The funniest part in all this is that we are now stuck with the shit Petratos
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The funniest part in all this is that we are now stuck with the shit Petratos
Honestly why are we even surprised. Sums up whats it like supporting the Jets post 2008
bahahahahahah oh man oh man oh man i didnt even have time to process this.Quote:
Originally Posted by borat
Go the Jets.
Our compensation will come through means of splitting the transfer fee. As is standard practice with players who break a pre-contract agreement.Quote:
Originally Posted by borat
We will probably end up signing him anyway when he gets released by the Koreans. Wonderful business.
So with Petratos gone who is off contract in the A league that we could get who is at a similar or higher level then Dimi?
So he has maybe ~10-20 games left to play for Roar, vs 2-3 seasons with the jets....Quote:
Originally Posted by rhysd
But Roar are the ones that get to OK the transfer? Did Jets have any say?
I hope the transfer fee split reflects the x games commitment at roar vs the 2-3 seasons commitment he made to Jets.
Milos NinkovicQuote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
I'm sure we can overpay a wheelbarrow or bean bag in order to get the same experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
mmmmm maybe he might be gunshy considering we signed him previously and rescinded the contract. That and the marquee salary he will be earning at SFC next yearQuote:
Originally Posted by The Camel
So our recruitment record under the esteemed leadership of Lawrie McKinna and Mark Jones is
- Offer a contract to Tom Glover and Ante Covic as an injury replacement........and we get rejected
- Sign an injury replacement.........and the FFA has to tell us he is ineligible and must wait until the transfer window
- Offer another contract to Ante Covic..........and we get rejected again
- Ring every local goal keeper in town until one answers the phone to board a plane that evening, so to avoid fielding a 15 year old keeper
- Sign an 18 year old injury replacement from the NYL, albeit has worked out ok
- Offer a 31 year old a 2 & 1/2 year deal on rumoured to be 300-400k a season.......only for the 31 year old to break down
- In an effort to sign anyone half decent, we offer 3 year terms and employ the equivalent of George Weah's cousin to seal the deal, just to have him walk out on the deal leaving us with George Weah's cousin.
Hope I haven't missed anyone.
Would seriously like to know what good things that Lawrie has supposedly done in his time at the helm other than his trump esq twitter engagment
So let's just get a couple of things straight here.Quote:
Originally Posted by borat
The coach other than research and telling the club whom he wants signed or let go is responsible for this how??
Jones says I want player x
It then up to club to get the deal across the line
Hey bag the Gypo out all you like he more than fair game here.
But if Jones is up to his nuts responsible for the signing of players and is at fault here for these run of outs as you put it.
Then may is suggest the Gypo is to blame for not getting Jones out of this role at the club
Maybe he would be better pressed at this point in time in actually teaching our mid field to do their job better so our back 4 are not so much under the pump
If you read a bit more closely, you can see I am directly blaming Mckinna for not signing the players. But the coach and his actions are a large part of why a player would or would not sign for a club.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
I don't see players lining up to play under Jones. You only have to look at how he was slammed in the press over the weekend for his unprofessional public comments about Kokko. That doesn't go unnoticed by the players or their managers.
Your first sentence says recruitment under McKinna and JonesQuote:
Originally Posted by borat
You may be laying the boot into the Gypo but your having a cheap shot at Jones with your petty agenda you have
Hey just calling it as it is
It is under those two....... but McKinna is responsible for signing them and Jones is responsible for attracting players who want to play for him. And they don't.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Or maybe its just a big coincidence we can't seem to recruit anyone to the club.
Dario Vidisic is a free agent Get to it Mckinna
Where would you play him though? Maybe at AM could workQuote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
Is his brother any good?Quote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
Nuh - his dad has form though.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
An would be perfectQuote:
Originally Posted by borat
This :rof:Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
If not his brother I reckon we can get his dad
Hearing were getting $150,000 from petratos deal and his agent is helping us find a replacement. Source TWG
It's like borat has taken over the members account. So much negativity. Did jones **** you in a previous life? Steal your girl during high school?
im feeling another 'undisclosed fee' coming.......Quote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
Nah.........Just a shit coach, at a level well above his abilities, whose days are numbered. This club will never change until we recruit a decent head coach and CEO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wilso8948
Suggestions? Like serious questionQuote:
Originally Posted by borat
Josep Gombau and John Tsatsimas straight off the top of my head. And thats before we conduct another "world wide search"......... but seriously. First thing we should do is appoint a experienced CEO with actual credentials other than being the former lord and commander of scumville. Johnny T is one of the best in the business imo and it would be money well spent to poach him back. Maybe we could get some success in recruitment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wilso8948
Then we run an actual recruitment process for a Manager. One that we don't have to cut short to locals from Toronto who wear I love McKinna T shirts. We could even consider poaching a high quality assistant from say, I don't know, the Danish Super Liga, a team like Aarlborg for example.
