Get griff you c*nting f*cks.
F*ck you.
Get griff you c*nting f*cks.
F*ck you.
Aren't you local?Originally Posted by steve136
****ing well said. * not required as swear filter not on but if you were thinking of the children then f*cken go for it
You only find 'Local people' in Royston Vasey
Reports now that WSW are after Michael Ballack - source, Les Twitter !
The floodgates are opening !
No - the football advisory board made the decision. All the members are no longer with the Jets except for Baartzy
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This still makes me cry.
HAHAHAHA Thats right, Tubs..
Ah yes, forgot about them.
Cheers for clearing that up.
That and turning down Crespo.
you sure on that one? I hear differently
OK
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Yeah, but at college in the u.s.
Todays Heskey news from the Herald...
Deal set to make Heskey Jets' highest-paid player
By JAMES GARDINER Sept. 19, 2012, 11:33 p.m.
EMILE Heskey is set to pocket $100,000 a month at the Newcastle Jets in a deal that will make the former England striker the highest-paid player in the club's history.
Heskey has agreed to terms and, pending a successful medical, will earn $700,000 for the seven-month duration of the 2012-13 A-League season. His salary equates to $26,000 a game if he plays all 27 rounds.
The Herald revealed yesterday that Hunter Sports Group chief executive Troy Palmer and Jets chief executive Robbie Middleby had travelled to England to hold negotiations with the Premier League journeyman.
Job done, they were on their way back to Australia last night.
Heskey is expected to join them in Newcastle next week to officially put pen to paper.
A free agent since he was released by English Premier League club Aston Villa in May, Heskey had been linked to a return to his former club Liverpool.
The Herald understands he knocked back a more lucrative deal, believed to be worth $1.2million a year, in the Middle East to move to Australia.
The 34-year-old target man replaces Jason Culina as the Jets marquee player. He is the club’s seventh marquee after inaugural captain Ned Zelic, Ante Covic, Edmundo Zura, Fabio Vignaroli, Joel Griffiths and Michael Bridges. Former Brazilian superstar Mario Jardel and former English international Francis Jeffers played guest stints. Jeffers was later added to the roster.
Culina signed a three-year deal worth $2.65million in February last year but broke down in the pre-season after aggravating his surgically repaired knee and did not play a game.
After a drawn-out dispute, Culina and the Jets reached a settlement in June by mutual agreement, the commercial terms of which remain confidential.
The former Socceroo is now training with Sydney FC.
Culina was to have collected $850,000 a year, but per month Heskey will earn more.
At the height of his career, Heskey made an £11million move in 2000 from Leicester to Liverpool, where he scored 60 goals in 223 games in all competitions.
He went on to play with Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic and finally with Aston Villa, with whom he played 28 games last season.
Though often maligned, he played for England at the 2002 and 2010 World Cups and the European Championships in 2000 and 2004.
In 62 appearances for his country he scored seven goals.
Coach Gary van Egmond said last month that the Jets were unlikely to fill the final place on their roster with a high-profile marquee player.
But the success of Sydney FC in recruiting Italian legend Alessandro Del Piero and the overwhelming response to his arrival caused a rethink.
Heskey is likely to go head-to-head with Del Piero in round two at Allianz Stadium, which doubles as the former Juventus captain’s first home game.
The Jets open their A-League campaign against Adelaide United at Hunter Stadium on October 7.
And since GVE can't talk to the Herald anymore, Dillon is asking Arnold for input !
Import could be just what the Jets need: Arnold
By ROBERT DILLON Sept. 19, 2012, 11:33 p.m.
CENTRAL Coast Mariners coach Graham Arnold believes Emile Heskey could be the man who transforms the Newcastle Jets from also-rans into top-four contenders.
The Jets are reported to be on the verge of announcing the signing of Heskey, the 34-year-old striker who has played more than 500 games in the English Premier League and 62 times for England.
Speaking after the Jets beat his team 2-1 in a trial match at Tuggerah yesterday, Arnold said a player of Heskey's pedigree would be an asset for Newcastle coach Gary van Egmond and one of the competition's biggest drawcards.
"He'd be a wonderful signing for them but also for the A-League," Arnold said. "From all accounts, Newcastle have already made some good signings, but the one missing piece in the jigsaw puzzle was a No.9.
