Citeh to counter by saying they have had the colour since the 1800s.....and tell SFC to change their strip.
Citeh to counter by saying they have had the colour since the 1800s.....and tell SFC to change their strip.
Citys away/alternate strip to be sky blue and they will just wear their alternate strip when they want.
I don't get this whole shirt thing. What strip will they wear when they play Sydney? Yep - sky blue under the new proposal.Originally Posted by ToddG NBUnited
If they wear sky blue as a home jersey there will be absolutely no worry with clashing.
Mind you I do understand why they are challenging the loss of tradition etc and linkages with the red and white. We experienced this first hand
smurfs are 5 minutes old, they arent losing their strip and dont own the colour. Not about them they can fo. It should be about if Heart want to change their identity & ensure their away strip doesnt clash. Could be worse they could be stuck with european gold*.
* may change that opinion
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Zads Speaks...
Bit of a swipe at the club at the end, some would argue that by keeping Bridges on board, twice now, the club under HSG has been following a similar path to perth, jobs for the boys an all that.
Ruben Zadkovich : I didn't want to leave Jets
By JAMES GARDINER
June 3, 2014, 10:45 p.m.
RUBEN Zadkovich never wanted to leave the Jets.
In the end, the wholehearted midfielder felt he had no choice.
Zadkovich last week agreed to terminate the final year of his contract at the Jets and will head west on a two-year deal at Perth Glory.
‘‘It is bittersweet,’’ Zadkovich told the Herald yesterday.
‘‘I love Newcastle. I think everyone knows that. It was such a massive honour to lead the Jets. It was one of the highlights of my career and something I hold very close to my heart.
‘‘All the fans, members, sponsors, business owners, media – all of the honest, hard-working people I have made friends with in Newcastle – I’d like to think I’d be friends with them long after the stadium lights are out. That is what I will be taking away from Newcastle.
‘‘It was a hard pill to swallow at first.
‘‘From what I have learned in football, you are best to be around people who really want you.
‘‘[Hunter Sports Group CEO] Troy Palmer told me that if I wanted to stay until the end of the contract, go for it, and that he would support me.
‘‘When it came down to it, the Jets didn’t really see me in their plans.
‘‘While that can be a slap in the face, you just have to find the positives.’’
Zadkovich played 97 games in four seasons at the Jets.
He won the club’s Ray Baartz medal in 2013, finished third last season, and 10th in the Alex Tobin Medal for the Fox Sports player of the year.
The only Jet to start every game last season, Zadkovich was called in to a meeting with club management last month and told of the interest from Perth.
‘‘I was not outwardly looking to leave,’’ he said. ‘‘I was keen to stay here and captain Newcastle as long as I could.
‘‘Management made it clear to me that I was not in their plans moving forward.
‘‘I was told it was more a business decision. They wanted to free up some money in the cap and look for more attacking players. Initially it was a shock. I thought there would have been a bit more loyalty and respect shown. Football is a business. I’m no mug. I know what it is like.’’
Although yet to speak to Zadkovich, coach Phil Stubbins believed the best outcome had been reached for both parties.
The Jets have missed the finals for the past four years, and Stubbins decided something – someone – had to give.
‘‘I certainly needed, along with the direction of the staff, to make some changes,’’ Stubbins said. ‘‘Everyone knows Ruben is a very good player and has been a good servant for the Jets. There is no doubt about that.
‘‘Having looked at the squad, and a good salary goes to a good player, it was felt that we needed to get somebody else in at the pointy end who could service the needs of the team in the front third.
‘‘We had quite a few players in that central midfield position who could fulfil that role – Ben Kantarovski, Josh Brillante, Zenon Caravella, Mitch Oxborrow – and quite a bit of money tied up in that position.
‘‘When the interest came from Perth and they offered him the time frame of the deal they did, it made sense.’’
On the surface it might have seemed a cut-and-dried decision for Zadkovich. But nothing is that simple when, like Zadkovich, you have given your heart and soul to a club – to a region – for four years.
‘‘I had so much going on and, to be honest, it [the decision] was getting the better of me,’’ Zadkovich said.
But any lingering doubts were dispelled after a get-to-know-you chat with Glory coach Kenny Lowe.
‘‘I asked him what role he had in mind for me,’’ Zadkovich said. ‘‘He laughed and said, ‘I just want you to do what you do.’ It was a simple sentence, but it says a lot.
‘‘He doesn’t want to change me. He knows I can more than hold a spot in that position and he is grateful to have me. That means everything to me. To have people who want you, I will look to repay that faith by giving them 150 per cent.’’
Zadkovich and fiancee Bianca Foteff have recently bought an apartment in Cooks Hill and are in the process of planning their wedding next May.
‘‘We have a lot of things going on,’’ he said. ‘‘Things like this happen for a reason. That is the silver lining. It gives me and Bianca a chance to let our relationship evolve. It is a new challenge for both of us.
‘‘She has never lived anywhere but Newcastle, whereas I have been around the world a few times.
‘‘Her family and friends are very supportive.
‘‘We will set up camp somewhere near the beach.
‘‘All the people I have spoken to over there love Perth and the area around it.’’ Zadkovich will replace retired Glory skipper Jacob Burns, who now works for the club in football operations
‘‘I think that says a lot about the kind of club they are looking to build,’’ he said.
‘‘They are keeping the good-quality players involved in the club when their careers have finished.’’
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/23...e-jets/?cs=306
Congrats Taggz, now to see if he can grab some game time.Adam Taggart in Socceroos final 23
By JAMES GARDINER
June 3, 2014, 10:59 p.m.
