Jimmy in hospital
Robinson in hospital
Gallaway in hospital 
and plenty others carrying injuries after yesterday, yep it can be said Syd Utd played clean ;)

How few of your players didn't get cards i do not know, must be Stavros bro influence at FNSW ? Just like when Sutho used to recieve the dodgiest calls lol. 

Probably think its that, was a 20s player and was called up for Firsts duty cause Robbie injured. Rest is history.

Hear he might be at Olympic next year.

What has Chronopolous' injury got to do with any of our players? That's the equivalent of me calling you blokes dirty because Mileski pulled a hammy. 
Robinson got concussed due to a head clash with Bilic. It was at the back post, open goal, Bilic had every right to challenge for the ball. 

No idea how Gallaway got injured. Seemed to go down at the same time that Robinson got concussed. Didnt see anyone challenging him. Match report says ankle injury but doesn't mention what happened. Could easily have just rolled his ankle. 

As for dodgy calls, the worst call of the game was the ref waving play on when your young keeper dragged down Shin in the box. My guess is he didnt want to send off the keeper 2 minutes after he'd come on. Zonjic was lucky to stay on the pitch too, not only for his poor challenge on Shin but also for kicking out at Payne near the end. 

Yeah, Stav's brother's influence on refs is massive. So big that he allowed his brother to get a second yellow and miss the Grand Final. 

Agreed Stevos push was deliberate foul, but dont disregard your teams dirty tackles prior to that. Should have been a few yellows for your side, Stephen Lucas has a track record of doing this to our side. Gallaway was tackled and his knee socket popped out and Robinson copped an elbow to the head. Somehow for Jimmys injury your player managed to connect with what looked like his head with his legs. Was a straightforward catch for Jimmy, the injury was from your player.

Yeah Stav has never got special treatment before Lol, using a minor yellow card to justify it when he was flying in tackles prior to that, but I have heard it all now him never getting special treatment Lol. Fuck one of our board members suggested we sign him just so we can get on the good side of the refs

So you're blaming a player for falling near Chronopolous' legs? 'Minor' yellow? He's missing the GF, FFS. That's anything but 'minor'.

Anyway, all this is irrelevant. I'm happy for you to call us dirty. Wont be losing sleep over it... the two most deserving teams are in the GF. Most deserving in terms of results, style and consistency. Manly could've made a case for it too had they not choked in the semis. 

Woudnt be surprised if it was in the prior game tactics Lol, just a update looks like its most likely an ACL for Jimmy. What was a straightforward catch escalated thanks to a player doing rolly pollies and colliding with his legs. If it was any other player he would have got a Red, only so much a referee can do for the *chosen ones* until the cards have to come out, if you think Stavrou and co arent protected more than most players your dreaming. Every team he plays for gets dodgy calls, I wonder why ? 

Dont forget, its Australia nobody remembers the minor prems all about the final lol.

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Idemo!

LOL

the good old cliche of counting your chickens before they hatch 

Have you watched the highlights? If you still think there was something malicious in his injury youre an idiot. The fact that not one single BWE player had a go at Tratt says it all. Just unfortunate 

As for Stav... he has the most cards in the league. That's how protected he is. 

Yeah it is unfortunate, your player falling about and colliding with ours which might end up with a player forced into early retirement. 

You also notice Payne's handball ? 

Of course it's unfortunate. Watch the replay, he falls forward as JC falls backwards. Freak accident, nothing more. 

Yep, noticed it on Sunday as it happened right in front of me. Payne :cool:  

Yeah i did :D

I'm just surprised no BWE player or referee saw or called it. Meh you win some you lose some. 

Just made the equaliser twice as sweet. 

Evens out the non-call on the penalty and red card to BWE's keeper. 

Finish first. Lose the GF. Pretty much the perfect Sydney United season.

Sydney United moved the ball around really well but Blacktown scored first and had the tactical plan to beat United after that. United couldn't find a way through Blacktown's two defensive lines in the second half and as a result were hit on the break. I felt that United had to score first today because after Blacktown went up, they showed no interest in controlling the game and taking it to United. 

Disappointing finish for United, but still for mine the best team this season. Blacktown just have a knack of beating them.  So where is Rudes off too? Secret is out that he is leaving. 

Newcastle confirmed probably. 

3 shots for Blacktown, 3 goals for Blacktown. 

Choi hit a stunner out of nowhere and from then on they comfortably soaked up the pressure and hit us on the break. Very clinical, they played their game plan to perfection. 

We tried to control the game from the first minute but we never really created anything. We did score at 0-0 but ref and linesman decided it hadn't crossed the line. Replays show otherwise but shit happens. 

Having Stavroulakis out left a gaping hole in that DM role he does so well. With Stav out forced Tricky to not venture forward as much. I still think back to my previous post regarding fitness for United? Where is it? they continually tail off at end of games? I get that Blacktown are fitness machines and just wore them out and their counters were deadly. 

I still think over the course of the season that United were the best performing team, unfortunately that will not mean anything to the players. Also, does anybody know what happened to Bosnar??

I'm disappointed SU lost but kudos to Blacktown their momentum was building up way back from that FFACup win you could tell.
I mentioned long ago once SU had locked the title so early their momentum had sub sided a little.
Shame, they were a cut above them all the double would have been a perfect season.

Disappointing it must be said. 
I thought we werent under any pressure or threat, and were clearly the better side in the 1st half. Then Choi comes up with a bomb just before half time, that took the stuffing out of us, what can you do, it was a world class strike.
Second half blacktown were happy to sit back and play on the counter, but we couldnt create any clear cut chances either. 
Good to see a crowd up at around 6k.


Now to turn our attentions to the NPL series that starts this weekend, hopefully we win it, as some form on consolation on losing the GF.

Blacktown play the smartest football in my opinion, when they get their game plan in play many tears will be shed lol, gotta commend Critto for that.

@ Cro boys, heard that big Sime threw the book at Kadric, iirc wasn't their a policy in the past of no former BWE players allowed ? 

At least your mob of MUGS held their form right through to the GF. Throwing paper rolls at Blacktowns keeper has nothing to do with sport, then letting flares off just to prove how big a pack of mugs they are just in case anyone gave them the benefit of the doubt. Was told they also demonstrated their class at a pub on the way down to the ground. SU has a  number of low class morons that have stolen the identity of their club. It only takes a couple of mugs to undo all the good work done by many good hard working others

Havent heard anything, but might be possible considering the family connection. As good as he looks, id prefer to look elsewhere. 

Because he is Serb?

not serb, Bosnian Muslim... and it wouldnt have anything to do with that, as his Aunty is our clubs physio 

He's Bosnian Muslim. Not because of that, because he celebrated a bit too hard for my liking last weekend ;)

If he wanted to play for us he wouldve been here already 

We were camped in their half for most of that first half until Choi hit that bomb out of nowhere. 

I felt we tried to be too cute in and around the box... we constantly looked for a killer through ball, a little flick over the top or an extra pass when the shot was on. For the first time this season we just couldn't find the final ball. It's probably been the one thing we haven't struggled with all year but it abandoned us on GF day. That might be the first time all year that we were kept goalless? 

Hopefully the boys can put the disappointment behind them in time for the NPL Finals Series. Would be great to have won 2 from 4 and lock in an FFA Cup spot for next year (4 from 4).  

We also threw paper rolls towards Manos in the first half, did it ever occur to you that we were behind the goals? lol Give yourself an uppercut.