Sydney approached GVE and he turned them down.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/football/van-egmond-knocks-back-sydney-offer/story-fn63e0vj-1226524316171
Sydney FC - Uffie's Sky Blue Army
Now Farina the inside runner.. lol
Come on down Merrrick.....
Now Farina the inside runner.. lol
Great news for the bar owners in towns with an A-League side.
Now Farina the inside runner.. lol
Great news for the bar owners in towns with an A-League side.
Now Farina the inside runner.. lol
Great news for the bar owners in towns with an A-League side.
To be fair he has done a decent job with PNG, but not sure he is the right fit for Sydney.
I dont know how you fix Sydney, and Im not sure who would want to take on that horrible squad, but 1 thing I do know, is if McFlynn and Abbas are your two screening midfielders, then you are doing something wrong.
Pretty much all the press reports are coming out saying Farina. He seemed to get PNG's defence working well at the OFC nations cup, maybe he will be able to fix Sydney's. Scoring goals isn't their problems, so if he could stop them leaking like a sieve they might start picking up points.
Robert Grasso @RobertGrasso
Now it's official. Sydney FC Media Release confirms Farina is the new SFC Coach and will coach the team for the remainder of the season.
Now it's official. Sydney FC Media Release confirms Farina is the new SFC Coach and will coach the team for the remainder of the season.
[edit: up on the FFA's website now - http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/Sydney-FC-appoints-Frank-Farina/54127 ]
oh awesome. Is Frank going to whinge and moan about coming here in a fortnight?
Shouldn't this be on the news page?
Interesting choice, I wished they picked Miron cos he's such good value for a quote.
Hope Frank steadies the ship (but they still end up below us!)
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Smith -asleep.
Dale - doing Podcast edit
Greene - out
Me - working
Bit rough News!
Just another typical Monday morning for Sydney FC, Gary Cole gets ousted in a re-structure and Petratos gets released. Along with Farina changing training to 9am starts and double sessions, as well as cancelling Thursday's day off.
The afternoon is for the pub.
Tony Pignata @tpignata9
Joel Griffiths unveiled as new @sydneyfc player. Welcome Joel. pic.twitter.com/FFxKN5OL
Joel Griffiths unveiled as new @sydneyfc player. Welcome Joel. pic.twitter.com/FFxKN5OL
They're starting to assemble a decent squad. But how the hell are they (pretending) to get them all under the cap?
We're gonna win the league..we're gonna win the league...!
pascal bosschaart @BosschaartP
Got the results. ....news have a crack in my heel bone and tear in my achilles attachment. Which means i need an operation on the 4 of feb
And gonna hold me on the sidelines for at least 6 months again. So a sad day for me. I will getting back harder and stronger.
Got the results. ....news have a crack in my heel bone and tear in my achilles attachment. Which means i need an operation on the 4 of feb
And gonna hold me on the sidelines for at least 6 months again. So a sad day for me. I will getting back harder and stronger.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/football/newcastle-centreback-tiago-to-join-sydney-fc-and-replace-defensive-gap-left-by-pascal-bosschaart/story-fndcv8ir-1226554510150
"Though it's believed Newcastle have agreed to release the Brazilian defender immediately, Sydney must get special dispensation from A-League chiefs to sign him as an injury replacement as he will be another visa player."
Here we go again...
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/football/newcastle-centreback-tiago-to-join-sydney-fc-and-replace-defensive-gap-left-by-pascal-bosschaart/story-fndcv8ir-1226554510150
"Though it's believed Newcastle have agreed to release the Brazilian defender immediately, Sydney must get special dispensation from A-League chiefs to sign him as an injury replacement as he will be another visa player."
Here we go again...
I think Dale's point is that they are getting an exemption to the visa player rule but if he's a straight swap for Boschaart then surely he just uses Boschaart's import spot like Clarke was for Sanchez with us.
It's probably a little late for Dale in California. He looked wrecked (and cold) 3 hours ago.
I think Dale's point is that they are getting an exemption to the visa player rule but if he's a straight swap for Boschaart then surely he just uses Boschaart's import spot like Clarke was for Sanchez with us.
It's probably a little late for Dale in California. He looked wrecked (and cold) 3 hours ago.
Very surprised Sydney went for Tiago, he just isn't very good. Jurman isn't that flash, but he surely would be a better pick up. Pretty sure Roar want rid of him.
how do they get Emerton and Culina under the cap?
Emmo's our Oz Marquee.
...and Culina is on fuck all.
Griffiths however...
how do they get Emerton and Culina under the cap?
