Cheers RU :)

game day cant wait

atleast we dont have to go to hindmarsh in this weather. It is crazy here at the moment

leckie to rip rees a new one tonight gold coast to slow at the back so just run through boys

3-2 victory to united

Jamo in the bench. Cassio returns to Left Back after spending all season in Left Midfield. Cornthwaite, Owusu, Monterosso promoted. Too early for me to call, but i feel these big changes may disrupt the team again.

The weather is intolerable. Everything's dying down here. Wish for life. Pray for death.

hang time to score looked good at training from what i heard and scored aginst the a team

Shin to bag his first A-Leagu goal and provide some assists to Monterosso. Owusu to score at least once.

Reds 3
Goldie 1

It's a real pity that Flores is not going to start until the ACL.
I was looking forward to a Flores - Owusu partership at the start of the new year.

Still 2010 must be better for us!

- Well by all reports they're playing much, much better yet still didn't get the 3 points!

Edited by redcup: 10/1/2010 03:35:31 PM

We either have a rubbish squad where Vidmar cannot make changes

OR

He's going to play this 11 and go down with the sinking ship.

We will not make finals, we will get smashed in Asia and this club is a joke.

Eugene Dadi leaves Perth (consistently scores) and signs with Wellington FOR FREE and scores 2 on debut. Good to see he was on our radar. Charlie Miller is a playmaker who can play. Left Brisbane FOR FREE and has played well at Gold Coast. Good to see he was on our radar.

But thats ok we have Flores sitting in quarantine with Wang Wang and Funi awaiting clearance. He's only taken 4 years of negotiation to get here. He'd better be worth it. $29 to sit in the heat and watch panda's sleep under a tree. $26 to sit in the heat and watch 10 red rocks. Neither one is value for money. Each as boring as the other.

Blah blah blah we were unlucky, we had chances, we deserved to win, we played well, the ref hates us, my chips were cold, the meter maids aren't as hot as i thought, eagle boys pizza is better than dominos, cavill ave needs a facelift, the line at qantas was too long, we outplayed them, we need an inner city stadium, losing ognenovski hurt us, we need an owner, we're showing it on the track, we're frustrated and not sure whats wrong, flores is coming, Travis is a great leader, I was coach of the year last season, the team knows it has to lift, the FFA is out to get us, Bianco left us, you are all p1ssants, blah blah blah blah blah politics blah blah blah. Over it the team is sh1te and once again im over it. vidmar can pick me up and drive me to games and i'll still hate him. Jamo in, Jamo out, Cassio a striker one week, left back the next, You put your rudan in, you put your rudan out, pantelis holds viddies piscolo and he shakes it all about. He is guessing, plain and simple, he doesn't know who to pick, where to play them or how to fix the problem. He's guessing, its definately over and he needs to go. Bring in someone who has ANY sort of experience.

Max, i'm in stitches... and i guess that's what's sad about it all. I'm just learning to laugh at our team, day by day i'm learning. It beats being angry all the time.

PS: i'd rather go see Wang Wang and Funi. They sit around, eat and sleep all day, but at least that's what we expect from them.

Let's hope Aureckmal Vidullah doesn't become a zoo keeper at the Adelaide Zoo... Wang Wang and Funi might lose their heads for sitting around all day.

Loved it :lol: =d>

Fyfe has a potential combo knee/ankle injury, unknown length of recovery. Don't swear often but Smeltz is an absolute mother fucker.

While Smeltz tackled like the striker he is I can't point the finger at him - it was the dickhead that calls himself an assistant referee ( I have very rarely seen these guys assist )

Us supporters have had to watch Kevin " the animal " Muscat get away with shit like this for years.
It just hurts more because the wanker then went and scored. ( are GC like MU, in that the ref adds time UNTIL they score! )

welcome aboard Max. Good to have you here. So many posts on the Adelaide Now site... and you finally saw the light - that 442 was the place to be.

By the way, that was gold of the highest order.

Edited by Big Unit: 11/1/2010 04:20:50 PM

That about sums it up mate - and it also sums up certain supporters of that joke of a club.

welcome aboard Max. Good to have you here. So many posts on the Adelaide Now site... and you finally saw the light - that 442 was the place to be.

By the way, that was gold of the highest order.

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Glad you liked it Unit, good to be here. I was thinking of applying for the Adelaide United coaches job when they advertise but then I realised I'm over qualified as I have coached one game of under 6's. Apparently thats a little more experience in the coaching department than Viddie has. Oh well. Next week Shoot magazine from England has 3,4,3 as its formation of the week so once Viddie studies it and learns a new formation we could see some changes this week***

***Please note any changes in formation are highly unlikely. By changes I mean Cassio will play in the only position he hasn't played (goalkeeper), Cornthwaite will come in for the injured Fyfe but only if his parole officer allows, Cristiano will play a full 90 minutes (I hate that word play. It implies he does something) So Cristiano will stand on the spot for 90 minutes, Our fearless leader will run twice instead of once, Lucas will serve beef sausages instead of lamb at the weekly 'players soul searching' barbeque, Owusu will realise not even the water from the upper murray wants to come to Adelaide, Flores will added to the 'do they dont they exist list' with unicorns, the loch ness monster and bigfoot, Viddie will lose it because extra chewies have gone up 10 cents a packet so stubbins will have to pass it on before the flavour wears off, training will be held at henley beach, greenfields adventure park and the river torrens riding bikes, anywhere where there is no ball or goals, pre match they will run themselves into circles so by the time kick off starts everyone is dizzy chasing cones and no one has actually kicked a ball or heaven forbid shot at goal.

Ahh season '09-'10, blame it on anyone but the people where the blame surely lies. Bring in Malcolm Blight. He culled the dead wood, got a roasting by the media for it and won 2 titles. Nah its just easier to let sleeping dogs lie and keep playing the same mindless crap.

I cannot contain myself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"pre match they will run themselves into circles so by the time kick off starts everyone is dizzy chasing cones and no one has actually kicked a ball or heaven forbid shot at goal."

...and i'm glad i'm not the only one who's noticed this!

One thing we haven't blamed it on is the rain?
- Milli Vanilli, Circa 1989

i spose until we do get showers down here, gotta stay tight lipped .:-#

Lad just got cleared of any serious injury, despite there being swelling around both his ankle and his knee.

He's a lucky man to not be out for six weeks minimum.

Yeah, I just read on the AU website.

And here's something rather exciting:

Ironically Flores and the pandas were released on the same day (I was joking in my last post).

2 things that have crippled United this season.

1. Passion. No body apart from Big Euge, Cassio and Lecki (Jamo here and there) plays with passion. Cassio is an import yet he's the only one i've seen kiss the badge and show genuine passion for the club. (If you dont know what im talking about see Lampard, Terry, Gerrard etc PASSION). Dodd looks like a spent force, Pantelis has found it now that his contract negotiations have stalled (Shows me he's playing for 1 person and 1 person only), Reid may show passion in the recovery room, Cristiano shows passion at the pullmans restaurant buffet. The rest try but very much a group of individuals with no direction, leadership or fight.

2. Injuries. Started with Diego and co last season. Reid etc this season. Bad luck you might say? Doesn't seem to occur at the Victory or other top ranked teams. They sacked the person they felt responsible after a string of calf injuries but seems to me injuries still occuring. Something is not right here.

To clarify, I love this club and want nothing more than for this club to succeed. BUT I also am a big believer in change when change needs to be made. Loyalty is one thing. Results are another. The club succeeded to a degree last season (silverware excluded) with so called infighting and division in the ranks. This was corrected or so we were led to believe yet this seasons squad as stated looks like 11 individuals. There is no team, there is no unity and there certainly is no confidence at any level, player, coaches, staff.

Vidmar blames the players, Petrillo blames Vidmar for the players, the Players blame Vidmar etc etc. Someone stand up, make a decision, play players who want to play for the club and unite the team, the fans, the community. Until that is done and COMPLETELY done (Just thought I'd mention that obviously sacking Costanzo, Salley etc wasn't the problem from last season, they're gone we are still problematic) there will be no success here.

Vidmar out? maybe, maybe not. His attitude is definately out and he can take a lot of the current squad with him.

Just to finish, He said reputation wouldn't win a starting spot. Hmm initially I thought that was for everyone, but it appears only Owusu is suffering under this dictatorship. So many contradictions from someone who should be leading. Jamo didnt play due to contract negotiations and not resigning, yet Pantelis (same scenario) plays. Lloyd scored 1 in 4 games or so, Cristiano has scored 3 in about 20? Yet he still plays. Cornthwaite plays, signs for 3 years, then is dropped. Marrone dying to play, isn't selected, signs for NQL, then plays. Am I the only one that sees the lunacy in all of this???

Professionalism out, we are run like a weekend club. Next week you might see Viddie, Petrillo, Rinaldo and co holding a sausage sizzle fundraiser outside your local bunnings.

GORDON PICKARD WHERE ARE YOU? WE NEED YOU!!! BAKER YOUNG I THINK THE PRICE HAS FALLEN QUICKER THAN TIGER WOODS PANTS AT THE PLAYBOY MANSION, PLEASE BUY US NOW AND MAKE SOME CHANGES!!!

Well said MC.

We all have theories and reasons and explanations as to why this season our club went to shit - some of them correct and some of them are complete BS.

It doesnt matter.

Until we have have an owner NOTHING will change - plain and simple. As long as there is no one sitting in the office with the 'owner' sign on the door this club will continue to be a mess. A ship without a rudder. As soon as the new owner/s comes in things will change. We are a proud club. We are a succesful club. We are a club that has true supporters that will live and die with it. We will go on to do some big things in the near future - but for now we just have to sit back with a box of popcorn and watch the movie.

Did anyone notice it rained this morning?
;)

It's a sign!! :shock: \:d/ =d> :-k

Welcome to the forums Max (can't remember saying G'day before...)! Glad to have another strongly opinionated AUFC fan here :D

Hey guys we are almost at the end of the regular season, which game are we going to have our 442 catch up beer at the match?

BTW loki: saw that as well, still he could have ruined Fyfe. He isn't our best defender, but he has improved to the point where I am happy to see him on the park.

Also I cannot wait to get to Hindmarsh - too long since my last live fix!

Thanks General, Good to be here, Red Eye and the Unit have signed me from the Adelaide Now forums to 442

The AdelaideNow site is too full of agressive idiots who have no idea how to argue a point without verbal abuse - plus the place isn't properly moderated. Their publication criteria is crazy.

Ah yes General - the end of season beer catch up!!

Looking at the calendar it will either have to be this weeks game or the Brisbane game on 6th Feb - I will struggle to make it to the Perth Tuesday night game.

About bloody time you set up a home here for yourself in 442 land mate!

Hi General and the rest of you 442 Reds. The beer sounds good but it can't be this week for me. I re-snapped my achilles while playing at the beach with my four-year-old last Thursday. Was nastier this time. Just got home from hospital yesterday and now restart the three months of rehab I had already done. Sigh....still, life is good. Anyway, I have to have the foot up for the next 7-10 days so Hindmarsh is out of the question this time. Maybe the Brisbane game in Feb. On crutches - again! :-({|= :d

I tried to find internet access at Flinders Hospital but couldn't. I resigned myself to missing the match and then, as I was going to sleep again, I was switching through my hospital TV and discovered the Life FM broadcast was on a radio channel. It was about 35 mins from the end and I listened to it with ever increasing tension. I'd just decided we would make the win when bloody Smeltz scored! Bad moment. So, if my blog this week gets stuck into him then it may have something to do with my sympathy with career-ending injuries. :lol:

Bloody hell mate, that is an absolute bummer. redcup and I were talking about career ending injuries just the other day on the "Leckie Plays With Pain" thread. Real shame mate.

That's right. I watched your DVD on AdelaideNow and I signed you across on a mega deal and i will make sure you get to play, i mean post, every week! ;)

Bloody hell Stephen! Bad luck mate, your own the prayer chain for that one [-o<

OK looks like it is the Brisbane game on the 6th of Feb. We will organise it better closer to the game.