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    Except when they framed the last president for corruption. It was curtains for him.

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    You could say Mehmets career has been a descent into the maelstrom.

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    Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
    You could say Mehmets career has been a descent into the maelstrom.
    As always, a Philip Glass reference handbrakes another excellent run of awful puns.

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    lol fox commentators saying smeltz in poor form,can't score etc...next minute 2 screamers from best striker in the comp.

    p.s. hope the jerks brain trust who didnt want to fork out the coin were watching
    I hope he likes prison food.......and penis

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    Those two goals were top shelf!

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    Quote Originally Posted by seldom View Post
    lol fox commentators saying smeltz in poor form,can't score etc...next minute 2 screamers from best striker in the comp.

    p.s. hope the jerks brain trust who didnt want to fork out the coin were watching

    Plus Culina stepped with up one and could have had two.

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    Quote Originally Posted by seldom View Post
    p.s. hope the jerks brain trust who didnt want to fork out the coin were watching
    Seeing as said brain trust was in fact Branko, then yeah, I'd say he was watching.

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    Nix announce that they are making an announcement this afternoon..

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    New player announcement coming this afternoon - will be posted on website #newphoenixplayer

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grimario View Post
    Nix announce that they are making an announcement this afternoon..
    Please god let it be Marko Jesic

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    WSW thread on sfcu full of sydney fans complaining RBB has a superiority complex.

    Now I have seen everything.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by MFKS View Post
    Please god let it be Marko Jesic
    Sadly, they have signed a kiwi defender who failed to play a game in the MLS after moving from Auckland City.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Hogg_(footballer)

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    brisbane just mutually terminated their contract with rocky visconte. they also let their loan japanese defender go possibly a few weeks ago.

    love how easy it is for other teams to punt players to free up squad spots, but we have to be like arsenal and carry our shit-bucket around with us
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    Rocky Visconte is in talks with WSW. Probably happy to go for free if WSW would pick him up asap.
    Middleby Gone

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thomas477 View Post
    Rocky Visconte is in talks with WSW. Probably happy to go for free if WSW would pick him up asap.
    Yep - never leave unles you have somewhere else to go

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    victory have released julius Davies (going to roar) and Petar franjic.

    seriously, why is it so hard for us to trim the deadwood mid season
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    maybe the deadwood of every other team is better than our deadwood.

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    Where has franjic gone?

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    Tom Rogic looks certain to leave A-League for Celtic

    David Davutovic
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    January 10, 2013 12:00AM





    Central Coast star Tom Rogic looks certain to join Celtic. Picture: Brett Costello

    EXCITING Socceroos midfielder Tom Rogic this morning leaves for Europe having almost certainly played his last game for Central Coast Mariners.

    The Gosford-based club appears to be the most affected by the January transfer window with Rogic's move to Scottish league leader Celtic all but sealed, while Matt Ryan could be sold before Saturday's crunch game against Melbourne Victory.

    Negotiations continued overnight with the Mariners seeking a higher fee for Ryan than the $100,000 offered by Danish club Randers.

    Rogic, who is serving the third of a three-game ban this week, departs Sydney at 10am today to join Celtic at a training camp in Spain with the club merely wanting to see him before paying the Mariners' transfer valuation.

    Celtic is confident of obtaining a work permit for the 20-year-old, who last week rejected a transfer to relegation-bound English Premier League club Reading.

    Usually a non-event in Australia, the annual transfer window has assumed significance this year with a higher number of players attracting overseas interest than usual and unprecedented movement between A-League clubs.

    In other soccer news:

    BRISBANE Roar midfielder Eric Paartalu is attracting strong interest from Chinese Super League clubs, less than a year after rejecting a move to Guangzhou R&F FC to remain with Ange Postecoglou;

    SYDNEY FC is searching for an Australian defender, with its five visa spots filled;

    ROAR has signed Socceroos defender Jade North from Japanese side Consadole Sapporo on a 3 1/2-year deal;

    WESTERN Sydney Wanderers have signed left winger Rocky Visconte for the rest of the season after he was released by Brisbane.
    Gone for the derby perhaps, cheers Celtic.

