Rnd Fin - Brisbane Meow v CCCM

[BrisRecky]

i'm down in Campbelltown with the missus visiting her mom (who isnt very well) and we went down the Catholic Club to watch the game, got into some freindly banter with drivebys that were there the other week...MH V WSW finish and lo and behold, the gold coast suns come on to paddock wrestle with chaps who had the same skill set.....the supervisor cant find the game, i txt a mate, tells me the game is on 512, trouble was, the club doesnt have 512...what ignorant, halfwit, dipshit at Foxtel thought that was right ?....a game to sort out the semis AND the last regular game for Sterj and they put it on a channel no club has ....MORONS...long as the drivebys and smurfs get on hey!...so, two tables of HAL fans, most of em in WSW shirts were asked by the supervisor if we wanted to watch an nrl game or something...if i didnt laugh, i would of screamed

 

[BrisRecky]

top fkn effort by all accounts though

 

[style_cafe]

i'm down in Campbelltown with the missus visiting her mom (who isnt very well) and we went down the Catholic Club to watch the game, got into some freindly banter with drivebys that were there the other week...MH V WSW finish and lo and behold, the gold coast suns come on to paddock wrestle with chaps who had the same skill set.....the supervisor cant find the game, i txt a mate, tells me the game is on 512, trouble was, the club doesnt have 512...what ignorant, halfwit, dipshit at Foxtel thought that was right ?....a game to sort out the semis AND the last regular game for Sterj and they put it on a channel no club has ....MORONS...long as the drivebys and smurfs get on hey!...so, two tables of HAL fans, most of em in WSW shirts were asked by the supervisor if we wanted to watch an nrl game or something...if i didnt laugh, i would of screamed

I`ve had a lot to do with the Catholic Club over the years.
The CEO there is Italian & loves his Football (sadly he`s a Driveby`s supporter).
There is no way they would deliberately not have football on.
I feel for you mate , it was a tremendous game with Caceres really showing his ability as a potential star footballer.

 

[BrisRecky]

Not blaming the Catho mate...they tried...I wholly and solely blame those fkn cretins at Foxtel

 

[true believer]

Heart , drive bys is rigged a pently and two foul goals. F'kn red hot.
guess who, Gillet

Melbourne Heart coach John van 't Schip says Western Sydney received plenty of help from the match officials in their 3-2 comeback win on Saturday night.
The Wanderers were awarded a soft penalty which Shinji Ono missed with the scores level at 1-1 in an entertaining contest at AAMI Park, while Brendon Santalab was not penalised for what appeared to be a blatant push on centre-back Robbie Wielaert in the build-up to the visitors' second goal.
Youssouf Hersi struck the winner in the 86th minute to consign Heart to last place in the regular season standings.
And van 't Schip did not hold back in offering a scathing assessment of referee Jarrad Gillett's performance.
'It was a clear push,' he said when asked about Santalab's equalising goal to make it 2-2.
'That's why Robbie Wielaert was on the ground. But that was not the only one. It looked like the game had to be won by Western Sydney.
'Not taking anything away from them because they're a great team, they've done really well in the last two years and I wish them all the luck in the finals.But the game went clearly their way with a little bit of help from the other side.
'Today I think there were maybe other aspects that played a role. One of them was the referee. We can't do much about that. During the week we don't train on that, getting those decisions against us.
'Playing against 12, that's always difficult.'
Van 't Schip did pay tribute to the efforts of his players, including retiring skipper Harry Kewell, who was unable to prevent his team from collecting the wooden spoon.
'I have to give the boys a big compliment, the way they played,' he said.
'Our captain, I have to give him a big compliment, the way he finished his career. I think he played a fantastic game. That's what we should talk about.'

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/van--t-schip-bemoans-referee-decisions/89775

I thought the foxtel commentary was gutless and glossed this over as they know which side the breads buttered on.
every time you see gillet appointed . you know he's gunna do everything he can. to win it for the bosses team.
shame FFA shame

 

[dibo]

Not blaming the Catho mate...they tried...I wholly and solely blame those fkn cretins at Foxtel

Er... why?

 

[true believer]

Er... why?

they could have put the "who gives a shit ruggers" on 512 or the game were you get a point for missing on 504.
instead of a finals deciding football game .

 

[BrisRecky]

Exactly...they can't even use "a scheduling conflict" as an excuse...Foxtel knew the draw as well asanybody else

 

[dibo]

I'd guess (without much fear of contradiction) that the other sports were more likely to get more viewers. Viewing numbers -> programming decisions. Small viewership = punted off to the back-channels.

I've been following football a long time, but football fans' capacity to get worked up about very simple commercial realities never ceases to amaze me.

