xXCiTyZeNXx Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 16 hours ago, jw1739 said: Not quite true. In the 6 years in the U.K. he played in 63 matches, including 2 for Newcastle United, 5 for Dundee United and 9 for Bradford City. The problem was that he suffered a serious hip problem, and most of his matches were for the Newcastle U-23 side. The last I read was that he has overcome that injury. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/football/aussie-defender-curtis-good-chases-new-challenge-as-time-at-epl-side-newcastle-comes-to-an-end/news-story/64cb3bf8bd924f2011fc7907cc9d1a0b He's still only 25. I apologize. I guess I shouldn't trust wiki 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffplz Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 Ikonomidis signed at Perth. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeVader Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 Fold the club 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityHeart Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 The tweet above, if correct meant ikon was out of calculations anyway. He isnt marquee material. keeper, done. Marquee fwd. ? Good. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Originalmeme Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 not sure about a marquee forward, I just scrath my head and wonder, how on earth is our XI looking, squad depth is one thing, but half the team wont play 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LIBBA] Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, Originalmeme said: not sure about a marquee forward, I just scrath my head and wonder, how on earth is our XI looking, squad depth is one thing, but half the team wont play Well with a 23 man squad, i'd assume that would be the case 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 25 minutes ago, jeffplz said: Ikonomidis signed at Perth. LOL Once we knew that he wasn't on an Etihad flight we should have realised that he wasn't coming to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 If the rumour about a medical for a "foreign marquee forward" is correct, there wasn't room for Ikonomidis. But there are still signings to come because we aren't at the minimum number of players yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missing_Moy Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 marquee forward could be a winger or even an attacking mid ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityBoyz Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) Perth are looking very strong now 5 Socceroos ( Ikonomidis, Kilkenny, Spiranovic, Davidson, Franjic) and 7 internationals 👌 Edited September 11, 2018 by CityBoyz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 3 minutes ago, CityBoyz said: Perth are looking very strong now 5 has been/wannabe Socceroos ( Ikonomidis, Kilkenny, Spiranovic, Davidson, Franjic) and 7 internationals 👌 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityBoyz Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 “City are expected to sign a marquee player, although it is unlikely to be a huge name. Having been bitten by the Tim Cahill experience, City have opted to be more low key and concentrate on developing younger players that they can feed through the City Football Group's global system if they are good enough - such as teenage winger Daniel Arzani, who made a huge impression for the Socceroos at the World Cup before being signed by the group's flagship club, Manchester City. He is now on loan at Celtic.” https://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/birighitti-answers-city-goalkeeper-call-and-returns-to-a-league-20180911-p502z6.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeVader Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 3 minutes ago, CityBoyz said: “City are expected to sign a marquee player, although it is unlikely to be a huge name. Having been bitten by the Tim Cahill experience, City have opted to be more low key and concentrate on developing younger players that they can feed through the City Football Group's global system if they are good enough - such as teenage winger Daniel Arzani, who made a huge impression for the Socceroos at the World Cup before being signed by the group's flagship club, Manchester City. He is now on loan at Celtic.” https://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/birighitti-answers-city-goalkeeper-call-and-returns-to-a-league-20180911-p502z6.html As long as its a Bruno, Novillo, brandan, Engeelaar type over the Koren & budzinksi type itll be fine 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 1 hour ago, CityBoyz said: NO ! 😡 Called it! (sort of) one of those flights I sussed out was going to Perth 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IssySG Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 37 minutes ago, jw1739 said: Once we knew that he wasn't on an Etihad flight we should have realised that he wasn't coming to us. Not true. Did some snooping and is you check out Mark B's girlfriends instagram (@carlyhowz) and you see her instagram stories under the australian flag, you will see her and Mark took an Emirates flight to Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasputin Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, CityBoyz said: “City are expected to sign a marquee player, although it is unlikely to be a huge name. Having been bitten by the Tim Cahill experience, City have opted to be more low key and concentrate on developing younger players that they can feed through the City Football Group's global system if they are good enough - such as teenage winger Daniel Arzani, who made a huge impression for the Socceroos at the World Cup before being signed by the group's flagship club, Manchester City. He is now on loan at Celtic.” https://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/birighitti-answers-city-goalkeeper-call-and-returns-to-a-league-20180911-p502z6.html In other words melb city is an academy to develop kids so CFG can make a profit. Nice. Edited September 11, 2018 by Rasputin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomi Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 https://www.ftbl.com.au/news/birighitti-back-to-a-league-at-city-512364 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchcolm Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 Goalkeeper in, now we need a Centre Half and Centre Forward then we are ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 37 minutes ago, haz said: Called it! (sort of) one of those flights I sussed out was going to Perth Yes, I rather thought it would be Perth. Not Etihad, a connecting flight to Perth possible, another winger when we've got plenty, not foreign marquee material, and Perth have serious ambitions this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) 9 minutes ago, fensaddler said: Yes, I rather thought it would be Perth. Not Etihad, a connecting flight to Perth possible, another winger when we've got plenty, not foreign marquee material, and Perth have serious ambitions this year. the last time they showed this level of ambition they were cheating the cap Edited September 11, 2018 by Dylan 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 By my calculations we have 17 players signed to senior contracts. Minimum must be 20. It appears that we will sign a fifth visa player, plus perhaps Good, and I'm tipping Najjarine to be offered a senior contract. Maybe one other Scholarship player as well. So we will go into the season with 20-21 players, plus some very talented Scholarship players and others in the Youth squad, and have a little room to move if we want/need to augment the squad going forward. