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4-2-3-1 for the point
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Anti Soccer brigade don't eat cornflakes, it's usually a steak and warm VB before hitting the Herald website to remind everyone that "ZOMG Sokkas is fagzzzzz"Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
:rof:Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
My mistake forgot they aren't normal people who do normal things!!
this is the a-league - form means nothingQuote:
Originally Posted by Vandenberg13
**** that was a funny, garry with his chicken danceQuote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Our front 4 has to be
Brown----------Ryu----------Goodwin
--------------Heskey
Who cares who plays behind that, we will just score more goals than they will!
If Brown is fit enough to start then we should definitely start like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by leftrightout
----------------Biz
Nev------Tiago-----Regan-----Mitcho
-----Wheelhouse--Ladkovich
Jim B----------Griff----------Goodsy
--------------Hesko
-------------bizzo
nevo-----torago------mitcho-----Goodo
------wheelo-----zadko-----------
chillo-----griffo-------brown-eye
---------hesko
I dont mean just this weekends game. I just more mean in general, when we have a fully fit first 11.Quote:
Originally Posted by parksey
Goody has been a left wing all his playing career, it was only at Heart did he excel at Left Back. But great to have him being so versitile. Perth will find it hard to tag him at left back though.Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
bit concered with mitchell at cb
Just watched the game again on Fox from last Friday. If we had all blokes available this week no National Yoof Call Ups/Injury worries Mitchell wouldn't/shouldn't be picked. Gave the ball away stupidly on 3-4 occasions.Quote:
Originally Posted by hawk
Also have some severe doubts as to how we can play such a high line in defence and have him and Tarago as CB's when both aren't exactly fast. Poor bloke got done for pace by Flores of all people
**** off you ****SQuote:
WESTERN Sydney Wanderers have turned down an approach to sign Joel Griffiths, with coach Tony Popovic refusing to be bounced into signing another striker by the club's early scoring problems.
An agent representing Griffiths has been exploring the possibility of the striker returning to the A-League, although Griffiths is believed to be undecided on his future and eyeing a new deal in China.
Wanderers were approached this week to see if Popovic was interested in recruiting the forward who has played alongside Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba at Shanghai Shenhua, and become a cult hero since switching to China from Newcastle in 2008.
But The Daily Telegraph understands Popovic declined to open talks, not least because of the limited amount of playing budget left after the signing of Shinji Ono.
Griffiths played three times for Australia but was effectively frozen out by former coach Pim Verbeek after one appearance in a training squad in 2008, the year he helped fire Newcastle Jets to the A-League title.
He scored 19 goals in 56 games for Beijing Guoan before earning a $1 million contract at Shanghai but despite their exalted squad this season, they are 11th out of 16 with one game to go.
Griffiths has had a frustrating season, kept out for almost three months with a mid-season knee injury but also playing alongside two Premier League winners.
His one-year contract expires at the end of the season, but it's believed there is the possibility of a new deal in Shanghai or a move within the Chinese Super League.
There was interest from Newcastle in signing him early in the last A-League season, but the salary Griffiths will command in China is beyond the reach of most of the A-League clubs.
How's about you open up avenues for clubs to make money instead of slamming shut entire industries like the alcohol industry.Quote:
Round-ball game cashes in on TV deal
November 1, 2012
Television's love of live sport has another happy union to announce as Football Federation Australia is set to trumpet a four-year $160 million broadcasting rights deal with Fox Sports and SBS, beginning on July 1 next year.
Football is the third code to cash in on TV's need for live action, following last year's $1.25 billion AFL contract and this year's $1.02 billion NRL deal.
It is understood Fox Sports will pay about $32 million a year and SBS $7 million to broadcast the A-League's five games a week, including one free-to-air game on SBS, together with World Cup qualifiers.
The FFA's existing seven-year TV deal is worth $19 million a year, meaning the round-ball game has doubled its broadcasting revenue, eclipsing the AFL's 37 per cent increase but short of the NRL's 250 per cent rise.