 

[MagpieMariner]

The sports section in the Errorgraph today had a Victory article, most of 2 pages taken up with WSW and a preview of the Smurfs game; later an article on GA maybe going to the Scum. If you didn't know, you'd have thought CCM hadn't played.
I don't normally read the Errorgraph, my wife wants the TV guide from it (which is often wrong!), I was babysitting my grandsons & there was nothing else. It didn't take me long to remember why I don't read this worse than fish'n'chips wrapper.

 

[true believer]

I'd guess (without much fear of contradiction) that the other sports were more likely to get more viewers. Viewing numbers -> programming decisions. Small viewership = punted off to the back-channels.

I've been following football a long time, but football fans' capacity to get worked up about very simple commercial realities never ceases to amaze me.

I seriously doubt the ruggers has a larger viewing audience than the football .
as shown by people wearing chiefs shirts at erina fair

 

[yellowcake]

The sports section in the Errorgraph today had a Victory article, most of 2 pages taken up with WSW and a preview of the Smurfs game; later an article on GA maybe going to the Scum. If you didn't know, you'd have thought CCM hadn't played.

Err... went to press before the game had finished. Table shows Mariners on 39pts.

 

[yellowcake]

Mulvey, whining. Sour grapes http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/roar-ready-for-finals/89779

...I don't want to seem like I'm criticising, but it's a lot easier to spoil than create. And that's what they came to do tonight...

No, we came to win, Mike. If we're up there in 3 weeks, I'd expect the same intention.

 

[Tassiemariner]

I seriously doubt the ruggers has a larger viewing audience than the football .
as shown by people wearing chiefs shirts at erina fair

Considering the A-League on Fox last weekend didn't get over 50k in TV viewers for any of the 3 games on a Saturday, I'd say it might get more viewers.

 

[Wombat]

Who the hell watches GWS.

They get about 3k each home game and I'm told 1k of those are freebies.

 

[yellowcake]

Even in 3rd place, we can't fly under the radar now having accounted for both frontrunners in the last 3 weeks.

Will be interesting to see if finals scheduling conspires to kill us with the ACL commitments. If the Friday / Sunday timeslots are inflexible, we have to either play next Sunday as 'stadium formerly known as Bluetongue' is booked on (Good) Friday for Manly vs Cowboys NRL or FFA moves the game - which they have the power to do. (Of course we also have ACL on Wednesday at home, only WSW are away this week).

Should we progress, it would be very tight for getting home from Hiroshima after playing on Wednesday night to back up on Friday (Anzac Day) at Parramatta, so would mercy be shown and give us Sunday again? Eels are away that weekend.
If Victory get through they are also away in Asia that week but play Tuesday.

 

[midfielder]

A lot of big calls went the Drive Bys way … the penalty, both the second and third goals looked like fouls …

Sometimes Kama can come back and bite …

Assume the following ie Sydney win today

Week 1

Mariners V AU … assume Mariners win
MV V SFC … assume MV win

Week 2

Roar V MV … assume MV win
Drive Bys V Mariners …. assume Mariners win …

Week 3

Mariners V MV ….

Then again would FFA allow the Mariners to have a home grand final…

 

[style_cafe]

A lot of big calls went the Drive Bys way … the penalty, both the second and third goals looked like fouls …

Sometimes Kama can come back and bite …

Assume the following ie Sydney win today

Week 1

Mariners V AU … assume Mariners win
MV V SFC … assume MV win

Week 2

Roar V MV … assume MV win
Drive Bys V Mariners …. assume Mariners win …

Week 3

Mariners V MV ….

Then again would FFA allow the Mariners to have a home grand final…

I assume they wouldn`t......

 

[AuzDutchy]

A lot of big calls went the Drive Bys way … the penalty, both the second and third goals looked like fouls …

Sometimes Kama can come back and bite …

Assume the following ie Sydney win today

Week 1

Mariners V AU … assume Mariners win
MV V SFC … assume MV win

Week 2

Roar V MV … assume MV win
Drive Bys V Mariners …. assume Mariners win …

Week 3

Mariners V MV ….

Then again would FFA allow the Mariners to have a home grand final…

Didn't we earn the right to a home final last year? if not then DriveBys had it and FFA still moved it to SFS, so I doubt we'll have any home GFs for a long while

 

[yellowcake]

Then again would FFA allow the Mariners to have a home grand final…

Hard to know their thinking TBH. There has been statements about it being a showpiece event which should be held at an appropriately prestigious venue. Can't argue with that.
Then FFA will want their gate. The 2 Grand Finals moved have attracted 36,358 and 42,102, significantly more than Bluetongue's and Parramatta's capacity. But they were in reasonable road / rail commute distance for both teams involved. But if we were hosting MV (or Adelaide - the other possibility if Sydney don't win today) it's hard to see a ground in Sydney being filled to greater than Bluetongue's capacity and it would actually be likely to attract fewer than if it was held in Gosford.


For mine, these comments are for another year. If we make it this year, I think we'll be off to Suncorp.