Oh how sweet would that be! Dukes as Marquee for the ACL & next two seasons... =p~

You should get the word across to Viduka to come play for us! :p

Haven't heard anything yet - on another note a mate I work with was at a wedding in Melbourne on the weekend and it turns out that Mark Viduka is a family friend of his! He didn't even know and his dad had never told him. So there he is in church, does his reading for the wedding, walking back to his seat does a massive double take at seeing Viduka and wife there as well! His old man at the reception even gave Dukes a hearty backslap :D Said he was looking very fit and was going to go into more detail when one of his clients rang and I haven't seen him for the rest of the day - talk about being left hanging!

So any inside word on what's happening with this striker we're getting? Surely it's gotta be Van Dijk...

Thanks General.
I read in a thread that van Dijk is naturalized, I'd hate for United to make a similar stuff up as they did with Grffiths!

To qualify as an Australian he has to have been a permanent resident for 5 years and be a citizen, not a citizen for 5 years - Salley fell 18 months short as the start of the ACL.

OK Sautrday was a fizzer for a catch up, will have to try again at an ACL game. The North Eastern Bar is the one I was thinking of BTW, didn't see anyone hanging around and I was there a little late. Sat with a guy with 3 kids and a couple of blokes with their families. Good chat and they are of similar opinions to the rest of us.

Whilst at the game on Saturday night, I couldn't help but smile when I saw Flores actually doing first touch passing, which confused the hell out of the Brisbane midfield.

I can see him being our TRUE no.10 player for the ACL.

Remember Salley fellas?
van Dyke may be naturalized, but to qualify for the ACL he must have been a citizen for 5 years.
We have Owusu, Cassio and Flores as our foreign contingent, and Shin as our Asian player.
I'm still thinking along the lines of Aloisi.

As for last nights game - was so pleased we won AND scored 2 goals!!
I just went along to see Flores.
What a dynamic he gives the team!! Finally a midfielder with vision and the ability to read a game.
Roar had no answer to him - other than to lunge at the ball that was no longer there, - just hope the Adelaide malaise doesn't conquer him!

yeah bloody oath and i still think we are good enough to take on the acl and next year we will take on the a league as well i also though van dyke was naturalized

Doesn't Van Dijk qualify for Australian Citizenship now? He has been around for a while, so surely he can slip into our squad as an 'Aussie'.

I hear you but you can only play the team that's on the park on the night. We won. I'm staying happy! :d It's been too long....

Oh i agree we played great last night. just think we have played better. and a better team may have put us away not taking anything away from the boys they were great

I'd be happy to see van Dijk join. He's a genuine striker. He actually scores goals regularly. Not great but good enough if well supported.

Disagree about the quality of the game. We have played well for parts of the last few weeks and put some good football together but most of last night was fast, accurate and aggressive play. Most importantly - we scored twice. For me - call me silly - scoring and winning tells me that we played quite well.

Problem is, we can't afford another foreigner unless we oust another of our Brazilians.

I'm speculating that Cassio, Flores, Shin and Owusu (for now) are safe from the cull. Cristiano is obviously dead-man walking at the moment. That just leaves Alemao. If van Dijk were to join us, he'd have to take Alemao's spot on the roster.

However, if we signed a local striker, such as Elasi as people are suggesting, he'd still fall within our visa quota limit.

I'm hoping for the latter, as much as I like van Dijk when he shoots on target (read: limited).

Interesting to read in the tiser that. our new signing could have been on the park last night also seen the coaches talking to him pre match. is sergio a good signing if true

This. It seemed more like Brisbane weren't playing particularly well, rather than us playing superb football.

sergio van dyke maybe??? or michael baird just guessing tho

i think we played well last night but think we have played better games were we lost

I heard Alby Kid mention the same thing on the post-match analysis on Life FM. I sure hope it's a striker we're signing...

Vidmar said in the interview post-match that they hope to make an announcement on another signing within the next 3-4 days. He wouldn't reveal player name, team or even position so i guess we'll have to wait.

And guess who scores in the Youth League match this afternoon? Monterosso and Kostopoulos (as well as Wright and Rayner...) - It's too bad we couldn't hang on to our lead... :(

As for the senior squad... FINALLY! :p

i personally think that a dead rubber A-League game is way more important than a Youth League game...

Monterosso deserves his chance to play in the senior squad as he shits all over Owusu and Christiano combined

Agree, mate.
Why bother putting these young kid's in a team that's run its race & lost.

The club's admin & coach may not have done their best this season, but they're all we've got and I, for one don't like what's been done over the season but still support them as they are THE REDS

We still have somthing to play for in the youth league maybe its not an aleague trophy but the youth deserve to win somthing they have been great all year cant wait to go down early today and watch the young bucks go for top

i heard as well that Griffiths may not be able to play in the Champions League as well..

I want Viddie out...ASAP

what is the point of dropping Monterosso...we have nothing else to gain this season....may as well play the Youth League's top scorer....or is Vidmar trying to win us the wooden spoon for sure....

OK will have a sign tomorrow :) Or else will be where I have said until at the most 10-15 minutes before kick off - at which point I will be drinking a beer in my seat!

Not according to Val - you can only play for two clubs withing a season and Griffiths has already done that ](*,)

There's a thread on here about it - http://au.fourfourtwo.com/forums/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=26721

Here's a link to the sAdvertiser article - http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/hitch-for-griffiths/story-e6frecj3-1225827009302

Pathetic if true - at least it's a change from hiring players who can't play because they aren't fit and/or are rubbish when they are ](*,)

I'll be there saturday, with the kids, in our usual seats.

Richard

Was so angry had to have a wee rant on the AUFC Facebook page as well, wish there was a more direct method of yelling at them...

Agreed. And this stupid team want to take Monte to the ACL!?!? What for? I understand the Baby Reds could probably do with his firepower but the kid will go from NYL straight to ACL with no experience in the HAL? Talking about dropping the poor kid in the deep end!

Dear Adelaide United,

Please win.

Thank you,

RedsUnited xoxo

You have got to be fucking kidding me right? They have dropped 2 strikers for 1. The two striker they have dropped have scored almost as many goals between them as the entire AUFC first team has all year for a striker who has scored once all season. That is definately it Monty is gone as soon as he can, AUFC have hung a huge "come and get him cause we are fucking blind" sign around his neck.