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A-League Mens 24/25 - Round 20

Melbourne Derby ticket update – as of Friday February 21st 5.45pm AEDT,
Premium A – 459 tickets left
Premium B – 2807 tickets left
Premium C – 1324 tickets left
North End Active – sold out
South End Active – 257 tickets left
South End Reserve – 398 tickets left
Reserve – 891 tickets left
Dry Area – 128 tickets left
City Away – 27 tickets left
City Terrace – 255 tickets left
 
Brenton1986 said:
Melbourne Derby ticket update – as of Friday February 21st 5.45pm AEDT,
Premium A – 459 tickets left
Premium B – 2807 tickets left
Premium C – 1324 tickets left
North End Active – sold out
South End Active – 257 tickets left
South End Reserve – 398 tickets left
Reserve – 891 tickets left
Dry Area – 128 tickets left
City Away – 27 tickets left
City Terrace – 255 tickets left
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Looks good to crack 20k. Might even get 22k+.
 
Our new striker is a diver. Let's hope he has that out of his system now. Got fouled with what looked like a slight step on his foot but his reaction was typical flop and roll - deserved his yellow card for his two lousy efforts. He looked a bit of a ball hog but was also creative and looking a threat.

We were unlucky not to score at least one more from our own good play (aside from the extra goals we could easily have shipped at the same time).

Bility and Shour both lunge in often and they are going to cost us because they are not good enough at it. Bility has also developed the idea now that he can dribble the ball out from the back because he got away with it a time or two. He dribbled us into some pretty dire moments today.

Our passing was atrocious against a willing opponent. I can't remember a game where we made more half strength or misplaced passes - all through the team. O'Shea did some awful passes and that tells you something about quality on the pitch today.

Ludwick seemed useful to me without me actually noting too much of his play.

Fantastic strike from O'Shea for our goal. Loved watching the replay from behind him showing the whip on the ball to force the keeper to wait until too late to go after it.

For the first half hour or so I felt like we were finally playing like a team coming out of a decent pre-season with promise of improvement. It would feel like a positive if we weren't so far into this season but it is something.

We are 'not doing that badly' but after 17 games of 'not doing that badly' I am saying we are doing that badly.

Freke, Burke-Gilroy, Klein, Jelacic, Hore and the sometimes off O'Shea are all deserving of a starting place out of first 11 tonight.
Shour in centreback, Bility, Zabala played at left fullback, Halloran and Berenguer are not performing in the positions they played tonight.
Abubakar (diver), Amanatidis, Brazete and Ludwick on the bench all offered something when they came on.

Take out the under performers and add in the 'added something' players and we are still short a full team. After 17 rounds we are still not putting a proper team on the pitch to start a game let alone having an effective bench to back up the first options.

I agree it is a tough period for us to watch through but I am still looking forward to us playing each game. We are always a chance of winning before the whistle blows.

Jets are looking better with their cohesive attacks and passing options all over the pitch. Their one touch redirections allowed some very smooth and uncontested progress upfield and stating the obvious, Kota is making such a difference in the final third the way his individual skill and brilliance meshes with the team and lifts them all.

I found the ref to be too lenient tonight - with trips, hacks and grapples being allowed to 'flow' to the immediate detriment of the victim's team. There is a big difference between letting an honest physical contest flow and having a player held back or brought to ground in a clear foul. I am all for competitive contests but not allowing goal raids to come off the back of a foul that causes possession to be lost.

The clean up of Shour in the opening minutes by Adams was as deserving of a card for dangerous play as some of the later Roar lunges and challenges that received cards - and it actually hurt him rather than just putting him to ground or stinging.

Roll on next weekend and a home game to Victory.
 
With Kota, the Jets have moved up a notch. Another player that is catching my eyes for the Jets is Clayton Taylor - nothing spectacular, just a solid workhorse who is scoring. He presents, he runs, he presses, creates space for his team mates. Very solid.
And the other player that has improved is Mark Natta. Did not rate him at first but now he is solid. The big test will be against Victory.

As for BR, why isn't Brazzette starting ahead of Halloran? Halloran is not offering anything. At least Brazzette is showing ambition.
 
WhatAmIWatching said:
With Kota, the Jets have moved up a notch. Another player that is catching my eyes for the Jets is Clayton Taylor - nothing spectacular, just a solid workhorse who is scoring. He presents, he runs, he presses, creates space for his team mates. Very solid.
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He was very solid for us at NPL1 player, no adaptation period as well from younger to mens football.
 
Very poor officiating from the NZ derby. Barbourousus was through and held up by his opposite. Clear free and yellow, however the player already had a yellow. Ref said play on. If he hadn't been on yellow already, clear card offence. Subsequently Auckland have scored 2 goals.

Result all down to bad reffing.
 
Sutherlandbear said:
It may be a rights issue, although I don’t think it is.
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True. I might be wrong but I think the second NZ derby was moved to fta?? I think it wasn't a huge ratings success, but it's more about the optics of the derby and growing the game.

The NZ derby on tv would get more people interested in the league than a Mariners home match, I'm sorry to say for the Mariners.
 
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