The club needs to appeal Roys suspension. Ninka evading a red and the squealing pigs efforts avoiding further investigation is no surprise.
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The club needs to appeal Roys suspension. Ninka evading a red and the squealing pigs efforts avoiding further investigation is no surprise.
McGree is on loan an has 3 years to run on his contract y would he sign with us, I would chase Ikonomidis he is off contract with LazioQuote:
Originally Posted by plague
yeah i was referring to 'keeping' McGree (extending the loan), theres no way he 'signs' for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by foti68
Ikonomidis is def something we should be in the market for.
just on that as much as it must pain them to lose a player, from a recruiting point of view, Merrick and the Gypo handled the Nabbout thing with class. Hopefully that type of thing goes over well with future signings (esp young peeps) that if a better deal comes around, and the club is fairly compensated, then the player will have the opportunity to go.
it aint gonna be perfect like that every time, but for now, it made the front office look good.
One A.Hoole and agent refused to put a release clause in his contract because it would minimise offers.
Jets told him to find a Euro deal if you can.
Someone on another site posted Transfermarkt's list the other day of the highest transfers from the A League and allegedly we got 1 million for Brilliante to FioretinaQuote:
Originally Posted by plague
I thought they were complaining because the release clause we were gonna put in was too high and they thought it may be prohibitive to potential buyers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
Exactly, who on earth would pay $500k for that piece of shitQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Boogaard gone for the season. Regardless of what you think of his ability, can't help but feel for the bloke. Newy boy, captain, and with a great chance of leading the club to some rare glory and it's taken away by nothing but an awkward landing after contesting a header.
If there was any sense of karma, that would have happened to Buijs at the other end.
The release clause doesn't stop clubs offering less for the player or stop the club accepting lesser offers. Just means if it is matched, then the club cannot refuse the offer and it comes down to an agreement between the buying club and the player/agent. I believe having clauses around the 500k mark for these "rough diamond" players we pick up is smart business for both parties. If the player doesn't eventuate then nothing lost, but it does show the player that we won't stand in their way of progression if they play well enough to attract such offers making us an attractive destination for players who rate themselves and feel they may have copped a raw deal in the past.
By Hoole wanting it lower, he essentially felt he would not be playing well enough to attract such an offer, but still wanted to go without the clubs consent if was able to attract pretty much any reasonable offer.
On Hoole. I personally think if he was still with us this season he could be having a similar season to Nabbout - I think Merrick would have been exactly the type of coach he needs. Maybe not though, and I'm not fussed. He made his choice and things have worked out pretty well for us since. :gent:
Time for Jackson to show whether he can be the future or not.
I think the clause for Hoole was 200-300k?
Stinks for Boogaard.
Hoff to CB, and striker.
The one true Libero.
According to Herald, jets wanted 350-450k. Not sure what Hoole wanted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
who cares about the tooleQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
For balance, Kanta needs to be right centre backQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Yeah Brown was good last weekend, i would put Kanta at CB and leave Brown and Ugar in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alton
Plenty of options without Brown playing a part. McGree , Moving Hoff further forward once again allowing Vujica to return. Ugar plays much better football when not having Brown on the park. Pato back next game gives us plenty of options.
Injury waiver for Boogs?
McGree looks better in an attacking positionQuote:
Originally Posted by 380
Looks like we may see brown even further up the park with Dimi going away for NT duty??
Never again. Pato, Roy, Ron, Champs, Hoff, Mcgree. Even that Angus dude.Quote:
Originally Posted by rhysd
Ps Boogs is a massive massive ****in loss. Jackson IMO is a very good player but nowhere near Boogs quality and will be difficult having two lefties as CB.
Does the full squad go? I thought it would be whittled down to 23 or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by rhysd
Personally I don't think Dimi is gonna get much or any game time, so it would be disappointing if he had to miss a couple games to watch from the stands.
With Nabbout gone and if Dimi were to leave too, Roy suspended for the next couple games - could leave our attack quite thin.
Assuming Vargas is not fit to start next game and Pato is - we have a combination of McGree, Pato, Hoffman, Champness? As the front four. Possibly Thurgate or Shabow (what happened to this bloke? unsighted in months)
Matt Spiranovic is a free agent, $500k extra in the kitty, reunite the ACL winning pairing.Quote:
Originally Posted by halo se7en
That would be a handy replacementQuote:
Originally Posted by Hutcho
you'll have to run that one by sydney FC and see if they're OK with itQuote:
Originally Posted by Hutcho
Surely this will be looked into by the club... would be a really great signing for us right now!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hutcho
I think we need someone else. I think we have enough depth to cover injuries and suspensions at CB week to week. I don’t think we have the quality to win semi-finals and grand finals.
Spira would be exactly that. Would really quite suit our style too with his quality of football from the back.
Oh yeah plus I just love the guy!
Spira would be ideal, Jackson is a decent player but right now not someone I would be confident with going into the finals.
Even without nabbs I’m still feeling confident, Vargas and Pato on the park together should produce some crazy shit
Vargas, Pato + Dimi, the bloke who's been shredding all season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark325
Gotta give Jackson a chance to claim a spotQuote:
Originally Posted by Mark325
Earlier in the season I would, coming into finals we need an instant solution. Spiranovic should be said solution.Quote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
Very much this, and if boogs isn’t keen on rejoining the club beyond this season we may be able to lock spira in with this little guest stintQuote:
Originally Posted by leftrightout
I think you've got an extra O in his nameQuote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
That did cross my mind...Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
Couldn't have been Hoole then, couldn't cross anything.
LolQuote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
look, i know we don't like hoole, but these kind of comments are ridiculous. he clearly has some ability to cross, how else did he get across the swansea channel?Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimario
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Originally Posted by belchardo
He goes round past Tronno to get to Gosford so he doesn't have to cross anything
So Dimi might be going.....
What is the point trying to get a decent squad together. They get poached as soon as we get near top. after 10 years of diarrhea we let decent cunce go and will not have time to replace them.
We are one of the weakest sloppy assed clubs when it comes to retaining a player. fkn hopeless.
In a year where silverware is a possibility they can put their pretentious cheap ass Asian careers on hold for a few months.
Then theres the mofos who for some strange reason like have a cry over caring about the career of players that you hardly know. Theres the bag start eating.
Not worth the time effort dollars. Hope we go out in straight sets now
So do we keep a player who wants to go?Quote:
Originally Posted by hawk
$500k for a player who was no where near socceroos contention, in fact, was a discard of the a-league.. good bit of business. Clubs all over the world have to come endure the same thing.
He fought like a lion when he played for us.
We will find other nabbouts.
The only thing the club will do different now is put larger release clauses in their contracts.
Thats it really. We are a very small fish.Quote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
Unfortunately it doesn’t make sense for us to make life difficult.
What do we do? Play hard ball and say you are staying, he says he wants to go, we say we aren’t selling him, he becomes disgruntled and doesn’t perform or gets frozen out for wanting to leave. Do you sell him on and make a profit or keep him and make him see out his contract and contribute nothing and we pay his wage and get nothing for him.
Unfortunately the players hold all the cards.