HSG also have plenty of indepth experience dealing with DUI matters with their other sporting team keeping them busyOriginally Posted by Grimario
HSG also have plenty of indepth experience dealing with DUI matters with their other sporting team keeping them busy
Farina OUT
here's a good larf, lynch on the good smack again
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/s...422-zqxsw.html
As young players jockey to stake their claim as late selections for Ange Postecoglou's World Cup squad, it must be remembered that a precocious talent does not always translate into a productive, lengthy career.
A-League hopefuls such as Adam Taggart, the Newcastle Jets striker, Brisbane midfielder Luke Brattan and longshot Osama Malik, the Adelaide defender, have all been touted as potential bolters for Brazil, as have the likes of Swindon's Massimo Luongo (a Socceroo debutant against Ecuador in March), the little-known Bailey Wright, a defender at Preston North End, and strikers Mitchell Duke and Tommi Juric (blooded by Holger Osieck in the East Asian Cup last year but not sighted at Socceroo level since).
It would not be a shock if one or more of those were on the plane, even if only to be squad members to make up the numbers during training sessions.
But there is no guarantee that any will go on to have meaningful careers in the green and gold even if they do get to Vittoria, the Socceroos Brazilian base. For every one who makes it in the game, there are many who don't and that sense of unfulfilled potential was something I was reminded of in the most graphic way when I watched Melbourne Victory training ahead of its semi-final clash with Sydney FC last Friday.
There, on the sidelines, clutching his young daughter, stood a man who many believed would by now have been playing at a high level in Europe and running midfield operations for the national team.
Kristian Sarkies is an older but necessarily much wiser man these days to that cheeky 16-year-old who burst on to the local soccer scene in the dying days of the old National Soccer league when then South Melbourne coach Stuart Munro gave him his debut.
Last week he was looking on as his brother-in-law Leigh Broxham, a stalwart in navy blue for the past decade, and a handful of remaining Victory players from his time at the club were being put through their paces before what turned out to be a dramatic win over Sydney.
There was no hint of bitterness or anger in the now 27-year-old's voice as he held his child and watched, although he could not have been blamed for wondering what might have been but for injury and ill-fortune.
For Sarkies was one of a handful of shooting stars who emerged about a decade ago and were expected to become key men in the Australian game, but somehow didn't.
''It's just how things went,'' he said. ''I'm now playing for Goulburn Valley Suns in the National Premier League Victoria and working as a fitness trainer. That was all a long time ago now.''
There were some dramatic highpoints early in a career of such immense promise.
When he was only 19 Sarkies was brought by Guus Hiddink, the then Socceroo coach, to the team's training camp in Holland and then Germany ahead of the 2006 World Cup.
He was one of four players brought along to train with the seniors in the hope and expectation that they would become regulars on the national scene in the seasons to come. The others were Neil Kilkenny (currently a midfielder with Preston in England's League One), Stuart Musialik, who has faded from the A-League picture after several seasons with Newcastle and Sydney, and Kaz Patafta, another who has disappeared from football's mainstream after spells with Melbourne Victory and Newcastle following his return from Benfica, where he went as a teenager.
The fate of those four shows how all the promise in the world does not bring the certainty of success: of the quartet only Kilkenny is still playing at a serious level and only he went on to have any sort of international career, having played 14 times for the national team including in the 2011 Asian Cup final. However, he has not been involved in recent times and has rarely been mentioned as a prospective World Cup player.
Of those three ''wasted'' talents Sarkies is perhaps the one Australia could do with most now. A player of genuine skill and with an attacking bent, he was, at his best, a dynamic midfielder who could score goals and support the strikers.
He notched a memorable strike in Melbourne Victory's grand final 6-0 rout of Adelaide United and gained a measure of notoriety as a 20-year-old when, in the post-match presentation, he planted a kiss on the balding pate of Prime Minister John Howard. It was a moment that people recall more than his goal - a sumptuous strike to complete Adelaide's humiliation.
It all seemed a world away for the young man who stood on the sidelines looking just like another fan with his child the other day.
And it was, but it shows how thin the line between success and failure can be. A series of injuries early in his career cruelled his prospects, and while he played for both Melbourne Heart and Adelaide in the A-League after his time at Victory he was never the same player.
Still, at least Sarkies now has a sense of perspective, is a father and has the chance to go on and make a mark through the rest of his life.
That opportunity was denied another talented young Australian, Dylan Tombides, who died from cancer on Good Friday in a London hospital.
The Perth-born youngster, who was on West Ham's books, had played for the Australian Under 22 team as recently as January.
His death is another reminder of the fragility of life and the randomness with which good health and success can quickly turn to tragedy. The tributes for Tombides have been plentiful and heartfelt. This was an unfulfilled talent of the most heartwrenching kind.
Of those three ''wasted'' talents Sarkies is perhaps the one Australia could do with most now. A player of genuine skill and with an attacking bent, he was, at his best, a dynamic midfielder who could score goals and support the strikers.
looooooooooool
Forgot about how good Neil Kilkenny is. Shame he ****ed up and moved from Leeds to Bristol a while back.
pv4, there is a player who would tear up the league if he were to return, especially if he ended up at Brisbane or MV.
sarkies lol
Arnold-ponders-multi-year-Jets-deal
Interesting read... Tinkler confirms backing the Jets, wants the team to win more...
any word if he wants to get a pool installed?
Just saw on Fox Sports News Arnold to Sydney
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/22...ckings/?cs=306Jets make offer to Graham Arnold amid sackings
By JOSH LEESON
April 24, 2014, 10:30 p.m.
THE Newcastle Jets have offered a multi-year deal to Graham Arnold to become their head coach, but Sydney FC and the New Zealand national team are also vying for the A-League winner’s signature.
The Jets yesterday sacked long-time assistant coach Craig Deans, goalkeeping mentor Bob Catlin and strength and conditioning coach Karl Dodd, adding to speculation the club is set to appoint someone other than interim coach Clayton Zane.
It is understood that, if Arnold takes the job, his staff could include Zane as assistant, former Socceroo Zeljko Kalac as goalkeeping coach and Andrew Clarke as performance manager.
The Herald revealed on Wednesday that Arnold was in Newcastle on Tuesday meeting with Jets officials.
The former Central Coast Mariners and Socceroos boss has become the hottest commodity on the coaching market since parting ways with J-League club Vegalta Sendai three months into a two-year deal.
It is understood Arnold has met with Jets officials on another occasion and is due to speak with New Zealand Football next week about the All Whites position.
There has been speculation the Jets would allow Arnold to coach the All Whites while coaching Newcastle.
Arnold is the favourite for the vacant Sydney FC job, but the Sky Blues are yet to table an official offer.
Deans could not be contacted for comment yesterday but is understood to be disappointed to have been sacked and with the manner of his dismissal.
Jets CEO Robbie Middleby did not reply to a text message from the Herald last night but said on the club’s website: ‘‘We thank Craig, Bob and Karl for their commitment and hard work during their time with the club. All have played an important role in the development of our team and players and we wish them all the best for their future careers.’’
Deans’s exit ends a decade-long association with Newcastle. The 39-year-old was born in Perth and played for the Glory and Carlton before joining Newcastle United for the final year of the National Soccer League.
The former centre half was a foundation member of the Jets, but his A-League career ended two games into the new competition due to a nerve condition known as foot drop.
He then worked in football operations at the Jets and was appointed as the inaugural youth team coach in 2008.
Popular with the players, Deans was thrust into the top job as a caretaker in October 2011 when Branko Culina was sacked by Nathan Tinkler just before the season kicked off.
He led the Jets briefly before Gary van Egmond was appointed but slipped down the pecking order when van Egmond was sacked in January.
Instead of being promoted again to the top job as caretaker, Deans was leapfrogged by youth team boss Zane and shared the assistant coaching role with Michael Bridges.
main thing from it was it says he'll probs bring Kalac as GK Coach
How will kalac do that?
He's broke.
He can't afford to move from Sydney and couldn't afford the petrol to drive each day.
I can hear the butthurt emanating from Gosford already.........
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Kalac as goalkeeping coach...
Oh dear God...
Wonder what odds you'd get?
And if zeljko would get on it.
Who did kalac have a blow up with at sydney?
Petratos wasn't it?
That's why he left and went to Brisbane where he has been killing it. wd Kalac.
Must have been about a dodgy horse.
Precisely right Militia. Hard to say how good he is at his job though.
Janjetovic blows hot and cold most weeks and that may be down to Kalac , the circus at Smurfs or he just may well be inconsistent himself. Not a great gauge
Spiders tip of the week. Looks a dead set certainty.
at least we will be shown on ACA
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