Football fans will see Socceroos' World Cup home-and-away qualifier games live on Fox Sports and on one-hour delay with SBS. Although the contract officially applies from July 1, four Socceroos World Cup qualifiers - against Oman, Japan, Jordan and Iraq - will be played before that date next year and shown on SBS on one-hour delay.
The new deal allows SBS, which has paid $25 million for all quadrennial FIFA World Cup tournaments until 2022, more than just four weeks' coverage every four-year window. It can now pitch to advertisers its year-round coverage of the world's most popular sport, produce preview and review shows and cement a relationship with the FFA as well as FIFA.
The new Fox Sports-SBS arrangement is a minor technical breach of Senator Stephen Conroy's anti-siphoning laws, which insist that the Socceroos must be shown first on free-to-air TV.
However, the one-hour delay is a realistic solution, given the fact the Minister for Communications was forced to grant the sport a dispensation in 2005 because pay TV was the only broadcaster interested.
The FFA's windfall comes after record TV ratings and crowd figures, following its decision to start the A-League season in October, clear of the shadow of the AFL and NRL finals series.
Fox Sports is convinced it can convert those AFL and NRL fans uninterested in cricket to continue their subscriptions over the summer, rather than churn and renew with the enticing deals Foxtel offers in March.
''Soccer can become a summer sport in Australia and give pay TV year-round consistency of football,'' one analyst said.
The fact there are two teams each in Sydney and Melbourne means the biggest cities in Australia now host a game a week, plus they produce derbies.
TV ratings have risen this season from an average of 65,000 viewers a game to 95,000. The match between Sydney FC and Newcastle, featuring the A-League's two highest-profile drawcards, Sydney's Alessandro del Piero and the Jets' Emile Heskey, was the most watched A-League game ever, with 164,000 viewers, confirming football's boast that the superstar with the ball on his foot can bring a city to its feet.
A-League ratings are still small compared with NRL and AFL but the FFA and TV chiefs are confident they will rise as more young players develop, international stars are signed as marquee players and popular Socceroos return when their careers with European clubs conclude.
''It's an investment for the future,'' one executive involved in the negotiations said.
The record broadcasting deal was the final task of outgoing FFA chief executive Ben Buckley, who switched across to football from the AFL, where he was a pivotal figure in the AFL securing its previous $780 million deal over five years.
Buckley will be replaced by former NRL chief David Gallop, who will start at FFA headquarters on November 13. Gallop faces an immediate challenge reconciling the monetary demands of A-League clubs with the ambition of his hands-on chairman, Frank Lowy, who believes TV revenue should sustain the FFA, while the privately owned clubs must fund themselves.
The gap between the FFA's annual distribution of $1.9 million to A-League clubs and a salary cap of $2.5 million is already narrowing and, with crowd figures rising by 20 per cent, private owners have the confidence to invest in the sport.
Brisbane Roar has become a commercial success, following two premierships and the investment of an Indonesian owner. While Melbourne Victory has had a dismal start to the season after last year's Harry Kewell lift, Heart's form offers promise.
Unresolved before an official FFA announcement next week is the programming of SBS's one A-League game a week.
The FFA is tempted to follow the lead of the AFL and NRL and schedule its free-to-air match of the round on Friday nights but Saturday evenings have been the A-League's big ratings winner.
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/football...#ixzz2AubjTDUM
Also its worth pointing out that without these private HAL clubs you'd only be able to sell a few national team games and some junior rep games, the HAL delivers much more content and in a period which is sparse for sports action, why would these clubs not deserve their fair share of the profits they generate.
An independent HAL can't come quick enough if this is the attitude of the governing body.
Hopefully the claim about owners having more confidence to invest is based on owner feedback, it's what we need as a sport & it can help deliver stability for clubs and the league as a whole.
Also Sign Griff FFS!
Griff will go wherever the money is offered. I can still see him going to Sydney FC after the books get "fiddled".
taking 20 bucks out of their pay each week for lunch probably beats waiting for hutcho's mrs to deliver the tuna to the "bush hut"Quote:
You can't see it from the road, or the nearby train line, but tucked away in the scrubland of Tuggerah is the A-League's best-kept secret.