Or in seriousness we could tap into the Ledman Groups contacts for a coach from Portugal maybe. Plenty of options if we don't choose to just settle with what we have.
Roar announced the transfer fee equals $300k, and Roar and Jets are splitting it.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Gombau is with the National team and won't go anywhere. And isn't tsatsimas with an NRL club from memory after leaving wsw?Quote:
Originally Posted by borat
Miller is gone. Time to move on. If in your opinion Jones is shit then miller is too. Seriously they've both achieved pretty on par results with a relatively similar team.
90/10?Quote:
Originally Posted by OmeletteDuFromage
When did he leave wsw?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wilso8948
New Year's Day:Quote:
Originally Posted by borat
@LawrieMcKinna So Babalj To WSW, Bridge prob to WSW, Antonis to WSW..... Bulut To Thailand and a Donkey if any one to @NewcastleJetsFC ?..😂
@lquiquer @NewcastleJetsFC give us a chance, you have no idea who the club is speaking to but still slam us
.......And after not wanting to tell who the club is talking to, because of confidentiality blah blah blah The CEO liked the following tweet.....
@lquiquer I am with @LawrieMcKinna on this. Leaking stories to the press means nothing. It's signing on the dotted line that counts.
Signing on the dotted line that counts......well after today counts for nothing if you ask me....
Griffo is the football operation manager and does much of the negotiations. You gonna extend this pathetic cycle of blame to him too?Quote:
Originally Posted by borat
Your negative antics on twitter are truly embarrassing. Especially when you consistently misunderstand situations and end up back tracking once things have been explained.Quote:
Originally Posted by lquiquer
Pathetic cycle of blame? I don't know what's happened to this place but it was open season on Miller last year when he was digging us out of a far greater hole. Seemingly now the club can do no wrong, and Jones/McKinna are getting so much leeway, and for doing what exactly? Signing no-one in January and still sitting outside the top 6. Sure we're playing some nicer football sometimes, and sometimes it's utter balls, but it all doesn't mean shit if we're still out of the finals. And Jones' team selections week in week out are questionable. If Mullen isn't staying here next season, why not put Cowburn at LB? Not everyone rates him but surely that's a better long-term move development wise? He can hardly do worse. I'm still ****ing annoyed about the Miller sacking because it's now another one, two, maybe even three seasons by the time Jones is booted out and we get a new coach, and this magical re-build bullshit starts all over again. We had our chance with Miller and the club ****ed it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommyjet
Sorry must have mistaken him for another. He's still at WSW and would not go anywhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
On the flip side. When did Miller become the Messiah? In my opinion you put Jones v Miller and they've achieved on par with eachother. No more no less. Squad ability is probably the same. You can't honestly say Jone's is sooo much better etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by halo se7en
Maybe its just a good thing that people are getting behind the team. It was starting to happen under Miller. Things were coming good. He ****ed up. We move on and now it's starting to happen under Jones.
I've never had him up as the messiah but he didn't do a lot wrong & had us going in the right direction after our most disastrous season. I guess that's my point though - why was Miller bagged on so much when Jones is seemingly given a free pass?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wilso8948
Jones has us playing a better brand of football. If he stops playing players out of position and just gives up on picking Mullen ever again and get either Kokko or Nordstrand scoring goals then we'd be in the finals. People don't seem to realise how hard it is to sign people in january unless you want to pay stupid money or sign someone out of contract who may not be good enough. Im highly critical of Jones cause he has made mistakes, but he never went 10 games without scoring and never set up his team to park the bus with 4 +30 attackin players including Devon HeadQuote:
Originally Posted by Wilso8948
There is often a saying (many times on this foz), that the fans won't care about the result as long as their team is getting in and having a go.
Last season we looked like deer in headlights apart from a couple of games and up until the second Sydney game this year it was the same. Since that pathetic game where we didn't have a shot on goal something has clicked and we are at least creating chances galore, and getting a few in.
Of course we are far from perfect and the defence is still leaky but I am leaving stadiums now having enjoyed the match which wasn't the case over the last 24 months.
There are still games where were not putting in WSW away parts of last week any game vs Sydney. But for the most part the team shows fight and causes teams trouble with our pace which is a welcome changeQuote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster