\:d/ 3 weeks to go! \:d/

I saw on tribal football Adelaide are going to sign Adrian Madaschi, that is good addition if it is true.

Definitely a good signing if true. Haven't heard anything else about this though, and Tribal Football isn't really a reliable source... haha

[size=9]Adelaide minus A-League marquee player[/size]

[size=6] * Daniel Brettig
* July 28, 2009 - 3:54PM[/size]

Cash-strapped Adelaide United will start the 2009-10 A-League without a marquee player but coach Aurelio Vidmar holds out hope of finding one in time for his Asian campaign.

The Reds are likely to sign at least one more player before their first match on August 7 against Perth Glory, with sometime Socceroo Adrian Madaschi favoured to take on a role in the centre of defence.

However Vidmar ruled out the option of simply shifting his highest paid player into the marquee slot in order to free up funds for extra squad numbers.

He remains committed to finding the right face for the Adelaide club, currently owned by the FFA after longtime benefactor Nick Bianco gave up his stake in May.

"At this point there's no scope for a marquee player but I think we need it, not just our club but I think every club needs it," Vidmar told AAP on Tuesday.

"I still believe the right marquee player is someone who can bring something for you on the park and off the park."

Adelaide's tight financial situation, alongside an unsettled off-season in which director of football Michael Petrillo quit and was then re-hired, means the club is not best placed to go chasing.

Vidmar, though, is planning on securing a player of note in the new year, as the Reds attempt to contest the Asian Champions League for the third time after making an historic run to the final last year.

"There are salary cap issues, a lot of clubs put their highest paid player on marquee status to free up some money in the salary cap, so there's ways of manipulating the salary cap - some clubs have got the right marquee, some don't," he said.

"But personally I'd prefer we had a marquee player who was actually a marketable player.

"It gives us the opportunity if it doesn't happen this year to really study hard and look for the right options for next year.

"The option (of attracting a player for the ACL) is there and that's why we'll be having meetings over the next three or four weeks about planning forward for next season and also the ACL."

oh now that Owusu is out for 4 weeks of the regular game will we go back to our one up front or will we take the punt on monterosso. first part of the year where the pace isnt quite up there may be a great opportunity to give him some game time experiance

we were impressed with the women in adelaide.

and oh god ... the palace = :d

dog & duck i think it was ... was very good also.

nice work adelaide. shame glory didn't get a result though hehe :)

AUFC supporters should head to the Brompton after the game, I will be there to have a drink with my mate who is the head chef there :) (another shameless plug!)

You can get a result against Wellington next week. :p We'll allow you that one. :lol:

I think I shall head there for Sunday's game against Sydney. Good chicken parma there?

Adelaide United have ended a week of uncertainty by receiving clearances for new recruits Mark Rudan and Korean Shin.

The Reds were wrongfooted prior to their season-opening win over Perth Glory on Friday night by failing to secure a timely clearance for Shin, meaning he sat in the stands rather than on the substitutes' bench where manager Aurelio Vidmar had planned to employ him.

So they will be relieved to have received notification from Football Federation Australia about the arrival of the clearance from authorities in Korea.

Rudan's paperwork from Swiss club FC Vaduz was rather more straightforward, arriving less than a week after he signed on as the new hard man in the heart of the Adelaide defence.

However, Rudan remains unlikely to feature against his former club Sydney FC on Sunday due to his needing to build up at least another week of fitness.