It's a football-only oasis, a place where the round ball is king, and where the Central Coast Mariners are planning to build the best football club in Australia.
If you want to know why they're competing for the title for the third straight year, look no further.
The Mariners' Centre of Excellence was long thought of by the football fraternity as a questionable project: big on ambition, low on dollars. Supported by government, stymied by red tape. Perhaps more trouble than it was worth?
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That it may have seemed at times, but with the end product in sight, there can be doubt no longer. It is a brilliant piece of infrastructure.
No wonder owner Peter Turnbull - even as he battled to free up funds to keep the club going - never really wanted to sell his stake to a group of interested Russians last year. This was his master plan, after all.
Central Coast coach Graham Arnold raves about it. ''It's one of the main reasons I stayed here instead of going to Sydney FC.'' It's a rare public acknowledgement of investment. He is, after all, chiefly responsible for the perception that the Mariners - who play the cashed-up Sky Blues in Gosford on Saturday - exist on the smell of an oily rag.
The club built clean, modern facilities but then handed the keys to the players and coaches to let them drive what happened inside.
Wanting their own touch on the dressing room and medical facilities, the younger players went and bought the paint and brushes to deck it out in Mariners colours.
The club docks the players $20 a week to feed them breakfast and lunch. Everyone has to be present for both. ''That way we get to control two-thirds of their diet,'' Arnold notes. ''They don't even notice - and it makes them bond even more.''
They eat nearby in something of a bush hut that looks as though it should be on the banks of the Hawkesbury River. Arnold makes the new players shake the hands of all visitors to the hut, even the press. ''Respect is everything around here,'' he says. Everyone does their own dishes and volunteers are thanked for cooking the meals.
But there's still some humour about. A Western Sydney Wanderers' team poster hangs in the kitchen (the purpose left unstated) and Andrew Clarke - the club's one-man medical, sports science and high-performance unit - turns a blind eye to the scoffing of Troy Hearfield's birthday cake.
There's very little bling in the parking lot. Showing off wouldn't go down well with the senior players, who are the ones responsible for how the entire squad carries itself.
To steal a phrase from the Sydney Swans, it's clear they have a ''no dickheads'' policy. ''When I'm talking to the group, be it in a video session or a group session, I only highlight the positives,'' Arnold says. ''If I have to make a criticism to a player, I'll do it in private, and only with a view to making him better next time.''
It's why the Mariners will contend again, with another lot of young, level-headed players leading the charge.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/a-league...#ixzz2AvOLQNjf
truly the peasants of the a-league
docked pay to be fed, do own dishes, pay for paint & brushes so can paint club facilities themselves - sounds more like a state league team than a professional outfit to me.
something tells me that adp didn't get the nickname "Il Pinturicchio" or "the little painter" because he took it upon himself to paint the juve dressing room.
edit: don't quote me on the italian translation, but i'm led to believe that's what it's reffering to
holding the game back in this country
I reckon it was a lot more than 3-4 occasions. Victory just kept hanging off him and giving him space to dribble into whereupon they'd take a step towards him and he'd shit himself and pass it straight to the opposition. Absolutely abysmal performance and he should've been hooked before half time (a Jesse Pinto 15 minute cameo was more than he deserved).Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
hutcho being the exception to this policy of course.Quote:
To steal a phrase from the Sydney Swans, it's clear they have a ''no dickheads'' policy.
any team with troy hearfield in it can't be taking this policy seriously
Don't forget Josh "I don't see no offside flag so I am gonna celebrate" Rose
Dickhead if I ever saw one
Matter of fact I think the Coasties are going down the policy of no non dickheads allowed
why would you not just decrease wages by $20 a day? seems dodgy to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by q-money
gypos in wage garnishment shocker. it's probably all going to rebuilding singo's house.
Can only imagine the up roar if Tinks tried to do this, but those coasties down south, no one bats an eye,just typical coasties...Quote:
Originally Posted by q-money
We can mock it all we want but that ploy helps galvanise their collective team unity.
Tinks should out do them by chipping in for some boxes of weet bix and some sangas for the boys each week and do so out of his own pocket to spite the Gypos.