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 1 hour ago, jw1739 said: By my calculations we have 17 players signed to senior contracts. Minimum must be 20. It appears that we will sign a fifth visa player, plus perhaps Good, and I'm tipping Najjarine to be offered a senior contract. Maybe one other Scholarship player as well. So we will go into the season with 20-21 players, plus some very talented Scholarship players and others in the Youth squad, and have a little room to move if we want/need to augment the squad going forward. Budzik was announced on the 18th, I'm really hoping we will hear something end of this week or next week latest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of oakleigh Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 If we sign a foreign marquee forward/winger & Curtis Good, will our squad be on par with the Perth squad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 9 minutes ago, Heart of oakleigh said: If we sign a foreign marquee forward/winger & Curtis Good, will our squad be on par with the Perth squad? Think it will be on par with anybody's squad. I suspect we tend to underestimate our own strength when looking at the glamour signings that other clubs have made. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 We have a deep forward line and midfield. Bruno Ohal Floral Bratts Vids Grif Cas McGree Whale Mal Probably someone else I am forgetting too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 9 minutes ago, Dylan said: We have a deep forward line and midfield. Bruno Ohal Floral Bratts Vids Grif Cas McGree Whale Mal Probably someone else I am forgetting too... Depth all over the park IMO. Defence is not too bad either. Jamieson, Atkinson, Pierias, Delbridge, Schenkeveld, Metcalfe, La Rocca, with Griffiths who can come back as required. Delbridge has improved a lot, and we haven't conceded a goal yet, which says something. Good will be a bonus if he does come. For me it's going to come down to which manager manages their squad best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Heart of oakleigh said: If we sign a foreign marquee forward/winger & Curtis Good, will our squad be on par with the Perth squad? Our defence is still a problem (yes yes I know we haven't conceded a goal yet) but Bart can't do everything himself. One injury for him and we're fucked! 19 minutes ago, jw1739 said: Depth all over the park IMO. Defence is not too bad either. Jamieson, Atkinson, Pierias, Delbridge, Schenkeveld, Metcalfe, La Rocca, with Griffiths who can come back as required. Delbridge has improved a lot, and we haven't conceded a goal yet, which says something. Good will be a bonus if he does come. For me it's going to come down to which manager manages their squad best. Eh quality over quantity in my opinion Bart (CB) - 9/10 best CB in the league Jamieson (LB) - 7/10 good quality HAL player Atkinson (RB) - 7/10 raw talent, defensive skills need improving though Pierias (RB/LB) - 5/10 unknown how good he is, hope he breaks through Delbridge (CB) - 5/10 gotten better, but still makes some donkey runs. Not a starter Malik (CDM) - 4/10 not a CB La Rocca (CB) - 7/10 when he played, but right now he's a AWOL Griffiths (CDM) - Hes a CDM, can play CB but he shouldn't move from CDM. As I have preached so many times, the weakest spot in the team is our 2nd CB. Our wingers are fine. Just add up all the times errors from our centreback cost us a goal last year. Imaging having two Barts as our CB pairing! Edited September 11, 2018 by haz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris p Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 If Delbridge was an 18 y.o kid you would have never seen him again after his first 3 games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 Why does Petrillo always have to be in the contract signing picture? Is this normal for other clubs in the world? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 15 minutes ago, haz said: Why does Petrillo always have to be in the contract signing picture? Is this normal for other clubs in the world? He's Director of Football. Joyce's boss. As I understand it he's the one in charge of contracts, compliance with the caps, etc. etc. Joyce is the head of the coaching team and is in charge of on-field issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 5 minutes ago, jw1739 said: He's Director of Football. Joyce's boss. As I understand it he's the one in charge of contracts, compliance with the caps, etc. etc. Joyce is the head of the coaching team and is in charge of on-field issues. Yea I realise that it is his position and so is applicable, but does he REALLY need to have his head in these photos? Its not going to make me switch teams, but I hate the sort of people in a work environment that have to have their names or face on everything. Its about us signing/announcing a player, not him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 Ah, misunderstood your post. Signings are about the only time I ever see or hear anything from or about Petrillo. Ikonomidis is shown with Perth CEO Tony Pignata rather than Popovic here: https://www.perthglory.com.au/news/glory-swoop-another-socceroo. Not sure what other clubs do, tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) Likewise there's plenty of people on here and other social media platforms lining up to pot Petrillo, not to mention Munn or any of the other backroom staff for all manner of shit they know nothing about; who can blame the club for being proactive and showing fans a glimpse of what they actually get done. Edited September 11, 2018 by bt50 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 6 hours ago, Inchcolm said: Goalkeeper in, now we need a Centre Half and Centre Forward then we are ready. We already have the best centre forward to have played in the league 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 39 minutes ago, Shahanga said: We already have the best centre forward to have played in the league Hoffman left a few seasons ago mate 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSeater Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 1 hour ago, haz said: Hoffman left a few seasons ago mate Fuck that Judas prick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 14 minutes ago, GreenSeater said: Fuck that Judas prick Hoffman_photoshop_jesus.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchcolm Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 4 hours ago, Shahanga said: We already have the best centre forward to have played in the league Do not disagree but I believe it would be naive not to have a natural centre forward in reserve just in case of injury. That is why in my opinion we need another centre forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 3 minutes ago, Inchcolm said: Do not disagree but I believe it would be naive not to have a natural centre forward in reserve just in case of injury. That is why in my opinion we need another centre forward. Bit hard to do with a salary cap. Because of that this league has players who can play usually in multiple positions. If we did sign/have a back-up striker it would have to be youth or an NPL player 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afif Adam Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 Roy Krishna for Visa Marquee anyone ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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