It was rumoured I will be making a debut for the Nix next year. I heard it while I was talking to myself in the shower.
That rumour has as much validity as yours I would suggest
Gold!
If thats what passes for gold in your book...
General A-League discussion
Looks like it does.....
It was rumoured I will be making a debut for the Nix next year. I heard it while I was talking to myself in the shower.
That rumour has as much validity as yours I would suggest
My shower is a handsfree version. It hangs from a rail on the wall!
It was rumoured I will be making a debut for the Nix next year. I heard it while I was talking to myself in the shower.
That rumour has as much validity as yours I would suggest
My shower is a handsfree version. It hangs from a rail on the wall!
Head down to the car wash at your local service station.
James Meyer, Matthew Jurman and Niljand (Spelling?) all released by Roar.
Liam miller has left glory. Should we?
Liam miller has left glory. Should we?
We could definitely do a lot worse.
Liam miller has left glory. Should we?
We could definitely do a lot worse.
Absolute. Ahh no coach. No doubt snapped up
[Edit: NM, saw the answer in the Transfer thread]
Miller coming here would have to be contingent on him getting a decent haircut!
Miller coming here would have to be contingent on him getting a decent haircut!
"He's off to get a haircut!"
The PFA A-League Team of the Season (4-3-3):
Goalkeeper: Ante Covic (Western Sydney Wanderers)
Defenders:
Jerome Polenz (Western Sydney Wanderers), Trent Sainsbury (Central
Coast Mariners), Nikolai Topor-Stanley (Western Sydney Wanderers), Adama
Traore (Melbourne Victory)
Midfielders: Shiji Ono (Western Sydney Wanderers), Mark Milligan (c) (Melbourne Victory), Michael McGlinchey (Central Coast Mariners)
Forwards: Jeremy Brockie (Wellington Phoenix), Alessandro Del Piero (Sydney FC), Marco Rojas (Melbourne Victory)
Substitutes:
Eugene Galekovic (Adelaide United), Michael Thwaite (Perth Glory),
Marcelo Carrusca (Adelaide United), Archie Thompson (Melbourne Victory),
Daniel McBreen (Central Coast Mariners)
Coach: Tony Popovic (Western Sydney Wanderers)
Referee: Strebre Delovski
http://www.pfa.net.au/index.php?id=5&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=470&tx_ttnews[backPid]=4&cHash=566954615d
McBreen would have to be gutted not to be in the starting line-up.
ADP in the middle of the front three, so guess they wanted more wider strikers.
Article also links to the Pitch & Stadium survey. ROF was 8th for pace, 9th for hardness and 3rd for smoothness. We were last for Atmosphere.
#SackTopLeft07 #SackTheFever
ADP in the middle of the front three, so guess they wanted more wider strikers.
Because there is no way that he wasn't going to make the team of the year.
ADP in the middle of the front three, so guess they wanted more wider strikers.
Because there is no way that he wasn't going to make the team of the year.
ADP in the middle of the front three, so guess they wanted more wider strikers.
Because there is no way that he wasn't going to make the team of the year.
Plus the PFA team has to be a 4-3-3 formation. It's part of the voting criteria. So rather than him being chosen as the central striker, he's been chosen as one of three forwards in general.
4 Kiwis in there - if you count Archie as a Kiwi,
Championship-winning coach Graham Arnold believes there
are too many foreign players in the A-League, warning their prevalence
is hurting the Socceroos.
Arnold claims his Central Coast Mariners, who clinched their first domestic championship title last Sunday, are probably the only club in the A-League really prioritising local talent over foreign imports.
Arnie can give us Wee Mac then, that will give Holger another Aussie to choose from.
This seasons bloopers video is up (Complete with Siggy-Pasty f*ck-up as the preview image).
Where was Totori running the ball over the line ????
#gutted
Ha, cool as bloopers collection. Well done and thanks.
