SQUAD FOR 2015/16 SEASON - no Griff, no party

[snake]

you can say all you want in a survey, the jerks simply don't have the backroom staff to make use of it, and they're shedding more all the time.

if you want to make a point they'll notice, then call up and cancel your auto-renew payment option.

loyalty has no place in it. your dollars don't support the players. the club loses money hand over fist with wvery game they host. you're "contributions" of what, $10-20 per game, mean nothing.

anything less than cancelling and you're an enabler of the shit they're dishing up. newy needs less sheep.

[q-money]

listen to snake

[boz-monaut]

[plague]

anything less than cancelling and you're an enabler of the shit they're dishing up. newy needs less sheep.

[Frodo]

Just had a bit of look at players coming off contract on Transfermarkt, and by that i mean i was at my desk "working" very hard if my boss asks...

Luciano Becchio is off contract from the Championship. I know he is 31 but i think someone coming from the Championship, if competitive, would be a step above most players in our league.

Where would you guys class the HAL level on the scale of English leagues, or some of the lower leagues around Europe?

[lil_masi]

Zac Anderson has just been cut by the Mariners. Hopefully we pick him up. Syd Fc after him as well.

Cernak released also. Hope we dont sign him

[MFKS]

Just had a bit of look at players coming off contract on Transfermarkt, and by that i mean i was at my desk "working" very hard if my boss asks...

Luciano Becchio is off contract from the Championship. I know he is 31 but i think someone coming from the Championship, if competitive, would be a step above most players in our league.

Where would you guys class the HAL level on the scale of English leagues, or some of the lower leagues around Europe?

Second Division.

Everyone forgets they play 46 game seasons plus cup ties in shit conditions for most of the year.

Put those blokes on a week to week preparation and they would kick the shit out of HAL sides.

Don't forget we have Mass Luongo playing League 1 and Bailey Wright Playing League 1 also.

[MFKS]

Zac Anderson has just been cut by the Mariners. Hopefully we pick him up. Syd Fc after him as well.

Cernak released also. Hope we dont sign him

Yep we really are struggling when people are HOPING we pick up Gypo Rejects

[De-Champ]

Second Division.

Everyone forgets they play 46 game seasons plus cup ties in shit conditions for most of the year.

Put those blokes on a week to week preparation and they would kick the shit out of HAL sides.

Don't forget we have Mass Luongo playing League 1 and Bailey Wright Playing League 1 also.

We also have Jedinak in the EPL

[Nou Camp]

Where would you guys class the HAL level on the scale of English leagues, or some of the lower leagues around Europe?

I think a league teams would struggle week to week in league 2

[plague]

I think a league teams would struggle week to week in league 2

The travel would really affect them.

[parksey]

lol

[hawk]

Yep we really are struggling when people are HOPING we pick up Gypo Rejects

if we were struggling we'd have someone trying to improve us. We are happy where we are at.

[tomo]

if we were struggling we'd have someone trying to improve us. We are happy where we are at.

We're not struggling... We won a trophy this year...

[Jeterpool]

I've had a look through the history books and looked at the annual squad turnover between each season. This only takes into account players who have played a game for us, so the likes of Tando Velaphi, John Solari, Ben McNamara, Jason Culina aren't included. Once they played a game, they were counted in the squad. The players released or leaving the club at the end of each season (when compared to who started) is as follows

S1 = 12 players
S2 = 9 players
S3 = 12 player
S4 = 13 players
S5 = 11 players
S6 = 10 players
S7 = 10 players
S8 = 8 players
S9 = 13 player
S10 = 22 players * (this includes players who are currently re-negotiating so number may reduce).

If we look at the two seasons where the fewest changes occurred, we all know what happened in Season 3, while just missing out on the finals in Season 9 it was our highest ever season points tally.

By my count we may have 15 spots to fill on the roster. And while I agree with many that a cleanout was needed after years of mediocrity (disregarding the appalling manner in which some of these "partings" have occurred) it's perhaps too much too soon. Where are we going to locate 15 players who can form a team and be of a standard which can compete? We're a hard sell at the moment to any player, and if some of the media reports are correct about reneging on promises we're going to be even less attractive.

I'm fearing for us next season because after what we all thought was our last major change in Season 8 with the likes of Taggart, Brillante, Cooper coming on board, it takes at least a season for the squad to gel.

Dear Herald. What topic would you like me to bring up next week so you can write about it?

[boz-monaut]

do an article on crowds and how crowd takings have declined since Stubbins came on board

continue the current trends into next season for both season ticket holders and game day crowds, and show that by the end of next season, with Stubbins still in place, crowds will not only be lower than the number of season ticket holders, they will will drop below zero

e.g. last season we had 10,003 members

crowds went from 11,884 in the first game against Victory to 4,162 in the second to last game against Perth

that means 5,841 with tickets didn't bother to turn up

if, as seems likely from talk about the town and straw polls on this website, we get fewer than 5,000 season ticket holders next season - we may well get a crowd for the next game of –841

I'm sure you can use your fancy statistical analysis to firm up these numbers but you can't ignore these trends

[militiamon]

lol boz

statistics

[Jeterpool]

do an article on crowds and how crowd takings have declined since Stubbins came on board

continue the current trends into next season for both season ticket holders and game day crowds, and show that by the end of next season, with Stubbins still in place, crowds will not only be lower than the number of season ticket holders, they will will drop below zero

e.g. last season we had 10,003 members

crowds went from 11,884 in the first game against Victory to 4,162 in the second to last game against Perth

that means 5,841 with tickets didn't bother to turn up

if, as seems likely from talk about the town and straw polls on this website, we get fewer than 5,000 season ticket holders next season - we may well get a crowd for the next game of –841

I'm sure you can use your fancy statistical analysis to firm up these numbers but you can't ignore these trends

please. Nothing fancy in what I do

[furns]

Would be great to have some different content to post up on the front page.
Jeterpool and anyone else who would like to write regular articles feel free to contact me so I can sort you access.

[Wilso8948]

Apparently front runners with Perth to sign Bulut. Personal opinion.. Would take.