There is hope Teeboy will return this season, don't know more than that.

i duno if we can even predict how we will play yet 4 or 3 at the back, 2 dm or 1 cant wait and see a new united.

reports coming out of Indonesia are that Adelaide United FC will be facing Sergio Van Dijk's Persib Bandung, Sriwijaya FC and the Indonesia U-23 national team in the menpora cup.

Board broadens its expertise

Adelaide United is pleased to advise supporters that the Board has taken the decision to invite four new persons to participate at Board level for the Club. The decision recognises the need for increased expertise in various portfolios. Importantly the invitations have been accepted and as such we are delighted to advise the following:

• Ian Smith - Partner at Bespoke Approach - a premier corporate advisory firm: Ian will advise on the important matters of Government Relations and Corporate Development. Ian is a long time football tragic - Brighton and Hove Albion fan, and of course the Reds
• John Konstandopolous - Managing Director, Apex Steel, John is the Club's newly appointed Compliance and Integrity Officer. The position oversees every aspect of Corporate Governance at Board level inclusive of finance and compliance matters. John played for Port Pirates and West Adelaide and has since supported football at club and state levels .Apart from United, he follows Olympiacos FC in Greece and Chelsea.
• Francis Wong - Encounter Australia: Francis will oversee International Branding. He is a Government appointed Business Ambassador, Chairs the Asian Tourism Industry Advisory Panel and is a board member of the Australian Tourism Export Council. There is no better connection to Asia than Francis who also follows Manchester United and DPMM FC Brunei.
• Joe Borelli - Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Waste Services and Envirobale. Joe played senior football for Adelaide City in the NSL days and been great supporter of the code at club and state level where IWS currently sponsor the junior teams at Campbelltown. Joe will play a pivotal role in growing our commercial base. Apart from the Reds, he is a Chelsea fan.

Ian, John, Joe and Francis bring a wealth of business acumen to the Club. That coupled with a passion for Adelaide United is great news for football.

Member update
We have several initiatives in place for the coming year:

• Match day upgrades- Each match a Member will be drawn from the crowd to enjoy the following match from a corporate suite. For the first game against Victory, our very first 10 year member will enjoy the experience.
• Signed match day balls shall be presented to lucky members each game.
• 2013 Tapestry Members Day - Sunday August 18
• Members Only Training Session @ Hindmarsh- Sunday October 6. Entry by Season/Member ticket. Membership and Merchandise available from the Club. Full access to players for a signing session.
• Year Book out in July - your reference for the season, event calendar, player information, future direction etc.

Adelaide Supporters Web Site, Facebook, Twitter and the Club Web Site
We well understand the pent up interest in the Club. To ensure we keep you up to date, the Club has restructured its personnel to ensure fans are kept as up to date as is possible.

Adelaide United Members/Supporters Club Inc
We convey our appreciation to all those members who have joined AUMC Inc in addition to match day ticketing. Progress is being made, although it is conceded that the direct member benefit is not always clear. The concept is in its second year, the Club in its tenth. The establishment of AUMC Inc is based on clear strategies going forward:

• A move towards a more traditional membership based Club model
• To improve the Club's eligibility to secure Government Grants as an incorporated body as distinct from that of being a privately owned entity
• Tax concession eligibility should the Club establish a social facility
• The Constitution outlines the Association Objects which primarily relate to the promotion of football with secondary objects related to social facilities. There are many supporter groups in football and other sports which focus on the games and match day experiences as their primary focus . Based on our feedback to date, many supporters favour this focus. We will take this matter up with the membership.

Hindmarsh Stadium Lease
The Club has previously advised and repeats that there is no commercial benefit for Adelaide United from the AEC / Coopers sponsorship - the Club was not involved in any discussions. We must correct a media assertion that it "is a clever ploy by Reds management" in terms of reduced stadium costs for the Club, sadly for us that is not the case. AEC is the beneficiary of the sponsorship.

Kind Regards,
Glenn Elliott

They all sound like great moves, hopefully it translates from paper to grass figuratively speaking

Agreed, happy to see some movement that recognises some of the gripes fans have held for 2-3 seasons now. The flip-flop in my keen-ness for this season commencing compared to only 3 months ago is remarkable

It's been a roller coaster all right - I've had every emotion you can thnk of & some that weren't invented yet :p

But now I'm hopefull

oh man usucar pulling at my hear stings lol :(
:lol:


Francisco are you missing australia yet ? united are missing you

00:28
Francisco Usucar
i miisiing australia .. anda adelaide

00:34

If you even want to come back and visit come to a game sit with the Fans you are a fan favorite still here.

00:36
Francisco Usucar
thanks mate .. i really want come back and play again for adeliade


00:37

who decided for you to leave ? did you know it was going to happen ?

00:40
Francisco Usucar
i decided becouse with kosmina sometimes playing sometimes no playing .. but imiss australia i want come back



Edited by liverpoolfan2010: 15/7/2013 01:11:50 AM

Edited by liverpoolfan2010: 15/7/2013 01:12:12 AM

I would take him back but it is not going to happen. Melbourne Victory need an import and they like taking ours so perhaps they could sign him.

Then he could go eyeball <> eyeball with Muscat again.
Personally, if he couldn't play for us I'd prefer Perth, Phoenix, Heart, WSW, Roar, or one of our NPL teams ( seems West Adelaide like recruiting top players ) NEVER Victree!!! or Sydney - stuff the big city clubs!


Edited by redcup: 15/7/2013 03:21:23 PM

Damn he would have been a great player to have had instead of Barbiero, especially going into this new season under Gumbi :(

I really liked Usucar when he played for us. I think it was around the time the wheels were falling off in the Coollen era with Slory etc, but Usucar seemed to have the passion that many others in the club lacked. I remember him standing up to the opposition a number of times and getting stuck in. Agree with the General - he would be a good player to have in the team now, although would have messed with a visa spot.

On another point, I see in the paper today Val has an article about how Gombau wants to scout the local leagues to find talent. The inference is that we've been lacking in this area. Can someone explain why this perception exists (I'm not saying it's right or wrong). I know we've found some good local young players, but we've also lost some to interstate clubs. But wouldn't that be normal? Does United have good relations with the local clubs, or is that also an issue?

In that horror Coolen season (which i try so hard to forget about) he was pretty much the only one who looked upset when we lost home games consistently 3-0. Not saying he loved the club any more than some others, some people just REALLY hate losing but he earned my respect for sure when everyone else lost it that year

I'm shuddering thinking of some memories from that season.

Hindmarsh was an awful place to be. My God the stands were restless that year.

Even I launched a tirade at Rini from 2 metres away as i stormed out in the 88th minute (first time in my life i haven't stayed till the end)that game that Griffin was sitting next to him on the bench...maybe vs GCU? Nearly got in a fight coz of it. To his credit Rini held back coz he was not happy that's for sure :lol:

Meh, he deserved it

Ok...calming down again

COYR

Coolen spent a lot of time around the local leagues, Kossie was pretty anti them as far as talent went though - just thought that they were a little too much like the HAL, full of journeymen players.

Anybody know what this kid is like? 24 year old defender, Chris Sullivan.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/north-northeast/chris-sullivan-returns-to-para-hills-after-six-years-playing-professionally-in-greece/story-fni9los6-1226686310702


I'm heading down to the Paddocks today(Knights v ABE). I've been saying for 3 seasons now that our(AU) defence needs strengthening.

Edited by vanbasten88: 27/7/2013 01:17:24 PM

Hi,

I was lucky enough to purchase a signed Adelaide United Shirt at a charity auction on the weekend and was wondering if someone could help me out or point me in the right direction at the club to get hold of some hi res images from the stadium of the reds in action. Want to make something up that has the shirt and then some images of the team.

Any idea of who I can talk to at the club.

Thanks

Call the club and speak to Nic Kerber, the Media Manager. He may be able to assist.

New Signing, Tarek Elrich Presser on joining AUFC:
http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/adelaideunited/videos/all/Elrich-Media-Conference/439152/8557/1014/1

Hopefully the answer to our gaping hole at RB since Richie Alagich retired.

