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IT'S Groundhog Day at Adelaide United … time for the annual Christmas implosion.
I wanted to write about the quality of football in the A-League so far, but in light of Josep Gombau's dummy spit on Friday it would be remiss of me as a commentator not to mention it.
MIGLIACCIO: WHY DID JOSEP GOMBAU ATTACK MY FAMILY?
As reported in Saturday's Advertiser, Gombau had a crack at football writer Val Migliaccio's son, or more specifically his footballing ability.
Publicly the club has dismissed this as a personal disagreement between the two parties and refused to discipline Gombau.
Personal it may be but Gombau took it into the public arena and that is wrong. And for the club to take no action means it has actually sanctioned his behaviour.
The club is saying it's ok to attack someone's family publicly.
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I wonder how CEO Glenn Elliott or chairman Greg Griffin would react if someone in a position of responsibility, as Gombau is, were critical of their sons in front of a camera.
Knowing them as I do, they would be far from happy. And it cannot be written off to cultural differences either. That would be a cop out!
What makes it even worse is that Gombau has never even seen the kid play, so that makes it a real cheap shot.
Someone close to Gombau has obviously given him that opinion.
If Gombau had something to say about Migliaccio's son then he should have pulled him aside and faced him, mano e mano, said it and accepted the consequences, whatever they may have been.
Gombau's public displays of emotion of late are symptomatic of the team's results and he is not coping too well with the scrutiny.
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It's is really simple … the A-League is about winning. If someone in management gave him the idea that it's not, as it appears, then they should be sacked!
Gombau has disrespected the league, the club and its fans by saying its okay not to win because there is no relegation so we can build.
Hey, there's eight players off contract this season and the distinct possibility that the best of the lot, Marcello Carrusca, could move interstate, so how does he explain the rebuilding next season?
I have said before, remembering that it's Groundhog Day, that if similar problems keep arising at the club year after year then you have to look at the people who are there year after year.
They are responsible - not the coach, not even the players - it is management that dictates and drives culture … I rest my case!
I'll have to save my view on the quality of the league for another day.
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