Even better if he sets up a tab somewhere to feed the players and then stiffs them on the bill!!
bush hut
The most sense you have ever made mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
What sort of legendary stance is that??Quote:
Losing five members of a Hyundai A-League squad for three weeks in the middle of the season would be a body-blow for most clubs, but Newcastle Jets coach Gary van Egmond is pleased a host of his players are away representing the Young Socceroos.
For the next three weeks the Jets will be without Adam Taggart, Connor Chapman, Josh Brillante, Mitchell Oxborrow and Jack Duncan, who are all part of the 23-man Young Socceroos squad competing in the AFC Under-19 Championship held in the United Arab Emirates.
While van Egmond agreed he would love to have those youngsters in the mix for the next three A-League games for Newcastle, he is excited for the players.
"We are happy that we have five players that have made the Young Socceroos," Van Egmond said.
"For those players to get that recognition to represent their country is fantastic - there is no greater honour in sport and that is the most important thing that you need to keep on recognising.
"Of course it impacts us as a club because we'd like to use them back here in Newcastle but the experience that they gain from that is invaluable.
"International football is not something you can get just playing in Australia so we are very happy that they have been selected."
Van Egmond said he had even pushed the case of 17-year-old midfielder Oxborrow to have him included in the national squad.
"I rang (Australian Under-19 assistant coach) Milan Blagojevic about Mitchell Oxborrow when there was a trial match early in the piece prior to them going to Portugal to have a look at him because I thought they might not have known about him and for them to come and have a look at him," Van Egmond revealed.
"Consequently Mitchell went to Portugal and they have liked what they have seen and they have selected him in the final squad, so it is more about promoting the players."
Van Egmond, who was part of the coaching staff at the Australian Institute of Sport between 2009 and 2011, said he signed a host of young players knowing that they were likely to be selected in representative teams.
He stressed that one must not lose sight of the bigger picture in Australian football, and that is to produce players that will represent the Socceroos and be the future of football in this country.
As a by-product of that, clubs will benefit from having players with international experience.
"You have to understand the chain of command and that is national team and then A-League and you go further down the list," he said.
"Those players will gain absolutely invaluable experience playing in tournaments like this.
"We are hoping that they qualify and get the opportunity to go to a World Cup and there are not many people in Australia who get to experience that.
"To be one of those lucky players is a great privilege."
The Qantas Young Socceroos have been drawn in a group that features Qatar, Syria and Saudi Arabia with the top two teams from each group progressing to the quarter-finals.
The semi-finalists will also automatically qualify for the FIFA Under-20 World Cup which will be held in Turkey in June/July 2013.
The Egg is happy to be losing 5 players from his squad during the season for 3 weeks and not batting an eyelid over it and taking it like a man who knows his place in the game.
Compare that to the Gypo Overlords ramblings in the last few years when he has had to play a game without some of his "Olyroos" and wanting games postponed and even got the farcical event to occur where Vidmar failed to look after the interests of our Olyroos and only picked 3 blokes from HAL sides to avoid upsetting wankers like Arnie
Wonder if he'd have the same attitude if these 5 were in our starting 11...me thinx notQuote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Glad he's back was a bit nervous who'd slot in with Brillante away, was dreading GVE bringing out the back 3 again.Quote:
Enemy Jet homes in on Perth Glory
Barry Toohey
The Daily Telegraph
November 02, 2012 12:00AM
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Jets' Scott Neville takes charge of the ball during an A-League trial between Newcastle and Wellington. Picture: Liam Driver. Source: News Limited
IF Scott Neville had taken the easy road, he would be in Perth right now with his Glory teammates preparing to try and add to Newcastle's miserable A-League record in the west.
Instead, he finds himself back in his old home town as the enemy, hoping to play a role for the Jets in ending a hoodoo he helped create.
Newcastle haven't won against the Glory in Perth in their last nine trips to the west. As a Glory player for the past four years, Neville enjoyed that sense of superiority whenever the Jets came to town.
But with his move to Newcastle, now the boot's on the other foot.
