A-league football

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WSW 1 v 1 Melbourne City

JaaaaaimmmmmmiiiiiieeeeeeMmmmaaaacccccclllllaaaaaa arrrrrrrreeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!

Jamie MacLaren

What a player!

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WSW 1 v 2 Melbourne City

Brillante

Assist from Jamie Maclaren

[cabbageandribs1875]

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WSW 1 v 1 Melbourne City

JaaaaaimmmmmmiiiiiieeeeeeMmmmaaaacccccclllllaaaaaa arrrrrrrreeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!

Jamie MacLaren

What a player!

and an assist for the second

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WSW 2 v 2 Melbourne City

[Helensburghhibs]

Jamie just got another..... 3.2 Melbourne

[cabbageandribs1875]

goal machine


9 goals in four games

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WSW 2 v 3 Melbourne City

Jamie MacLaren

9 ALeague goals in four apps

Has set a new ALeague record for two goals or more in four consecutive games

[MrRobot]

What is the standard of Aussie football like?

[Winston Ingram]

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What is the standard of Aussie football like?

Dreadful. I watch a lot of it on Sat and Sunday Mornings. Roy O'Donovan and Scott McDonald are regulars there. O'Donovan got a hatrick last week against Maclaren's mob

[JimBHibees]

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WSW 1 v 1 Melbourne City

JaaaaaimmmmmmiiiiiieeeeeeMmmmaaaacccccclllllaaaaaa arrrrrrrreeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!

Jamie MacLaren

What a player!

Think we should have a look at him the sort of penalty box striker we could do with.

[BILLYHIBS]

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Dreadful. I watch a lot of it on Sat and Sunday Mornings. Roy O'Donovan and Scott McDonald are regulars there. O'Donovan got a hatrick last week against Maclaren's mob

Dont forget Dylan McGowan and Ziggy Gordon

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Think we should have a look at him the sort of penalty box striker we could do with.

Took his second goal well an excellently taken goal in any standard of football he even scored a penalty 😁

[JimBHibees]

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Took his second goal well an excellently taken goal in any standard of football he even scored a penalty 😁

Yep seen the second half, very generous penalty to be fair and he done brilliantly setting up the second goal.

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Penalty award was a mystery

[Barman Stanton]

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Dreadful. I watch a lot of it on Sat and Sunday Mornings. Roy O'Donovan and Scott McDonald are regulars there. O'Donovan got a hatrick last week against Maclaren's mob

I watch it quite often at the weekends and certainly wouldn't class it as awful. Its a lot slower pace than here but I wouldnt say the quality is all that much worse.

[JimBHibees]

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I watch it quite often at the weekends and certainly wouldn't class it as awful. Its a lot slower pace than here but I wouldnt say the quality is all that much worse.

Yes agree a real mix of quality some very good players some not so good. Must be a very tempting place to go for a season or two. Noticed Craig Noone was playing for Melbourne ex Cardiff winger always thought was a decent player.

[Forza Fred]

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I watch it quite often at the weekends and certainly wouldn't class it as awful. Its a lot slower pace than here but I wouldnt say the quality is all that much worse.

As a long term Oz fitba follower, I agree.

In fact I think technically, it’s of a higher standard than the SPFL, but as pointed out, is certainly slower.

Jamie Mac was/is a star here partly due to the absence of very close marking by defenders, which is certainly nothing near like what happens in Scotland.

Fitba changed in Oz in 2005 when the A League kicked off in place of the old NSL, and while there have been many benefits off the pitch, many of us from the older generation believe that the standard of player being produced is not like it was pre A League days.

Sound familiar?

[Forza Fred]

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Yes agree a real mix of quality some very good players some not so good. Must be a very tempting place to go for a season or two. Noticed Craig Noone was playing for Melbourne ex Cardiff winger always thought was a decent player.

And ex Bolton striker Adam Le Fondre Is scoring goals for Sydney.

If he said he’d like to play for Hibs, I wouldn’t so much as Drive him to the airport, as pilot his Jumbo Jet to Turnhouse!

Also, can see Boyler playing out here when his Easter Road career comes to an end.

[Forza Fred]

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Dont forget Dylan McGowan and Ziggy Gordon

Unfortunately both McGowans are out here, and play for rival Sydney clubs.

[Forza Fred]

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Penalty award was a mystery

Yep, the ref was the only person globally I think who didn’t see the City attacker hurling himself to the ground.

A seat in the stands next week for the ref I think.

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Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar

Kick off 6.00 am

BT Sports

Gary Hooper on the bench for Phoenix

Tam Aldred ex Motherwell starts for the Roar

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Wellington Phoenix 1 v 0 Brisbane Roar

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Wellington Phoenix 2 v 0 Brisbane Roar


Ripper!

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What is the standard of Aussie football like?

Might be better if you watch a game and judge for yourself

Do you have BT Sports?

Highlights usually shown on YouTube


https://youtu.be/uMXjy72px0g

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Wellington Phoenix 2 v 1 Brisbane Roar

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Adelaide United v Melbourne Victory

BT Sports 8.30 am

[JimBHibees]

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I watch it quite often at the weekends and certainly wouldn't class it as awful. Its a lot slower pace than here but I wouldnt say the quality is all that much worse.

One good thing and I haven't seen lots of games but vast majority of the teams try and play decent passing style of football.

[ChilliEater]

Heading off soon to the Perth Glory v Sydney game. Rematch of last year's grand final that the bad guys won (boo!).
Revenge would be nice, but Glory haven't really clicked yet this season, so not feeling very confident. We seriously miss Jason Davidson at left wingback and, to a slightly lesser extent, Matt Spiranovic at centre half. They brought the ball forward out of defence really well and allowed us to build attacks from the back. The Castro/Ikonomidis/Fornarolli forward line should rip A league defences apart, but ball movement forward has been a bit too slow and deliberate so far. Hopefully all change tonight and we stick a few past one half of the Ozzy Ugly Sisters

[Winston Ingram]

Gary Hooper plays for Wellington Phoenix. Been there a month. 2 games 1 goal.

[Forza Fred]

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Remember the cannon right enough

Seems like a long time ago now

The cannon next to the sauce bottles was just fired at full time to celebrate the Mariners 1-0 victory over Western United.

Ziggy Gordon had an excellent goal line clearance.