Panthers are grubs. The statement about moving them to penrith is proof alone they have no idea.
Panthers are grubs. The statement about moving them to penrith is proof alone they have no idea.
Gallop knows what these people are like
photos: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/phot...electedImage=0Newcastle Jets coach Gary van Egmond admitted his side was ‘‘scrappy’’ in its comfortable 3-0 victory over the Canberra All Stars at McKellar Park on Wednesday night.
Clearly the club had one eye on this weekend’s friendly against fellow A-League club Wellington.
Regardless, van Egmond, who lived in Canberra as the AIS coach, said it was a good relationship-building exercise.
‘‘I thought we started off all right, but we became quite scrappy,’’ he said.
‘‘We’ve been working on two different types of systems and I still think they’re coming to grips with the first system. We played a 3-4-3, so they didn’t really come to grips.’’
Canberra’s wingers Alex Oloriegbe and Ivan Pavlak, along with midfielder Aaron Evans, caught van Egmond’s eye.
Evans trialled with A-League club Adelaide United recently and is in discussions for a return as he pushes for a spot in the Youth League side.
He played the second half and, while the Jets took off most of their A-League players at half-time, said it was a great experience.
‘‘It was a bit disappointing [their A-League players came off], but they’re also in their pre-season so they’ve got to get time to adapt and it’s up to the coach what he wants to do,’’ Evans said.
‘‘It was just good to be out there versing a top quality side.’’
Unfortunately, the atmosphere of the previous week was lacking, when the Western Sydney Wanderers played Canberra Olympic.
That game was a cacophony from start to finish with constant singing, drums and flares bringing the fabled Wanderers’ atmosphere to the nation’s capital.
But just 761 came on Wednesday night and barely a whisper was heard.
It looked as if it was going to turn into a rout when Jets winger Craig Goodwin waltzed through the middle of the defence to slide it past Adam Perakovic to open the scoring after just two minutes.
But, with Pavlak and Oloriegbe lively, Canberra worked its way back into the match.
The locals’ best chance of the night fell to striker Domenic Giampaolo, who picked up a loose Jets pass and unleashed a stinging shot from the top of the box. But Socceroos stopper Mark Birighitti was up to it and produced a stunning save to force the corner.
The Jets eventually doubled the lead after 39 minutes.
Jets midfielder Andrew Hoole hit the crossbar with a shot, which fell to Ruben Zadkovich and the skipper put it in the bottom corner.
Newcastle’s Rhys Cooper scored the final goal in the 63rd minute.
NEWCASTLE JETS 3 (Craig Goodwin 2’, Ruben Zadkovich 39’, Rhys Cooper 63’) bt CANBERRA ALL STARS 0.
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Originally Posted by My2BobsWorth
Shame about the situation in Perth currently. Maybe Edwards needs someone like Bridgey there, just so at least one of his players supports him when he's clearly p*ssed off the majority of the squad
OK
ffa doing it for their boyz again, clearly good enough for newcastle to be sold to a true blue aussie rugby bloke but when it's football's heartland™ all bets are off
for shame gallop you could have secured our games™ future™
Like Germany took Poland under its' wing
Stallions join race to take reins at Wanderers
by DOMINIC BOSSI - 23/08/13, 3:00 AM
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Former National Soccer League club Marconi Stallions are aiming to return to the top flight of Australian football and will bid for a controlling stake in the Western Sydney Wanderers.
Marconi are eager to end their nine-year hiatus from professional sport and are making an ambitious bid to purchase the licence of the flourishing club from its current owners, Football Federation Australia.
A day after it was revealed an offer from the Penrith Panthers had been knocked back by the FFA, Marconi president Vince Foti said his club will ''definitely'' join the bidding war for ownership of the Wanderers but are yet to submit their application to the governing body.
''We're certainly investigating what the possibilities could be,'' Foti said. ''We have to be looking for something like that because of our history, and we want to be back in the top league of Australia.''
