First up in volume two, Lew Dub is looking to get the painful stuff out of the way. Last week in volume one I mentioned Seongnam FC
Unofficial's account. I said that the account had
mistakenly tweeted that Seongnam were safely through to the knockout phase of the ACL, but it was me who was mistaken.
Craic Dealer an avid
Seongnam fan gave me the run down
on how things operate if there are three
teams tied in an ACL Group. This
situation is quite likely to arise in
Group F of the ACL where
Seongnam are safe on ten and
Gamba Osaka and Buriram are on seven.
Craic Dealer also exposed me to the cat obsessed account of @fresh_bizzy. Interesting if you've got some spare time.
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Second in the top five retweetables list came from Perth Glory's Rostyn Griffiths. The midfielder gave voice to something I fully support. After an investigation led by eastern state journos exposed Perth's salary cap infringements, the West Aussie club has been relegated from third to seventh, and out of the A-League Finals series. You can only speculate as to why Perth were targeted, but just like Rostyn I would love to see the books opened at a couple of big city clubs in Australia's eastern states.
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Shane Smeltz one of the A-League's greatest contributors got his just desserts during the week, and he showed some class on social media. The Kiwi was named in the A-League's
Team of the Decade alongside the likes of Archie Thompson and Besart Berisha in the forward line. Though often starting as a substitute at Sydney FC this year Smeltz (85) trails Archie Thompson (88), by three goals in the A-League's all time leading scorer list.
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Somebody else got there just desserts this week, but it was a sour dish when served. Australian soccer journo Scott McIntyre made a number of disgusting tweets that targeted dead Australian and New Zealand soldiers, those without university educations, those with white skin, anyone who drinks, anyone who gambles, and anyone who has an ounce of patriotism. The tweets (five in total) came on ANZAC Day, the day when Australians stop to pay respect to those that paid the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom we enjoy now.
As a result, McIntyre was deservedly sacked from his post at the publicly funded SBS network.
As Scott's tweets are too offensive to display here, I've posted the response from Hungarian immigrant Les Murray. Murray a famed soccer presenter on SBS was (along with the large majority of Australia) also disgusted by the comments of his former co-worker.
Unsurprisingly Scott found a legion of like minded followers on Twitter, including a number from struggling media outlet Fairfax, who argued freedom of speech had been brought into question. But Scott's sacking is a simple case of breaking the rules of your employment contract.
The saddest thing about the whole affair is that McIntyre doesn't have it within himself to admit his mistake. He's told lies about those that are dead and can't defend themselves. Classless.
Just say sorry.
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Finally, from the account of Andre a regular tweeter on Japanese soccer, came this retweetable delight. Andre noted tonight's big Chinese Super League clash between Tim Cahill's Shanghai Shenhua and behemoths Guangzhou Evergrande. I agree it's a huge fixture but the fact it's coming from Andre speaks to the rise of Chinese soccer.
