Cup Final Results

[bennylava]

if metro were the better team why didnt they score?

[MUWFC CHAMPIONS]

if metro were the better team why didnt they score?

ummmm its been said about a million times on here "WE DIDNT SCORE CAUSE THE GOALIE TOOK OUT DONNA'S LEGS, U NEED LEGS AND FEET AND BALANCE TO SCORE A GOAL" you metro hating #$%^S

[nanstar]

I'd love to have this controversial tackle on camera

[neits/burgo/shadow]

city then scored as metro was infuriated and lost concentration

Isn't that part of the game? A test of composure and discipline i believe? Pass or fail in this instance?

I am also a bit disappointed in both teams for the lack of sportsmanship. What kind of role models are playing in our Women's Premier League? Taking photos of the opposition at their lowest, flicking the opposition off as they collect the cup they earn't on the day, supporters booing the referees.....the list goes on. All are culprits of disgusting behaviour. Don't forget, there are young girls watching your every move, they look up to you....

Also, everyone is going back to the incident with Donna and the City keeper. Are you all saying that this one incident was going to win the game for metro? City scored also....there for 1-1. It was anyone's game. City put the ball away in the net.

Bring on season 2010!

[bennylava]

Also, everyone is going back to the incident with Donna and the City keeper. Are you all saying that this one incident was going to win the game for metro? City scored also....there for 1-1. It was anyone's game. City put the ball away in the net.

Bring on season 2010!

bingo.

the penalty incident didnt last for 90 minutes.

[southern]

This discussion is hopeless.

Metro didn't win, first they lost the league and now they also lost the cup. But there's no reason to reduce it all to a "maybe there was a penalty" thing.

They were in their 4th final (I think) and didn't make three cups in a row. Don't blame the ref. I think there's more than one penalty there to put in the picture. They had a great squad and were strong, but sometimes you just don't win. In the last two years they won semi-finals and finals in extra time and penalties, mostly after trying their best to simply go to penalties...This time they didn't make it. That's all.

AC have been better all year round, why can't Metro just see that? If I was playing for Metro, I would be disgusted by so-called supporters that boo the ref after a cup final, and as you see, it's even hard for the ones on the stands to agree on if it was/was not penalty. Metro sportsmanship is inexistent, that's maybe why so many "neutral" spectators were backing City yesterday. City won the double, and I haven't seen/heard anything yesterday about "kicking muscat" or anything like that. And all other clubs too for that matter.

You're having a laugh. There was a penalty, the referee just didn't call it, even she admitted to this to one of the Metro field players. If the ball was kicked into the goalkeeper, why did she stay down? Who stays down from a ball to the face? Hmm let me think about that one. Maybe someone who's guilty of making a crude tackle and is not actually injured? Sounds plausible to me.

I disagree. Had the penalty have been awarded, the game would have been completely different. City's heads would most likely have gone down and Metro would have continued to dominate instead of becoming infuriated with a clear refereeing blunder. They did have a great squad and because their squad is so great, they had many players absent at United trainings weekly, hence making it impossible to train as a team and improve as a team. Not making excuses for them but this definitely affected their season. It's evident within all clubs, the less you train as a team, the smaller improvements you'll make. How can you be expected to improve out of site when half your team attend training? How can you practice set pieces and have team bonding etc.?
Metro have actually matched them on occasions but okay sure.

Inexistent? Says who? You? I guess it’s a personal opinion but in my opinion, they show decent sportsmanship. Where’s your mention of City taking photos of Metro whilst they were upset? That’s clearly a great example of sportsmanship. Man, I wish EVERY team were just like City.
As mentioned previously, the referee even made reference to her mistake. And although booing isn’t really appropriate, the game came down to that decision.
You may be thinking Metro are just being sore losers and blaming it on the ref but it is MUCH more than that. Look at Australia when they played China and were denied the penalty. How infuriated did Australia become? Did the referee cost them the game? Yes, they did. Same principle. Also, it wasn’t just the one decision Metro were denied. There were multiple accounts of handballs that went unnoticed. One of which was so blatantly obvious, I’m not sure how she missed it.

End of the day, Metro didn’t win. But they did deserve to.

See, I was not taking the side of City here, City had NOTHING to do with that. What I am saying is that the behavior of the metro supporters (not players) was pitiful. Losers. And your comment about booing not being "really" appropriate shows that you don't understand anything about sport. Idiot. Booing the ref at the end when is getting named is NEVER appropriate. You should show respect for the game or go back to your cave.

[gubs]

2006 Cup Semi Final vs Fulham: Metro win in extra time after Fulham were disallowed a goal for offside

2007 Cup Final vs Fulham: Metro win on penalties

2008 Semi Final vs Adelaide City: Metro win on penalties

2008 Cup Final vs Sturt Marion: Metro win on penalties

2009 Cup Semi Final vs Fulham: Metro win in extra time

Metro supporters are saying that Metro deserved the win and were robbed, fair enough. However think about the times mentioned above and ask urselves if they deserved each and every one of those wins. Tight games like that are not often clear cut as to who is the better team but will come down to one team coming out on top. Opponents on the receiving ends of these wins havent booed, or given one fingered salutes when a team is receiving their trophy. Suck it up, decisions are made and whether they are right or wrong isnt for us to say. In the end City won and I am yet to see a Metro fan or player give any credit to that....unless I have missed seeing it and if i have i apologise


Looking forward to 2010!

[ecky_8]

who said metro had sportsmanship? because totally trashing the game and saying that the ref was shit blah blah blah show's a heap of sportsmanship right? instead of just accepting it, congratulating adelaide city and MOVING ON

obviously i didn't see the game.

however, one decision does not determine a game. sure if it's a bad decision and metro did deserve a penalty, then they may have scored and things may have been different. but the same can be said for if metro had been able to score at any other point in teh match. however, metro, obviously, we're unable to do this. to say they got infuriated etc, well, yes, they thought they deserved a penalty, and metro aren't known for keeping their heads, but to make excuses and say that's why they lost...it's just a bit sad.

now unless metro had a lot of shots and they were really unlucky (not including the 'penalty') then maybe they could counter and say, yes, we were the better team that day we just 'had one of those days, where nothing went right'. not having seen the game, idk if that's true or not.

the fact remains, city won. metro failed to capitalise on any of their chances they had in those NINETY minutes. city managed to capitalise on one of theirs. maybe it's lucky, but that's how EVERY game is. the team who manages to score the most goals wins.
also, the ref made mistakes, i'm sure of it, everyone makes mistakes. but their time and effort went into that game, and i'm sure they did their best. booing a ref is never acceptable.

congrats to city for the double.

[shorty]

Ok here's mature shorty!!!

Can everyone take a MASSIVE step back & relax...
I'm going to sum it up then lock this topic - coz there r girls on here that play together, against each other, have to be in the same room as each other etc. So fighting on a FORUM is stupid when u will either end losing a friendship - or won't even be able to tolerate the person if they r in the same room!

"Summing Up"

Metro United vs Adelaide City - Cup Final 2009

I thought both teams played ok, thought the standard could have been a little higher due to Most players being apart of Adelaide United. Metro used the width very well although I wish they brought Shelly into the game a lot more coz she is an awesome player.
Scalzi/Slater had a dew runs at goal although wheb shooting didn't get the distance due to the big pitch.
Metro's defence held their own - cleared the ball at every opportunity.
As DI'd cities defence.
Excellent fight out between Donna & (I think) Rosy - two of the fastest if not the fastest girls in the league.

In a premier league game where Fulham played metro I was on Shelly & made a comment about Donna - "it doesn't matter how many times she gets chopped she just doesn't go down"
so while everyone is going on & on & on about the ref - no1 is giving Donna any credit...
I dnt know if it was a penalty, I wasn't close enough - but just with Donna she's got the speed of Marion Jones - so how I look at those players as a defender is : if I chop u down & ur fast enough, dnt ever go to ground. It takes a defender 10 times longer to recover from a hit&miss than a 40 yard sprint..
And that's what Donna does sooo well - she never goes down..
ANYWAY!!!
And Shannon KUNST the city keeper is from the north - I can't imagine her going down injured if she wasn't hurt.

Also I think it is DISGRACEFUL that the referee was ESCORTED out of the ground...



Anyway as everyone is sitting here b1tc#ing & moaning about issues we can't change - why not comment in the good things - there were all up from both teams 10 current & ex Adelaide united girls out there.. Isn't that excellent for our game?
Or there were 3 FEMALE referees NO men!
Or there were no players sent off from the whole day.

Summed up & LOCK!!!!!




As everyone sits on here b1tc#ing & moaning about this n that

[Easy Tiger]

Hey lucky that Shorty stepped in
I didn't quite get your point apart from stop moaning!
It's normal that Metro are upset, it happens when ur disappointed...

