so am i right in my comprehension that when the tv deal goes through, all clubs will have 100% of the salary cap paid for them by the ffa? is that what that is saying?
so they'll only have to pay for marquees in terms of playing wages?
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so am i right in my comprehension that when the tv deal goes through, all clubs will have 100% of the salary cap paid for them by the ffa? is that what that is saying?
so they'll only have to pay for marquees in terms of playing wages?
In short - yesQuote:
Originally Posted by pv4
Pre-season training might be difficult. I hear he likes a waterlogged football.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
Doesn't sound positive fron Griff.
I maintain that GVE is full of sh*t and won't sign anyone worthwhile before the season starts.
Agreed. Emphasis on the "worthwhile" part.
Fuuuuuuck. Something like that with his waterlogged ball that no one wants to kick around anymore would have been perfect(ly shit but acceptable).Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Well played. I now leave this thread with a heavy heart and get back to work.
Yeah I went down to training the other day when Rogers was helping our Brazillian centreback with his tackling.
He was screaming
"T.I.A.G.O hit me hard and hit me low".
Anyone????
Anyone????
I might go.
Also went to training this morning
Spoke to GVE and he said that there's a decent chance of playing NSWPL clubs as trials
Asia tour quite possible of happening stay tuned.......
This new Scottish trialist getting his training kit
from the herald
by the sounds of it we're definately going to be filling our visas.Quote:
Burchill playing for Jets approval
BY JOSH LEESON
20 Jul, 2012 04:00 AM
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EXPERIENCE: Mark Burchill scores for Portsmouth in 2001.
FORMER Scotland international striker Mark Burchill will be given a week to convince Jets coach Gary van Egmond he is capable of filling one of the final two import spots on the club’s roster.
Burchill paid his own way to Australia and arrived on Wednesday in Newcastle, where he hopes to continue his career after leaving Thai Premier League club Insee Police United.
Burchill came to the attention of Jets chief executive Robbie Middleby after a recommendation from Liverpool great and former North Queensland Fury marquee Robbie Fowler.
He has impressed van Egmond with his speed and agility.
‘‘He’s quite dynamic, a very fit player and we’ll look at him over the course of the next week and make a decision,’’ van Egmond said.
‘‘He’s pretty dynamic and in the way we want to play, so hopefully he’ll fit in.’’
The 31-year-old has forged a long career for a variety of clubs, including Scottish Premier League giants Celtic, then English Premier League side Portsmouth and Scottish first-division’s Dunfermline.
He began his professional career at Celtic in 1997 and played with Socceroo Mark Viduka before a loan move to Birmingham City in 2000.
At Celtic, Burchill scored 20 goals in 50 games and made his international debut aged 19. He played six games for Scotland in 1999 and 2000.
The Jets have filled three of their import places with English striker Michael Bridges, Brazilian centre back Tiago and Swiss defender Dominik Ritter, and van Egmond has made it clear the final two will be attacking players.
Wednesday’s trial against Charlestown has been cancelled, but van Egmond said Burchill would have chances to impress in intra-club games.
from the herald
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Northern coach rates Jets fitter, faster, better
BY CRAIG KERRY
20 Jul, 2012 04:00 AM
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IMPRESSED: Northern coach Damien Smith.
STATE League Select coach Damien Smith believes Gary van Egmond’s young Jets team are a class above last year’s line-up and will be the ‘‘surprise packet’’ of the A-League after watching them demolish his side 6-0.
Smith, a former national league player who also coached the Northern NSW State League representative team last September when they lost 3-0 to Branko Culina’s Jets, was gushing with praise after Wednesday night’s rout at Darling Street Oval.
‘‘They are looking very sharp and very fit, they’re very mobile and very organised and I’ve been impressed by them,’’ Smith said.
‘‘The Select boys felt at half-time they’d been hit by a tornado. Everything they do is at pace.
‘‘Last year when they were under Culina, I thought they were too predictable. I felt comfortable playing against them, even though we were the Select side.’’
Smith coaches state league leaders Broadmeadow Magic, who lost 3-1 to the Jets in a trial three weeks ago.
‘‘I told the [Select] boys at training on Monday night, after watching them against Magic, that these guys are very sharp, they’re all competing for a spot, they are all technically very good and everything they do is at pace,’’ he said.
The three-time grand final-winning coach believed the fitness levels of the current Jets crop were superior to last year’s squad.
‘‘It’s hard to maintain that pace,’’ he said.
‘‘I’d be interested to know their fitness levels, because compared to last year these guys are a lot sharper and a lot fitter.’’
The Jets, who narrowly missed the finals last season, are on the second-last line of betting with most bookmakers to win the A-League in 2012-13.
But Smith believes Newcastle can find success quickly with their youthful side.
‘‘I think they’re going to be a surprise packet,’’ he said.
‘‘Obviously experience does come into it when you’re playing against A-League sides, and it will be interesting to see how they go against A-League opposition in trials.
‘‘But I might have a quiet wager on them early in the season.
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Hat-trick star onside with youth strategy
BY JOSH LEESON
20 Jul, 2012 04:00 AM
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TOP SHOT: Craig Goodwin scored three goals for the Jets against a Northern NSW select team on Wednesday night. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
CRAIG Goodwin has tipped the baby Jets to take big steps in this season’s A-League and show the competition that their age is not a barrier to success.
The 20-year-old is yet to play an A-League game for Newcastle since joining the club this season from Melbourne Heart, but he could become a crowd favourite after his hat-trick in the opening 15 minutes of the 6-0 trial win over a Northern NSW select team on Wednesday night.
Goodwin, a mobile left back who can push forward and hit the target, is exactly the type of player Jets coach Gary van Egmond has searched for to build a squad capable of playing a high-possession and up-tempo style of football.
Van Egmond has signed 10 players younger than 24 since returning as coach early last season, meaning the squad has an average age of 22.
Many pundits believe the club will struggle to match the experience of their A-League rivals, but Goodwin said the squad would not be a mere development team this season.
‘‘I’ve always been a big believer that if you’re good enough, you’re old enough,’’ Goodwin said yesterday after a team recovery session.
‘‘I think with the players we have, they might be young, but we are definitely quality players, and I think this season we can show Newcastle and the A-League that just because you have a young team doesn’t mean you’re not going to do so well.
‘‘I think we’ll be looking to show every supporter in Australia that we can be a big side, even though we’re younger than others.’’
Goodwin created a stir last season after earning man-of-the-match honours in his A-League debut for the Heart.
His three goals from left-foot drives 20metres out at Darling Street Oval on Wednesday night should add to his reputation.
‘‘I thought it was great he showed what he can do,’’ van Egmond said yesterday.
‘‘It’s a type of game we want to try and encourage here at Newcastle, where not only is it a case that our strikers can score, but that our defenders can score.
‘‘That’s the beauty of having players who are defenders who are also comfortable in the front third who can go past people, who can create and who can finish, and Craig’s that sort of player.
‘‘We’ve done our homework pretty diligently in regards to what type of player we want to recruit in the certain positions and it was great for Craig last night to get on the scoreboard.’’
After three trial wins against Broadmeadow Magic (3-1), Canberra Rockets (9-1) and Northern NSW (6-0), van Egmond said his side were progressing above expectations.
Great to see we have kept the qualifying spot, my pick glory to get a K-league team and be knocked out of the ACL and have to compete in the AFC cup, poor old sage :lol:Quote:
Glory to keep champions league spot
July 19, 2012 - 5:33PM
Australia will keep two-and-a-half spots in next year's Asian Champions League despite plans to amend the criteria for participation - meaning Perth Glory will definitely get to make their long-awaited debut in the region's showpiece competition.
The Asian Football Confederation this week flagged a new pathway for the ACL from 2013, including changes to the rankings system, a new licensing system, possible points deducations for clubs which fail to meet agreed criteria, and tougher scrutiny on possible match-fixing and corruption. Significantly for A-League clubs, the minimum benchmark for participation has been raised to 600 criteria points out of a possible 1000, but a Football Federation Australia spokesman said: "There are no implications in any of this for us. Things haven't changed fundamentally, we'll still get our two-and-a-half spots, and that's the main thing."
Last season's minor premiers Central Coast Mariners and champions Brisbane Roar - both knocked out at the group stage of this year's ACL - have re-qualified for 2013, and will be joined by Perth Glory, providing they win their preliminary qualifier. The Glory, who earned their shot at the ACL after reaching their first grand final, will need to get past a home-and-away series against opponents from either East Asia or South-East Asia in February to reach the main draw.
One devil in the detail of this week's announcement from the AFC is a plan to have a simultaneous kick-offs for the final round of matches in the group stage, meaning a match in Australia could start close to midnight in order to be synchronised with west Asia. "I think you'll find we aren't the only ones who will oppose this," said one insider. "Japan aren't happy with the idea either."
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Meanwhile in A-League news, Melbourne Heart are expected to confirm veteran striker Dylan Macallister as their newest recruit within the next 24 hours. Macallister, 30, has signed a two-year contract with his fourth A-League club despite spending the past fortnight on trial with newcomers Western Sydney Wanderers.
