Rest of A-League Transfer (Now with 99% RR - Love your work)

We are getting left behind.

Sydney FC are about to have a press conference in 13ish mins (5pm EST) on Emerton signing.Azevo2011-08-25 18:48:34

Rumour going round that SFC have a 10 game loan deal with Freddie Ljungberg...

Rd 1 is going to be massive.

I can't wait, and of course one of the first matches is Melbourne vs. Sydney...

The transfer ins and outs this season is even dimmer reading for Nix supporters now

atleast we have the best kit in the league... and we still have Paul Ifill :D

OK, now that FFA have levelled the playing field between the two petulent little whinginh toddlers that are Malbin Victory and Sidknee Effsee where does that leave us?

Would we be right in thinking that the FFA should pay for Ryan Nelsen to return to the country of his birth to lift the profile of the sport here?

You have a scoop? Did the FFA pay for this?

Are you suggesting that the FFA isn't somehow involved in both players signing A-League contracts? We know they've bent the rules for Kewell. Also, why would Blackburn release Emerton for "free" when he's more than capable of making their Starting XI in arguably the toughtest professional league in the world of football???

Something stinks here...

Traitor2011-08-26 15:12:17

Still not convinced, Traitor.

Seems way to "clean" to me!

Something about it just doesn't sit right with me that's all. It's all just a little too coincidental that it's happening in the same week that Kewell was confirmed as a Tard player.

SFC kept their mouths shut is all. Though there were links/rumours to Emmerton & SFC as far back as last Jan.

Mate, it's not good for your head to think stuff like that. It's what the Tards do.

The FFA interfere for sure, they probably will regarding the opening MV-SFC game.
Which makes them really hopeless for locking in a fixture that would feat Harry Kewell.
Remember it was just a week ago that MV started talking about moving the fixture date.

I agree. Too much more for your head, and the men in their little white coats will be around.

SFC were trying to get Kewell too. Would they have been able to afford both Emerton and Kewell?

Hola! I spend time off in various locations for matters of business. I come back to Antipodes base, I see my details edited on screen of left. People edit and assume thoughts of me of ridiculous nature. I ask to be left alone, I come here only on rare occasion and for no other.

I read above, you ask for Governing body of A-League to provide your club with player. Ryan Nelsen, a name I recall with fondness from Africa South. Man of strength and integrity.

You face situation here, if governing body of A-league provide your club with player, it must provide player of likeness and skill for all other clubs. Your club cannot be spotted in middle and for governing body to say "Hey you, you deserve player special". Footballing system does not work in way  Diddy C propose.

   
This man speaks the truth!

http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/213354,heffernan-exits-glory-for-china.aspx

http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/213372,roars-mystery-man-revealed.aspx

Roar replace McKay with some random Canadian.

Not sure if this ahs already been mentioned, but well done to him:

McKain Named Reds Skipper

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/soccer/10181058/smeltz-shines-in-solid-glory-work-out/

Interesting, kind of wondered where he went.

Surely we let him go too soon, as he has played SPL and Turkish league recently so although looked rusty should have kept on board.

 Mehmet has signed for Perth Glory so our local radio station (6IX) have said .

Yep Mehmet confrimed as a Perth player...

http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=40845

[QUOTE=C-Diddy]Yep Mehmet confrimed as a Perth player...

http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=40845[/QUOTE]

He was here for a month and played 4 games and the coaching staff decided he wasn't what we were looking for.  He hardly slipped from our grasp.  We released our grip and let him go.

Was he here for that long? I thought he only played half a game against Brisbane

I may have exaggerated a little.  He played in Raumati and was here from around 12th August.

The Age

"Heart has ended its search for a second-choice goalkeeper by plumping for Green Gully shot stopper Nikola Roganovic."

http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=41088

Billy's shot at Glory
Friday, 23 September 2011
by Paul Barbieri, Sportal

It may be something of a long shot calling Perth Glory's Billy Mehmet an 'old warrior' at the ripe old age of 27, but the former Scottish Premier League striker has been signed by a football club since the age of eight, so he seems a perfect candidate to open our Old Warrior series featuring veterans in the Hyundai A-League.

Mehmet may have only just arrived in Western Australia as the very latest addition to Ian Ferguson's squad, but the forward has enjoyed a long and successful career from the time he pulled on the boots as a child for West Ham to making a name for himself as a dangerous striker with Dunfermline Athletic and St Mirren in the SPL.

Born in London, Mehmet's background is Irish, Turkish Cypriot and English and he's represented the Republic of Ireland at Under-21 level.

But after a frustrating last few years in Turkey with Genclerbirligi - where he met Glory team-mate Shane Smeltz - and Samsunspor, Mehmet is hoping to find some consistency in his football with a Perth Glory side determined to atone for last season's disappointments.

"I was obviously playing with Shane Smeltz in Turkey and at the end of last season I left Turkey because out there, the way the football was and the way the club's treat foreigners and that, it was just something I wanted to get out of," Mehmet explained.

"Obviously it was good for money and it was good financially but for playing ways it wasn't exactly what I wanted."

"At the end of the season I wanted to cancel my contract but the club took an extra month to get it sorted, so after that I got in touch with Smeltzy and I said to Smeltzy, I wanted to try overseas and I wanted to try Australia and give it a crack."

"I then went to Wellington Phoenix for a week but when I went there, I sort of got injured and I played in a formation which ... was a 4-5-1 and it was like me dropping onto their deepest midfielder, which doesn't really suit my style of play."

"After that, Ian Ferguson got in touch with me and he wanted me to come down to Perth Glory to just sign straight away, so it was a little bit confusing but obviously I'm just happy it's all sorted now and I'm looking forward to it."

