2014 AFC Champions League

[sydmariner]

You post enough that he didn't need it.

you can NEVER have enough

 

[localpom]

Will be glad to see the Wanderers win it. I have family and mates who support them so my life will be hell for a while with their gloating. With that in mind though i want the A league to become a dominant force in Asia, can only be good for football in this country.Once A league teams are consistently contesting these finals then that goes out of the window and i won't be as obliging!

 

[nearlyyellow]

Popovich preaching physicality? BS! More like cheat and win a penalty when you can. Come on, Crush them Al-Hilal! They don't represent Australian football.

 

[pjennings]

Will be glad to see the Wanderers win it. I have family and mates who support them so my life will be hell for a while with their gloating. With that in mind though i want the A league to become a dominant force in Asia, can only be good for football in this country.Once A league teams are consistently contesting these finals then that goes out of the window and i won't be as obliging!

I have wanted an Australian team to win it from the beginning. Now that its close I'm ambivalent. I still want A league teams to consistently making the semis and finals. However, a win by WSW will simply feed into the insular mainstream view that winning internationally is easy. It isn't in sports where all nations compete - especially when they is little impediment for all people in these nations to compete.

To put it another way. If Australia had qualified for WC98, would the NSL and its problems continued. We appreciate Nov 16 2005 because of the 32 years between the 74 World Cup and Germany 2006. We appreciate the GF win over WSW because of the 'trauma' of 3 previous GF loses. Do A League teams need to fight for ACL supremacy more so that not only football people but the mainstream recognise the achievement, and should that even be a consideration?

 

[dibo]

If Al Hilal don't come out all guns blazing in Riyadh I'll be enormously surprised. Could be 3-0 by HT. WSW were lucky that the very technical, very polished Al Hilal didn't tear them a new one last night.

 

[true believer]

come'on you westies

 

[Wombat]

f**k off you Westies.

I have to work with these mugs 3 days a week. I couldn't stand it....come on you Saudis (I'm willing to overlook your disgusting human rights abuses).

 

[sydmariner]

go back to your centrelink funded fibro shack's you f**kn bogans

 

[true believer]

f**k off you Westies.

I have to work with these mugs 3 days a week. I couldn't stand it....come on you Saudis (I'm willing to overlook your disgusting human rights abuses).

70% of the people that live here moved from the west .
wsw aren't melita eagles . but the crows were ok and are the base of wsw. the Italians support Sydney. so im cool with a wink at the westies.
ps I don't hold it against you that you support leeds

 

[eenfish]

If Al Hilal don't come out all guns blazing in Riyadh I'll be enormously surprised. Could be 3-0 by HT. WSW were lucky that the very technical, very polished Al Hilal didn't tear them a new one last night.

To be quite honest, isn't that the Wanderers MO this entire ACL campaign? They've fought some of the best teams in Asia and played dogged football and come out on top. Not a win for the purists but a win nonetheless.

 

[true believer]

3 cheers for the westies.
you done us proud.

 

[sydmariner]

3 cheers for the westies.
you done us proud.

there still bogans though

 

[nearlyyellow]

My goodness, how biassed is the SMH reporting? 15 minutes ago there was a relatively unbiassed AAP report, now pulled and replaced by an unashamedly partisan report by Bossi extolling the efforts the poor little "suburban club from Sydney's Western Suburbs". Spare me, please!
Of course, this " win" by WSW will result in major Asian financial interest in CCM because gee, all Australian HAL teams must be fantastically good.

 

[Atomic]

Well done to the Wanderers. They won that trophy fair and square.

They have set the bar. It's up to us to raise it, not lower it.

 

[bikinigirl]

Well done to the Wanderers.

They have set the bar. It's up to us to raise it, not lower it.

. agreed ... and now i can look forward to meeting hundreds of the 14 people that were there to witness it over the coming years

 

[Atomic]

there still bogans though

Mate, if I rate your posts as dumb, DON'T REMOVE THEM! If you keep posting stupid shit, then stand by it and stop removing negative ratings.

 

[MagpieMariner]

Love the Al-whatever coach claiming they were the better side. Sour grapes loser.