Crossbar: Funny thing happened on the way to the game

You hear it every week but you never really know what it means but "football is a funny game".

Last week we went with the Melbourne Heart joke about holding leads, and we laughed and we laughed and we laughed. 

But we have it on dodgy authority that John Aloisi pinned our little joke to the white board on Friday night when they lead Adelaide at half time and by crickey the Heart managed to keep that lead. 

We also predicted that Melbourne Victory couldn't win out west. Now we know Ange truly is a fan of The Football Sack because when asked what he thought of The Sack as we drove down Swan Street yelling out the car window he pumped his fist at us and our on-staff lip reader told us he said "Crazy bunch of Ballsacks!". What a larrikin.

The Mariners had us in hysterics when they smashed Sydney 7-2 a few weeks back and now Sydney go and destroy Wellington 7-1. Now thats rully funny bru. 

We definitely laughed at own hashtag #ThingsBannedInRBB too. 

Because football is a funny game.

These snuck under the Crossbar and into The Sack (Likes)
1. Rogic at Celtic. Saga over.
2. ADP's hat trick before half time. Imagine for one second that you weren't watching the game and checked your phone to see Sydney 5, Wellington 0, then seeing it was half time. Yep, I did that.
3. Our less-than-semi-regular Lookalikes segment.
4. Our blanket ban on A Street Car Named Desire puns with MVFC's new signing Francesco Stella
5. WSW away support. Easily overtaking the daylight that was second place in away support quantities.
6. Melbourne vs Sydney this week. Talk about big!

What went over the Crossbar (Dislikes)
1. Ye Olde Pitch surface after a concert. Hath thy not learned a thing over thy years?
2. Adelaide 2-0 down and passing backwards. HAVE A CRACK
3. 0-0 derby games with no red cards. ZZZZzzzz
4. Brisbane Roar's mental fragility. @MFrendin
5. Newcastle United. I'm sorry it's not A-League but I'm hugely frustrated. On the plus side its only 2,740 sleeps until Alan Pardew's 8 and a half year contract expires

Too early to call:
Sydney are back and Alessandro Del Piero is the saviour of the A-League (well FFA and Fox Sports are hoping so anyway).

Something we learned:
Melbourne Heart CAN hold onto a lead, contrary to how last week's Crossbar began.

Something we already knew:
Some people within the league need to lighten up and take a joke when it's there. After all it is entertainment.

Something we would change:
The W-League Grand Final between Melbourne and Sydney to be played as a curtain raiser on Australia day to.......Melbourne vs Sydney A-League game at AAMI Park. Imagine 180 minutes of these two clubs going at it.

We told you: 
Brisbane need to rest key players. @ne_brisbane

Hero of the Week:
Do I need to even mention him?

Villain of the Week:
Lisa de Vanna. Petulant at best.

Player to watch:
Julius Doe. A name change is as good as a sea change. Let's rename the whole Roar squad, including Theo.

Last week's prediction:
1. Joel Griffiths and Jade North to star on debut for their new A-League sides.
North didn't play and Griffiths was overshadowed by some Italian bloke, but we'll claim this one.
2. Perth Glory will beat Melbourne Victory in Perth. Victory can't win out west.
Another bit of reverse psychology! 
3. The loser of the Sydney vs Wellington game will miss the finals, a genuine six pointer.
Put a fork in them, they are done!

This week's prediction:
1. A great crowd and a great game at AAMI on Saturday. Should have been and should always be on a Friday night though.
2.Newcastle will beat Wellington and the Phoenix to sack Ricky Herbert.
3.A handy signing or two within the league as the transfer window comes to a close.