ADAM Taggart has tonight became the first Jets player to be selected for a World Cup.
The 21-year-old striker was a surprise inclusion in the Socceroos’ final 23-man squad to compete in Brazil.
His promotion came at the expense of Josh Kennedy, who along with attacking midfielder Tom Rojic was ruled out due to fitness concerns.
Taggart, whose birthday was on Monday, was one of seven A-League players to make the cut.
"I'm over the moon," Taggart said after the announcement.
"It's a dream come true and something you can only wish for as a little kid."
He said he was "extremely grateful" and selection was "something I won't take for granted".
With Tim Cahill and Matthew Leckie the only other strikers in the squad, the adopted Novocastrian has a chance of getting game time.
The Socceroos begin Group B against Chile on June 14 (AEST) before matches against Holland (June 19) and Spain (June 24).
There was no room for Jets teammate Mark Birighitti, who missed out to Germany-based Mitch Langerak, Adelaide United’s Eugene Galekovic and Mat Ryan (Club Brugge).
Langerak is on the comeback from a knee injury and Birighitti will stay with the squad until the opening game against Chile.
Right back Luke Wilkshire was the other player trimmed from the group, which has been in camp in Vitoria, Brazil.
Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou had insisted from day one that fitness and form were the main criteria for selection and lived up to that mantra.
Kennedy’s injury is not thought to be serious, but having missed five weeks for Japanese club Nagoya Grampus on the eve of the World Cup, his back flared up during the Socceroos’ high-intensity sessions.
The stringbean striker, who scored the goal against Iraq which earned Australia a place in Brazil, was on course to play in the warm-up game against second division side Parana Clube on Monday before his back seized up at the end of training.
His setback opened the way for Taggart, who made the most of the opportunity with a well taken goal to seal a 2-0 victory.
Selection caps an amazing rise for the Perth-born front man, who scored a club-record 16 goals for the Jets to claim the A-League Golden Boot and Young Player of the Year awards last season, his second at the club.
Recruited by Gary van Egmond, Taggart was lured east after two seasons at the Glory in which he was stuck behind Shane Smeltz and Billy Mehmet.
He scored two goals in 19 appearances, nine in the starting side, in his maiden campaign in Newcastle before exploding into form.
Col ‘‘Bunny’’ Curran is the only Newcastle-born player to compete at a World Cup.
He was a member of the 1974 side, who until 2006 were the only Australian side to have made the final.
Ray Baartz was vice-captain but had his dream dashed by a career-ending blow to the throat in a lead-up game against Uruguay.
Meanwhile, coach Phil Stubbins confirmed that the Jets were close finalising a deal with a South American striker.
‘‘We have a couple of little hurdles in dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s to overcome, but hopefully that’s a formality and we will be in position to announce something very soon,’’ Stubbins told SBS.
‘‘He has played for his national team at an early age and is from a country doing good things and he would be a good, solid signing for us.
‘‘We believe that in tandem with Adam Taggart and Joel Griffiths he can be very effective.
“He has pace, strength and would handle the rigours of the A-League with no problem."
The striker is a replacement for marquee Emile Heskey.
‘‘Emile was somebody who came and had a real impact at the club,’’ the coach said.
‘‘You can only say good things about the guy as a person and as a professional – but that said we have decided to take a different direction with the player we have in mind.’’
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/23...nal-23/?cs=303
He did say good quality players though.
Could be worth a lazy tenner on Taggz nicking a goal somewhere.
has a valid point. he knows what the fans think of our management. hope he wins a gf.
new Melbourne city strips (home on the left)
and logo...
I'm hoping there's a really good story behind the logo. it's f'in hilarious.
EDIT: apparently in recognition of the Melbourne coat of arms
The Flag in the middle is the City of Melbourne emblem, nice touch if you ask me and I rather like it.
new Melbourne city strips (home on the left)
and logo...
I'm hoping there's a really good story behind the logo. it's f'in hilarious.
EDIT: apparently in recognition of the Melbourne coat of arms
And they have Villa till January
Damien Duff on a 2 year deal
Bresciano is going to sign
And Kennedy will replace Villa in January.
How much does the title cost?
Hope we don't draw them in the FFA cup....
Go jetties
Besides Villa are any of those others confirmed or still just speculation?
WE DON'T DO WALKING AWAY !
Damien duff the media circles seem confident about.
the other two are speculation based on the Aus Marquee rules.
Kennedy is going to leave his current club in January when his contract runs out he has said that.
Bresc is purely because he has links at the club (or had) previously and is out of contract post world cup.
Go jetties
What I don't get is why does Villa have to be a guest contract can't NYCFC just loan him to Melbourne for $1.
That could then open the door for Frankie to sign.
loan wages are still counted in the cap. villa's wage in a few weeks would probably blow it, hence why he's a guest player.
the way it could work is that villa plays as a guest, lampard as full season marquee and bresciano/kennedy as strayan marquee.
borat will know the ins and outs better i imagine
Loan wages only count in the cap if the club who has the player on loan is required to pay the wages by the loaning club. NYCFC could well be (and likely are) loaning Villa for the grand total of $0.
Why oh why does Villa have to have a photo shot with Billy Slater and punch an AFL footy???
They bag our game mercilessly but are quick to jump on the bandwagon.
This is correct hence why we didn't pay Burns full wage only a part of it and that part was under the cap.
Moot point on loan wages as MCFC want to utilise both marquee positions anyway.
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