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    Clubs ring the changes as transfer season opens

    January 10, 2013



    Michael Marrone (right) challenges Victory's Archie Thompson during the Melbourne derby last month. Photo: Getty Images


    THE retail industry has the traditional post-Christmas January sales to stimulate demand and keep cash flow going.

    The soccer world has the January transfer window, which not only drives business and revenue, but allows some players to achieve their lifetime dreams and forces others to contemplate, if not the end of their career, then how to deal with a major setback.

    It not only allows coaches to clear the decks and rebuild their squads for a serious tilt at the title, but gives fans the chance to dream of a better, brighter future thanks to a couple of new signings.

    The reverse is also true, of course, as it gives supporters the opportunity to moan and groan about their club's supposed lack of ambition when it lets its best and brightest talents disappear to bigger teams in faraway leagues.
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    As is often the case, things are not as they may seem.

    Wednesday's frenzy of activity in the A-League was reminiscent of the opening day of a Myer or Grace Bros Boxing Day blockbuster sale as players departed, or were dumped, moving to Asia, Europe or interstate.

    Earliest to set the hares running was Central Coast Mariners prodigy Tommy Rogic, who, it was announced, would be ''linking'' up with Celtic in Spain, where the Scottish champions are having a mid-season training camp.

    Celtic has yet to table a formal bid for the Socceroo midfielder, but will run an eye over Rogic as he takes part in training sessions as well as sports science and fitness testing.

    Rogic, who will miss the game against Melbourne Victory at Aurora Stadium in Launceston on Saturday evening because of suspension, is due back in Gosford on January 17, but if Celtic likes what it sees the club is set to table a bid. The 20-year-old would then be off to Scotland, missing the remainder of the A-League season.

    One player who will definitely not be around during the domestic campaign is Melbourne Heart right back Michael Marrone. The defender received a round of applause at training from his teammates on Wednesday morning when they were told he would be leaving to move to Chinese side Shanghai Shenxin.

    Marrone, now 25, is Heart's record games holder with 70 appearances for the red and whites, a club he joined for the inaugural season from North Queensland Fury. Marrone, who made his Socceroo debut late last year in the East Asian Cup, also played for his home-town team Adelaide United.

    It is believed the Heart has received about $300,000 for Marrone, whose new club finished second bottom of the Chinese Super League last season. It is understood the team plans to use him as a defensive midfielder.

    There was plenty of action at Melbourne Victory, too, where Ange Postecoglou continues to wield the axe as he shapes the squad to his liking.

    To do so he needs to create space in his squad, cut his wages bill and free up some cash for new signings.

    So out went two youngsters, Petar Franjic and Julius Davies, although it would be surprising if their wages amounted, even together, to that great a sum.

    Franjic has played 31 games for Victory in his two years with the club, including a handful of appearances this season.

    But it became clear he was not part of Postecoglou's plans when he was dropped. Even when the coach faced a central defensive crisis he preferred to use the diminutive Leigh Broxham rather than Franjic or Sam Gallagher, who remains on the list.

    At least Franjic featured regularly enough.

    Davies, who was signed last year, made two appearances at the back end of that campaign under Jim Magilton, but has not been involved at all this year.

    The 18-year-old, who once spent time with Bayern Munich, asked for his contract to be terminated so that he could join Brisbane Roar. The Sierra Leone-born teenager has signed a new two-and-a-half-year deal with the Queenslanders, so his immediate future still remains promising.

    Brisbane also did some business, shipping out former young Socceroo Rocky Visconte.

    The 22-year-old winger has joined A-League new boys Western Sydney Wanderers. He also played for Scottish Premier League side Hearts as a teenager.

    http://www.smh.com.au/sport/a-league...#ixzz2HVleSydN
    Cutting more dead wood down at victory, Ang does love a clean out.

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