Griffiths would be the interesting one. Hes such a scrooge cunt, he would not get out of bed for less than $300k. I would doubt Sydney are that far under the cap
Culinas pay must have plummeted in the past few years
Yeah. After the disaster in Newcastle it was thought he wouldn't play again. He was training with Sydney to test the knee out and they offered him a low deal just to give him a chance to test things out and he had no other offers.
That is my understanding anyway.
I think Dale's point is that they are getting an exemption to the visa player rule but if he's a straight swap for Boschaart then surely he just uses Boschaart's import spot like Clarke was for Sanchez with us.
It's probably a little late for Dale in California. He looked wrecked (and cold) 3 hours ago.
Very surprised Sydney went for Tiago, he just isn't very good. Jurman isn't that flash, but he surely would be a better pick up. Pretty sure Roar want rid of him.
Agreed, Tiago isn't very good at all (thuggish bastard too). But Jurman is probably the worst defender in the league currently, and that's saying something. 'Highlight' for him was his three errors to cough up three goals when Roar got hammered by Heart. Not surprised they want to flush him away ASAP.
I think Dale's point is that they are getting an exemption to the visa player rule but if he's a straight swap for Boschaart then surely he just uses Boschaart's import spot like Clarke was for Sanchez with us.
It's probably a little late for Dale in California. He looked wrecked (and cold) 3 hours ago.
Very surprised Sydney went for Tiago, he just isn't very good. Jurman isn't that flash, but he surely would be a better pick up. Pretty sure Roar want rid of him.
Agreed, Tiago isn't very good at all (thuggish bastard too). But Jurman is probably the worst defender in the league currently, and that's saying something. 'Highlight' for him was his three errors to cough up three goals when Roar got hammered by Heart. Not surprised they want to flush him away ASAP.
Guess Tony P looked for a very quick fix after hearing Bosschaart was out. Think it is a really poor transfer for them.
Reading the Sydney forums, they understandably are not happy. They are hoping this clause helps them out.
12.6 Except in exceptional circumstances, FFA will not approve a player
as a Replacement Player if that Player has played for another Club in
that A-League Season if the Standard Player Contract in respect to the
Player's previous club was terminated after 1 December in that A-League
Season.
[Edit: can't seem to find that in the 08/09 - 12/13 copy of the CBA on the PFA website]
Why do the ALeague even bother having rules if they just bend them all the time?
Why do the ALeague even bother having rules if they just bend them all the time?
Which I take to read as:
1) Default position is a NYL player should be the replacement player
2) Club can apply for a replacement player to be someone else based on a criteria.
3) A non-NYL replacement player can't have played for another A-league club if that contract was terminated after 1 Dec.
Which I take to read as:
1) Default position is a NYL player should be the replacement player
2) Club can apply for a replacement player to be someone else based on a criteria.
3) A non-NYL replacement player can't have played for another A-league club if that contract was terminated after 1 Dec.
In other words, it is all up to the FFA now.
Oh right. The fact that he's played for another club changes things. Didn't reaslise that.
Indeed. That's a reason we can all get behind.
Fuck you FFA (if you allow this).
Seems Jurman isn't available, which is surprising.
http://www.news.com.au/sport/football/sydney-fc-swoop-for-newcastle-jets-brazilian-defender-tiago/story-fndkzvnd-1226554631628
SYDNEY FC are sweating on getting clearance from A-League chiefs to sign Brazilian defender Tiago from the Jets after failing in a bid to lure Roar centreback Matthew Jurman back to the club where he turned professional.
...
Jurman meanwhile looks set to stay at Brisbane for the rest of the season at least, though he has been linked with a move to Korea following in the footsteps of Luke DeVere.
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Jurman meanwhile looks set to stay at Brisbane for the rest of the season at least, though he has been linked with a move to Korea following in the footsteps of Luke DeVere.
http://www.news.com.au/sport/football/sydney-fc-swoop-for-newcastle-jets-brazilian-defender-tiago/story-fndkzvnd-1226554631628
Which I take to read as:
1) Default position is a NYL player should be the replacement player
2) Club can apply for a replacement player to be someone else based on a criteria.
3) A non-NYL replacement player can't have played for another A-league club if that contract was terminated after 1 Dec.
Kevin Airs from 442 tried to do some digging for me.
Kevin Airs ?@KevinAirs442
@Dale_Warburton Official line is they have already promoted from NYL, he’s a visa player and they’ve other injuries in same position.
Dale Warburton ?@Dale_Warburton
@KevinAirs442 That explains exception from 12.4 relating to NYL (which seems fair to me). But doesnt really explain exception from 12.6 thou
Kevin Airs ?@KevinAirs442
@Dale_Warburton They came up with 11 reasons why it was exceptional including some technical ones too tbf.