[ball_girl]

Normal yes.

But most teams are also able to say congrats to their opponent, and admit that their opponent played a good game, not come out and make all these excuses, like blaming the ref for not making a call which they believe should've been a penalty, because even if it had been, theres no guarantee that a goal would've been scored from it.

But yes Shorty is totally right in saying that people need to take a step back. The game is over, Adelaide City took the league and the cup, and good on them. They've been the best team all year.

[Lurker]

Excellent fight out between Donna & (I think) Rosy - two of the fastest if not the fastest girls in the league.

um?

Fairly sure Rosy (spelling?) was playing left wing for City, if that's who you meant she's not even slightly fast. Having watched that match, she never seemed to get above a slow jog (or do much else of anything).
I had a glance down at City's bench and noticed 2 or 3 players who could easily have done a better job on the wing, no idea why they weren't selected or at least subbed on, especially since City looked so much flatter than they normally do.

Credit to Metro for the better overall standard of play, but they only have themselves to blame for not finishing off in the final third.

Have to say, can't see what all the fuss is about the non-penalty. It's probably the best non-call the ref made all night.
City's keeper clearly got her hand to the ball which she's entitled to go for, and Metro's player was also clearly entitled to go for the ball. Player runs into keeper, kicks her in the face as a result (but that looked quite unavoidable), no penalty and no foul by either player. Nothing wrong with either of their play and well left by the ref.

Oh yeah, this seems to be my first post... hi everyone!

[Easy Tiger]

Hey Lurker,
I completely disagree with you on Rosy. Rosy is an excellent player and IMO did a great job on Donna C. She had a difficult "customer" with Donna being so fast, but I thought she played very well. Donna is always great against any opponent, but against AC she only looked "normal"...maybe some credit to Rosy? Who are those players on the bench who could have "easily" done a better job anyway? Do you play with them? Obviously when you play on a big pitch like Hindmarsh you get tired...but if they weren't used there must be a reason. Maybe you've never played on a big pitch like that against a very fast opponent, or maybe you don't know what "easily" means!!!Obviously the AC coach was happy with what Rosy was doing 'cause he preferred to keep her on. I agree with the penalty not being such a big deal, and with Metro playing a good game. Instead I can't really remember all those chances that you mention and that others have mentioned too...I only really remember a massive one mis kicked in the first half (and then the penalty thing). I don't remember Metro having many chances and making many mistakes at all...

[ball_girl]

Correct spelling is Rosie btw.

Credit obviously has to go to Rosie. Anyone whose played against Donna would know how difficult it can be. She's a great player.
And I wasnt at the game, so I cant really say too much, but by the sounds of it, and the debates going on about who had more chances etc, if Easy Tiger is correct in her saying that Metro didnt have many chances, then Rosie has obviously done a good job at shutting down Donnas chances at shooting, or crossing the ball to create chances.

The coach obviously saw nothing wrong with her game. And I dont think its overly fair to be singling out one player from a team and saying that someone else could have done better.

[bennylava]

Oh yeah, this seems to be my first post... hi everyone!

hopefully last post too.

rosie is a great player. played a great game.

also, just to clarify, i have nothing against metro, and i didnt think the difference in both teams quality was huge...it's just too many people are unfairly taking the credit and thunder away from city's deserved win...

[Lurker]

Hi again.

I don't recall saying anyone was a bad player

Just that Rosie isn't at all fast by any stretch of the imagination. Are you *sure* we're talking about the same player for City? Young blonde girl, quite thin? I noticed on City's bench at least 3 players who are all much, much quicker and would offer more of an attacking threat at the very least. Not going to pretend to know what their coach was thinking but they looked flat the whole match.

Defensively, credit to all of City (including Rosie) for not conceding. I think their keeper made some very good saves too. Apologies for not mentioning that in my earlier post.

If Metro could have done just a bit more in the final third I think it could have easily been 2 or 3 goals in Metro's favour.

No dears, I don't play for City Neutral observer, would have preferred to see Metro win on the night as I felt they created more opportunities for themselves and played a better overall game.

[User unknown]

I can't believe people are still going on about the Metro v City final!

Our team lost on the day also, but do you hear me complaining?!

GET OVER IT!!!

[greavsie's_daughter]

Read the posting date- it's almost a week old. I think everyone is over it. Three days isn't an extraordinary amount of time to debate a controversial call- I think we're done here.

[slazenger]

Wow User unknown, you're like Jesus, resurrecting the dead.