{"id":9427,"date":"2012-11-19T16:58:50","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T06:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=9427"},"modified":"2012-11-19T17:01:54","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T07:01:54","slug":"a-league-201213-round-7-il-pinturicchio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=9427","title":{"rendered":"A-League 2012\/13 &#8211; Round 7 &#8211; Il Pinturicchio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfootball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5928\" title=\"tagfootball\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfootball.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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\" 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alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Del Piero&#8217;s Roar Deal<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After a dismal three losses in a row saw Brisbane Roar slump to the bottom of the table for the first time in their history, they bounced back in a high profile home fixture against Alessandro Del Piero and Sydney FC by putting them to the sword and winning 4-2 in front a season high crowd of 20,000.\u00a0 The win came after Roar coach Rado Vidosic was forced to make wholesale changes to the squad including dropping Mitch Nichols and The World&#8217;s Worst Defender Matt Jurman.\u00a0 It&#8217;s hard to tell if the changes worked as Sydney FC are such an awful team at the moment, I don&#8217;t think we can read too much into the result.\u00a0 Sydney have now conceded an incredible 14 goals in the last three games.\u00a0 <em>All<\/em> of their defenders are terrible and should be replaced as soon as Sydney can afford to.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On the plus side, Del Piero once again delivered the goods and is now tied for the Golden Boot with a brace against Brisbane that were great to watch.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a shame his incredible talent is being wasted with such a dreadful team.\u00a0 It&#8217;ll be interesting to see if the arrival of a new coach will improve things in Sydney.\u00a0 The latest round of rumours saw Avran Grant throw his name into the mix.\u00a0 I know Del Piero originally signed on for two seasons but I wouldn&#8217;t blame him for wanting to leave the circus that is Sydney FC.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Notes From Round Seven<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Two big pieces of news that came out of the A-League this round.\u00a0 Firstly, a free-to-air TV deal has been agreed to with SBS which means as of next season, you won&#8217;t need cable tv to catch the A-League.\u00a0 Hopefully this will go some way towards broadening the reach of the league.\u00a0 The deal includes time delayed coverage of the finals and a weekly magazine show.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Secondly, there are rumours flying that David Beckham could be signed for the A-League for a ten game deal.\u00a0 With all the cashed up mining magnates that own clubs in the league, I don&#8217;t think its out of the realm of possibility for someone to pony up the cash.\u00a0 Beckham&#8217;s contract with L.A Galaxy expires in a month&#8217;s time so we&#8217;ll get a better idea then.\u00a0 It&#8217;s pretty crazy seeing these names being tossed around the league at the moment considering the last two seasons have seen two clubs go out of business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRISBANE ROAR 4 &#8211; SYDNEY FC 2 ADELAIDE UNITED 1 &#8211; MELBOURNE HEART 0 MELBOURNE VICTORY 2 CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 2 NEWCASTLE JETS 0 &#8211; WELLINGTON PHOENIX 3 PERTH GLORY 0 &#8211; WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 1 Del Piero&#8217;s Roar Deal After a dismal three losses in a 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