{"id":19317,"date":"2016-02-24T20:39:15","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T10:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=19317"},"modified":"2016-02-24T20:39:15","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T10:39:15","slug":"a-league-201516-round-20-savedthenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=19317","title":{"rendered":"A-League 2015\/16 Round 20 &#8211; #SavedTheNix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?attachment_id=5928\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5928\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5928\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfootball.jpg\" alt=\"tagfootball\" width=\"600\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfootball.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfootball-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?attachment_id=19318\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19318\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19318\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glory6roar3.jpg\" alt=\"glory6roar3\" width=\"620\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glory6roar3.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glory6roar3-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MELBOURNE VICTORY 0 ADELAIDE UNITED 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>NEWCASTLE JETS 3 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SYDNEY FC 1 WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>PERTH GLORY 6 BRISBANE ROAR 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MELBOURNE CITY 4 CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?attachment_id=19319\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19319\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19319\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1516r20.jpg\" alt=\"1516r20\" width=\"597\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1516r20.jpg 597w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1516r20-297x300.jpg 297w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1516r20-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Woeful Brisbane Roar get hit for six<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R2K42VwkB1M\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What a season it&#8217;s been.<\/p>\n<p>With all the drama on and off the park, I&#8217;m not sure anyone would necessarily say that the 11th season of the Hyundai A-League has been a\u00a0<em>good<\/em> one, but it certainly has been unpredictable. \u00a0With two thirds\u00a0of the competition complete, there can be no doubt about it. \u00a0The two form teams in the competition are Adelaide United and Perth Glory. \u00a0Adelaide have been unbeaten in a club record\u00a0<em>twelve rounds<\/em> and Perth Glory&#8217;s destruction of Brisbane Roar was their sixth win in a row.<\/p>\n<p>What makes things interesting is that neither team are on the top of the table. \u00a0In fact, Perth are still outside of the top six that qualify for the finals. \u00a0Both teams had an absolutely woeful start to the season and are still chasing the rest of the pack (although Adelaide are more or less there now).<\/p>\n<p>For the last five years, the dial for Brisbane Roar has often\u00a0flicked dramatically between Championship Quality and Worst In The League. \u00a0They were champions in 2011 and 2012 under Ange Postecoglou. \u00a0They were literally bottom of the ladder under next coach Rado Vidosic. \u00a0They won the title under Mike Mulvey&#8217;s first full season then the following season they were bottom once more when he was hastily shown the door. \u00a0This season, supporters are getting both Brisbane Roar sides in a single season. \u00a0The team has been at the top of the table longer than any other team but when they have lost games, they have done so\u00a0<em>spectacularly<\/em>. \u00a0In 2016 alone, they have lost 4-0 to Melbourne Victory, 4-1 to Adelaide United and now 6-3 to Perth Glory. \u00a0If it wasn&#8217;t for the team thrashing Central Coast Mariners two weeks ago, the club could&#8217;ve almost ended up in the bizarre scenario of being top of the table with a goal difference of +2.<\/p>\n<p>The first half between Perth Glory and Brisbane Roar was one for the record books. \u00a0The teams went into the shed with Perth leading 4-3, the most goals ever in a single half of A-League football. \u00a0The Glory finished the game with 6, the most number of goals a team has ever scored against Brisbane. \u00a0The boys in Orange had no answer to Perth&#8217;s simple but effective strategy of lumping in crosses and getting their biggest players to crash the ball home into the back of the net.<\/p>\n<p>Where do the teams go from here? \u00a0Brisbane will effectively need to rebuild their defensive strategy from scratch. \u00a0This was the team fielding their strongest XI and they were demolished by the team currently seventh in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Perth will look to go on with it from here. \u00a0They look in ominous goal scoring form. \u00a0It&#8217;s an incredible reversal of fortune and its amazing to think that next season they will have their squad bolstered by the addition of former Golden Boot winner and Socceroo James Troisi.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>News and Notes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?attachment_id=19320\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19320\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/savedthenix.jpg\" alt=\"savedthenix\" width=\"620\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/savedthenix.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/savedthenix-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">There was plenty of celebration for fans across the competition as the FFA confirmed that Wellington Phoenix had been granted a new ten year license after being denied the request earlier in the season. \u00a0For the Nix and their supporters, it is a fantastic reward for the grassroots #SaveTheNix campaign they started which had the backing of many fans across the entire league. \u00a0It goes a long way towards helping the future of the sport in New Zealand which would have been all at sea if the Nix were to leave the competition.\n<p>For the FFA, it is a second humiliating back pedal\u00a0after they badly misread fan sentiments earlier this year regarding the spectator ban appeals process.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">On the field, the Phoenix are probably the worst team in the competition currently. \u00a0Onwards and upwards next season with the signing of former Nix player Kosta Barbarouses.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Sydney FC continue to have a run of indifferent form and are in serious danger of not making the finals.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">It&#8217;s extremely difficult to pick who&#8217;ll win the league at the moment. \u00a0Both the Wanderers and the Roar have had some seriously poor form in February. \u00a0Surely Adelaide couldn&#8217;t pull it off after being winless in their first nine 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