Well, UnitedGal, with proposals like that I think that most Adelaide fans would have you as El Presidente right quick. :d And of course only sensible fans (i.e.ones we agree with) would be allowed to run things. Could be a small board.

Abignumber, I like the idea of printing money. That would solve the liquidity problem. Bummer about the salary cap though. There we'd be with all our squillions and not allowed to spend them. Maybe we could sign counterfeit players?

As for rational discussion........:lol:

Krijoz for ground announcer!

I would only be happy to be on a board and nothing else (laugh)
I actually thought if Dario Fontanarosa managed to become the Chairman of AU and prior that he used to work at reception desk (being nobody prior marrying Bianco's daughter) at Bianco's and there is no reason why I can not be the Chairman of AU; at least I have UNI Business degree behind me.
The only way you can have me at AU is for me to be the Chairman.
I think majority of you would agree!!
LONG LIVE AU AND THE A-LEAGUE

Edited by krijoz: 9/3/2009 04:39:54 PM

alot of the problems started when Dario decided to leave - he and nick ARE NOT the problem

C'mon Krijoz, you'd be a great announcer. The guy who does it now is about as inspiring as a wet, cold tea-bag. With your capitals and exclamation marks - and your doubtless passion for the club - you are the man to rev the crowd into a frenzy..

You can be chairman as well if you like but it'll be dull.......

Are you Italian?
As for Dario; he was nobody before he married Bianco's daughter mate and I know that from reliable source that use to see him all the time when buying building material, he was working at reception desk and he had no any managerial role at the time

Why is Bianco selling AU?
Share it with us if you know please?
Sorry i am not trying to be rude but whole South Australia know who are the main culprits for AU woes.

I am wog myself but would hate for any soccer club in the A-league to have too much of ethnic influence in it as that ex-system never worked and never will.
When it comes to the game of soccer in this country, the soccer market is in its developing stage and the FFA is trying to bring a game of wider Australian audience so it is embraced by many people and not only by a few ethnic groups.

That is way Gordon Pickard picked ADELAIDE UNITED name

We are all in it and not only selected few with HIDDEN AGENDAS

LONG LIVE ADELAIDE UNITED THE TEAM OF ALL PEOPLE BLACK OR WHITE

Edited by krijoz: 9/3/2009 05:32:46 PM

Edited by krijoz: 9/3/2009 05:34:14 PM

Well it seems Yutaka Tahara has transferred to the J2 League club Shonan Bellmare. So doesn't look like we'll see him here in the near future... :(

Not much traffic has been happening on the AUFC front of late, anyone heard of any state league games being watched by AUFC?

There's an article in the Advertiser today about AUFC trying to sign Garcia from Hull City.

Funniest thing i can remember being printed in the advertiser

Stubbsy is over there lookin at Hull as he still has connections there

we need to try and at least ask - especally with the success of jammo and reidy

Nah Garcia is a Perth boy. If we were 'somehow' to come come now, or within the next couple seasons, then it would surely be to us!

BTW Hope you guys ah still going to sign an Asian player or two. I heard Viddie was after a Thai International and also a Japanese player. But this was a while ago, haven't heard much recently. Probably doesn't help that off the field, it doesn't look great.

Hope you guys find some rich new owners. Maybe your own Sheik and that way you can build yourselves that brand spanking new arena your old owner was proposing (40k stadium based on Frankfurt stadium or something, closer to the CBD - $400-500M costed).

The Japanese striker is a no go, he has signed elsewhere.

I'm actually really concerned that we haven't heard any news from the club ever since news about Valkanis being promoted to Football Director.

Hi all! As promised I am letting you know we have a new AUFC supporter to add to the ranks.

My wife gave birth to a little (well not so little!) baby girl called Joya. For those interested she was 4.178kgs (thats 9lbs 3.4oz) and 49cms long. As you can see I have been a bit busy so unable to really get onto the net.

Is there any news from BU's wife yet?

or if you want to know anything else let me know!

awwww how cuite - congrats :d

Birigetti and Mullen are trialing and the latter is impressing his suitor (ductch club I think)

Nice little birthday pressie for Brucie \:d/

Oh and I read in the forums (but havent found link for it yet) is that Viddie is going to join Pim in the coaching group for this game...I will see if i can link it up

Seems too early for Mullen to leave, would be a real shame if he left now. He's needs another good A-League season under his belt and with that a few more NT caps he'll surely earn through more home based squads. He will likely not see any NT action if he's in Europe, because he'll be in the reserves a while, just like how the Leijer's, Nathan Burn's, Holland's and like have not been capped for the NT since setting foot in Europe and being stuck in youth/reserves football.

Though in saying that, young Burn's NT fortunes may change with his recent AEK playing time, which could see him be called up again for those June fixtures, where Pim may pick some younger Euro boys. :o 8)

Hmmm... any news on the striker front? Apparently the club will begin pre-season training on April 14, and yet we still have no news on the replacement recruits...

not as yet but its hopefull by the end of easter we will sort our our owner issues

did anyone see the artical with nick bianco in the tiser today - didnt read it but i was told he basically said that most of what was written about AU was a hole lot of crapola and that he still wants to own the majority of AU but wants some help so we stand on our own two feet

Edited by UnitedGal: 4/4/2009 11:44:01 PM

yep, read that article and basically he has said what we all thought, Bianco has a shit load of work in the pipeline and he is not interested in offloading AUFC - but is looking to increase the clubs financial support.

The silence is deafening. :(

All good things come to those who wait

Bianco wont sell AU and if the rumors are to be believed we should know more soon

Sadly we do keep hearing that there will be an anouncement next week, or the week after - and have been hearing that for the last 2 months. It is getting a bit long in the tooth...

we want the right person at AU so you cant rush things

its hard for us but we know that Bianco wont leave the club or sell it to the FFA which is a confort to me anyways

It could be dodgy because of the source but:



http://www.tribalfootball.com/permitted-transfer-talks-could-see-mass-exodus-adelaide-united-241069

Yeah, yeah. Gaz posted that this morning on another thread. Try posting the whole article rather than trying to simply stir things up. No mass exodus. No panic. Just Val being Val again and whipping nothing into a story.

Try posting whole story? [-x If you click the link you will see that IS the whole story

You really have to admire the cant, must take some amount of talent to take some curent news, some old news, some even older news, then distort a few facts and come up with a story that is completely misleading and untrue yet probably doesn't contain any complete lies.

My apologies, Nix. It is the whole story that you saw. It's just that they stole it from the Adelaide Advertiser. And the final paras go like this:
Birighitti, 18, was on AZ's radar until United slapped a $1 million price tag on his head, according to Reds football director Michael Valkanis.

Barbiero was also recently lured to Europe's lucrative money trail and Cornthwaite's manager confirmed he also knocked back three offers from South Korean clubs after Sasa Ognenovski was sold to Seongnam Ilhwa for $350,000 in January.

Mullen trialled with Holland's NEC Nijmegen last month.

Barbiero's European-based FIFA agent said the midfielder had an all-expenses paid trial with an unnamed German Bundesliga 2 club before signing a fresh two-year Reds deal.

As King Billy says, a pinch of truth can be made to stretch a looooooong way by Val.

Ahhh so it's a big beat up, I never fully beleive anything from Tribal football but thought it was worth bringing to attention...

Now Val has said we are hiring a legal egal to find a owner...What is the guy on???

Well it is a secret recipe made of a mixture of his own dried and powdered faeces mixed with various other of his own bodily fluids, then injected through his eye - he swears by it! :lol: