Jets need to use a marquee foreign spot on Lustica to really signal their intentions of winning the league.
Hopefully they can get him on loan from Barca/Citeh or wherever he ends up.
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Jets need to use a marquee foreign spot on Lustica to really signal their intentions of winning the league.
Hopefully they can get him on loan from Barca/Citeh or wherever he ends up.
I would agree with this pretty much, I think Brissy and Adelaide will probably stay in that camp with us and Citeh having the potential to go into more then likely the good windowQuote:
Originally Posted by Frodo
Shouldnt the Gypos be in the not much has changed category??Quote:
Originally Posted by Frodo
Still they are the same broke arse peasants signing nobodies and never wasees they were last year
This is why you and I are the bestest of friends.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
(FYI Signed for a mid table Croatian side already)
I'm sorry for posting an image for ants. Second attempt:
Someone on Twitter said the Honda gig was in breach of FIFA regulations:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DkZF0vYVAAA1Rq7.jpg:large
Obvs not mid table for long with the maestro pulling on a shirt for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frodo
Ben Halloran has returned to the HAL with the Pissants
Adam Le Fondre from Bolton to Sydney FC. I was expecting someone a little more exciting.
Daniel Garb reporting on reports Siem De Jong to Sydney FC on loan.
Ola Toivonen is the best forward in the league. I just needed to write this somewhere.
Considering we dont have a forward then it really isnt that hard a taskQuote:
Originally Posted by pv4
so meeting is apparently this afternoon but no news expected until tomorrow
various reports saying they're going to make a decision, they're going to defer the decision and they're going to announce two "preferred bidders" with a final announcement in january.
here's the latest from the Canberra bid team
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Dear belchardo,
After a long and rewarding journey, tomorrow we believe the Football Federation of Australia will sit down and decide the fates of the six remaining bids seeking to be a part of the A-League.
For our bid, there is a chance the FFA will announce that we will enter the A-League next season, there is a chance they will push expansion back until the following season, there is also a chance the FFA may announce two successful bids or they may decide on more. There is of-course a chance that the bid may not be successful at all.
No matter what the result, our message to the community is the same – thank you.
The one thing that has struck the bid team throughout this process is the amazing level of support from football supporters across the ACT and Southern NSW region.
We now have almost 8,000 Foundation Members – people who have signed up to show their support for having an A-League team based out of Canberra. Eight thousand people united behind a club representing a unique region steeped in football history, honouring the memory of Steve Doszpot.
But it’s more than that. When we called for volunteers more than 100 people came forward to help – they signed up members, they handed out flyers and attended events to promote the bid.
Businesses came forward offering support, some displayed posters in their window, some showed their support on social media, others provided services such as printing of promotional materials and consulting. We forged a partnership with the Australian Sports Foundation to further community programs, and received public and financial support from the ACT Government.
This is the reason that the Canberra and Capital Region Bid has come so far. When this process began there were 15 bids contesting two spots, and Canberra were by all measures huge underdogs. We were told in no uncertain terms by those in-the-know that the next two teams would come again from the large city markets of Melbourne and Sydney.
Yet here we sit on the eve of a decision, favourites now in many judges’ eyes, and that is because of you. We know for a fact that the FFA now see our bid as very attractive due to the enormous wave of support that football fans across the region have shown for this bid.
So thank you, thank you for making this bid too hard to ignore.
The good news is that for those who haven’t yet signed up as Foundation Members it’s not too late, in fact this is just the beginning. From the moment the FFA delivers the green light, we will change from a bid to a club. And the first order of business is for you, the Foundation Members, to choose the club’s name, colours and crest.
There will be a cost in activating your Foundation Membership, but we are mindful to make it affordable. The founding principal of the community-based club is inclusion, and we don’t want to exclude anyone through price.
This will secure your right to vote on the key decisions to come, and help write the next chapter of Australian football history.
There are a number of people who have been working hard behind the scenes to make this happen. Thank you to Aaron Walker, Adam Castle, Alberto Florez, Alex Belperio, Arshad Hafiz, Ben Hugosson, Boyan Taseski, Jeshua Hollis, Kasey Lam, Patrick Pentony, Russ Gibbs and Nick Titcume.
While you have already done enough, if you want to help there is still one last thing you can do. Share this email with anyone you think may want to sign up as a Foundation Member. Let’s get to 10,000 and send a big message to the A-League – we are on our way!
We look forward to sharing the next part of the journey with you.