"It will be different, for sure," Neville said yesterday just prior to flying out of Sydney with his Jets teammates. "I know travelling from Perth to Newcastle used to be horrible for us so I can understand it being tough the other way around.
"But we have a young bunch of players and a whole new group and I think the hoodoo that everyone talks about won't affect us at all.
"I'm looking forward to going back over there and Mark Birighitti (goalkeeper) is a Perth boy and Josh Mitchell played at Glory last season so they are looking forward to it as well."
Neville, who has missed the past two games through injury, is almost certain to slot into the Jets' right back role against his former club after overcoming a groin strain.
His decision to leave Glory at the end of last season came as a shock to the club. Here was a home-grown star knocking back the offer of a new two-year deal to leave his family and friends and move to the other side of Australia.
But there was nothing sinister in it.
It was just a case of a player wanting to challenge himself to become better.
"It was a tough decision because I'd been at the club four and a half years and loved everything about the place," Neville said.
"But I just felt like I wanted to test myself with a different coach in a different environment where my family and friends aren't there to rely on.
"I had to kind of stand on my own two feet, get myself out of the comfort zone and grow up a bit as a person and a footballer. With so many young guys and the way the club is heading, Newcastle was a good place to come."
Neville admits he doesn't know what to expect from the Glory fans tomorrow night.
"I think I'll get a good reception but even if there are boos, I'm still going to enjoy the whole experience," he said.
"If we can get a win, it won't matter either way."
Sage out with his usual stadium threat's again.Quote:
Frustrated owner Tony Sage threatens to shift Perth Glory away from nib Stadium
Justin Chadwick
AAP
November 01, 2012 7:50PM
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Perth Glory owner Tony Sage is threatening to move his A-League club to a new venue unless a better deal can be struck with nib Stadium. Source: PerthNow
PERTH Glory's home ground has become a million-dollar headache for owner Tony Sage, with the mining entrepreneur threatening to move his A-League club to a new venue unless a better deal can be struck with nib Stadium.
Sage estimates he could lose up to $2.1 million this season running Perth Glory, of which he attributes around $1.2 million to the overall cost of hiring out nib Stadium for home games.
A shift to Patersons Stadium - formerly Subiaco Oval - remains a possibility for next season, but Sage is also exploring the idea of upgrading an existing local stadium and shifting the Glory there down the track.
Sage revealed he had already explored several sites, and said it could cost as little as $5 million to get an existing local stadium up to scratch with a capacity of 12,000, possibly in time for the 2015/16 campaign.
Perth have become fed up with their deal at nib Stadium which, ironically, is managed by the company of former Glory owner Nick Tana.
Glory chief executive Paul Kelly said the exorbitant costs of hiring out nib Stadium meant the club needed to attract 13,500 fans to home games just to break even.
But with the venue's $95 million redevelopment in full swing, capacity has been reduced to less than 9800 this season, bringing the stadium issue to a head.
"I'm going to go anywhere where it's less expensive for Perth Glory to play," Sage declared.
"Building a stadium from scratch will obviously cost you tens of millions. There's no way I'm going to spend tens of millions on a stadium no matter how much I'm getting ripped off.
"So upgrading an existing stadium is the next best thing.
"I'm paying an extra million dollars a year than any other club (purely on stadium costs at our current venue) so, over four or five years, I can get that back by shifting to a new stadium."
Sage said he remained "very committed" to staying at the helm of Perth Glory, despite losing around $14.9 million since taking over from Football Federation Australia in 2007.
And after pouring in between $30,000 and $60,000 of his own money for each game his club plays at nib Stadium, Sage said it was time for Tana to give the Glory "a fair go".
Fans are expected to flock to nib Stadium on Saturday night to see former England international Emile Heskey in action as Newcastle take on Perth.
But with the venue's reduced capacity, there's a distinct possibility swathes of fans will be turned away at the gate.
good modeling shot of tony
http://www.internationalfootballschool.com/Quote:
A New Senior Primary and High School coming to the NSW Central Coast in 2013
In 2013 International Football School will open a new school on the NSW Central Coast. We are accepting students into class 5 through to class 10 now. IFS is registered with the NSW Board of Studies and is authorised to operate our school in 2013 for the above year groups. In 2014 we plan to extend our offering a year 11 program and in 2015 a year 12 program.
