#FT: Melbourne Victory 0-3 Perth Glory
Perth Glory scorers: Antonee Burke-Gilroy (66'), Ciaran Bramwell (74'), Bruno Fornaroli (88')
Venue: AAMI Park
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Melbourne Victory
Ivan Kelava, Leigh Broxham, Brendan Hamill (Stefan Nigro), Jason Davidson, Jason Geria, Jake Brimmer (Robbie Kruse), Josh Brillante, Rai, Nicholas D'Agostino (Nishan Velupillay), Ben Folami (Francesco Margiotta), Marco Rojas (Lleyton Brooks).
Subs: Matthew Spiranovic, Jerrad Tyson.
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Perth Glory
Cameron Cook, Jonathan Aspropotamitis, Darryl Lachman, Aaron Calver (Joshua Rawlins), Luke Bodnar, Jack Clisby, Kosuke Ota (Pacifique Niyongabire), Antonee Burke-Gilroy, Bruno Fornaroli, Adrian Sardinero (Ciaran Bramwell), Daniel Stynes.
Subs: Aidan Coyne, Chris Donnell, Nicholas Sorras, Giordano Colli.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
13' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Stefan Nigro replaces Brendan Hamill because of an injury.
15' Kosuke Ota (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+3' Rai Marchán (Melbourne Victory) is shown the red card.
45'+6' Bruno Fornaroli (Perth Glory) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
59' Substitution, Perth Glory. Joshua Rawlins replaces Aaron Calver.
61' Substitution, Perth Glory. Pacifique Niyongabire replaces Kosuke Ota.
66' Goal! Melbourne Victory 0, Perth Glory 1. Antonee Burke-Gilroy (Perth Glory) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jack Clisby following a corner.
68' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Francesco Margiotta replaces Ben Folami.
68' Substitution, Melbourne Victory. Nishan Velupillay replaces Nicholas D'Agostino.
68' Substitution, Perth Glory. Ciaran Bramwell replaces Adrián Sardinero.
74' Goal! Melbourne Victory 0, Perth Glory 2. Ciaran Bramwell (Perth Glory) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Antonee Burke-Gilroy with a cross.
... keep reading on reddit ➡About last night: Western United 0-1 Melbourne Victory.
Roderick Miranda, 75'.
So, first game of the new season done and dusted, and we've taken 3 points off Nomad FC in the West Gate Derby, how sweet it is for football to finally be back in Australia.
First major talking point of the game, no Joshua Brillante, apparently he failed a fitness test yesterday morning with a slight hamstring niggle, the word is that it isn't too bad, but understandably they weren't willing to take the risk, I have however heard that he is a decent shout for Wednesday night's FFA Cup game Vs Perth.
Anyway, the game, the game started off slow, in fact, the game started off veeeeeeery slow, I think most fans will agree that they fairly well had the beating of us for the majority of that first half, 8 shots, 2 on target to our paltry 3/0.
They looked dangerous, without actually looking dangerous if you know what I mean. They went forward, and with purpose, but never actually looked like they were going to make the breakthrough, they always kinda looked one step short, their shots were either speculative at best, or straight at Kelava, who by the way had a fairly solid game last night and actually looked reasonably impressive.
I think the single biggest talking point of that first half was, once again, unfortunately, just how average the officiating is in this country. Plenty of occasions where it looked like we were playing against 13 men, all three match officials looked absolutely determined to give us nothing, plenty of 50/50s that went unrewarded, a few hard fouls that definitely should have gone our way that didn't, from memory there was a reasonably decent penalty shout somewhere in there as well, apparently, they had forgotten to hook VAR up in Geelong, because it was completely absent all night, even in situations that VAR was specifically designed to rectify, the officiating in that first half was bang average, but luckily it was of no real consequence.
Second half, completely different story.
It's often said that managers earn the bulk of their money in that 15 minute period between the two halves, and boy, Popovic must have had a few things to say, because straight off the bat, we looked much better going into that second half.
Possession, fairly even, I wouldn't say that one team particularly had more of the ball than the other in that second half, but the way the ball was used, night and day.
We attacked with real menace, Chris I
... keep reading on reddit ➡Following our impressive 1-0 win over Western United in Geelong last weekend, and then a dramatic FFA Cup win Vs Perth midweek, we now finally return to AAMI Park for the first time in almost a year and a half to face a Brisbane team that I honestly don't really know what to expect from in this game.
Brisbane has historically always been a team that we have matched up fairly well with, they haven't really ever been one of those teams that we've struggled to play against like we have the Newcastle Jets in previous years for example.
But here's the thing, we haven't actually beaten them since late 2019, in fact, in our last three games against them, they have beaten us 2-1, 3-1, and 5-2 respectively. But before then, it was pretty much all Victory, you have to go back a few years to find the last time Brisbane beat us before then.
But, as they say, you are only as good as your last game, and while we beat Western United in our season opener, Brisbane lost in a reasonably hard-fought game against City here in Melbourne.
But it's actually that loss that is the reason that I'm not really sure what to expect from Brisbane today, see, they actually played reasonably well.
That first half was all City, but they sat back, absorbed pressure, and actually managed to control the game for certain periods, and yeah, they conceded two late goals in the first half, but going into that second half, they came out all guns blazing, and eventually managed to claw one back, keeping in mind, they're playing the defending Champions, "One of the best teams ever assembled in A-League history" if you believe the hype coming out of Morwell.
Anyway, Brisbane ended up losing that game, they pushed for an equalizer fairly late on which they unfortunately never got, and ultimately lost, but generally, most Brisbane fans were actually fairly happy with how they played, and while I'm not overly worried or even concerned, I'm honestly not really sure what to expect from this Brisbane team today.
If we turn up to play like we did against Western, I have absolutely no concerns, on paper, we're the superior team and we really should be winning.
That, and Popa said midweek that Joshua Brillante MIGHT be available, so he is obviously going to nullify a lot of their midfield threat.
But once again, weird Brisbane side, they played well last week, but they still lost, hopefully, it's the same result for them again this time around, and in all honesty, I think it probably should be, I'll
... keep reading on reddit ➡Typically when I do a season preview on this page, I normally do an incredibly deep, long drawn out, statistical dive into where the club is at, an analysis of players that are going to be important to us for the upcoming season, it's usually an entire thesis worth of writing, it generally takes me somewhere between 2 to 3 hours to research and write, and in the past, they've been very well received.
However, this season, I want to do something a little bit different, first of all, I want to explore a little bit about where we have come from, just so that we can, I guess, appreciate exactly where we are going as a club.
WHERE WE HAVE COME FROM.
Back when Kevin Muscat left the club in May 2019, I was extremely vocal about who I thought was the man to take over from him going forward.
At the time, Tony Popovic was far and away the only manager in Australia even remotely qualified to take over from Kev, short of somehow convincing Ange Postecoglou to give up his lucrative position in Japan and come back to Australia, in the eyes of many, Tony Popovic was the only bloke for the job.
Of course, that's not the way it played out, Tony Popovic was ruled out fairly early on in the process, he never said anything publicly, but sources close to him did speculate that it would be extremely difficult for Melbourne Victory to lure him away from Perth Glory, this was later confirmed by Perth Glory owner Tony Sage who quite publicly stated that Popovic wouldn't be going anywhere.
So, with Popovic ruled out, Adelaide United head coach Marco Kurz essentially became odds on favorite to replace Kev, and on the 28th of June, 2019, he would be appointed the head coach of Melbourne Victory, definitely a contentious appointment among fans.
Although, we wouldn't have to wait long to see the back of Kurz, he lasted just 6 months in the job, and after 13 matches, (four wins, three draws, and six losses), he was told his services were no longer required.
Long time assistant coach Carlos Salvachúa was given the top job on an interim basis, and initially, things actually started to pick up, but then, of course, COVID hit, the entire competition was thrown into disarray, and Salvachúa, probably rightly so, took the decision to leave the club and return to Europe to be with his family.
Once again, for the third time in less than two seasons, Melbourne Victory was now facing the prospect of having to find yet another head coach.
Almost immediately, Grant Brebner was unveiled as
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
The nurse asked the rabbit, “what is your blood type?”
“I am probably a type O” said the rabbit.
Mentos
(I will see myself out)
The doctor says it terminal.
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
Do your worst!
How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?
We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.
Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
He lost May
Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.
Said if she ever hosts a gender reveal party, when it comes time to pop the balloon she'll spray everyone with water.
Gender is fluid.
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
But let me give it a shot.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
He’s the new temp.
And now I’m cannelloni
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
But that’s comparing apples to oranges
And boy are my arms legs.
Amy
Put it on my bill
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
They’re on standbi
A play on words.
Calcium, nickel, neon
