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What a display from the boys in orange; 7-1 against the team many were predicting to finish top two. The best display of pure football this country has seen - the passing, the movement the tracking back - they've got the lot. Football at its peak in this country was on display Friday night, any possible argument against them being the greatest team ever went out the window. The Roar will go through the season undefeated and be the first team to win the toilet seat back to back. And while we're at it Postecoglou will replace Sir Alex at seasons end too.
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Melbourne Heart hosted Sydney on Saturday night and of course it rained. In a lackluster game which was refereed to within an inch of its life Brazilian import Maycon scored what looked to be the winner in the 85th minute until spotlight king Chris Beath awarded Sydney a corner four minutes into injury time. The dubious decision was inevitably turned in by the oil slicked Nicky Carle (who in the press conference conceded that the corner wasn't there).
Victory score. Victory score! Archie Thompson got wind of this Kiwi bloke Smeltz who was honing in on his goal scoring record and decided to lift the bar a little. Harry played in his umpteenth different position this season and the Phoenix fans' blood boiled when 'Judas' Rojas entered the arena. (@joshmadden8) The Victory are back on track but host Brisbane this Saturday night. An early forfeit can earn them a 3-0 loss as opposed to playing and copping at least six. Pity its not interstate as they could have used QANTAS as an excuse.
Under 3,000 saw James Brown score again (we've run out of clever James Brown puns, send yours in to info@thefootballsack.com), Kristian Rees scored his first goal since Boxing Day 2009 and Maceo Rigters - who reminds us of a bloke running around at Leeds 15 years ago by the name of Tony Yeboah - will be a force to be reckoned with.
These snuck under the Crossbar and into The Sack
1. Brisbane Roar. We don't have any words to describe the Roar. We suspect Roarsome has been used so we'll coin Brismazing and see if it catches on (@maecod , @bne_anzac , @onenotinuse ,
2. Adelaide scoring against Brisbane. The first time this has been done this year. Vidosic is a gun
3. Victory (and Archie) scoring. They did so when they needed to with a visit by the Roar coming Saturday night. The pressure on Durakovic has been lifted for six days at least. (@ClairSiracusa)
4. Maceo Rigters. We caught a glimpse last weekend, and got an eyeful this weekend, a big boy, expect big things (@Anthony_Yacoub)
5. Terry Antonis. Four games this season is enough for us to tell you this kid will be a star. We're just waiting on someone to dub him 'the next (insert current Socceroo here)'. Oh snap wikipedia has done it already - the next Brett Holman. Aim high Terry, aim high.
What went over the Crossbar
1. Brisbane Roar's crowd and the crowds in Queensland altogether. You've lost the Fury, the Gold Coast crowds are abysmal and now only 11,762 to watch a masterclass, whats going on up there? Get off your bums and get to an A-League game. There were 52 odd thousand of you at Suncorp earlier this season, we know you're out there. (@Matthewlr)
2. Chris Beath. Again we must apologies for another referee bashing but 112 yellow cards from his 27 games last season is just over the top. His decision to award Sydney a corner in the dying minute against Heart was a shocker. (@Hardsy05)
3. Fabio. Its time for every team to have a good hard look at having a token Brazilian in the team.
4. Rain at Melbourne Heart games. In the 17 home games the Heart have played its rained 12 times. Maybe this mob was brought in to bring an end to the drought in Melbourne? (@scott_munn)
5. QANTAS lockout. Aren't they the premium partner of the FFA - what are we going to do now? "Hello Greyhound buses, yes, I would like to book a bus from Wellington to Perth in six weeks time?" Beep beep beep...