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Melbourne Heart could be FFA's fatal mistake

June 16th 2009 01:13

by Jason Bryce

The Football Federation of Australia's decision to approve a bid for a second A League team from Melbourne could be the moment Australain football fans will come to regret for a long time.

The existing Melbourne based frnachise, the Victory are highly successful, by far the most successful soccer franchise in Australia. More importnantly the Victory are pulling all of Melbourne's soccer fans together and pointing them in the same direction.

A second Melbourne based team will split the soccer fan base into two, and there is a history of trouble for soccer in a divided Melbourne soccer market.

The Victory home matches are dominated by two large cheer squads, one at the northern and one at the southern end of the ground. These two groups are now cheering for the same team and that is the best outcome for soccer in Melbourne.

Left alone in the Melbourne market,the Victory could become a true powerhouse of world soccer, drawing up and showcasing young talent from the suburbs.

Melbourne is really a great soccer city of the world, where lots of EPL and European professionals have been born and bred.

Melbourne deserves a team that can take on the best teams in the world and win. Melbourne Heart threatens to take soccer in Melbourne backwards.

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Players bully ref in A-League grand final

March 2nd 2009 03:44

The A League grand final, played before a sell out crowd at Melbourne's Docklands Stadium, should have been the showpiece game of the year, but soccer in this country keeps shotting itself in the foot. Never has a sport been so good at snatching defaet from the jaws of victory of its rival codes.
On Saturday night, there was no violence or crowd disturbances of any kind, yet an unwllingness by the bosses that run the game to show replays of controversial incidents on the big screen at the ground has cost fans the chance of the contest in the grand final and Adelaide the chance for redemption against a cocky Melbourne outfit.
With no help from technology at all, the referee Matthew Breeze was talked into two red cards during the match by players from both sides, the first in the tenth minute was against Adealaide's Christiano. The second, deep into the decond half saw Allsop marched after nothing mpore than a gentle shoulder bump in the goal square.
On both occasions the referee and assistant referees looked to be bullied into giving red cards by players, especially Adelaide keeper Eugene Galekovic and Melbourne captain Kevin Muscat.
The end result was Melbourne 1 - Adelaide 0 after the Reds played most of the match with ten men.
The result may have been different if there had been instant replays shown ont he big screen at the ground so players could be shamed perhaps before the huge crowd. Their childish tantrums and blood on the head of Vargus, seemed to convince the young officials that there was more intent in the actions of Allsop and Christiano than there really was.
The performance of some of the A League 'champions' left a lot to be desired on Saturday night. Standing over and shouting at officials is not on. What is the message this is sending to the kiddies?
Officials at most junior games already have to be escorted from the field by decree of the FFA.
The bullying of match officials by senior professional players determined the outcome of the ALeague grand final. Just when the world was watching the A League, the players blew it and so did the refs. You can't blame the administrators for this latest blight on the game Eugene Galekovic and Kevin Muscat.

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Adelaide line up for ritual humiliation

February 24th 2009 07:07

Melbourne Victory have emerged this year as the pre-eminent force in Australian soccer, despite Adelaide's brave run to the grand final of the Asian Champions League. No other team in Autralia's A League has the depoth or the attacking and deending class of the powerhouse club from Victoria.
Before the biggest club soccer crowds in Australia, the Victory have been almost unbeatable at the Telstra Dome.
It is time to take the salary cap shackles off the Victory and let them bid ont he open international market for players.
While some other A League clubs might be struggling to pull crowds and maintain momentum, the Victory have progressed in leaps and bounds almost from day one of the A League almost five years ago.
Melbourne could be Australia's Liverpool or Manchester United if the restrictions placed on them by the slaray cap were removed. If not, the Victory are in danger of losing Archie Thomspon, Danny Allsop, Carlos Hernadez, Ney Fabiano and even Kevin Muscat to cashed up Asian clubs.
Our socer focus in AUstralia now must be on Asia. Melbourne must be allowed to grow and recruit on a level playing field woith the powerhouse clubs they will play in next year's Asian Champions League.
As for the grand final at the Dome this weekend, it's look out Adelaide United. What is possible now from this Victory team?

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