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Crossbar: Wanderers taking care of business

Tuesday, February 05, 2013

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It was a huge weekend for the A-League with the contenders whittled down to three!

Melbourne Victory are now within three points of the Mariners at the top whilst the Wanderers are only a point further adrift. 

Adelaide are plummeting and face Victory on Friday in what should be an epic contest.  

And everyone one else is playing for fifth or sixth.

 Now we at The Football Sack aren't a huge fan of mediocrity although those who read our website may disagree, but the final six actually works. Had it been a final four as many hoped for the season would be as boring a Channel Nine's marathons of the Big Bang theory.

 These snuck under the Crossbar and into The Sack (Likes)
1. The #MelbDerby. 41,000 plus in the sports capital of the world. NO doubt. The size and energy of the crowd was fantastic.
2. Goalkeeping. An often-overlooked art. But this round showed the class we have here in the A-League. r
3. The Fox Sports camera man focusing on the hot girl in the crowd when Ange was talking. @Neil Sherwin
4. Our Pokemon match report. Everyone under the age of 23 is raving about it.
5. WSW. Taking care of business. 
What went over the Crossbar (Dislikes)
1. The bullshit that goes with a Melb derby. Football fans, pull your head in. #PassionIsNotACrime #VandalismIS
2. Glory vs Nix. The Distance Derby was as boring as the flight itself and attracted only 37k viewers. 
3.  Fox Sports effects mic picking up the C-Bomb during the Syd vs Jets game. Get rid of it or put it on the seven second delay.
4. Flores going down easy. Germano committing more fouls than most. Lose-lose.
5. Spider Kalac. Sydney have a discipline problem. Why?

Too early to call:
Mariners for the Premiers plate. 

Something we learned:
Some football fans are really really dumb and commercial TV prey on these idiots.

Something we already knew:
Nothing in the world beats a quality football game played in front of a big crowd. NOTHING!

Something we would change:
Our venues. Eden Park looked better than the Cake Tin. Etihad is great for AFL and Coldplay. Suncorp has only been filled twice and Hindmarsh was built just before the pyramids.

Hero of the Week:
"Robin van" Hersi. 

Villain of the Week:
The FFA banning Joel Griffiths on Friday at 5:30pm. What? 

Last week's prediction:
1. Victory to beat Heart comfortably. Two teams in very different form. CLOSE ENOUGH
2. Brisbane vs Mariners will be nowhere near the standard we saw in the GF two years ago. EASY CALL
3. All three Griffiths boys will either score or be sent off on Saturday. I'm claiming Joel's late ban, which means I was one yellow card away from this one

This week's prediction:
1. Mariners 5 - Phoenix 0
2. Sydney to get another red card, their fans to say that the FFA is anti-Sydney when in actual fact they are more pro-Sydney than the Cove.
3. Brisbane fans to be a little more cheerful after beating Sydney. They are a dreary bunch at the moment.