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Socceroos and Australian Football

Burgey

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Heard something on the radio this monring re a story I hadn't really been following.

The owner of the Newcastle Jets is considering taking the FFA to court as they paoched van Egmond fromt he club.

ITSTL. Is this the only instance in professional sport where a governing body jumps in and nabs a coach from one of its own franchises? Seems very very odd to me.
 

duffer

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I'm sure other national teams have looked at their best club coaches and offered them jobs before. Not sure what basis they are suing for.
 

speirz

State Vice-Captain
Heard something on the radio this monring re a story I hadn't really been following.

The owner of the Newcastle Jets is considering taking the FFA to court as they paoched van Egmond fromt he club.

ITSTL. Is this the only instance in professional sport where a governing body jumps in and nabs a coach from one of its own franchises? Seems very very odd to me.
He's since reportedly been dropped by the FFA from the job they hired him for.

I'm sure other national teams have looked at their best club coaches and offered them jobs before. Not sure what basis they are suing for.
Breach of contract. He was signed to the club for 3 or 4 more years.

Con Constantine always struck me as something of a psychopath though.
Any chairman who threatens to throw the leader of his supporter group off a balcony has to have a screw loose.
 

ripper868

International Coach
I'm pretty excited to see how David Williams goes for the Fury.

A League will be good this year, only **** thing about it is that 6 teams make the finals.

Wish they used the old top 5 League format for the finals.
Fury notched 1-0 victory over the Roar on Sunday, not sure if the roar sent the 1st XI or not but still, better than the hidings they have been copping recently.
 

speirz

State Vice-Captain
NAME SURNAME CLUB COUNTRY A-International matches (goals)
Oliver BOZANIC Cheltenham Town FC ENGLAND -
Mark BRESCIANO U.S. Citta di Palermo ITALY 49 (11)
Tim CAHILL Everton ENGLAND 33 (16)
Nick CARLE Crystal Palace FC ENGLAND 9 (0)
David CARNEY Sheffield United FC ENGLAND 19 (2)
Ante COVIC IF Elfsborg SWEDEN 2 (0)
James HOLLAND AZ Alkmaar NETHERLANDS 3 (0)
Brett HOLMAN AZ Alkmaar NETHERLANDS (1)
Mile JEDINAK Genclerbirligi SK TURKEY 5 (0)
Harry KEWELL Galatasaray SK TURKEY 41 ()
Patrick KISNORBO Leeds United FC ENGLAND 14 (0)
Adrian MADASCHI Portogruaro-Summaga ITALY 4 (2)
Scott MCDONALD Celtic FC SCOTLAND (0)
Aaron MOOY Bolton Wanderers FC ENGLAND -
Lucas NEILL uncontracted 50 (0)
Jade NORTH Incheon United FC KOREA REPUBLIC 26 (0)
Nikita RUKAVYTSYA FC Twente NETHERLANDS -
Mark SCHWARZER Fulham FC ENGLAND 68 (0)
Matthew SPIRANOVIC FC Nurnberg GERMANY 2 (0)
Dario VIDOSIC FC Nurnberg GERMANY 1 (0)
Rhys WILLIAMS Middlesbrough FC ENGLAND 1 (0)
Luke WILKSHIRE FK Dinamo Moscow RUSSIA 34 (0)

International Friendly
Republic of Ireland v Qantas Socceroos
Kick-off 7:30pm WEST (4:30am AEST)
Wednesday 12 August 2009
Thomond Park, Limerick, Republic of Ireland
 

chaminda_00

Hall of Fame Member
Interesting squad. Nice to see a few new blokes getting a chance.

Hopefully the likes of Bozanic, Carle, Holland, Kisnorbo, Madaschi, Mooy, Williams, Spiranovic and Rukavysta also get a game during the Asian Cup qualifiers and they don't give out charity caps.
 

speirz

State Vice-Captain
Interesting squad. Nice to see a few new blokes getting a chance.

Hopefully the likes of Bozanic, Carle, Holland, Kisnorbo, Madaschi, Mooy, Williams, Spiranovic and Rukavysta also get a game during the Asian Cup qualifiers and they don't give out charity caps.
Yeah, it'll be interesting to see what they do for the Asian Cup qualifiers given the previous "A-League only" side. Now that we've actually got some strong players in Asia (Kennedy, North etc.) and in the A-League (Moore, Culina, Sterj, Coyne etc.) I'd hope that they use those guys as the core and bring in some of the more promising young players like Ruka and Spiranovic.
 

ripper868

International Coach
NAME SURNAME CLUB COUNTRY A-International matches (goals)
Oliver BOZANIC Cheltenham Town FC ENGLAND -
Mark BRESCIANO U.S. Citta di Palermo ITALY 49 (11)
Tim CAHILL Everton ENGLAND 33 (16)
Nick CARLE Crystal Palace FC ENGLAND 9 (0)
David CARNEY Sheffield United FC ENGLAND 19 (2)
Ante COVIC IF Elfsborg SWEDEN 2 (0)
James HOLLAND AZ Alkmaar NETHERLANDS 3 (0)
Brett HOLMAN AZ Alkmaar NETHERLANDS (1)
Mile JEDINAK Genclerbirligi SK TURKEY 5 (0)
Harry KEWELL Galatasaray SK TURKEY 41 ()
Patrick KISNORBO Leeds United FC ENGLAND 14 (0)
Adrian MADASCHI Portogruaro-Summaga ITALY 4 (2)
Scott MCDONALD Celtic FC SCOTLAND (0)
Aaron MOOY Bolton Wanderers FC ENGLAND -
Lucas NEILL uncontracted 50 (0)
Jade NORTH Incheon United FC KOREA REPUBLIC 26 (0)
Nikita RUKAVYTSYA FC Twente NETHERLANDS -
Mark SCHWARZER Fulham FC ENGLAND 68 (0)
Matthew SPIRANOVIC FC Nurnberg GERMANY 2 (0)
Dario VIDOSIC FC Nurnberg GERMANY 1 (0)
Rhys WILLIAMS Middlesbrough FC ENGLAND 1 (0)
Luke WILKSHIRE FK Dinamo Moscow RUSSIA 34 (0)

International Friendly
Republic of Ireland v Qantas Socceroos
Kick-off 7:30pm WEST (4:30am AEST)
Wednesday 12 August 2009
Thomond Park, Limerick, Republic of Ireland
Free to Air in Aus or Fox only?
 

NUFAN

Y no Afghanistan flag
A League kicks off tonight!

Greenacre better do something, I picked him in my Fox Sports fantasy team!
 

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