Marconi was one of the many ethnic-based clubs booted out of the top tier of domestic football during the transition from the National Soccer League to the A-League in 2004. They now play in the NSW Premier League, a semi-professional competition. They were on the verge of collapse ten years ago
with debts related to their social club reportedly totalling $25 million. They recovered from their financial crisis and are now in a healthy position, enabling them to make an offer for the ownership of the Wanderers. ''The club has turned around dramatically. The debt is manageable and lower than the past. Football has matured a lot in the A-League and the game can now stand on its own two feet,'' Foti said.
Marconi's bid is yet to leave the boardroom but under the proposed offer there will be no change to the Wanderers' name, brand, identity and colours. They will likely train at Marconi Stadium in Bossley Park and play at Parramatta Stadium, if they were successful with their bid. However, Foti said there was a possibility the club could permanently move to Marconi Stadium if the venue underwent a significant redevelopment to increase the capacity and improve facilities.
''I would love to see a team like the Western Sydney Wanderers training at our fields. We would offer our stadium and an upgrade could become a possibility,'' Foti said. ''There's a lot of development around our area. It was the centre for the NSL in those days.''
Financial services company UBS was appointed to assess the value of the Wanderers and began privately seeking potential owners. UBS created a 50-page document on the club outlining their finances, membership, sponsors, staff and community engagement. It is made available to prospective buyers from the FFA once documents of interest are submitted and confidentiality agreements are signed.
Fairfax Media understands the FFA offered ownership of the Wanderers to Mounties Group before the start of last season but the organisation passed on the opportunity. The sport and social club said the asking price was out of their budget and that the club's location in Parramatta would not service their members and could, potentially, benefit rival organisations. ''They did approach us prior to joining the competition and put a proposal to us to own the team. The money was more than we wanted to spend,'' a Mounties spokesman said.
Meanwhile, Panthers chief executive Warren Wilson hit back at the refusal of FFA chief executive David Gallop to enter negotiations over the purchase of the Wanderers, a move he said was ''short-sighted''. Gallop said the FFA was not interested in selling the club to rival codes, out of respect to the football community. Wilson said the FFA had passed up an opportunity to build a strong cross-code partnership in Penrith.
''This is a big miss for soccer. We have the western Sydney sports community centre which will be built here which will be massive. We have 200 acres out here which we are developing and we are setting ourselves up as a massive sport and community franchise,'' Wilson said.
with Michael Chammas
If an old nsl club take over watch the crowds drop.
Much of their strength off the field is that their people have no connections to the old clubs and come into grassroots clubs with no baggage.
Would be very surprised if the FFA entertain this.
all of this.
would be a massive step backwards.
aren't WS a cro club anyway?
That comment there is reason enough not to let panthers buy them... its FOOTBALL! It isnt called the SFA its the FFA!
WE DON'T DO WALKING AWAY !
Some might say the first initials you have there is what they do for the grassroots players.
correct. single effnic soccer is ass aids. every club needs multis as does every foz.
I would bet Sth Melb come in via Heart before Marconi get hold of WSW
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This for sure. At even money odds i still reckon that is a good bet.
Thank **** that Marconi don't run the League like they did back in the NSL. Certain Marconi blokes are responsible for how ****ed up the NSL was.
It wasn't so bad back in the PSL and NSL days. While the skill of the average player appears higher now the elite players we produced in the PSL / NSL pretty much kicks seven shades of shit out of what the A-league produces.
I'm not saying that the Ethnic clubs were perfect - but they certainly brought something to the table when it came to developing players capable of playing in Europe.
No doubt.
But they couldn't get out of there own way to run a viable professional league.
Hopefully the NPL system can be sorted to bring these clubs back into the fold.
I'm reffering to the lack of leadership and self promotion on the part of the administrators of the NSL which also happened to be a large portion of Marconi people.
Labozetta - boo !
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