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Forum Phoenix

Forum Phoenix

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marinermick said:
No absurd then a championship team winning the FA Cup and going to European competition.
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:blink:

YES IT IS.

No championship team can just win 3 games to be in the FA cup final and then lose the final, but still get to go to Europa.
That would also be an absolute farce.

Winning three games in a row, then losing a fourth, in a tight ten team comp with a salary cap on all teams, is not a big achievement, and anything but worthy of getting a coveted ACL spot for. Especially if over 30 games you just finished 6th out of the ten - or 4th as the case may be.

And I'm sorry Mick but this is so far from the massive achievement of winning an FA cup as to be laughable in comparison. Let alone if you can pull it off as a championship side.

If ROAR win the double, The only just thing is that the second ACL spot should go to whoever finished second over the course of the whole season and not whoever may have potentially jagged there way into a finals with 3 wins to then lose it.

And I would be saying this regardless of where we finished personally.
 
bikinigirl

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Forum Phoenix said:
And I would be saying this regardless of where we finished personally.
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. just as I don't remember too many complaints about missing the acl when we lost the gf in v1 after qualifying from a lower position

. the fact that sydney should have been disqualified for salary cap breaches is another thing altogether :naughty:
 
Deej

Deej

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I'm more focused and concerned on trying to reach the GF then worrying about whether we'll be in the ACL next year.

Playing in the ACL is very expensive for our little club anyway!
 
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Jenkinz

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Mate i can honestly say as a GCU fan, i have been thinking about this and wondering if there will be bias towards us. For football's sake im hoping there isnt, but its hard to turn a blind eye to the bias refs sometimes.
I think it was clear that against Adelaide, the ref was giving weak free kicks (and penalties) against us and im hoping that had nothing to do with the fact that the FFA would want one team going through over another. While i know it is a better image to have the teams with the most fans in finals, thats not how football is!

Id rather see a fair game from the ref on saturday rather than bias towards us!
 
Ted

Ted

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Jenkinz said:
Mate i can honestly say as a GCU fan, i have been thinking about this and wondering if there will be bias towards us. For football's sake im hoping there isnt, but its hard to turn a blind eye to the bias refs sometimes.
I think it was clear that against Adelaide, the ref was giving weak free kicks (and penalties) against us and im hoping that had nothing to do with the fact that the FFA would want one team going through over another. While i know it is a better image to have the teams with the most fans in finals, thats not how football is!

Id rather see a fair game from the ref on saturday rather than bias towards us!
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Good call mate and welcome to the forum.
I too believe a team should be playing another team of 11 not 12 13 or 14.

We just need to make our own destiny and not let it be decided for us by someone with a whistle.
 
LFCMariners

LFCMariners

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Thankfully, all proper order has restored itself in the universe. Bring on the Roar! WE'RE ALL GOING ON AN ASIAN HOLIDAY...
 
MrCelery

MrCelery

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A touch of conspiracy when the giant scoreboard showed a Roar v GCU grand final at the end of the game. Ooops! Must have been what they were wishing for. I wonder who cocked up.
 
bikinigirl

bikinigirl

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. don't worry there was still plenty of food for the conspiracy theorists. for a couple of minutes after the game the 'big screen' was showing details for the grand final ... brisbane vs gold coast :redcard:
 
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gull

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bikinigirl said:
. don't worry there was still plenty of food for the conspiracy theorists. for a couple of minutes after the game the 'big screen' was showing details for the grand final ... brisbane vs gold coast :redcard:
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Wow - didn't notice that. Pretty ordinary...
 
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