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NH - Melb Victory win 2018 A-league

Exactly. Use Fox footage as backup. Especially since Fox footage is replayed on the big screens in the stadium, the VAR referees could've just looked up at those. What a joke. Newcastle potentially robbed.

Or to be more accurate VAR. Amateur hour by the FFA contracted tech partner.

Melbourne definitely dominating the OZ sports scene at the moment... So much success, but a-League need to get VRA more accurate..

15 posts of back and forth abuse removed. Please play nice.

My friend just moved to Melbourne and told me every pub was packed for the game.

Was it the same for United Game 5?

I believe that Qld holds current lawn bowls and bog snorkeling championships.

So Richmond are current AFL premiers, Melbourne Storm current NRL premiers, Victory current A-League champions and Melbourne United current NBL champions, I'm probably forgetting a few like AFLW but that sounds extremely difficult to not have Melbourne as title town.

Queensland has the netball champions (Sunshine Coast) and South Australia has the BBL champions.

Does WA or NSW have any national sporting teams as champions in their field?

Deng should be playing RB for the Socceroos.
Way better than Risdon atm.

Catt:

"Here's an example of how different it is in Perth. We won the championship in 2010.

"The following season, they lost a couple of games in a row and (coach) Rob Beveridge's head was on the line.

"There's the difference.

"That's the sort of pressure they're under every game.

"In Adelaide, even the public now nearly expects the 36ers to lose."

But it sure isn't Adelaide's where failure and under-achievement is not only tolerated but the club apologists leap out in force, justifying plans and schemes designed to make the Sixers a force again ... one mythical day.

Unquestionably the SOS consortium which saved the club by buying it out from under Mal Hemmerling before Ninnis' second season, deserves kudos for that action.

But essentially SOS comprised passionate fans keen to maintain an NBL presence here. They spoke from their hearts and with their wallets but at the end of the day, buying a club is much easier than running a club.

Having to pay out Ninnis - whose record in his second season is still better than anything his predecessor has managed - then signing a rookie coach such as Clarke to a water-tight three-year deal shows what happens when enthusiastic but inexperienced fans take over.