edit that picture out as it was doing my head in!

442 re-igniting relationships since 2012 ;)

Edited by general ashnak: 6/6/2012 02:52:39 PM

anyways Hi!! ahahaaaa

Bloody Adelaide

Going by what seems to be the average age of this forum we should be receiving our pension any time soon :lol:

Yeah it's me Andrew :) The mcjules comes from me using the name to piss of a friend who it is far more appropriate for back when I was at uni. It kind of stuck with me ever since :lol:

Hi back and we should definitely catch up for a beer at one of the matches. :d

Yeah man
I actually saw you at a game not that long ago a few rows in front of me and my dad

was a tall order to start climbing seats though to be honest and spark up a convo after 20 odd years ha ha

will next time though for sure

Davide thiisss isss youuurrrrr liiiffeeeeee lol

Yeah I think that was the Persipura game. Ditto for me :) Was there with another St Joe's guy that remembered you as well.

Adam
Just a quick question. I would love to see Farmers Union Ice Coffee as one of our main sponsors even the front of shirt sponsor. Has there ever been an approach for them ? for a company that is looking to expand around Australia what a perfect way. I understand them saying no to Being sponsor to the ACL ( but who knows) But i don't know why they would so no to being an a-league major sponsor.
Football Operations
Dear Adam

We would welcome Farmers Union Ice Coffee as a sponsor and will follow up. All supplier contracts at Hindmarsh are secured by the Govt through ORS, as such we are not aware of their arrangement.



tuckey
Hi Glenn

This may have been asked so I'm sorry if so, but what was the reason behind AUFC pulling out of purchasing the Veneto Club? It may have not been in a perfect location but the set up there appears to be great, pitches for youth sides and a bar/club facility for fans to spend money and watch away games at. Is the club still working on purchasing a bar/club facility in the future?

Thanks
CEO
Hi Stuckey,

We didn't proceed with the purchase on commercial grounds. As a training facility it was very good, as a licensed premises it did not meet our criteria. Licensed premises are open 365 days per year, and as such need to trade very well outside match and training days for sporting Clubs. We can confirm that the securing of a Licensed facility remains on the Club's agenda. However the consolidation of Club




Phil
I'm curious - what was the final story behind the seating covers/shelters from Adelaide Oval? If I believe correctly, they have been scrapped altogether, which is an unfortunate waste. They would have provided a resourceful and clever addition to Hindmarsh Stadium.
CEO
Hi Phil

The official answer was simply this: "to have salvaged them would have delayed the Adelaide Oval project". We thought the initiative had merit and admit it would have required further engineering work. But it wasn't to be, nothing stops in the way of the first AFL match in 2014!


would of been good to have the cover.
Farmers union make it happen lol



Edited by liverpoolfan2010: 16/6/2012 09:34:37 AM

Still announcement by Kappa just yet. I'll assume they'll wait until the boys are back at training.

I am not going to make it tonight lads, I have the man flu and need to stay home - going to be relying on you to bring up everything we talk about! Also keep me in the loop on Twitter and I will fire off stuff that way.

What time does it start please? I've RSVP'd but can't find the email:(

6pm in the Reds Room.

Solo has exclusive beverage rights to all Aus football sponsorships, and all that money goes to FFA. :cry:



Edited by Axelv: 18/6/2012 05:07:07 PM

whats on tonight??

AUFC members meeting. 6pm Reds Room @ Hindmarsh.

what happens at members meetings??

I'm out too. Cold, wet ans I'm stuffed - plus I'll be cooking for the family. So give 'em hell guys! :) Be interested to hear all about it.

Great meeting tonight went for 2 hours well done to Glenn Elliot michael valkanis and Matt Rossi in attendance answering out questions

A few highlights and with reds united and vanbasten88 in attendance I'm sure they can fill in more detail.

Possibly our regional game could be at hindmarsh to bring the country folk to us rather then the other way around since south Australia is unique with how most regions centre in on the city of Adelaide.

Kit will be tri state colours it won't be an all red kit could be similar to our old kit in the nsl but stress not going to look like the crows so will assume red will still be the primary colour.

The goal next season is to just win as many games as possible.

Just compiling my notes now. Will post it up when I'm done.

the regional at hindmarsh is disapointing. would have loved a trip to victor or pt augusta or something.

Glenn Elliot (CEO), Michael Valkanis (NYL Head Coach/First Team Assistant Coach) and Matt Rossi (Memberships and Ticketing manager) were present to talk to the members about the recent past, present and future of the club.

Key points from the meeting:

- Focus in the last few games of the last A-League season was on the defense, and that carried over into the ACL campaign as preparation for the new A-League season. This has naturally progressed into forward transition and attacking intent. Expect to see more improvement in the attacking department come October as that is Kossie's natural style of play.

- Recruiting for the club will be overseen by a "List Manager" - new position at the club in the footballing department. They will personally observe all potential players playing in person before offering trials. Glenn was adamant that this had not happened with some previous players who came into the team on "high profiles" but with no understanding of the club or the city.

- All players contracted with the club have been personally interviewed by the board and the coach, to discuss what they can bring to the club. Some were apparently very frank and open, but showed the club how much they would give to the club.

- A lot of emphasis of pushing players through the system and elevating them to the first team squad at a younger age. A lot of praise was given to young NYL defender Jordan Elsey, and his resilience in the Weifang Cup last year. Lots of the boys who played in the Weifang Cup were subsequently offered NYL contracts because they had shown they could step it up at a higher level. Of those in the NYL, many have gone on to train with the first team, to again challenge them to step it up to a more professional, higher intensity training regime. A lot of promising local kids coming through the ranks at the moment.

- Barker-Daish was talked up as one of very few players who have developed as natural No.10's in this country. Both he and Bowles are now available for selection in the next stages of the ACL, and have been nothing but professionals, coming over to the club early and training with the squad from the get-go. Wanted to come over earlier, but Kossie told them to have a break!

- Winning games is a priority. Winning will encourage crowds to return. More crowds = more revenue. More revenue = more profits. The football club is a business. It must make money to survive.

- The club is financially in the black by about $15-16k from the ACL campaign so far. Glenn did make a point that the FFA will take some cut of the winnings, but only if we make it to the final.

- Adelaide United will remain at Hindmarsh Stadium. Possibility of NYL and W-League games used as curtain-raisers for a few games this season, but restricted due to the travel requirements and lodging of visiting teams.

- All beverage (and possibly a lot of other) sponsorships will lapse next March. Fresh slate for clubs and FFA to work with.

- Kappa has been confirmed as our kit supplier. Awaiting final signatures before the announcement. Kit will return to SA tri-colours. Legea stepped in for the ACL, and the club will discuss with them if they are still to be required for the remaining knock-out stage games.

- Major sponsorships have been hard to come by. Coopers will continue their sponsorship with the club in the A-League. After the cry-out in the paper recently, two companies have approached the club interested in sponsoring the Reds for the rest of the ACL. No names were mentioned. Caltex are interested in a bigger involvement in football, but not AUFC specifically. BHP were mentioned to be interested in investing in the grassroots development of the game.

- An annual AUFC v MVFC 'Legends' game is on the cards. Off the pitch, our clubs are quite close and plans are in the works for each city to alternately host the game annually. Personally I think it's overkill as an annual event, and it's still rather soon to be calling past players legends. Some are still playing elsewhere so that would make it difficult.

- The regional game is to be held at Hindmarsh Stadium. The club will provide subsidised travel and accommodation to regional centres around SA and the stadium bays will be sectioned up and labelled with the region along the sponsor boards.

Thanks for the insight, good to see the club being proactive on many fronts.

Thanks RU! Hopefully will get vanbasten88 to put some stuff up too, so disappointed I was sick :( Slept through when it was on as well!

Cheers for the update RU.

Hard desicion

do you show loyalty to a kit supplier who has probably offered less money but stepped in at a time of need last minute

or go with you new kit supplier who has offered you more money and will have a better kit design to for the next stages of the acl


i like the tri colour idea. main red with yellow and a bit of blue trim would go down nicely to me lol

Edited by liverpoolfan2010: 19/6/2012 12:02:16 AM

What ever benefit's the club the most.

Cheers for the update, very informative.

Excellent, looking forward to seeing both of them play.


I thought they said they were going to break even in the Red Out Loud thingy?


Excellent news.


So according to WaMackie in The Rumour Mill - Coopers will no longer be able to sponsor AU...


Seems a bit early, but in the long term a brilliant idea.


Doesn't really seem like a regional 'game' so much as a game with regional fans?

Thanks guys! :d :d =d>

so would this mean local guys arent allowed in or have to sit higher up?

Basically the reasons for moving the regional round were that
(1) Last year our regional round was held in another state's region and there was very little interest or promotion by the local council/town. This may have been because there was no connection with either Adelaide or Newcastle.-( just my opinion ) Also our state's regional areas are unique in that there seems a greater connection to our main city.
(2) The crowd in regional areas would most probably be < 5K, because of lack of infrastucture etc., so by having it @ the Marsh AU would be expecting a much larger crowd = more money for the club.

So I doubt anyone will lose their seats in the rush. 1st in - best dressed

Edited by redcup: 19/6/2012 01:16:10 PM