N1 MB. Sticking it to the Knights Bugel.
Dillon: Wanna be RL journo anyway.
Anyone who continually tips DRAWS in a Football tipping competition
as a supposed football writer can GTFO.
Hope he is OTFD when they're calling Bring out yer dead on Bolton Street....
1. Take banter out of context.
2. Seek clarification.
3. No clarification before deadline so,
4. Assume worst.
5. Assassinate multiple characters.
6. Get a response.
7. Continue to assassinate character.
8. Blame original "banterees" because they should have known better.
cannot believe the cry people are having over this. absolutely pathetic. it's twitter ffs, get a grip.
Dillon realizes that nobody reads his silly back water articles so he went for something controversial and unfortunately it worked. The man is like a sick criminal who craves the attention and publicity even if negative. Like mentioned above just another sad sack journo who wants to write about that other game.
Pretty impressed the club came out with that on twitter. Nice to see a club defend their players/staff. Surprised they put it out on twitter only though.Originally Posted by Grimario
Anyway, Melbourne Heart have signed Josip Tadic.
http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/...er-tadic/48141John Aloisi has strengthed Melbourne Heart's attacking stocks for Hyundai A-League season 2012/13, signing of former Dinamo Zagreb striker Josip Tadic.
Tadic, 24, follows the arrivals of Liberian international Patrick Gerhardt, defender Steven Gray, Young Socceroo Golgol Mebrahtu and two-time Hyundai A-League Champion Andrew Redmayne as Aloisi looks to restructure his side.
The Heart boss said the former Croatian youth international possesses all the tools required to succeed in the A-League.
“Josip’s a No.9, holds up the ball well, finds good positions in the box and is a goal scorer. He’s a very important signing,” Aloisi said.
“Having won three titles on the bounce during his time at Dinamo Zagreb alongside Luka Modric, Josip will bring a winning mentality and is the perfect type of player for our system.
“He will be the player we look for to score goals and we’re sure he will. Josip is a player with a lot to prove.”
Tadic arrives at Heart following an accomplished career in Europe, where the angular attacker enjoyed stints with German outfits Bayer Leverkusen and Arminia Bielefeld, and French Ligue 1 side Grenoble Foot 38.
Tadic scored 20 goals in 62 appearances for Croatian giants Dinamo Zagreb, featured in UEFA Champions League and Europa League campaigns, and earned more than 20 caps for Croatia at U/21 level.
Ill be interested to see how aloisi goes this year. Got a feeling heart will struggle
But, it's a creditable source, surely!
I actually think it was very smart PR to only release it on twitter. Use the same bait that Gardiner and Dillon bit so hard on.
For the record, I actually think Gardiner is one of the very few quality journalists at The Herald. Such a shame he has sunk to the tabloid sensationalism of his co-worker Dillon.
Agreed Gardiner in the past has been pretty good.
si.
Anyone still think Bridges can add numbers in the pts column like sasho did? doing a cruyff turn, step over and pass to feet doesnt count.
Last edited by hawk; 15-07-2012 at 04:14 PM.
Better then a press release as far as the herald are concerned.
Heart going for Michael Owen.
PS:
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/a-lea...715-2246o.html
Heart sends out feelers to tempt striker Owen
MELBOURNE Heart has been upstaged in the off-season by Melbourne Victory's aggressive recruitment policy, but the third-season A-League club is hoping to steal its rival's thunder with an ambitious bid to sign former Manchester United and England striker Michael Owen to spearhead its attack next season.
Heart is officially tight-lipped about the move, but the club has been in contact with Owen's English representatives to gauge the frontman's interest in a trip down under later this year.
It is understood Heart has talked about a possible one-year contract or, if Owen is not interested in that, a 10-game guest player stint that would allow the 32-year-old to return to England to try to find another European club in the January 2013 transfer window.
One of the big pitches Heart can make to the former Liverpool star is that he would be in training, playing and living in Melbourne during the spring carnival, an event of major interest to Owen, who has a substantial involvement and growing interest in horse racing.
Advertisement Owen owns many racehorses in Britain and is a major investor in a racing stable run by British trainer Tom Dascombe. He had a winner at Royal Ascot last year when Brown Panther won a staying race, and Racing Victoria has suggested he might be the sort who could target the Melbourne Cup.
Heart is hopeful rather than confident of signing Owen, but believes he could be tempted to Australia for at least a short-term deal to play up front alongside its latest signing, former Croatian under-21 international Josip Tadic.
Tadic is a tall, strong striker who spent three seasons with leading Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb and also had spells in Germany and France.
''Josip's a No. 9, holds up the ball well, finds good positions in the box and is a goal scorer. He's a very important signing,'' Heart coach John Aloisi said.
''Having won three titles on the bounce during his time at Dinamo Zagreb alongside Luka Modric, Josip will bring a winning mentality and is the perfect type of player for our system. He will be the player we look for to score goals and we're sure he will.''
Heart might feel optimistic that it is sorting its options out in the forward third of the field, but it now faces a headache at the back following the decision of young centre-back Brendan Hamill to take up an offer from South Korean club Seongnam.