Edited by vanbasten88: 29/7/2013 07:46:40 PM

New signings begin to arrive in rAdelaide:)
http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/adelaideunited/news-display/New-Reds-start-rolling-in/71620
Sanchez and Elrich will officially begin training tomorrow(tuesday 30/7/13) and the club is confident they will quickly get up to speed with the rest of the squad.

The last of the Reds’ off season signings, Spanish winger Sergio Cirio, is expected to arrive in the coming weeks.

Sanchez will wear the number 18 shirt while Elrich will wear number 21 after Jeronimo Neumann changed to number 7.



Edited by vanbasten88: 29/7/2013 07:59:12 PM

Edited by vanbasten88: 29/7/2013 07:59:55 PM

Adam Butler is another good option, his photography is excellent.

Attended the trial game v Cumberland Utd last night.
Couple of off-field observations...
-Graphpak going under(sad as it is for those employees), forced the club to take 'merchandising' under its wing..they bought that trailer that was on site last night to follow through on an oft forwarded suggestion...sell merch at these trial games. The new 10th anniversary scarves by sekem have come up a treat. I like them a lot.
- it could have been was the über-long off season whetting the appetite but as I walked into Santos Stadium last night I detected a definite vibe of excitement&optimism in the crowd, which was pretty healthy for a Tuesday night IMO. entry fees should have raised a bit of coin for the Foxes.
By God it was good to see some faces I haven't seen since last April. Trial games signal the iminent return of football, this makes me happy, I am sick of the egg ball dominating my FSN:)
[size=7]Under-strength Adelaide United a success in first hit-out[/size]
Val Migliaccio
The Advertiser
July 31, 201312:02AM
ADELAIDE United's first match under new boss Josep Gombau proved to be a raging success at Santos Stadium on Tuesday night.

Adelaide beat local SA club Cumberland 4-1 in entertaining fashion despite missing eight key personnel with Jeronimo Neumann bagging a hat trick after Cumberland took a shock lead.

East Asian Cup Socceroos skipper Eugene Galekovic and Dario Vidosic, imports Sergio Cirio and Iasais Sanchez and Tarek Elrich and Cassio, Bruce Djite and Osama Malik all skipped the clash but it didn't deter United from registering its first pre-season win in style.
http://www.news.com.au/sport/football/understrength-adelaide-united-a-success-in-first-hitout/story-fndm8jzo-1226688421068

I didn't see you :( Would have been good to catch up :) When Val was leaving I asked him if he was leaving happy :lol:

best article you will see from him all year ? :lol:

No, there will be the standard romantic time of Josep worship from Val and then, about six to ten games in to the season - the tide will begin to turn and Val will find it easier to write damning stories and start leaking from disgruntled staff and fans.

At least that's what history will suggest.

Sad that I'll be O/S for the honeymoon phase. If I come back into the bitching sniping & moaning phase, it'll be like I never left;)

Hoping the yet to be named NPL team that Adelaide United play on Friday August 9th will be West Adelaide. Even if they are in the state league they are unbeaten in 22 league games winning 20 of them.

for Nostalgia effect this would be great.

Woh, interesting to see the much vaunted Spanish recruits starting to arrive. Not to place TOO BIG of an expectation (:oops: ) but given Gombau and everything, the standard they are coming from, slight air of mystery or unfamiliar territory for A-League, despite their backgrounds...

We are kind of hoping they will be a big hit in the A-League, especially recent Segunda Division player, Sanchez. If not so much, then hopefully that isn't reflective of Gombau's reign itself and he IS a big success.

It sounds a promising start! Especially with so many first teamers out - it shows the back ups and younger players are already learning their roles and playing to the system.

That's the idea, no matter who they are, if they are experienced or new, they can come in and perform to the role, within the wider system. That's what Ange has done at his clubs and it should be similar with Gombau.



And that's when 'the piss' starts to emanate from 'the ant'? :p

Josep Gombau's fatherly approach to Adelaide United



A much nicer article from Val - has he finally dropped the agenda, or is this just some form of honeymoon phase before the negative articles come out again?

Also, nice to see Gombau get stuck into the players when necessary. Watson :lol:

Good read. am already anticipating tomorrow night's game v Metro :)

Edited by vanbasten88: 5/8/2013 05:27:30 PM