Brendan Schwab @BrendanSchwab
.aleague CBA was to expire today; @ffa & @thepfa have agreed to extend it so negotiations for a new CBA can continue http://www.pfa.net.au/index.php?id=5&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=471&tx_ttnews[backPid]=4&cHash=10cbd23ea3
Key @aleague CBA issues for @thepfa: 1. $ sustainability & growth 2. Player careers 3. Contract security 4. FFA/Player relations 5. Sal Cap
.aleague CBA was to expire today; @ffa & @thepfa have agreed to extend it so negotiations for a new CBA can continue http://www.pfa.net.au/index.php?id=5&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=471&tx_ttnews[backPid]=4&cHash=10cbd23ea3
Key @aleague CBA issues for @thepfa: 1. $ sustainability & growth 2. Player careers 3. Contract security 4. FFA/Player relations 5. Sal Cap
2nd tier National Premier League - seems a bit of in-fighting going on. Some of the larger Victorian clubs refusing to go near it.
Reports coming out of the CCM Fans Forum, that the FFA may take responsibility for player payments. Only way I see that working, is the FFA withholding the Salary Cap from the clubs grants, and drip feeding that for the monthly wages.
Reports coming out of the CCM Fans Forum, that the FFA may take responsibility for player payments. Only way I see that working, is the FFA withholding the Salary Cap from the clubs grants, and drip feeding that for the monthly wages.
Wonder if this is just for CCM?
Reports coming out of the CCM Fans Forum, that the FFA may take responsibility for player payments. Only way I see that working, is the FFA withholding the Salary Cap from the clubs grants, and drip feeding that for the monthly wages.
Wonder if this is just for CCM?
Reports coming out of the CCM Fans Forum, that the FFA may take responsibility for player payments. Only way I see that working, is the FFA withholding the Salary Cap from the clubs grants, and drip feeding that for the monthly wages.
Wonder if this is just for CCM?
I'm not an expert on the MLS but sounds something that they do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Soccer#Ownership
MLS operates under a single-entity structure in which teams are centrally owned by the league.[3] Each team has an owner-operator that is a shareholder in the league. In order to control costs, the league shares revenues, negotiates player contracts, and holds players contracts instead of players contracting with individual teams. The league won a bitter legal battle with its players over its economic system, which was eventually resolved with the players gaining some improved benefits in return for accepting the single-entity structure. The court also ruled that even absent their collective bargaining agreement, players could opt to play in other leagues if they were unsatisfied.
Ray Gatt @Gatty54
Important announcement tomorrow with PFA and FFA. Tipping the Collective Bargaining Agreement has been sorted.
Will be interesting to see how much the cap rises by.Important announcement tomorrow with PFA and FFA. Tipping the Collective Bargaining Agreement has been sorted.
Reports coming out of the CCM Fans Forum, that the FFA may take responsibility for player payments. Only way I see that working, is the FFA withholding the Salary Cap from the clubs grants, and drip feeding that for the monthly wages.
I was there ... tis true... FFA will pay players direct as I understand it and send the tax money to the clubs ... essentially FFA will make a monthly payment to the players and club re the 2.5 million salary cap...
New CBA is for 2 yrs, Cap goes up to 2.5 mil for 13/14 and 2.55 mil for 14/15. The FFA distributions to the clubs will match the salary cap.
Other important points of the new agreement include:
• the retention of 2 Marquee Players per club;
• the retention of 3 Homegrown Players per club;
• an increase in the minimum wage to $50,000 (excluding superannuation and any match payments)($40,000 for players under 20);
• retention of arguably the world’s best player injury protection scheme, featuring full protection for contracted players, income insurance for 104 weeks for injured players out of contract (now capped at $350,000 p.a.) and career ending insurance (1 - 10 years annual salary based on age, capped at $500,000);
• enhanced mandated medical standards, which have contributed to a substantial reduction in player injury rates since their introduction two seasons ago;
• free agency within Australia for out of contract players;
• minimum payments for the Asian Champions League and exhibition matches; and
• the establishment of a Strategic Committee between FFA and the PFA to work collaboratively with Clubs and players to achieve the viability and growth of the A-League.
