Herald article says we have 6 spots to fill. I think we are still at 5 foreigners each and no idea about the rest of the squad limits
Herald article says we have 6 spots to fill. I think we are still at 5 foreigners each and no idea about the rest of the squad limits
a minimum of 18 Players;
a maximum of 23 Players;
a minimum of 2 Goalkeepers;
a minimum of 3 Australian Players aged 23 or under;
and a maximum of five foreign players.
The following discretionary payments are outside the Salary Cap:
Designated Players – A Club can spend an unlimited amount on two Players (Foreign or Australian) it nominates as Designated Players;
Guest Player – A Club can spend an unlimited amount on one Guest Player who must satisfy the prescribed marketability criteria. A Guest Player is restricted to a maximum of 14 A-League matches;
Homegrown Players – A Club can spend an unlimited amount on 4 Australian Players aged 23 or younger that have come through the Club’s youth system;
Loyalty Players – A Club can spend an unlimited amount across any number of Players that have given 4 or more consecutive seasons of service to the Club. A portion of a Loyalty Player’s contract value is excluded from the Salary Cap based on a progressive scale;
Scholarship Players – Each Club can contract up to 9 under 23 Australian Players on the national minimum wage. Any payments above the national minimum wage to these Players are included in the Club’s Salary Cap;
Just found this - https://www.a-league.com.au/salary-cap-system
At all times during the Season, a Club’s A-League Player Roster must have:
- a minimum of 18 Players;
- a maximum of 23 Players;
- a minimum of 2 Goalkeepers;
- a minimum of 3 Australian Players aged 23 or under;
- and a maximum of five foreign players.
Guest Players sit outside the Club’s A-League Player Roster. Players on a Club’s Y-League Player Roster, including Scholarship Players, are also eligible to participate in the A-League.
So the missing part is keeping track of how the club classify contracts when players are signed/re-signed.
The Championship Chronicles - The Jetstream's review of the 2007/08 season. www.newcastlefootball.net/chronicles
The Championship Chronicles - The Jetstream's review of the 2007/08 season. www.newcastlefootball.net/chronicles
True for all that but irrelevant if the club doesn't spend outside the cap.
Last edited by Jetmaster; 22-07-2021 at 04:12 PM.
Only one bloke on this foz constantly makes me laugh Plague and it ain't you - MFKS
They don't really have a history of promoting players from their youth set up so not really any long term players on their list last year to qualify for Loyalty players.
They do however have a few players U23 that would qualify for the Homegrown unlimited... Atkinson (14 games), Colakovski (21) and Metcalfe (24). That's 3 handy players to pay completely outside the cap.
They had eight scholarship players.
They almost certainly used two designated players.
That leaves 15 players to split the $2.1m cap, unlimited funds on the three U23's and two DP's.
Find it hard to believe they could spend $3.3m on 5 uncapped players though but who knows.
Isn't Lucas from the central coast or Sydney?
Hearing a rumour that Ridenton is possible rejoining the jets
Not from any reliable source, but heard it a couple of times
D’Agostino anyone?
Not surprising but Topor is officially released
Best of luck to him. Thanks for all he's done.
Thanks Topor.
Deserved a proper send off.
Think he could have done a job for us. Maybe our terms weren’t worth it to him. Or maybe we weren’t interested at all.
Can see both points. Won’t be arguing if we end up with a few Clean sheets and good defensive record.
Football and sentiment rarely work together. Goodluck to him.