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We are in the middle of some unprecedented coverage with ADP and Heskey leading the line, ably supported by a winning WSW with their fanatical fans, and Melbourne Victory making noise again down south.
The start of January is also the start of the transfer window, and now we have ADP and Heskey amongst us we are linked to every class player over the age of 33, Beckham and Michael Owen the latest to say no with Eider Gudjohnson in the pipeline.
These snuck under the Crossbar and into The Sack (Likes)
1. Braces is the new black. Berisha, Smeltz and McBreen all scoring twice.
2. The now annual pre-Christmas Melbourne Derby. The A-League's first owning of a calendar date (well, since the Boxing Day Queensland derby was scrapped for lack of opposition).
3. We're keeping Rojas, Rogic and Ryan for the rest of the season. Rama lama ding dong.
4. Marcos Flores on the scoresheet. He's now only at 1/2 million dollars per goal this season.
What went over the Crossbar (Dislikes)1. Adelaide's new no swearing fan policy which should include coaches as well. It's taking it too far, just create a family friendly zone and be done with it.
2. Mat Ryan to the Scottish 4th division. We could just send them a cardboard cut-out, they wouldn't know.
3. Gol Gol Mebrahtu puns. We're just getting through all the Heart ones.
4. David Beckham and Michael Owen not coming to the A-League.
5. Wellington Phoenix at AAMI Park. Just don't bother turning up anymore.
6. Coaches blaming refs for losing; Mulvey and Popovic the culprits this week. It looks and sounds sooky. Hell Aloisi won and still had a shot.
Too early to call:
The RBB being the yardstick for A-League fans. Ummm there's a little team in Melbourne that have been doing it bigger and better for 8 years now. Hold your horses Sydney centric media.
Something we learned:
A win can do wonders. Melbourne Heart were second last before their game on Sunday. Nek Minute inside a finals spot.
Something we already knew:
With clean airspace the A-League can dominate but with the Ashes next year we need to lift another notch.
Something we would change:
More midweek games during the holiday period. We want to watch a game of football EVERY NIGHT.
Hero of the Week:
Tie between McBreen and Smeltz. Berisha ineligible to be included in hero category. Why? Because I said so.
Villain of the Week:
David Williams. Red card was upheld by the Match Review Panel so obviously it was the correct call, right?
Player to watch:
Ruben Zadkovich. Playing some genuinely good football right now.
This week's prediction:
1. 10,000 to the Victory vs Mariners game in Tassie, with no hint of 'you all came in on a family ticket' chant.
2. Six goals will be scored in the second half of the Sydney vs Heart game.3. Every Perth fan that chants that stupid goal kick chant will be kicked out of the Adelaide game under their new no swearing policy. Which would actually means the policy works #ThatChantIsShitAhhh