http://pfa.net.au/index.php?id=5&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=484&tx_ttnews[backPid]=4&cHash=32494252a1• the retention of 2 Marquee Players per club;
• the retention of 3 Homegrown Players per club;
• an increase in the minimum wage to $50,000 (excluding superannuation and any match payments)($40,000 for players under 20);
• retention of arguably the world’s best player injury protection scheme, featuring full protection for contracted players, income insurance for 104 weeks for injured players out of contract (now capped at $350,000 p.a.) and career ending insurance (1 - 10 years annual salary based on age, capped at $500,000);
• enhanced mandated medical standards, which have contributed to a substantial reduction in player injury rates since their introduction two seasons ago;
• free agency within Australia for out of contract players;
• minimum payments for the Asian Champions League and exhibition matches; and
• the establishment of a Strategic Committee between FFA and the PFA to work collaboratively with Clubs and players to achieve the viability and growth of the A-League.
Really does it make it easier for all clubs to become sustainable long-term. Probably the biggest thing to happen to the league since its inception. Now, all we need is to get rid of those stupid plastic chairs and get a real subs bench!
"FFA Club Distributions can only be used to pay Players' salaries"
You might as well spend all the cap now then, nothing to be gained by operating at 80%
"FFA Club Distributions can only be used to pay Players' salaries"
You might as well spend all the cap now then, nothing to be gained by operating at 80%
I can understand that the FFA pays the players, then every player/$ under the cap is guaranteed to get paid, but then not to pay out the difference to the club if it is spending less than 100% of the cap is silly.
Kevin Airs @KevinAirs442
Some interesting new clauses in latest A-League standard player contract, outlawing Harry Kewell-style ambush marketing sponsorships…
…and putting the All-Stars games on a par with international call ups in terms of clubs making players available...
(But All-Stars games only earn A-League pay, not Socceroo-level pay…)
Some interesting new clauses in latest A-League standard player contract, outlawing Harry Kewell-style ambush marketing sponsorships…
…and putting the All-Stars games on a par with international call ups in terms of clubs making players available...
(But All-Stars games only earn A-League pay, not Socceroo-level pay…)
Dennis Silva @Dennis_Silva
@BrendanSchwab @thepfa if clubs do not want to spend their 2.5mil, will they receive the rest of their share?
Brendan Schwab @BrendanSchwab
@Dennis_Silva @thepfa Yes provided all player payments including those outside the cap are up to date
@BrendanSchwab @thepfa if clubs do not want to spend their 2.5mil, will they receive the rest of their share?
Brendan Schwab @BrendanSchwab
@Dennis_Silva @thepfa Yes provided all player payments including those outside the cap are up to date
Dennis Silva @Dennis_Silva
@BrendanSchwab @thepfa if clubs do not want to spend their 2.5mil, will they receive the rest of their share?
Brendan Schwab @BrendanSchwab
@Dennis_Silva @thepfa Yes provided all player payments including those outside the cap are up to date
@BrendanSchwab @thepfa if clubs do not want to spend their 2.5mil, will they receive the rest of their share?
Brendan Schwab @BrendanSchwab
@Dennis_Silva @thepfa Yes provided all player payments including those outside the cap are up to date
Thanks, good to know. Is the right thing to do IMHO.
I agree.
But just from another angle, wouldn't holding back the 'unused' money encourage clubs to spend the cap, which could also be a good thing?
I agree.
But just from another angle, wouldn't holding back the 'unused' money encourage clubs to spend the cap, which could also be a good thing?
Ask the owners of the 'Nix. We are supposedly aiming to spend up to the cap, if we happen to be under we should still receive our share and since we are not yet fully sustainable it would be welcomed. If the owners were happy with their extra payments the increased revenue could be invest to improve facilities (and keep players like Marco :P ) or help fund our academy or pay for extra costs we incur when we stay in Oz between matches.
I agree.
But just from another angle, wouldn't holding back the 'unused' money encourage clubs to spend the cap, which could also be a good thing?
I think if they give the money outright as a lump sum, then you will have teams that will try to make money out of it. i.e. if we can put out a team for only XYZ of 2.5 mil, who cares how they perform if they make us money. While they are entitled to make money out of it, what does that then do the credibility of the league putting out a team of hacks on minimum wage. It would not happen but the potential for abuse is there.
I agree that the teams have to spend to the cap limit or anything not spent is not given to the club (or perhaps find some other use to benefit the club with out it being pocketed)