International Football School offers a full time football program where all of our students are part of an elite football development program that incorporates their full senior primary and secondary education.
BALANCE IN LEARNING
International Football School values learning and will deliver an educational program that values all key learning areas. Subjects such as English, Maths, Science, Geography, History, Art, Music, Technology, Language and PDHPE will be taught in a project based style, where possible, to maximise student engagement and ensuring authentic learning opportunities. Some of the features of our education will be:-
Delivery of the NSW Board of Studies Curriculum requirements.
Introduction of the National Curriculum in 2014.
Innovative project based learning environment.
Low staff to student ratios.
Team based learning enviroment which focuses on co-operative learning.
Focus on individual support as required.
BALANCE IN LIVING
International Football School values balance in our students lives. Students are encouraged to work on their personal development at every opportunity which can help them as individuals, team members, family members and citizens. Our football and education program will be delivered during the school day so that students can go home and spend time with their families, follow other interests and have time to contribute to their local community.
BALANCE IN PLAY
International Football School values balance in our football program. We endeavour to create a non-competitive football environment that focuses on individual skills and also focuses on learning the benefits of relying on their team members. Some of the features of our football program will be:-
Up to 2 hours of football training a day, 5 days a week.
Game play in local, state and national competitions during the week and on weekends.
Full time coaching staff that will provide individual feedback on a regular and consistent basis.
Providing pathways for players, coaching, refereeing, marketing, administration and other areas of football and sport in general.
Delivery of Football Federation Australia’s (FFA) national curriculum.
Tempered enthusiasm for this initiative just in case those Dirty Gypos are involved in this project. If so shit idea
I like how "Low staff to student ratios" is seen as a good thing.
Backwards serfs.
Elitist - that is all.
Sydney must need another marquee player!Quote:
A-League CEO Damien de Bohun says adding more substitutes on game-day could be possibility
By Antony Pinshaw
FOX SPORTS
November 03, 2012 1:22PM
A-League coaches could soon have more players at their disposal on game day, with the league's boss saying he looked favourably on expanding the number of substitutes teams are allowed.
Clubs currently have four players on the bench, and with one of them usually a reserve goalkeeper, it means coaches don’t have a lot of flexibility in terms of possible tactical substitutions.
Responding to a question from Twitter on Fox Sports’ Kick Off, A-League CEO Damien de Bohun said an expanded bench was something he and other officials are looking at.
"There’s a conversation that says when you’ve only got four people on the bench to choose from, it does limit the coaches and we need to work that through," de Bohun said.
"In reality there’s a whole lot of discussions and complexities around, not just the financials of the league, but also the way that we run different things.
"It’s something we’re looking at, and something that, if we can get to the right position, we’d look at favourably."
If the number of game-day subs is raised, it would possibly mean an increase in the overall number of players required in a team's extended squad.
The league would then need to decide whether this is done by increasing the overall salary cap, adding an extra marquee spot for each club, allowing a certain number of squad spots for youth team players, or simply asking clubs to pay some players less.
But for now, it seems coaches will need to make do with four men on the bench.
What’s more, the actual benches - or plastic chairs, as they are in the A-League - look set to stay for the time being, although this could also change in the next few years.
De Bohun admitted the plastic chairs were one of the biggest bug bears football fans had raised with him since he started in the job earlier this year, and said these facilities and others could be upgraded in the lead-up to the 2015 Asian Cup.
This is what I said when Carle signed for this season, next season Sydney FC will have 3 marquees (Carle, Emmo and ADP).Quote:
Originally Posted by westjet
Once more the rules will be influenced by what Sydney FC wants.