"If it's true that they've signed Emile Heskey, you'd have to say they'd be very, very strong. I'd guess that Gary would be looking at top four, minimum."
Newcastle have been finals spectators for the past two seasons and hope a wholesale turnover of players will change their fortunes.
Some fans have queried whether Heskey will be a good fit, given his age and the fact he has never been a prolific goal scorer, but Arnold had no such qualms.
"He's played in World Cups and two Euro championships," Arnold said. "And he's played in the Premiership.
"It's fantastic for a regional club like Newcastle to draw somebody like that. It's unbelievable.
"It goes on top of [Alessandro] Del Piero down in Sydney, and we played Melbourne Victory on the weekend and they've brought in some good visa players as well.
"It's entertaining and it's exciting for the league.
"On paper, it looks like it's going to be a tough season for all clubs and a very, very even competition."
Arnold said van Egmond would benefit this season from having a squad he assembled, rather than the one he inherited last season when Branko Culina was sacked.
"I think they [Newcastle] will be fine," he said.
"Gary obviously knows what he wants and last season he pretty much had to coach a group of players that he didn't bring in.
"They were Branko's.
"He now has what he wants and he's had a 14- or 15-week pre-season, so he's had plenty of time to settle on the pattern of play they want."
Heskey was the name on everyone's lips yesterday, but it was another English import of similar vintage who starred in the trial at the Mariners' Centre of Excellence.
Jets veteran Michael Bridges created both Newcastle's goals, scored by bandy-legged Brazilian midfielder Bernardo Ribeiro (10th minute) and teenager Mitch Cooper (38th minute), the second of which was set up by a classy Bridges backheel.
The Mariners made a game of it in the 72nd minute when Michael Neil scored, but by then both coaches had made a host of substitutions.
The Jets played without first-team regulars Ryan Griffiths, Jobe Wheelhouse, Ruben Zadkovich, Ben Kantarovski, Tiago and James Brown, and the Mariners had a similar number of high-profile absentees.
"It was a good hit-out," Arnold said.
"Some of the guys who haven't had much game time had a run, combined with the youth team.
See your ad here"The purpose was to get the guys who have had less minutes in our trial games up to speed with the rest."
Central Coast's major off-season signing, former Sheffield United midfielder Nick Montgomery, arrived from England yesterday and watched his new teammates from the sidelines.
Van Egmond and his players were unavailable for comment yesterday.
● The Jets are expected to play an intra-club trial match at Weston on Saturday.
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the interesting one about this is wsw have filled their foreign quota, but the ffa are now allowing guest stints to not be included in the foreign player limit.
OK
FFA bends the rules to favour a Sydney team? No way. Next you'll be telling me that Manchester United occasionally get the benefit of incorrect refereeing decisions
But that does actually make some sense, as Ballack won't be playing ACL if he's here for a guest stint only, so no issue. Just wanted to throw in a swipe at Manure about this morning's farce
sydney signed stu musialik and bridge to massive deals about a week before the under 23 marquee was announced. purely coincidental.
A-League attracting players from all over now be interesting to see where the money is going to come from.Wanderers reject Ballack
Michael Ballack in action for Germany. Photo: Getty Images
SYDNEY FC might be basking in the glory of Alessandro Del Piero's signing, but Western Sydney Wanderers have turned down an offer for former Germany captain Michael Ballack's services.
It is believed the Wanderers rejected the approach from Ballack's Australian-based representatives because they were not convinced of Ballack's condition and commitment.
The former Chelsea and Bayern Munich midfielder would not have been eligible for a marquee contract with the Wanderers as all five foreign player spots were already filled, but Football Federation Australia confirmed yesterday he would have been able to join as a guest player for up to 10 games.
Ballack has been a free agent since leaving Bayer Leverkusen in June and has been heavily linked with moves to the Middle East and the US.
Meanwhile, former England striker Emile Heskey has reportedly agreed to terms on a $1 million one-year deal with the Newcastle Jets. The contract is subject to Heskey passing a medical, which should be a formality, and the 34-year-old target man could be in Newcastle by next week.
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/w...919-26726.html
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