have to change my sig :lol:

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 22/8/2012 08:17:44 PM

Nvm

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 22/8/2012 08:53:25 PM

mark bridge on the scene to save the day

United penalty and it's saved by Tyson, but the referee orders a re-take which is put away to make it 2-1 United.