Vuck active support throwing stuff at Barbarouses (who was being a dickhead) and at others just adds to the impression that active support in Melbourne is a bad thing. Idiots who ruin it for themselves then whinge about being treated like the dickheads they have proven themselves to be.

"But stadium security treat us like we are scum and criminals..."

Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

I don't doubt that Vic Pol and Stadium Security go over the top and treat active support bad - but seriously, how do you expect to be treated any different or be taken seriously when you make a complaint? They trot out footage like that and there you are.

All jokes aside it’s such a shame to see a club that big to be so bad. 

Started in the box? The foul wasn't making him fall over - the foul was holding the player. Like punching someone in the head in the box, but the body hit the ground outside?

As blatant a foul in the box as you will see.

Quite hilarious actually :laugh::laugh::laugh:

Another massive clear out is in order for Vuck. I can count the players who deserve to stay in one hand

LOL at Roux saying Kruse is a great leader and probably forgot to hand over the Captain's armband...

The sulky look as he had his tanty and threw the armband onto the ground said it all. If he is the leader, there is no respect for the club there.

Don't know him from a bar of soap but jeez as a player he comes across like a prat of the first order. 

And Kayo has a pic of Nabbout in a Victory shirt on the tab for the mini. Ffs Fox are clowns,but it kinda says something about how on the nose this team is. 

Whoops my bad. For some reason they have a mini from last year up there.
Doesn't changed anything I said about Foxwell though. 

https://mobile.twitter.com/FOXFOOTBALL/status/1378652909890510851
Well done Aleague. What a fantastic tribute to the old NSL days... If a few more people rocked up and there where a few flares it would almost be perfect....

They are throwing plastic bottles, not great but a player who they spent a lot of years supporting just went and celebrated in their face. Ill let that one pass, would happen anywhere in the world that gave two fucks about football..

So how many times have mvfc been battered by a rival by 3 goals or more this season?
It’s beyond embarrassing.

Brebner should quit to show a sense of dignity and respect for the club.

They are a rabble.
How many turned up tonight?  Be lucky if it was 3,000

Hmmmmmm. Just good ol' fashioned passion in the stands tonight huh?  Thank Christ they wherent waving another country's flag around.... few,  disaster averted. 
Sorry Eldar, not aimed at you, but you can imagine the comments on here if this was to happen at a non franchise game.

Well, I mean, they weren't throwing rocks through the opposition teams bus window or group charging opposition fans but sure I take your point.

Yeh he acted like a fucking tool.  The way he left us and then how he acts on socials . Seems like he doesn't know how to know act. He played for pana.  Imagine if he acted like that if he went from pana  to aek.  

Official number was 5347. Which sounds terrible (because it absolutely is), however consider the rest of the attendances so far this round:
WU v MC @ AAMI - 6104
CCM v AU - 5053
MAC v PG - 3724
BR v WSW - 4952

The 5k mark seems to be the new normal for the A-League.
The big blue number is bad, but let's face it, it's completely understandable. No one wants to see their team lose at home, and SFC is the worst team to lose a home game to.
The bigger question is why WU v MC only manage 6.1k. MC are a genuine favorite to win the comp and WU can be very competitive on a good day.
Speaks volumes about the state of the league.

And the police and stadium staff will continue to treat them all like scum, and when they examine the footage and single out the poor victims who were throwing stuff and fine and/or ban them they will cry 'fair enough - I am guilty'.

The 'world over' benchmark has no acceptance from me against violent conduct - which is what it was.

All plastic bottles until someone loses an eye ;)

Couple of weeks ago I said they should ride it out with him as the consequences for finishing bottom are zilch, just start over next season, but looking at the ladder and seeing this club sitting on 8 points is laughable, looking at the remaining 8 games I don’t see a win anywhere, maybe the Jets next week but that’s away from home, a fair few potential smashings in the remaining games.

Club needs some sort of momentum going into next season,

Maybe Kosta B shouldn't have celebrated the goal in front the active support for Victory, you just run the risk for some retaliation.

Sydney FC looked quite comfortable and scored a couple of nice goals from good combination play but the what if it was still 11v11, Troare hit the post before that and who knows what the game could have been if that went in but Kamsoba got double yellowed.

Kruse throwing the captain's armband like that shows me the club lacks real leadership when things get tough, who ever is in the charge for next season they really need to fix this before going on that real transformation.

Gotta say the small crowd for this match concerns me.... not that long ago it was being spoken about as challenging for the best Australian club game across all codes...

Where have the MV fans gone 

Totally agree that Kosta was being a dick - but the Vuck have had such trouble with the perception of their active support can they not see that retaliation hurts the club they are actively undermining, as much as it hurts their ongoing acceptance as a necessary part of the game?

Throwing stuff at a turd is much worse than acting the turd.

Police and stadium staff have bigger issues to deal with.  A  Collingwood fan got caught on camera attacking a secco and it went viral . They can't ignore it . The afl have hidden it well but its blown up and the msm have slowly been ignoring the aleague due to afl fans becoming more and more feral

Maybe the WU VMC attendance was low due to a 17.30 KO.

14 matches, 13 goals conceded.  Sydney will work their way up the table.

There are lots of reasons to expect a poor crowd  - continued concern over attending big events cos of COVID, Melbourne’s poor season, etc.

... but nothing can satisfactorily explain the “biggest club in the league” barely hitting 5k for a match against their biggest rivals.

That is genuinely embarrassing.

Happens when city and wu having better seasons. There's 15 k plus members with half only turning up when we're doing good. Everyone in Melbourne loves a winner. Which explains how Richmond tigers have over 100k members 

From an AFL perspective, their media will see that the offender is prosecuted for assault, the 'one bad egg' dealt with, and the club disowning any link to that sort of behaviour.
From a media perspective, a single Collingwood fan against footage of a sea of traditional abusive football hooligans hurling bottles at a player...what will get the most outrage?

Nah the media can't ignore it now. There's plenty of videos of afl fans having punch ons In the city . They're tried to push it under the carpet but people have been calling rhem out . 

It's absolutely concerning, but not unsurprising. When a team is doing badly the numbers are going to fall. When it's two seasons in a row of poor results, the fall in numbers is compounded. It's only natural. That being said, if relegation was on the table, the fans would definitely be there in greater numbers. It's a symptom of a closed league with no risk and little rewards. Once the opportunity for silverware is gone, there isn't much for fans to get excited about.