I don't think we need an extra marquee spot even if the like of ADP Heskey have taken the HAL to the skyQuote:
Originally Posted by westjet
I think we would be better off tweaking the Aussie Marquee bit and maybe making that allowed to be a foreigner also. Reason for this is quite frankly Aussie Marquees don't put bums on seats. Other than Timmy Cahill or Harry Kewell who both have widespread appeal in the greater community outside of football who would really boost crowds?? Can't see many turning up to see Robbie Kruse, Brosque Holman Kennedy etc if they were brought home
As for increasing squad size numbers. Why??? What is the yoof team for ??? If the club is struggling with injury/suspension that much surely they should be forced to play the kids. If the kids aren't good enough pick your socks up at youth development!!
Matter of fact if you are gonna tweak anything with the squad setup increase the number of Yoof Contracts from 3-4 upwards. Surely having a few more yoof in the HAL squad is beneficial for Aussie Football in the future than having clubs continue to pay hacks like Pantaledis McFlynn Jesic Pellegrino etc money to impersonate professional footballers and limit opportunities for the new blood to come through.
Hell I would rather see my hero Kale, Mason Campbell and young Hoole be given contracts as Peppz Chapo Oxborrow have and be part of the HAL squad this year rather than having Jesic Kanta and Bridges on the books
FFS we are still trying to work out how to rid ourselves of Deans and this **** wants to come backQuote:
MARK Jones still harbours aspirations to work again for his home-town club, the Newcastle Jets.
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But for the time being at least he is employed by Perth Glory, and tonight his job will be to help plot Newcastle's downfall in the round-five A-League clash at nib Stadium.
Jones joined Perth in the pre-season as assistant coach to Iain Ferguson, after he applied unsuccessfully for the Jets' youth league position.
The born-and-bred Novocastrian defender played for Newcastle in the National Soccer League and was Gary van Egmond's right-hand man when the Jets won their only A-League title, in 2008.
Earmarked as heir apparent for the top job, he instead parted company with Newcastle two years ago after a falling-out with then chief tactician Branko Culina.
After coaching stints in Indonesia and China, Jones was pleasantly surprised when he was approached by Ferguson in June, eventually agreeing to a one-season deal.
"After where I was a few months ago, I was very appreciative when Fergie gave me a call and asked me to come to Perth and be a part of it," Jones told the Herald.
"That's something you can't turn down. But you always want to coach for your own home town.
"All my family and good mates are still in Newcastle . . . obviously I'd love to go back and coach there, but for me now it's about helping Perth win.
"I'd love to play Newcastle in the grand final, but I'd want Perth to win."
Jones said he had settled into the Perth lifestyle, which he said was not dissimilar to Newcastle's, and was relishing the challenge of working with a squad who came within a whisker of winning last year's grand final.
"I think Perth have the potential to be the best team in the league," he said.
"We're knocking the ball around, playing a good brand of football, and it's good to be involved in that.
"I'm very happy here.
"It's a good bunch of boys, good coaching staff, good club.
"Grand finalists and into the Asian Champions League, it would be hard to find a better club to be involved with."
Newcastle are joint competition leaders after three successive wins but have a dismal record on the other side of the Nullarbor.
The Jets have played 10 games in Perth and their only victory was their first visit, almost seven years ago.
"I think we try to take advantage of everything we can when we play at home," Jones said.
"It's difficult for teams to travel over here. I guess everyone is mindful of the fact that we have to go out and make it as tough as we can for the opposition."
Jets coach Gary van Egmond said that dwelling on the hoodoo would be "the worst thing you can do".
He was confident his players had enough form and momentum to spring an upset.
"They've got a strong home record and we've got a poor record going over there, but obviously we have a new group so we're keen to go over there and do well," van Egmond said.
"Right at this moment I believe it's the best start that we've had to a competition and the records that are there are made to be broken, so there's no reason why we can't go over there and get a result."
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Jones said Perth would not be man-marking Newcastle's marquee import, Emile Heskey, who has scored four goals in the past three games.
"We have to be respectful of Newcastle as a whole," he said. "There's plenty of other good players there. It's more than just Heskey."
Newcastle will be without midfielder Ben Kantarovski (knee), while skipper Jacob Burns (quadriceps) and striker Shane Smeltz (hamstring) are unavailable for Perth.