Victory in Melbourne 

The Melbourne Victory’s Northern Terrace certainly set the tone for last night’s clash against Sydney in what was one very important match for the Victory. Whilst not condoning the use of flares, it certainly looked impressive and was very hellish indeed. The boys certainly responded with a great come from behind win. For a more detailed analysis, you will have to read my latest au.fourfourtwo.com blog post.

The other main talking point for the night was certainly the clash between Danny Allsopp and John Kosmina. For those who haven’t seen it, here it is. Mike Cockerill’s butchering-of-the-english-language response is hilarious.

Allsopp, who has added an aggressive streak to his game of late, set the tone for the rest of his team mates with an aggressive attack both on and off the ball and they duly responded.

Watching the A-League on TV when Andy Harper and Michael Cockerill are commentating is like having your teeth pulled. They simple don’t shut up. I think someone needs to point out to them that television is visual medium and we don’t necessarily need to have commentary 100% of the time. Most of the time both their commentary is pure dribble and more often than not they take the opportunity to mention Sydney FC, even when they aren’t even playing. I think this post by The Fisherman’s Friend sums them up perfectly.