With Ferguson completely overhauling Perth's squad during his first pre-season in charge of the team, Mehmet is one of a number of new arrivals.

Although it's sometimes difficult coming into an established team and making a mark, Mehmet believes the fact Perth have so many newcomers has meant everyone is in the same boat, getting used to a new coach, new system and new city.

"I'm enjoying it and the boys are brand new and everyone's been so welcoming so it's made it easier," he said.

"Obviously we've all got to be on the same sort of wavelength, we know what we've got to do and obviously it's a new start for all of us, so hopefully we can do better than the team did last year."

"But I love everything about Australia, I love it so far and I have a one-year deal and I'm just going to work hard and hopefully prove that I'm worthy of a new contract when it comes to the time. But at the moment, I'm just concentrating on trying to get a start and trying to get into the team."

And, those trivia buffs out there wanting to know who the youngest person is to score a first-team goal for West Ham can look no further, for it's Mehmet himself who scored as a 14-year-old for the Hammers.

Mehmet actually spent 11 years with the East London club and was captain of their academy before transferring to Dunfermline at 19 in 2003. Although he started at a very young age, Mehmet felt it helped him become the person he is today.

"When I first joined West Ham, when I went into training, you obviously learn a little bit earlier than what you might in other countries. There's extra things they make you do when you go home and they keep a good eye on you. They come in and they always test you and stuff to make sure you're at the level they want you to be at. Obviously what age you're at determines what level you're at, so they don't push you too hard, but they want you to get to a certain level as quick as you can."

"You have to grow up quicker. Obviously most boys' dream in England is to be a footballer and when you get a chance at a young age you've just got to take it. There's times when your pals are going out and they're having a drink and doing whatever and you've got to sacrifice that and have an early night 'cause you've got your football match the next day."

"But at the end of the day, if you do all that and you give yourself the best opportunity then, you get a head start in life. Then, when you go home and see your friends and you've got a football (career) and they're maybe not doing anything, it just goes to show it was worth it."

http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=41115

Golec signs with Reds
Monday, 26 September 2011
by Sportal


Australian under-23 representative Antony Golec has signed a one-year deal at Adelaide United, making the switch from A-League counterpart Sydney FC.

The central defender has made 13 appearances in the A-League for the Sky Blues in the past three seasons, and United manager Rini Coolen has poached the left-footer to his squad after he impressed in trials against champions Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory.

The 21-year-old Golec said his signing at Hindmarsh Stadium was a welcome relief, to secure his future for the next 12 months.

"It feels great. Six months sitting on the sideline trying to find a club, it was a little bit hard going through the motions, but I knew I was good enough, I believed in myself and I just had to get an opportunity and I got it," the Sydney-born defender said.

"I�m glad that I took it with both hands and hopefully it just gets better from here."

Golec had trained with the Central Coast Mariners for two months in the off-season, and after he attempted to join with a club in the Indonesian Premier League, United boss Coolen called upon the promising defender to trial with the Reds.

"We were looking for a left footed central defender and knowing he (Golec) fitted that mould and is still a young player, it�s a chance for him to come in for a year and see if he is going to be a player for the future," Coolen said.

"He�s tall, he�s strong and he has played for Australia�s national team at Under-20 and Under-23 level, so it�s good to have players like this in our squad because we have to think not only about the short term but also the longer term."

Golec embraced the chance to impress the Reds hierarchy, and said it was a credit to his new team-mates that he felt a part of the side before he even signed.

"I was given an opportunity and I just went out there thinking �this is it�, and it was against the champions so it worked out well," Golec said.

"Then against Melbourne, mentally you had to be tough but the boys helped me out a lot and I felt like when I was in Brisbane I was already part of the team so that helped me to feel comfortable when I came on."

Former Qantas Socceroos �keeper joins Melbourne Victory

 

Melbourne Victory today announces that former Qantas Socceroos goalkeeper, Ante Covic, has joined the club on a one-year deal.

 

Covic returns to the Hyundai A-League for a second time after initially representing the Newcastle Jets in seasons 2007/08 and 2008/09, before the twice capped Socceroo headed back to Sweden where he spent the past two seasons at IF Elfsborg.

 

The 36 year-old said, �As a family we felt it was the right move for us. Melbourne Victory is a great club and they have been very successful, so the opportunity to come back now was the perfect fit.�

 

�Every Aussie that plays overseas keeps an eye on the A-League and wants it to succeed. So it is great to come back and be part of it and you couldn�t ask for a better start to the season than this Saturday night against Sydney FC.� Covic added.

 

While Covic�s signing is a positive one, the news isn�t so good for current Number 1, Tando Velaphi, who has suffered a stress fracture of the tibia and will be sidelined for 6 � 10 weeks.

 

While bitterly disappointed for Velaphi, Melbourne Victory Football Director, Francis Awaritefe, was clearly delighted to have signed a player of Covic�s experience at such short notice.

 

�We�re thrilled to have Ante join the club.� he said.

 

�With Tando (Velaphi) going down on the eve of the season, it was vital we find a top-line replacement and Ante�s record speaks for itself.�

 

�Tando has come on in leaps and bounds since he arrived in Melbourne and it�s a terrible blow for him, but we�re hopeful he�ll be back sooner rather than later.�

 

�In Ante we have a highly experienced goalkeeper, and subject to international clearance, will slot straight into the team, which, considering the season is only a matter of days away, is a huge bonus.�

Crikey.  They've kept the injury to Tando quiet.

Blessing in disguise for them - Covic >>> Velaphi on many levels

Gary Van Egmond and Francis Jeffers both signed for Jets

Sounds like Slory is on his way out of Adelaide.