More - A League Finals

[Rowley Birkin QC]

Melbourne City v Melbourne Victory play the semi final in Melbourne tonight. Good crowd - good atmosphere, A proper derby!

City very much the under-dog - Victory currently 1-0 up! 

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http://fullsportlive.org/2015/05/melbourne-victory-vs-melbourne-city-live-stream.html

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cracking finish for 2nd

[Rowley Birkin QC]

Now down 2-0 

City were giving it a good go up to then.

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till you jinxed it

what do city get out of having a team in oz anyway?

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genuine question that, not me being a snarky twot as usual

yank one and japanese link up make sense with the stupid money it will bring in

young players from the ais and them will be a ballache with work permits

[Rowley Birkin QC]

till you jinxed it

I seem to jinx a lot of things these days - I should keep quiet...

what do city get out of having a team in oz anyway?

The chance to put a team into the much watched Asian Champions League. Remember, it's all about profile with our Arab Friends.

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ahhhh, i did think about oz magically being asian but didnt think of their champs league


samoa city in the ofc champs league next

[Rowley Birkin QC]

And the Australian teams have don quite well in the Asian Champions League over the past three years. Some big money starting to flow into the Asian competition.

And... I would not be too quick to write of the chances of the A League uncovering the odd gem. Football is the sleeping giant of Australian sport in an increasingly multi-cultural country. There's plenty of potential talent out there waiting to be discovered. I don't think there will be too many complaints if Melbourne City feed us the next Tim Cahill or Marcus Bresciano.

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do aussies do much in it tho? can honestly say ive never seen any of that cup, for some reason i assumed japan and korea had it all between them

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well you answered that before i even asked, must be handy living in the future kenny

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And... I would not be too quick to write of the chances of the A League uncovering the odd gem.

i didnt write it off, its the work permits that will be the problem. i know the sports schools they do there churn out high quality


how often was bresciano linked with city back in the day

[Rowley Birkin QC]

well you answered that before i even asked, must be handy living in the future kenny

Western Sydney Wanderers won it last year.

Fair point about the work permits, but these things (as we know) are not insurmountable.

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well you answered that before i even asked, must be handy living in the future kenny

Western Sydney Wanderers won it last year.

Fair point about the work permits, but these things (as we know) are not insurmountable.

you can do your bit for city kenny, get these kids adopted

[Rowley Birkin QC]

how often was bresciano linked with city back in the day

More times than I can remember. Looked to be very much on at one point. I wanted us to get him.

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50,000 watching this...

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biggest crowd outside of the final apparently

aye he was quality

if you get bored you can put together an all aussie team thats played over here ken, tiatto and muscat at the back would be fun

[Rowley Birkin QC]

Typical (Melbourne) City...

City have created a host of promising half chances (and better) and nothing to show for it, while Victory have had just two shots on target and scored off both of them!

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how does it work moving the other way, i know they let you and nimrod in so cant be that fussy  , can city send a load of kids over there on loan to get a tan?

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if you get bored you can put together an all aussie team thats played over here ken, tiatto and muscat at the back would be fun

A host of red cards waiting to happen there 

how does it work moving the other way, i know they let you and nimrod in so cant be that fussy  , can city send a load of kids over there on loan to get a tan?

Don't see why not? They let all those Aussies working in London pubs in.