Fuck me dead. Even when the FFA is given a gift, they still manage to botch it up. 

From the sounds of it Edensor Park is not up to standard at the moment due to damage to the surface that will not be properly fixed until after the match.

What the actual fuck. 

Even from the FFAs out of touch point of view this is beyond daft. Sydney FCs game at Edensor park back in 2014 was amazing. 

Fair enough then. 

Yeah, flood damage to the pitch. The whole thing has to be replaced apparently 

I don't know enough of the details but a surface was considered good enough for the NPL, it should be good enough for the A-League. A risk to players should be considered the same regardless of how much they are paid. 

Incorrect.

A bit of history in regards to the pitch, it was installed 2013 and since then have played 7 seasons on it. The past couple of years have seen a lot of games been played on the field, United, Mounites Wanderers and WSW youth who all hire it out, and that does not include SAP, youth teams and local schools. 
late last year there was massive floods that fuked with the drainage, now that was all rectified before the 2019 season in patches were it was really damaged, however due to insurance reasons, we only got approval to lay a complete new pitch end of 2019.

Now what i dont get is, the pitch is good enough for the NPL competitions, and also go approval for the FFA cup against other NPL clubs, but not HAL? thats the joke. Would of been a nice fairy-tale ending to play WSW at a sold out Edensor Park before new turf is laid. Now you'll be lucky to get 5k at campelltown

Did Sam Krslovic have anything to do with having the game played at Campbelltown? If it had to be moved away from Edensor wouldn’t BankWest be a better option since Sydney United have used Parramatta as a home ground before.

No doubt it's only at campbelltown because of his macarthur connection, probably less hiring fee or something would be my guess.

bankwest is Wanderers home ground, so no, it wouldnt of been there.

It is definitely worth mentioning that the author of that article isn't really a journalist of any sort of description or note. He used to be one of the hosts of an amateur Saturday morning football radio show in Adelaide. To be fair, the Indaily isn't actually too bad as an independent news website, but Spiro (the author) got given the gig because his mate Paul (who was also a regular host on the show) used to write a weekly article about Adelaide United.  When he took a job with the FFSA, Spiro took over his role at the Indaily. I generally just disagree with a lot of what he writes. If there's any truth to Nikola being targeted because of his ethnicity, then that's very poor form and if there's proof, the fans responsible should rightly be punished. But I would definitely take that article with a huge grain of salt. 

But this is the same instance as I wrote that happened at the WC.

If this person heard boos and automatically thought that it was racism, when in fact it was just booing an opponent, then the writer comes off as a racist against Croatians. Automatically thinking Croatian Australians are racist is racist in itself.

Adelaide?  Wait so this chump wasn't even at the game?  

There was no booing from knights fans in the stadium section far as I could hear. If there was it would have been mcf on the other side but again all hearsay. 

shit decision imo to play Marconi's game same midweek as NPL NSW 1 semi finals (week 2 - August 20/21) are now scheduled same midweek as Marconi Stallions v Melbourne City fucking lunatics FFA imo another incorrect decision.

Yep spot on. 

But it really comes down to whether or not he was booed because he's Serbian (or if he was even booed at all), or because he's a player in an opposition team and fans are trying to rattle him. I tend to think the latter, as there's been no evidence (other than very unreliable anecdotal evidence) to suggest otherwise. 

Someone online said MK supporters were chanting Ustasa Croatia.

Yeah when the ref didn't give a pen for the foul in the box to the MK player they were yelling Pitchka or something like that?

I would confidently bet my house on it that if Sydney United would have drawn CCM or someone similar where a huge crowd isn't expected, they would have allowed Sydney United to play the game at home. 

I don't buy their stupid lie about the pitch not being safe enough to play on, when it is deemed safe enough for other players in the premier league. 

I bet anyone it had more to do with idiots in FFA fearing there could be crowd trouble at a packed out Edensor Park. 

The FFA were given the perfect gift by the luck of the draw and they managed to fuck it up. And what's worse is in future they'll most likely approve a worse surface for an A-league game just like they've done many times in the past. 

You have to feel sorry for Sydney United who would have had such a good deal to play at home where they could have made a very healthy profit. Instead they'll now have to pay more money to hire Campbelltown and bring in much less revenue compared with a home game at Edensor Park. 

Would be more that it would be the only suitable ground no? It's not like you would have played at Bonny & Marconi probably didn't want the hassle.

Bruh what's your problem? If they put them on the 28th you would have complained that it clashes with SU58's game

Not really, Edensor has been fine for previous FFA Cup games with HAL teams they probably just don't want to risk some WSW player doing his ACL on it. Remember when Antonis got injured at the SCG? Now imagine that at Edensor, slightly bigger headline if Schwegler is out for the season compared to some panel beater from Rockdale

Disaster! 

Fair enough; but you could argue that Campbelltown if of sorta Wanderers home away from home and that the new Parramatta Stadium is “home” for them yet.

Either way it’s a moot point and the fact it was suitable for other NPL clubs to play on but not A-League ruins what would’ve been a fantastic night at Edensor.

Does anyone have video of it? I'm sure the wet eyes in the room would have recorder it and put it on social media by now!

You're all as reliable as Vince Rugari. 

They were fined for racist chants last month so it's not exactly a stretch. It's their word against yours so i'll give them the benefit of the dount. But it is a possibility you didnt hear the chant. Unless you make the claim that FFV and Filopolous were wrong a month ago as well? 

So all I got from that is have nothing and I talk out of my ass. 

Back to my question. Anyone have footage? National broadcast game guys against ex NSL and Aleague opponent. Surely the Lowy sycophants have something?

So you think precedent is irrelevant? 

What's your opinion on the fines FFV gave MK in June? Do you deny this happens at games or just questioning and want proof that it happened at this particular FFA cup game?

For what it's worth i dnt really care haha and think this discussion has no place in the FFA cup thread. Leave it for some other thread. 

Why am I quoted? Was my sarcasm too subtle...

Absolutely in this case. You can't prove it's been done in the first place. 

so who does everyone think will win the ffa cup? and what will the final be? i predict wsw vs melb city final 

If possible Strikers vs Roar because a Brisbane derby and A-league vs NSL clash would be brilliant 

Adelaide United vs ..........