Is Acul playing, been good off the bench, if he's out it weakens United depth in 4-5. Still can’t see Perth getting close to United.

United by 15 and Gleeson to get the foul call louder as game moves on.

This is the weakest Perth roster since the early 80's. United by 20

United is Perth's bunny. Perth by 2

Would love to see Perth win this, but can't see United losing. At the moment there is daylight between united and all the other teams.

Does McDaniel have the worst shooting technique ever?
How is Barlow still getting minutes? United got injuries?

Did the commentators want to mention that block was all ball? or are we still just going to talk about how good landale is?

The Perth GM needs to be ashamed of how much bad level talent he has surrendered poor cotton with. This man is a stud and deserves better

Oh fuck me, my exact words through the coverage, I was talking about Cotton. If not the best I've seen in the nbl certainly top few.

Cotton is one of the greats for sure.

United looking more beatable today. They're a different team when Landale is off the court.

Nothing to do with the GM. Trev has complete control with roster management and recruiting.

Pity cotton can't get citizenship because of the incompetent government,

Great game, great commentary and good refereeing, letting the players play. Cotton oh my, Goulding shot from the the more fakes than a Chinese DVD store was , oh my as well.
Landale showing Mooney up a bit. Ili a big loss for United.
Love seeing smaller stadiums full and rocking. Love it, :::))))))) and it's tough:::)))))

Time out...whats the go with no masks in the stands

Country folk on different rules.

Vickerman worked though. Cotton should have had two and ones

Thought reffing has been better than average so far, but Q3 has had a bunch of obvious errors.

Surprised Wildcats have are playing as well as they are. Seem generally well coached. They have some shit players who can barely move freely.

Enjoying Landale's play. Mooney has been really weak defending the spin on the post. Not only against Landale either. Noticed it in other games.

Jesus I see we are rewarding United for nothing now. Barlow did not deserve a call there!

Nothing like a straight tech without a warning... shoulder dropped, arm came up...

Clocks at zero still in hand, can't rely on the lights, they are clearly delayed

If the clock is at zero and it is still in his hand how does it count?

Another non existent call for United. If they are calling something that soft, then Perth should be shooting more freethrows too.

A two hand push in the back, no call? United to go undefeated if they get away with this shit

Thanks for clearing up luuc

Here come the refs to get United over the line...

Jesus Christ the refs obviously have United in their multi.

The best of asia should be a goal for the nbl to get them here.

Gleeson and vickerman having a yelling contest, between the foul and the heeey.

Blanchfield is no replacement for terrico, and that's being nice.

United now getting decisions reversed...lmao, what a joke.

Norton is absolute garbage

It's conclusive: the refs have ruined a good game. United to go undefeated. Refs for MVP

Bad: Refs

Absolute terrible: NBL's decision to do reviews for everything

even Gaze, can't understand anything the refs are doing. Although every time its to perths disadvantage

Cotton for MVP. What a player.

blanchfield and steindl, the brick brothers

twenty four, the game completely flipped. Cotton went from getting calls to getting beaten up. Not sure perth shot a free throw for most of the second half, even the commentary was asking questions. Lastly vs this United team, that is STACKED in a 4pt game, id say some obvious
"50/50" calls going Uniteds way really matters to the outcome.

Great game.

Norton is very serviceable, Blanchfield and Steindl are Perth let downs. Mooney should be a next star, he ain't playing nba.

Melbourne very deep squad, no Goulding, no Illi, still win. Refs good over all.

Cotton is lot better than a lot of nba players. He needs a bit help though .

The nbl is no cup cake league, all games are intense.

Haha Perth fans complaining about not getting the 50/50 calls they do use - no home cooking this season boys

I wonder if LV has an opinion about home cooking today...

The free throws and foul count favoured Perth, they still got home cooking. Vickerman got go from the hay to foul call. Refs were good and I was hoping for a Perth win.

Refs missed a couple of obvious ones which favoured Melbourne, including overturning a decision that was inconclusive at best. Those calls halted Perth's momentum a few times.

Replay center that has 8 camera angles. Not the refs

Cotton desperate for help, nothing they have brought in replaces Kay's or White's output.

Mooney is serviceable inside like Kay but Kay would hit big 3s. The sag defence on Mooney killed Cottons spacing on drives.

White may have been streaky but literally nothing covers that loss.

Sorely needing at least a stretch big and a wing player to step up or they are cooked.

Looks like a long season for cats fans.

- Wagstaff/Stiendl/Blachfield - disappointing for the time on court
- Norton - Too one dimensional , drive and "chuck" shoot. Needs to create more for his team and actually be able to carry the ball down late in the game for cotton to setup
- Travis/Shervil - exactly what you get from DP's/kids
- Jervis - not enough time to tell . But didnt play well with sticky fingers getting fouls
- Mooney small for the 5 which we know and lacks a 3point game.
- White - could we swap for Melbournes White please
- Swani/Brit - no impact/not playing

Team is really poorly balanced with few mid career players with decent upside. Either all vets or kids. Been a few years of relying on the old guard who when finally retired there not much left

Other teams have been getting new talent out of college and really looking to build the next generation.

Poor Cotton needs better around him

Management nerer

Perth lost to United in Melbourne by 4. They basically haven't trained for a week or more and are incorporating half a team that is new. I'd say there may be some overreacting going on. Forget paper for a second, this current team has not come close to its ceiling

Says someone who has no idea.
Incidentally what does BA have to do with Cottons citizenship?

How much $ do you think Baba is on?

You'd imagine he’d make more in the Japanese league but chose the NBL due to is quality/reputation.

If you look at the posts on hoops, if Baba played for Sydney you could estimate he would be on between $75,000 and $95,000, but since he plays for Melbourne United around here you could say he is on $350,000 to $550,000. But truthfully the value will lie somewhere between those two. I'm glad he is here, he is good for the league and I hope it helps him in the future. A very nice, likable guy too.

Perth aren't as good as last year, it happens.

Norton, Blanchfield and Travers would come off the bench on any other team.

White, Lo Buluk, Bairstow and Jervis yikes the bench sucks.

Wagstaff showing his age and Steindl playing like crap.

The ball was not clearly off Cotton at all.

"Oh and Cottons turnover almost as bad as Wagstaff's layup, so much for experienced campaigners being clutch. Try choking 2 games straight."


Some clutch viewing for you LV:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6xA-XCemqc

"The Cotton one was the crap one as they overturned their call and it was far from conclusive that Cotton touched it."

Yes. That was a critical point in the game too.