r/Aleague • u/victory2424 Melbourne Victory • 20h ago

News & Articles A-League boss defends derby timing

https://www.news.com.au/sport/football/aleague-ceo-steve-rosich-hits-back-at-criticism-over-round-one-sydney-derby/news-story/82d2819c4ec13e979fe800940facba7d?amp
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u/Red-Engineer Centre-Back Smurf 20h ago

I wonder if the rugby league damaging the turf the night before led to both teams making it one of the more aerial games I remember seeing for a while, and therefore one with a lack of creative play.

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u/OverallMistake8198 Newcastle Jets 20h ago

I’d believe this is i hadn’t seen other A-league clubs playing on dogshit surfaces in the regular season for years on end lol

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u/hypergreenSundae 19h ago

brisbane playing in suncorp after nrl's magic round?

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u/OverallMistake8198 Newcastle Jets 19h ago

Just one instance or midweek jets after Knights have used McDonald Jones on a sunday

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u/hypergreenSundae 19h ago

wsw at commbank after back to back rugby league games ?

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u/lovesadonut Western Sydney Wanderers 18h ago

As I expected, the APL patting themselves on the back for getting 30k there last night. Completely ignoring the fact that 10-15k of them were once or twice a season attendees who after witnessing that would have zero interest in returning for a non derby fixture - same goes for tv audience.

Just for once it would be nice to see the aleague run with the long term in mind rather than instant gratification and sugar hits that have dictated the last 20 years and gotten us nowhere.

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u/DinoKea Stewart Island United 20h ago

Reasoning of putting blockbusters in key places only works if it doesn't impact on match quality because surely you want your blockbuster matches to be good so fans are excited for more right?

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u/sunshifts Sydney FC 16h ago

You simply gotta laugh at the thought processes of the people running football in this country

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u/littlejib #1 Flair Gremlin 18h ago

To be fair to them, both teams could play like that for the next couple of weeks, certainly looked possible

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u/Ringovski Sydney FC 14h ago

This was the wrong decision and they just don’t want to admit it. Do they have origin as the first game of the nrl season, of course not. There not stupid, this derby is a major event the A league, so treat the players and fans properly. Fing morons.

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u/Odd_Importance_130 9h ago

Predictable response but doesnt mean they double down next year...hopefully like Unite rd they say its here to stay then quietly drop it