Broadmeadow Magic win State Cup
http://www.theherald.com.au/news/loc...p/2624618.aspx
BROADMEADOW coach Damien Smith entered the State Cup to give fringe players an opportunity and to experiment with combinations and formations.
Now the Northern NSW State League powerhouse hope to become the first club to win the big four – Charity Shield, State Cup and minor and major premierships.
Magic overpowered Coffs City United 4-0 in the final of the $10,000 64-team knockout in Coffs Harbour yesterday.
The win eclipsed their top-four finish in the inaugural competition two years ago and was the club’s second piece of silverware this year, following a 3-1 triumph over Lake Macquarie in the Charity Shield.
The defending State League premiers sit at the top of the table on 31 points, two points ahead of the Jets youth team and arch-rivals Hamilton Olympic, who have a game in hand against Edgeworth.
‘‘To win the big four would be great,’’ Smith said. ‘‘We will just take it one game at a time.
‘‘Especially with the premiership at the moment, it is out of our hands. If Olympic win every game from here in, they will win it.’’
After a flying start to the State League, Magic’s form dipped last month. They lost consecutive games to Olympic (5-0) and Charlestown City (2-1), drew with Weston 1-1 before returning to the winner’s circle with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over South Cardiff.
They followed that with three resounding wins in Coffs Harbour, accounting for Lismore champions Goonellabah 4-2 in the quarter-final, Charlestown City 3-1 in the semi-final and Coffs City.
‘‘It is hard yakka playing three games in two days,’’ Smith said. ‘‘At the start of the State Cup you give a lot of the fringe players and under 23s a run and you experiment a bit. But when you get to the final stage – you make a five-hour trip to Coffs Harbour – you want to win it.
‘‘Over the past three or four weeks we have not been playing that well but the boys were pretty switched on this weekend. We were getting back to the way we know we can play.’’
After a comfortable win in the quarters, Magic had to work hard to tame Charlestown, who played the final 50 minutes with 10 men after Daniel Bird was sent off for a headbutt on Matt Hoole.
The score was 1-all when Bird was dismissed but Magic powered home with second-half goals to Chris Berlin, his second, and Scott Pettit.
They had an easier time of it in the final.
Pettit scored a double and Berlin and Luke Virgili contributed as Magic converted a 1-0 half-time lead into comprehensive win.
people having a cry is the life blood of this forum.
Brad Swancott aims to channel veteran goalkeeper Bob Catlin
BRAD Swancott spent three years at the Newcastle Breakers in the giant shadow of veteran goalkeeper Bob Catlin.
Now the Jets goalkeeping coach, Catlin was among a group of experienced players who followed coach Lee Sterrey up the freeway from Sydney at the start of the 1998 National Soccer League season.
Swancott made his national league debut as a 16-year-old the season before, and although he was unable to usurp Catlin, who holds the record for most NSL games (345) by a keeper and the most clean sheets (105), he learned a lot.
‘‘I didn’t get to play much because of Bobby but I worked with him every day,’’ Swancott said. ‘‘He was a class act and a Socceroo.
‘‘He passed on a number of things, mainly the way he commanded his box and the way he spoke to and organised his defence.
‘‘He was a very good communicator.’’
Though not possessing the same physical presence as Catlin, Swancott, now 32, hopes to put the communication and organisational skills he gained to good use in goals for the Northern NSW Select side against the Jets at Darling St Oval tomorrow night.
‘‘If the team is defending well it makes my job easier,’’ Swancott said. ‘‘I expect them to put a fair bit of pressure on us.
‘‘I caught the first half when they played Broadmeadow and they looked pretty good.
‘‘They play a possession-based game, have a couple of strikers who are quite sharp and the experience of Michael Bridges. They will definitely be a handful.’’
Released by Newcastle United at the end of the 2000-01 NSL season, Swancott played nine seasons in the NSW Premier League at Bankstown, Apia Leichhardt, Parramatta and Manly.
He returned to the Northern NSW state league last year at Lake Macquarie and made the switch to Hamilton Olympic this season.
Swancott was in the Northern side which played the Jets last season and was a regular for Manly in pre-season hit-outs against Sydney FC.
‘‘It is a good opportunity to play at that level again,’’ Swancott said.
‘‘I haven’t heard from Bobby this week but I’m sure I will.
‘‘He tells me he is lighter now than during his playing days.’’
Northern have made several changes to the squad for tomorrow night’s game, which kicks off at 6.30pm.
Kyle Hodges (unavailable), Josh Piddington (overseas), Jon Griffiths (groin) and Peter McPherson (hamstring) have been replaced by Phil Bures and Cameron Hughes, reducing the squad to 17.
‘‘You know playing the Jets they are going to have a lot of the ball,’’ Northern co-coach Damien Smith said.
‘‘We need to be well organised defensively, squeeze the game up to them and be disciplined.
‘‘That is where Swanny can lead from the back.’’
The Jets’ trial against Charlestown City set down for July 25 has been cancelled.
http://www.theherald.com.au/news/loc...px?storypage=2
Quiet day but NBN reported tonight that Griff was on the marquee No 9 shortlist....nothing concrete of course.
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