Still waiting for the excitement I felt when Frannie and Bridgey signed, been a long time
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Still waiting for the excitement I felt when Frannie and Bridgey signed, been a long time
Local product who doesn't exactly cut first squad but is a decent squaddie and backup? We have regan alreadyQuote:
Originally Posted by OmeletteDuFromage
Regan? I would have said Mitchell before Regan...Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
but then I read "decent squaddie"
:gent:
Had the pleasure of witnessing the big man heskey arrive at his motel today, signed a couple of autographs and off he went , was unsure if he was going to come back but luckily he did
If Ljubo comes back I will never say a bad word about GVE again.
Ljubo will take care of that for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by steve136
But bring him home anyway, love Ljubo.
get the people's champ home
Getting my Ljubo hat ready
Holy shit! I'm harder than a diamond in a snowstorm!
Here's a thought that would send PV4 crazy Bridges announce's his retirement (for the second time John Farnham style) Richie and Ljubo both get signed sky doesn't fall Jets make the top 6Quote:
Originally Posted by 380
And hsg unviel our keepers kits to actually be gold, rather than the colour of our main rivals.
Hamma would need to confirm, but I may need to be hospitalized from shock if those stars were to align (ignore the Garcia bit even)
Top 6 ffs. Kill me now. Who ever thought having more than half the league in the finals was a good idea. Only way the ffa could make it up to me is if they subsidized griffs wages so we could sign him
Honestly if Bridges is near the starting side or the bench we have bigger issues. Resigning him was a mistake. It basically says we can't find anyone better than him in the ENTIRE WORLD whilst we already know he isn't good enough to do it for us for a full seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by furns
As for the Foschini speculation . I could say this in a lot of detail as to why he is a poor player but these words sum it up better **** OFF
As for the Boogard speculation. Gypo and always will be Gypo. Nuff said.
Ead mfks. Boogard is newy.
Garcia approach gathering steam.....Quote:
Reilly steps down after helping FFA rise
Former Socceroo Jack Reilly stood down as a director of Football Federation Australia on Thursday following the expiration of his third two-year term on the board.
Reilly left his role as an independent director after six years at the helm following the end of his most recent and last eligible term on June 20. The goalkeeper of Australia's 1974 World Cup debut held one of the two appointed director roles and served on the FFA's finance and audit committee, the football development committee and was the head of delegation for the Joeys' 2011 World Cup campaign in Mexico.
Under the FFA constitution, the vacancy for an independent appointed director can be filled at any time at the discretion of the board, and it is understood the FFA has not found a potential candidate to fill Reilly's seat. FFA chairman Frank Lowy praised Reilly's involvement in the organisation's business and finance operations and his contribution to the game.
''As a former Socceroo World Cup player, Jack brought an insight to the elite tier of the game in Australia, and as a former chairman of the Victorian Soccer Federation and former director of Melbourne Victory he clearly understood the historical context of the reforms we've undertaken and the great progress made over the past eight years,'' Lowy said. ''His business and finance background allowed him to make a broad contribution to FFA's governance structures.''
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Meanwhile, Newcastle have made an approach for Socceroo Richard Garcia. The 31-year-old former West Ham player parted ways with Melbourne Heart after failing to agree a contract renewal, and is understood to have attracted the attention of several A-League clubs.
Elsewhere, Melbourne Victory has released Matthew Foschini from the final year of his contract to allow the young defender to find the opportunity to play first-team football elsewhere. The 22-year-old fell down the pecking order under coach Ange Postecoglou last year and was limited to just six appearances last season.
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/football...#ixzz2bPmXiK3O
.... and Garcia is off the radar again.Quote:
Heskey back with time on his side
JETS coach Gary van Egmond expects Emile Heskey to be an even more formidable force with a proper pre-season to prepare for his second A-League campaign.
Heskey, the 35-year-old former Leicester, Liverpool, Wigan and Aston Villa striker, will join his Newcastle teammates this morning for his first training session after spending the past few months with his family in England.
Last season, Heskey signed for Newcastle barely a fortnight before their first game.
He scored nine goals in 23 appearances, but van Egmond said he would benefit from having two months to ready himself for the round-one clash with Sydney on October 11.
"I think it's two-fold," van Egmond said.
"First of all he will know what to expect, whereas last time it was a bit of stepping into the unknown.
"Secondly he will get more time to prepare with our players, which will also be a huge benefit going into this season."
Heskey returned to Newcastle on Wednesday, and van Egmond said he was happy to let him ease into action.
But he added the former England international was a consummate professional who had been keeping himself fit in his off-season break.
Van Egmond said it was a "real challenge" for Newcastle's conditioning staff to cater for all their players, given that some have been training continuously and others have been away representing Australia.
"We need to individualise but also ensure that the conditioning is right from a collective point of view," he said.
Meanwhile, van Egmond dismissed speculation linking the Jets to former Socceroos attacker Richard Garcia, who has parted company with Melbourne Heart.
It is understood Jets officials had discussed 31-year-old Garcia as a contingency if skipper Ruben Zadkovich had received an offer from English club Millwall.
But after travelling to England to meet with Millwall, Zadkovich is apparently returning to honour his two-year contract with the Jets.
Newcastle's priority remains to sign an experienced centre back.
"There's been no formal talks [with Garcia] at this stage," van Egmond said.
"We're in the market for a central defender. But I would say that Richard Garcia is a very good player and a very good leader."