Bede Gahan, Jeff Williamson and Michael Caggiano.
So I've been scanning Twitter today for news of the announcement. I have one question. Of those of you on Twitter, how many of you have blocked or muted South Melbourne Mike (@smfcmike)?
Why??Quote:
Originally Posted by Couscous
No need to block anyone on Twitter
The logic behind that is staggeringly stupid
Go to a platform where people are offering opinions as you are actually seeking them out by going on Twitter in the first place
Then decide to block them because you dont like what they said
WTF is that about??
Shows you are actually intolerant of others views
But on the flipside of this nothibg pleases me more than having thgese clowns block me
It is like a badge of honour getting blocked on Twitter by people who express a view and then blow up as you have an alternate view to them and they cant handle it
But Mike clogs up the A-League feed with an immense amount of posts about illuminati, the Lowys, Hellenic superiority and so on. I just want to skip* all that sh|t and read some news.
(*I am not a skip.)
Distressed to hear that the Melburnians active sort group is disbanding.
That's OK - I'm sure there is a hyperventilating ground announcer who will take over the active support.Quote:
Originally Posted by Couscous
Just found this about "metrics", interesting analysis:
https://www.theroar.com.au/2019/01/0...s-metrics/amp/
good article - shit is spot onQuote:
Originally Posted by mic22
ok, so here we go with the "change is bad" angle again.Quote:
Originally Posted by mic22
typical butthurt 'superfan' who offers no real solutions, just the same whinge that those big bad suits at Foxtel and the FFA are ruining his game.
even though he probably follows an EPL team that went through these changes 30 years ago and seemed to work just fine.
no one is saying the execution has been perfect. but to grab 2 word phrases with no context and just start crying about them is just some sad shit.
if he laid out the exact comments about the "blatchys blues" idea, or the "Big Bash" style approach id be interested. Instead the dude just seemed so keen to hit the outrage button he forgot to even tell anyone what he was crying about.
im fine with people throwing ideas out in the wind, its how things get achieved. but football just seems to be the one place where if you dare step on someones rusted on beliefs, then you are immediately labelled a heretic and put in the stocks.
these article remind me of the same stodgy old white dudes railing about never changing baseballs traditions and structure.
now go look at the trajectory of american sports, the path that baseball is on is completely different to pretty much every other major code (inc the MLS).
the world has taught us to adapt or die. seems theres plenty of folks out there who would prefer no football unless its 'their football'.
Roar have let 14 players go.
Would have been quicker to announce who was staying
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Originally Posted by Jeterpool
Let the recycling commence.
Whoops.. Was just commenting about this in the Squad thread..
The only good thing about this is if they had fired Matt McKay before he could offcially retire because **** Matt McKay.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
That time of year again :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hUSiV4NI2c
Without searching the FFA's financial reports does anybody know if and how much the FFA receive from every membership sold by A League clubs ?
Only found out last night that Smurfs had pinched Kosta B.
Victory under the pump and will have to do some smart business to keep in the hunt.
Thanks Furns for posting.Quote:
Originally Posted by furns
Honda's 'lost in translation' moment the pick of them for me.
Chirst...that vid really shows how honkin' a keeper Jan-Get-a-boetch really is.
Show's how much of a joke our league is tbh when you see it all cued up like that.
Cringeworthy a lot of it.
Rubbish. One could make a terrible bloopers reel of almost every league in the world.
They probably do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Couscous
I equate baseball with cricket both great to attend and watch in person but as a TV spectacle it's as bad as hitting your nuts with a hammer.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Roy has apparently signed multi year deal with Roar.
Looking forward to seeing him tear us a new one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
With our Aldi budget approach he will not be the only one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
Post-Season Departures have started
Victory
The club has informed Kenny Athiu, Ben Carrigan, Josh Hope and Giancarlo Gallifuoco they will not be offered contracts.
CCM
The following players will now finish with the Mariners upon expiration of their contracts, and the Club would like to thank them for their contributions throughout their time with the Central Coast Mariners.
Michael McGlinchey, Milan Djuric, Tommy Oar, Jacob Melling, Jair Eduardo Britto da Silva
Perth
As a result of those changes, the players listed below have parted company with the club following the expiration of their contracts:
Joel Chianese, Dino Djulbic, Ivan Franjic, Vince Lia and Tando Velaphi.
Surprised the Tards n sCCuM haven't listed their entire squads tbh...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool