Hey I thought I'd pop in and say that Adelaide is probably my second team (behind Heart). I really feel that they represent Australia when they play in Asia and that's awesome. Plus the support is solid. Keep up the good work folks. Just lose to Heart next time, aye? :)

Heart's time will come... but not at the expense of us! :twisted:

As for the game, it's a shame the curtain raiser had to be cancelled as it would have been good to get out to Hindmarsh early to catch the youth team play as well. Speaking of the youth team, did anyone go and watch the game elsewhere last night? I had a work function so couldn't make it.

Anywho, I'll be at the ground early-ish tonight as well. I'll be the guy reading an ebook on his iPod touch in the grandstand. :p

You a gold member mate? You should come and sit with Stephen and I if your not going to the game with anyone!

Is that the Adelaide Oval game?

We definitely can't lose that one, maybe you can draw us next time we play in Melbourne ;)

It's going to be a good night \:d/

Is that the Adelaide Oval game?

We definitely can't lose that one, maybe you can draw us next time we play in Melbourne ;)

To be honest, I can't wait to see Dodd, Leckie and Flores on together. Some of the most memorable diagonal runs happened in the ACL between those three.

Pantelis has gotten better again, and credit to him that he's done so well. Hughes has notched up another great performance, winning a ton of possession in the mid, and then allowing Reid to delegate the passing.

If all goes well, Barbiero will be back in the squad within two weeks. I think he's actually back at full training with the boys already, but will wait in the wings until he's completely fit - much like Cornthwaite had to.

I just noticed that we're exact opposites of Sydney on the table...

i like i like

Pit MV won but we can't have everything :D

Val revealed in the Advertiser that we may have new owners anounced in a few weeks, not getting my hopes up but... :D

Link?

Val revealed in the Advertiser that we may have new owners anounced in a few weeks, not getting my hopes up but... :D

Sorry was in print, will check the AdelaideNow site...

Adelaide United may be on the verge of a new era after 17 months without an owner.
A-League chief Lyall Gorman said Football Federation Australia - the interim custodian of the Reds - was in high-level negotiations with domestic and foreign consortiums.
It is understood the A-League is just weeks away from signing the club over to the Adelaide-based new franchise owners.
The FFA will complete the formalities of the handover to the new investors next year.
"We have looked at a few options, including foreign investors, and the best option will obviously rise to the rop," Gorman said. "We have been talking to a few potential investors."

The Adelaide Business Consortium has also again thrown its hat into the franchise ring for a potential Adelaide takeover.
But the consortium, comprising four Adelaide-based shareholders has not formally approached the A-League again after the initial deal reached an impasse last May.
"We have had no (fresh) correspondance from the Alan Young (ABC) consortium," Gorman said.

Gorman has also denied the competition was at a crossroads despite Adelaide, North Queensland and Newcastle Jets needing rescue packages over the past 18 months.
Gorman, however, revealed that FFA officials were always aiming for perfection in the embattled domestic market. He dropped the subtle hint that FFA was in the process of tweaking the current A-League model in an effort to keeping clubs viable.

"We've looked at all sports, the longevity of them and their commercial entities," Gorman said. "You have to take the view that we're only five years old.
We're always looking at other models globally and we are learning a lot from their structures."

Gorman said the US Major Soccer League was not the ideal model for the domestic market.
The MLS is a monopoly where the body owns the clubs and the players in an effort to stave off bankruptcy, which ended the North American Soccer League.
US clubs are handed strict budgets, while the MLS ensures the product is financially and structurally sound by pooling all its resources. The 14-year-old MLS is now stable enough that some clubs are free of the monopoly because they're financially independent.

"We have 1.4 million people involved in our code," Gorman said. "The opportunities embrace us and we have many supporters of the game at grass-roots level so that's (the A-League) a work in progress."

I'm not going to get my hopes up until more concrete details are revealed... as we know what happened last time we had a consortium nearly purchase the club.

As for the new kit deals, I wouldn't mind seeing Adidas branding on our shirts... :D

Yeah I heard the Umbro rumour... but still... ADIDAS!! :D