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/16...s-side/?cs=306
FFS Bridges needs to retire alreadyQuote:
Originally Posted by Pico
If this is true, it is disappointing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pico
Disappointing if we were only interested in Garcia if Zads was leaving. We need a bloody attacking midfielder/playmaker. Probably the only club in the league without one. We NEED Garcia!
WSW = Ono
Bris = Miller
Heart = Kewell
MV = Nichols
Adel = Visosic
CCM = Flores
Syd = Carle
Wel = Hernandez
Perth = McGarry
Although he was shite last year Brown is our CAM. If he can replicate his Gold Coast form I would have him before half of the blokes on that listQuote:
Originally Posted by lil_masi
The thing is, i don't believe his Gold Coast form was ever that great. Definitely wasn't :fap: worthy
I guess he was the green apple in a basket full of rotten applesQuote:
Originally Posted by Beeen
I don't know if he can replicate some of the stuff he did at cold toast, but some of his goals were definitely :fap: worthy...Quote:
Originally Posted by Beeen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3cLP5ABJNw
And McGarry is???Quote:
Originally Posted by Beeen
Brown is absolute shite.
After all this talk, I reckon GVE, Middleby and co will somehow manage to go an entire offseason without signing a decent CAM and CB - the only two positions we needed filled desperately.
I hope Brown comes out and blows everyone off the park this season. If he gets a good pre-season under his belt and gets his injuries sorted it'll be like having a new player on the team.Quote:
Originally Posted by steve136
I think he has the ability to do it.
I really hope he proves me wrong, but realistically I can't see it happening. He played a few good games as a youngster at Gold Coast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
Every involvement for the Jets, he looked lazy and terrified of actually getting the ball. I don't think injuries played as strong a part as his mental toughness - something which is much harder to strengthen.
Almost sounds like an Arsenal fan with that line ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
I think Brown is considerably better than the player we saw last year. I think he was horribly mismanaged though... surgery, long lay off and then 30 minutes in the youth before being rushed back into the starting line up and under performing for weeks on end. I think you can read between the lines as to whose fault I think that is...
He he Liverpool fans were saying the same thing about Lucas last year when he returned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
I think you're right about Brown in everything you say. He appears to be a confidence player and he was definately hesitating in challenges. That all came about because he was mismanged in my opinion. But remember the excitement we felt when he signed? And also when he made his first team debut? We thought he could have been our saviour! Who can blame us because I recall he was looking quite tidy in the pre-season.
He'll come good this year, I'm sure.
SO can anyone confirm exactly how many positions we still have in the squad?
By my count we have 2 positions, which is the replacement for Ribiero and the replacement for Tiago.
A lot of the talk seems to be that we only have room for the CB, which is definately the priority.
LANS alert
What about Nathan Burns ?Quote:
Originally Posted by lil_masi
Brisbane also have Broich!Quote:
Originally Posted by lil_masi
Victory have the most quality attack... Thompson, Barbarouses, Nichols, Pain and Finkler (who i thought looked very tidy until he got injured early on and missed the season)
Is this our current squad in full?
1. Biraz
2. BK
3. Solari
4. Neville
5. Goodwin
6. Chapman
7. Regan
8. Gallaway
9. Mitchell
10. Rubez
11. Cooper
12. Ox
13. Peppz
14. Brillante
15. Brown
16. Caravella
17. Kanta (junior marquee)
18. Bridges smh (foreign - may not be by now?)
19. Heskey (international marquee - foreign)
20. Taggz
21. Virgili
22. Gibbs
23. Burns
24. Hoole
Now I'm under the impression that Hoole, Gallaway & Gibbs are definately on senior contracts. Last year I saw all of Solari (aka Duncan back then), Chapman, Cooper, Ox, Brillante & Peppz being referenced to as our non-squad-filling "youth" players. So you'd assume Middleby/GVE wouldn't be idiots and actually use the three youth apprentice spots or whatever they're called, and hence give us more squad room - regardless of which three it is. So by my count (and I think J-Pool too), we have 21 senior players. That would mean 1 spot for a centre back and a remaining spot.
Who have I missed?
our squad is:
1 Bira
2 BK
3 Chapman
4 Mitchell
5 Reagan
6 Neville
7 Galloway
8 Hoole
9 Brilliante
10 Zad
11 Zenon
12 Pepper
13 Kanta
14 Cooper
15 Brown
16 Bridges
17 Virgilli
18 Taggart
19 Heskey
20 Burns
21 Gibbs
22 Goodwin
23
Few stories out now that Jets have not been in talks with Ljubo and that he is not coming :(
Gks:
Solari
Birighitti
Kenedy
Backs:
Chapman
Mitchell
Regan
Neville
Goodwin
Gallaway
Mids:
Hoole
Oxborrow
Zadkovich
Caravella
Kantarovski
Brown
Pepper
Cooper
Brilliante
Virgilli
Forwards:
Gibbs
Burns
Bridges
Tagart
Heskey
That's 24 from my understanding your allowed 23 but Solari, Cooper, Oxborrow, Gibbs, Chapman and Hoole could all be moved to youth contracts from my understanding as well.
Typical Jets, rubbish at internal comms.Quote:
Originally Posted by lil_masi
JETS OUT.
Whatever Mcgarry has to do with it i don't know but he's a honking footballer i wouldn't want near our team.
Brown's gone the way of Kantarovski, not gonna discover his form of previous seasons. Quite a pessimistic attitude to have but hey, who doesn't have one around here. I'm with Stevo, happy to be proven wrong.
Roll on the GVE magic.