General A-League Thread

[boz-monaut]

ok, I'll admit I'm surprised by this

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/spor...-1226462722296

good for the game, though I still hate Sydney

[Jeterpool]

Great for the league. Easily the biggest name ever to play on the league.

[belchardo]

great news. will make beating them even sweeter.

amazing what a bit of competition can do.

[au revoir]

phwoar

[parksey]

we need to retaliate by bringing sheva out of retirement

[boz-monaut]

not confirmed yet - lets give this a few more hours to see

[militiamon]

Boy oh boy, Sydney have the shittest squad right now, quite embarrassing. It's been downhill for their squad since 09/10, and even that is a shadow of the squad they had back in the 06/07 days. The current team is almost Mariners-esque if it weren't for the fact that they don't hate foreigners.

gg Syd

[furns]

not confirmed yet - lets give this a few more hours to see

Wont be confirmed till after the weekend, they are flying out to Italy tomorrow to get paperwork signed.

[GazFish35]

Hope it happens.

[Thomas477]

Assuming it does, he'll go great until Tarago, Jobe or Zadkid do one of their specials and injure him in the first game we play against them.

Still would love to know why they can sign another marquee when we couldn't when Joel left on loan.

Actually, on that, sign, Griff FFS.

[Retro Jet]

I reckon this is a knee jerk reaction to Wanders enrty.
Good signing, despite being part of the 2006 cheat brigade.
In any case, I hope it bolsters the TV deal somewhat, even it if does turn out to be a 1 season signing.

[pv4]

Still would love to know why they can sign another marquee when we couldn't when Joel left on loan.

pretty sure melbourne loaned out their brazilian marquee (ricardinho?) and replaced him back in the day.

[Jetmaster]

Hope Muscat is lured out of retirement !

[halo se7en]

Great publicity for the start of the season, but I can't see him steering Sydney towards a title or even finals. The guy is almost 38, the rest of the squad really isn't that good and some sort of injury is pretty much guaranteed.

[MFKS]

Assuming it does, he'll go great until Tarago, Jobe or Zadkid do one of their specials and injure him in the first game we play against them.

Still would love to know why they can sign another marquee when we couldn't when Joel left on loan.

Actually, on that, sign, Griff FFS.

First thing I thought of when I heard the news was I seriously hope Zadko or Tarago confirm Newy status by going through him Muscat style. and sending him into retirement in Rd 2!!!

Seriously I am gonna go against the grain here. Why the **** do HAL clubs sign these over the hill past it hacks??
2 Million in wages for a couple of over inflated crowds of fair weather supporters turning up to see the hoopla before turning their back on the HAL?? Two million would be better spent on INFRASTRUCTURE of the club, youth development, connecting with their fan base thru promotion. No Sydney like Victree just like wasting exorbitant sums of money each year on washed up over the hill hasbeens.

Be interesting to see what standard of player you would get for wages of 2 million a season if Sydney actually shopped in the 25-30 year old category rather than the 35 years old plus. I would believe the 25-30 year old would present better on field success than a 37 year old who may offer some initial PR spike. That would be the equivalent of signing someone playing in English Football on 20k a week and I am sure you may not get Premier League star but a more than competent Championship Level Striker who would go pretty good at this level.

Anyway Del Piero is a hack. Pushed Robby Baggio out at Juve to make way for him and never really lived up to the hype in my eyes. Baggio >>> Daylight >> Del Piero

[terry]

Wont be confirmed till after the weekend, they are flying out to Italy tomorrow to get paperwork signed.

If he's in shiteblue then the knee is a good target to start with, fk him.

[militiamon]

Pfftt, Del Piero will walk this league if he signs, just like Juninho did. The question is whether Sydney will make the best use of him, he needs at least one or two technically gifted players to work with, not Brett Emerton.

[Hamma12]

Del Piero confirmed with SFC...Presser at 9.30pm tonight

[coastiehater]

A-League club Wellington Phoenix sign Belgian international Stein Huysegems
From correspondents in Wellington, New Zealand
AAP September 14, 2012 11:15AM

Recruit ... Stein Huysegems (R) during his days with Feyenoord. Source: Peter Dejong / AAP
Former Belgium international striker Stein Huysegems has signed a two-year deal with Wellington Phoenix.

The signing of the 30-year-old Huysegems, who has played for Dutch first division clubs Feyenoord, FC Twente and Roda, was announced by the A-League club on Friday.

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He has played 15 times for Belgium, his last appearance being in 2009.

The 1.86m frontman will join the Phoenix attacking stocks of Paul Ifill, Benjamin Totori, Jeremy Brockie and Mirjan Pavlovic.

[coastiehater]

WSW news conference on foxsports at 2pm.