Former Sydney FC striker Juho Makela - who spent most of his two seasons with the Sky Blues on the sidelines - grabbed a hat-trick for his Finnish side HJK Helsinki in an UEFA Champions League match against Icelandic champions KR Rejkavik this week. Makela was released by Sydney FC at the end of last season.
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Will be interesting to see the new criteria too.
Didn't take long for the FFA to back track on the JALSC demands, will be interesting to see sage's reaction.Quote:
The price that cannot be paid
Tom Smithies
The Daily Telegraph
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A-League boss Ben Buckley will meet with club owners on Monday over funding arrangements. Source: AFP
THE new spirit of co-operation between soccer chiefs and the A-League clubs faces a significant test after Football Federation Australia warned that the clubs' pleas for more resources could not all be afforded.
A wishlist by the clubs was tabled in May, including reducing the cut that FFA takes from transfer fees, for clubs to share in revenue from finals games and for FFA to heavily subsidise the national youth league.
But in recent days the clubs have been told that the list has been deemed too costly for the game's governing body to take on in its entirety - at least until a new TV deal is signed.
It comes as the new committee set up to end the hostility that had grown up in recent months between clubs and FFA over the sustainability of the league meets again on Monday to continue negotiations.
The Joint A-League Sub-Committee (JALSC) met for the first time in May, made up of three club owners and three FFA directors, with a list of demands put forward to end the clubs' bleeding.
The owners have sought a substantial cut in the 20 per cent that FFA currently takes of all transfers overseas, arguing that it is the clubs who put in all the resources to develop players, and want a major contribution to the travel costs of running the youth league.
Perth owner Tony Sage threatened to pull out of the youth league last season, with several clubs viewing it as unsustainable without central aid. The structure of the finals series is also a source of dissent, with clubs paying players' wages but receiving no income from the games which all goes to FFA.
There is also an expectation from the clubs the new TV deal will come before next season, with FFA officials having promised to cover the $2.3 million salary cap once it is signed.
Despite the warning from FFA that the cost of the demands is too high, Melbourne Heart chairman Peter Sidwell - a member of JALSC - said he was still confident common ground would be found.
"Ultimately it's about the overall picture, not whether each of these individual issues is settled to our satisfaction," he said.
FFA CEO Ben Buckley said a package of funding would be put forward at Monday's meeting.
"Yes, we've given careful consideration to the proposals put forward by the clubs, and we're very aware of a need to increase central funding," he said. "We're working hard to that end within our capacity to afford it and will be outlining some proposals on Monday."
oh adelaide......... :blush:Quote:
Reds' mystery man a fantasy or fact?
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ADELAIDE United may be playing fantasy football as no one is able to confirm if pending US triallist Dexter Andres Rosa Monsalve's credentials are real.
According to a United media release, Dexter Rosales - the shortened version of the player's name - was an underage US international, played for Spain's Valencia and Holland's Ajax.
But an Ajax media official said Rosales was never registered as a professional for the Dutch club.
"Dexter Rosales never had a contract here at Ajax in Amsterdam," stated an Ajax press official last night.
"I also checked the internet and on the first page that I found, I saw that "Dexter" is using a photo of (Argentine international) Mauro Rosales in an Ajax shirt.
"He was at Ajax till 2006. The card they used is not an official card of Ajax!"
Valencia officials did not respond to emails last night after Adelaide publicly released details of Rosales arriving for trials during the Reds' pre-season camp in Strathalbyn next week.
And to muddy the waters even more, three accredited FIFA agents could not find Rosales as a FIFA-registered player after being contacted by The Advertiser.
Reds coach John Kosmina reportedly spoke to the player's agent before Adelaide football director Michael Petrillo said he expected Rosales to turn up next week.
"He's been recommended to us," Petrillo said. `He's paying his own way here."
The Advertiser last night also attempted to contact Rosales' reported agent Dimitri Kascovic but was unsuccessful.
Adelaide is also expecting Portuguese midfielder Fabio Ferreira to turn up for trials.
The Sydney-based forward currently plays for Dulwich Hill in the NSW second tier comp after he was a former Chelsea reserves player.
Ferreira is expected to feature in Adelaide's first friendly of the new season when the Reds face Adelaide Hills at Hawks Nest from 7.30pm on Wednesday.
Adelaide also confirmed the club was close to announcing a playmaker as its latest signing within 24 hours.
But it's understood the Argentine has gone cold on the contract offer.
European striker? surely not this trialist.Quote:
Jets happy to fly under the radar
19 July 2012-SBS EXCLUSIVE: Philip Micallef
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Low profile ... Jets coach Gary van Egmond (Getty)
Championship-winning coach Gary van Egmond said he is happy for his Newcastle Jets side to fly under the radar in the forthcoming season and let the media concentrate on the big-city sides.
Van Egmond, who is preparing his side for its A-League season-opener against Adelaide United at Hunter Stadium on 7 October, said the media attention on Brisbane Roar, Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC suits him perfectly.
”At the moment the least they talk about us the better,” Van Egmond said.
”We've got plenty of things that are going on around us to worry about.
”So I'd be very comfortable if all the attention is cast on on likes of Broich and Berisha.
”We want our football to be what people want to talk about.
”Hopefully we can do that in the season coming up.
”So we are very happy to fly under the radar.”
Van Egmond, who led the Jets to the championship in 2008, has embarked on a rejuvenation program that is designed to take the club back to the top of the A-League.
He has signed several promising youngsters who should provide him with plenty of options in the coming season.
One of them is former Melbourne Heart left back Craig Goodwin, who left a favourable impression in the handful of matches he played under coach John van't Schip after making his debut against Victory last season.
Goodwin impressed his new coach with a hat-trick in the first 15 minutes of the Jets' 6-0 win over a State League selection in the team's third pre-season trial on Wednesday.
”Craig is coming along well,” Van Egmond said.
”He's a young fellow and like all young players he needs confidence and nurturing.
”He definitely has wonderful ability and it is up to us to bring out those skills.
”He is very good on the ball but we've got to get the best out of him in other areas without the ball, such as his defensive positioning.
”Of course you don't want to heap lavish praise on these kids, we just want them to stay on their feet.
”They need to work hard to improve and if they do that they will be rewarded down the track.”
Popular striker Michael Bridges, with a wealth of experience behind him, will be expected to 'keep an eye' on the younger players in the team.
It is a responsibility Bridges would be only too happy to assume, Van Egmond said.
”Bridgey is great with the young ones,” he said.
”He is always prepared to share the experience he's gained as an English Premier League player especially with our young strikers. He's been great.
”But it's not only Bridgey. The older ones like Tiago Calvano, Ryan Griffiths, Josh Mitchell and Jobe Wheelhouse also have to take up a leadership role, probably more so this season because we have a younger squad.
”The younger players will always look for reinforcement of what they've done from the older ones and seek advice from the when things are not going so well.
”It is very important that we have that balance.”
The way the Jets went about their recruitment drive would suggest that the club is clearly looking towards long-term success.
That sunny afternoon in Sydney when the Jets beat Central Coast Mariners 1-0 to win the 2008 grand final seems light years away.
But Van Egmond, who said the club was close to signing a European striker, said it is not impossible for Newcastle to be champion again.
”I think the players we have and the ones we are recruiting will be more than capable of doing the job in the key positions that are similar to those we had in 2008,” he said.
”The most important part is their sustainability. You need to ensure that while you are planning to be very competitive for this year you also have an eye on what will happen down the track.”
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I guess this rule's out Griff
Last piece of the puzzle would be the AM now.
the playmaker they reportedly had signed was patricio perez - former gypo diver.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pico
I hope its not that trialist, we should honestly be aiming higher.
That's the theory but don't forget the PFA will then come knocking at the door wanting a better deal for their reps the players and the FFA is held over a barrel by the PFA so will probably have to cave to their demands.Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
The Grant may well be closer to the salary cap but will still probably be along way off it by the time this is done and dusted
Depends how long the new TV deal is for.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
I think the current CBA runs until the end of the current TV deal, so that means that next season would be set, after that it might become an issue. The PFA has been making noises recently but most of it has been about conditions and I don't blame them, really there is no contract security in the HAL, with the FFA one of the worst offenders. I think if the FFA promises some reform and greater security for the player contracts that might be able to stop the PFA from going for a large increase in cap space.
The PFA will have a list of demands when they negotiate with the FFA their agreement. The PFA is after all a union so I would be stunned if there was no mention of a pay rise there somewhere. I agree that the conditions of employment and security of employment should be the PFA's main concern but can't be convinced that they will not ask for a pay rise.
It's about as inevitable as teachers going on strike some time in the next 12 months!!
The PFA should actually be looking at letting this opportunity to hit up the FFA for a pay rise go through to the keeper. Focus more on improving their conditions and security for their reps this time. At present the clubs are weak and not rolling in the cash.
The PFA would be best served long term by actually giving our clubs the free kick this time round letting them strengthen and grow so they can milk them better in the future. Whilst the clubs are a basket case with cash flow issues and no assets and low turnovers the PFA can only milk so much money. When the clubs are turning over bigger dollars and have multiple streams of income and no financial worries the PFA can then milk the hell out of them