Sydney FC and Wellington Phoenix have drawn 0-0 in a lacklustre night at Allianz Stadium on Thursday.
The two sides were deadlocked throughout, with the closest either came to scoring in the 83rd minute through Sky Blues captain Alex Brosque, who rattled the woodwork.
The real highlight of the evening were three banners unveiled by The Cove, echoing the sentiments of many a football fan. Fouls and yellow cards seemed endemic, with a total of 43 (Sydney 29 and Wellington 14) and eight yellow cards.
Twitter was awash with comment on a plethora of topics, including those fouls, Thursday night football, referee Chris Beath and a certain News Corp employee with the initials RW. Here’s the best of what the internet had to offer.
Crazy skies over the Allianz tonight #SYDvWEL @SydneyFC pic.twitter.com/9jPWoF63uu
— Matt Pike (@mattyp26) November 26, 2015
Why does the @ALeague bother with mid-week games, let alone in Sydney, where fans are notoriously fair weather? #SYDvWEL
— Jack Quigley (@Jack_Quigley) November 26, 2015
Thursday night football ?? where’s all the people.. #SYDvWEL — Oli_007 (@oliveralek75) November 26, 2015
Thursday nights games blow #SYDvWEL — Bruno Contente (@BrunzC) November 26, 2015
#SYDvWEL crowd would be the same any other night. Schtop comprainin — Jono P (@Jono5785) November 26, 2015
Cove sign tonight #SYDvWEL pic.twitter.com/H7WkTXE12l — David Lewis (@DavidLewis31) November 26, 2015
Cove just did a massive “Rebecca Wilson, she drinks and she drives” chant and the players warming up in front of us LOVING it! #SYDvWEL — Anthony Vescio (@vesh88) November 26, 2015
Hey Rebecca Wilson, @TheCove23 have a message for you #SYDvWEL #aleague @ALeague @FFA @DamiendeBohun @dailytelegraph pic.twitter.com/uJuaxLs7sQ — Adam Marsters (@AdamMarsters) November 26, 2015
Based on that first half the only ones who got it right were the fans who stayed at home #SYDvWEL — Citizen Jimmy (@jimmythedragon) November 26, 2015
Alex Rodriguez is looking sharp tonight. Maybe benifiting from a longer spell in starting team… #SYDvWEL — #savethenix (@matthews_adam) November 26, 2015
The Cove Part 2 #SYDvWEL #BanGate pic.twitter.com/0hw5SXznDz — SydneyFC Fan (@COMEONSYDNEY) November 26, 2015
Keep calm and foul Roly Bonevacia. #SYDvWEL — Patrick Barnes (@patrick478) November 26, 2015
I could actually do with an ad break now #SYDvWEL pic.twitter.com/JrN1usJZwZ — Les Street (@official_lesdog) November 26, 2015
I would rather watch @TonyAbbottMHR eating onions than watch @SydneyFC play #SYDvWEL — D McGregor (@MightyDazza) November 26, 2015
We got some beef with beath #SYDvWEL — Jake Campbell, 3-2 (@jakecam98) November 26, 2015
The only thing separating this from a game of pub football is The Cove… #SYDvWEL — Kevin Airs (@KevinAirs442) November 26, 2015
24 fould in 73 minutes… That’s just about 1 fould every 3 minutes by @SydneyFC so far tonight. #SYDvWEL — Brandon Clarke (@kiwibardy) November 26, 2015
74′ | [0-0] #SYDvWEL.. pic.twitter.com/F9wN52lMzI — A-League France (@ALeagueFR) November 26, 2015
This is barely watchable. Even if a goal is scored now it wouldn’t have been worth it. #SYDvWEL — David Anderson (@ando76) November 26, 2015
.@ShaneSmeltz’s sixth foul of the night. That’s just two less than the entire Phoenix team put together. #SYDvWEL
— Patrick
Barnes (@patrick478) November 26, 2015
That corner just about sums up this game. Meh #SYDvWEL
— Justin Tickner (@justintickner) November 26, 2015
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