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Barack Obama and John McCain at Third Presidential Debate, October 15, 2008

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Sydney FC v North Queensland Fury 5-December-2009

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,26446420-5000940,00.html?from=public_rss

Sydney FC keep heat on A-League leaders with 4-1 win over Fury
Two Alex Brosque goals helped reignite Sydney FC’s A-League campaign as the Sky Blues cruised to a 4-1 victory over North Queensland Fury at the Sydney Football Stadium.

Sydney, who went into the game on the back three successive defeats, produced a dominant first-half performance to effectively seal the result by half-time with strikes from John Aloisi and Brosque putting them 2-0 up in front of a crowd of 11,871.

Aloisi, who was only restored to Vitezslav Lavicka’s starting line-up due to an injury to Mark Bridge, broke the deadlock after 14 minutes when he took advantage of some poor defending from the Fury to lash the ball past Justin Pasfield from close range.

Brosque, whose pace was a constant thorn in the visitors’ side, doubled Sydney’s lead five minutes later with an extraordinary strike from the edge of the box.

The move was started by Steve Corica who won the ball midway inside the Fury half and put Brosque through on goal.

But with the home supporters pleading for a penalty after a clumsy looking challenge from Robbie Middleby floored the former Brisbane Roar hitman, Brosque swung out a leg whilst on the ground to sweep the bouncing ball past Justin Pasfield.

Sydney maintained their dominance and should have been well out of sight by the interval with Aloisi, Sung-Hwan Byan and Brosque all spurning decent opportunities.

And on the stroke of halft-ime centre-half Stephan Kellar was denied one of the goals of the season by a last-ditch tackle from Matthew Smith after he embarked on a 40-metre run from defence.

Terry Cooke’s curling effort just before half-time was the Fury’s only notable chance in a disappointing opening period that saw them create little, with Robbie Fowler cutting a frustrated figure in attack due to the lack of decent service.

The second half followed a similar pattern to the first with Sydney firmly in control and seven minutes after the restart Brosque grabbed his second when he crept unmarked into the Fury box to nod home from close range.

The home side continued to press forward with Aloisi just failing to connect with a Stuart Musialik cross, but it was the Fury who found the net on the hour mark when Cooke’s free-kick was touched in by Rostyn Griffiths.

But normal service was resumed three minutes later when more shocking defending from the visitors gifted Sydney skipper Corica with a rare headed goal to restore his side’s three-goal cushion.

Sydney boss Vitezslav Lavicka’s praised his side’s performance and said he was especially pleased with the way his players bounced back following last week’s 3-1 home defeat to struggling Newcastle Jets.

“It has been a tough week for the players, but we were very good in the first half and used the wide spaces well and created plenty of chances to score,” Lavicka said.

“I was really happy with how we performed and I was delighted that we could produce such a good win for our supporters.”

Fury boss Ian Ferguson slammed his players after an ineffectual display.

“It is a very difficult place to come but even more so when you don’t turn up for 25 minutes,” he said.

“We were second best to everything, they won the second balls and we were well beaten and some of our defending at times was amateurish.”
December 05, 2009

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Somethin’ Else is a 1958 album by jazz musician Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, regarded as a landmark album in the hard bop and cool styles. This critically-acclaimed album is notable for the presence and prominent contributions of Miles Davis, in one of his few recording dates for Blue Note Records. Many critics and jazz fans consider Somethin’ Else to be among the greatest jazz albums of all time.

When alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley culled together this quartet, he grabbed three champions from seemingly disparate schools to complement his flinty solos: Miles Davis, the king of cool; Art Blakey, the thundering force of hard bop; Hank Jones, a veteran of swing; and Sam Jones, a versatile bassist adaptable to nearly any setting. The results are one of Blue Note’s most beloved albums. The open-ended beauty of “Autumn Leaves,” which features Davis beautifully stating the melody on muted trumpet, sounds like it could easily be an outtake from Kind of Blue (which it isn’t). The midtempo title track provides the centerpiece of this classic as Adderley echoes Miles’s swaggering melody before both unravel wonderful solos.

Cannonball Adderley…Sax, Miles Davis…Trumpet, Sam Jones…Double Bass, Hank Jones…Piano…Art Blakey…Drums. From the 1958 album Somethin’ Else.

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Sydney FC v North Queensland Fury 12 – Sept – 2009

http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=29276

Fowler fires Fury home

A Robbie Fowler moment of magic has helped North Queensland Fury to their first ever Hyundai A-League victory with a 1-0 win over Sydney FC at the SFS on Saturday night.

After Fury keeper Paul Henderson had saved a first-half penalty from John Aloisi, Fowler scored one of the goals of the season to give North Queensland the lead early in the second half.

Despite a desperate Sydney in the final stages, Fury held on for an historic victory.

In front of 16,699 fans, which included a good number in Liverpool shirts in honour of Fowler, it was all North Queensland early with a flurry of throws down the left for long-throw specialist Shane Stefanutto to exploit.

Rostyn Griffiths’ curling shot from the edge of the box was another warning shot for Sydney as the visitor dominated the opening 20 minutes on a beautiful night for football in Sydney.

But against the run of play, the home side had the chance to go one up on 24 minutes.

A well-worked free-kick on the edge of the box saw Sung-Hwan Byun release Alex Brosque and as he ran onto the ball, the referee adjudged Henderson had made contact after the striker was left sprawling on the deck.

Up stepped John Aloisi but the North Queensland keeper pulled off a super-stop to his left.

The Fury should’ve made Sydney pay minutes later after the skilful James Robinson worked hard to win possession, release Griffiths but the former Blackburn Rover’s low shot whistled just past Clint Bolton’s left hand post.

North Queensland continued to threaten with Ufuk Talay’s teasing free-kick on the edge of the box deflected over the bar.

And the Fury had the ball in the net but Robinson’s deflected goal was ruled offside as the visitor went into the break feeling it had the better of the opening 45 minutes.

Sydney upped the tempo in the second half but was left stunned on 53 minutes when Fowler latched onto a through ball and from 25 metres out smashed a brilliant looping shot past Bolton.

This moment of magic, Fowler’s fourth goal of the season, ignited the Fury and they should’ve been 2-0 up minutes later.

Talay’s vision picked out McBreen in an attacking position wide left and his early ball into Fowler was poked just wide of the post by the former Liverpool hero.

After 65 minutes Sydney FC brought on starlet Kofi Danning for Aloisi to help drag the momentum back but it was the Fury still creating chances.

Talay wriggled free inside the Sydney box and his low shot from an acute angle was palmed out for a corner as the game moved into its final 20 minutes.

Danning wide right was beginning to influence proceedings as the Sky Blues threw everything they had at the Fury.

Rhyan Grant created an opening with a tricky piece of skill and cross and Byun’s curling cross was dangerous but without reward.

Fowler was subbed off to a standing ovation on 83 minutes as the Fury brought on David Williams.

The visitor held its nerve to record a win much to the delight of the traveling fans.

Sydney FC 0
North Queensland Fury 1 (Fowler 53)
Crowd: 16,699 @ Sydney Football Stadium

Saturday, 12 September 2009
by Aidan Ormond at the SFS, Sportal

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