Another weekend of a leagues action. Which match you looking forward to?

Going to the Victory vs Brisbane game tonight. Level 3 is closed (on both sides) and "valid" members are required to redeem tickets on level 1 if they want to attend. Will be interesting to see if a) the supporters turn up and/or b} the players turn up.

Other than this game, the other Melbourne derby will be worth a look.

Victory need a win badly but Brisbane are quite difficult to score against should be a good match enjoy 

Aldred out according to the "Ins and Outs" on keepup.

Taggart can't play for Perth until the 10th or 11th January

Also GA is allocated seating only. I could see the whole hassle of the process putting a few people off. That being said, we typically see lower crowds this time of year as many people (especially families) are still away on holidays. It will be a low crowd number, but should still be higher than WU and MC have been getting. 

So Izzo and Ikonomedis both injured for MV

There are no patterns of play in this game. 

The atmosphere at MV v Roar is abysmal without active support. The game misses so much without any atmosphere. 

Apparently Beevers has spat the dummy.
Neither Beevers nor Ryan Williams in the line up for tonight's game.

Our opponents must enjoy a guaranteed 3 points when they're scheduled to play Perth.

MV Official attendance 4392
Atmosphere was non existant. 
Terrible game. I imagine many watching at home decided to switch off. 

How on earth does Cameron Cook not start every week ahead of Liam Reddy. Even last season he was the superior goalkeeper. 

Cook by a mile.
Every decision was right last night.

You were saying 

I was checking the stats through the game. What I would like to understand is how the ref didn't hand out a yellow or two to Victory until their 14th foul. Others have said how Popovic sets his team to foul consistently through the game and had double Brisbane's foul count.

@Muz (or other ref's). Back when I played there was a "ungentlemanly conduct" catch all. Does such an offence exist today? A deliberate tactic such as Popovic's should be sanctioned.

Di Pietro’s helm is really just organising long lunches 


MV are nowhere near where they should be. Popovic needs to go but they probably can’t afford to sack him. 

Why do we need active support to get atmosphere?  Have fans forgotten how to let their emotions drive their reactions to what is happening in a game?

This commentary pair is so hard to listen to in he Adelaide game. 

Seriously who is this guy talking at me?

Plus a woman who has never seen men play apparently 

Barbarousis offers nothing any more. 

I’ve never seen a team do less to be winning by so much aha

Two own goals
two deflections 
red card 
 

Shame popa and madanha had own goals

not completely popas fault but i hope they both bounce back

https://youtu.be/nIBHqx8_Qn4

Wellington Sydney ending. Odd it's sky blue on navy. Not a clash but the best contrast should be worn. 

Tilio having a great game and it's only 25 minutes in.

McLaren just 9 goals behind Berisha now. Should break the record this season now the way he's going. 

Hope he can keep this up all year. Really looking special at times

I've heard that called 'rotational fouling'. Hard to police.

'Ungentlemanly conduct' is covered these days by 'unsporting behaviour.'

From law 12.

Cautionable offences

A player is cautioned if guilty of:

delaying the restart of play

dissent by word or action

entering, re-entering or deliberately leaving the field of play without the referee’s permission

failing to respect the required distance when play is restarted with a dropped ball, corner kick, free kick or throw-in

persistent offences (no specific number or pattern of offences constitutes 'persistent')

unsporting behaviour

entering the referee review area (RRA)

excessively using the ‘review’ (TV screen) signal

Glad to see a Rugby League mad friend who generally wouldn't go to a Mariners game at the Adelaide game with wife and 3 daughters today. They loved the cannon.