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I was really impressed by both debutant keepers. Sure, Margush didn't have much to do. As for Bray, well he commanded the box like a seasoned pro. Two good signs for goalkeepers in this country.
 
Greasyrhys said:
How bloody good was that, never expected us to beat the top team 4-1 away from home.

Sad that Eli is likely to have played his last game for the Reds, possible ACL late in the game.
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Great win for sure but soured by the injury to Babalj. Kept switching between this and the 36'ers epic win.
 

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Amazing that the Brisbane Roar are still top after losing 0-4 and 1-4 in consecutive weeks, although it is possible they could drop to fourth by the time the round's completed on Tuesday. Next three weeks look a bit easier with games against the 8th Jets and 10th Central Coast and a home game against the 3rd Sydney FC. But we're still a few points down on most teams so we may not move any further up the table for a few weeks now. Even if this unbeaten run goes on we still need someone to slip up and I'm sure Adelaide will have a few more draws as well, quite possibly to teams they expect to beat.
 
Anyone hear the odd broadcast of the game on 891? One guy kept referring to a player as 'Slippery Fish', I was listening while driving for about half an hour and never did find out who he was referring to. Not that I know any of the soccer players anyway but the varied attempts to be Cometti-like did give the commentary an amusingly surreal flavour. At least Brian Taylor called McEvoy 'Big Boy McEvoy' so you knew who he was referring to.
 
Powerstufff said:
Anyone hear the odd broadcast of the game on 891? One guy kept referring to a player as 'Slippery Fish', I was listening while driving for about half an hour and never did find out who he was referring to. Not that I know any of the soccer players anyway but the varied attempts to be Cometti-like did give the commentary an amusingly surreal flavour. At least Brian Taylor called McEvoy 'Big Boy McEvoy' so you knew who he was referring to.
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The 'slippery fish' player is actually that diver Henrique. That never should've been a penalty but thankfully we scored enough goals.
 
Greasyrhys said:
The 'slippery fish' player is actually that diver Henrique. That never should've been a penalty but thankfully we scored enough goals.
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That penalty reminded me of the Berisha one, when he was at Brisbane, in the GF against Perth. In fact it was worse than Berisha's.
 
Powerstufff said:
Anyone hear the odd broadcast of the game on 891? One guy kept referring to a player as 'Slippery Fish', I was listening while driving for about half an hour and never did find out who he was referring to. Not that I know any of the soccer players anyway but the varied attempts to be Cometti-like did give the commentary an amusingly surreal flavour. At least Brian Taylor called McEvoy 'Big Boy McEvoy' so you knew who he was referring to.
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You would have struggled with Roy and HG calling a State of Origin game or even an NRL grand final in the 1990's then, especially when the Broncos played in a GF. You had - The Penalty Puller, Roy, The Far Side, Backdoor Benny or just The Door, The Crimean War, The Nudist, Dish Head, Deborah Kerr, The Unmade Bed, The Boy on the Bike, Tooley, Tiberius, Fat Albert, The Brick with Eyes, The Poo in the Shoe, Big Pond and the 3 brothers, The Prune, Cumquat and Quince, to name about 23-30% of the nicknames they developed over 25 years or so.
 
RussellEbertHandball said:
You would have struggled with Roy and HG calling a State of Origin game or even an NRL grand final in the 1990's then, especially when the Broncos played in a GF. You had - The Penalty Puller, Roy, The Far Side, Backdoor Benny or just The Door, The Crimean War, The Nudist, Dish Head, Deborah Kerr, The Unmade Bed, The Boy on the Bike, Tooley, Tiberius, Fat Albert, The Brick with Eyes, The Poo in the Shoe, Big Pond and the 3 brothers, The Prune, Cumquat and Quince, to name about 23-30% of the nicknames they developed over 25 years or so.
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Struggled to a point, in the end it didn't matter with them. I could listen to Festival of the Boot Part 2 (the NRL GF) and still enjoy them without knowing any of the players. I still remember listening to what must have been the 1989 AFL GF as my wife and I were painting a room and I'd never heard them before. I kept stopping early on wondering what the hell was happening but soon picked it up. I loved This Sporting Life after that.
 
Luis Garcia. Comes on in the 60th minute.

1st touch: A beautiful lay off for an assist that should've been converted.
2nd touch: A deflected shot on target
3rd touch: Another beautiful through ball where the assist lead to a goal.

He's been on the pitch 10 minutes ...... just beautiful to watch
 
Former Newcastle stalwart stopper Steve Harper signed a short-term deal as cover at Sunderland and has had to close his Twitter account due to abuse.
 

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Just checking the A-League draw to see if we play CCM (obviously go to see L Garcia) at home again this season, and we do, but it's on the 27th March

Guess what is on 27th March... FFS :mad:
 
Hopefully the A-League results today continue to go our way with both Wellington and Sydney going down in their games. Now if only Perth can get over the line against Victory it will top off a big day (especially after the 36'ers big win over Illawarra)
 
Garibaldi Red said:
Hopefully the A-League results today continue to go our way with both Wellington and Sydney going down in their games. Now if only Perth can get over the line against Victory it will top off a big day (especially after the 36'ers big win over Illawarra)
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Not totally great for the 36ers, Randle's injury looks like an ACL.
 

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Was just flicking through my program guide on a Saturday morning and Fox Seattle was showing Bundesliga soccer from Germany. Wasn't a Bayern Munich game either. Soccer must be progressing in the US if they are getting network airtime.
 
Well it was ugly but for the Reds, 3 points is 3 points. But if we want to keep up our recent good form, then we must play a lot better on Friday night against an unpredictable $ydney outfit.
 

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