yeh saw that about dadi.

hopefully he has a good pre-season with us and then recaptures his form of last season!

new rumour and ergic clarification on my blog.
btw how much of a bad ass is dadi haha

nice blog there ..... i highly doubt we can sign that guy haha ... that is a major rumour ... nearly as equivalent to the kanu rumour .. no way a player of his calibre would leave his club to play for glory haha

dadi is a bad ass indeed lol
i think thats why his so popular .. his just a pure bad boy haha
he looks like a bad boy, acts like a bad boy ... and is a quality player
yeaaa thats how we roll haha

providing we dont sign recoba ... im getting the glory strip with dadi's name on the back for next season

Could you imagine how much an official Glory top worn and signed by Recoba would go for???

Edited by hotrod: 14/5/2009 01:14:59 PM

lol a bloody shitload i can imagine!

if we sign him ... merchandise with his name on the back will be a top seller for glory for sure!

if we do sign recoba .... ill get recoba on home strip and dadi on away strip

if we dont ... ill get dadi on home strip and pellegrino on away.

i was going to get ruka's name..
dadi will only get one seasons value i at least want two season of wearing it if i'm going to fork out $150 odd

yeh i know what u mean .... im such a big fan of dadi though that its hard to resist lol

thats why i also want to get pellegrino coz im a big fan of him aswell and at least he'll be around for a few more seasons.

even having dadi though for one season ... even post the 09/10 season hopefully he will be remembered as a great player so if i do get him on the shirt ... i think it would still be worth it ... hopefully lol

On Dadi and Vaduz:

There seemed to be a few problems at the club. I wrote it up on my blog in the latest article: "Newshound: What happened in Vaduz?" Check out the blog for more....

nice blog man.

i tell ya wat .... u and sausagemahoney do sum great blogs!

keep up the great work guys, even though i dont comment on them .. i do read them all the time ;)

Hmm it's been a few days... I know it's a change, but, it certainly has been awfully quiet these past few days. Especially given it was suggested by Glory/Mitchell a few days ago that we may hear an official announcement or two? But I know the Recoba scenario we need to give a fair bit of leeway there, as things may be progressing slower, but atleast they progress. But they may even not be progressing now, depending on if he's seriously considering the offers from Europe.

BTW Can I get this straight - Mitch has confirmed Jelic's signing, but Todd was not. Todd could still even be considering other options/parties? Jelic has yet to be 'officially announced?' Recoba's agent was in Perth, we're still talking to 'the agent' and as of yet, 'no terms/figures have been discussed?'

Edited by gloryperth: 14/5/2009 05:38:47 PM

i think that Mitch will formally announce todd as a player when he announces Jelic.

Todd hadn't been signed on sunday, but was coming this week for a medical and to check the place out. I expect there should be an announcement on this soon.

Recoba's agent met with Mitchell on friday, but they hadn't discussed money yet as of Sunday. Who knows when we will hear anything.

Apparently we are still interested in Mile. I wonder what they've said to him... "We really like you, but not as much as Recoba, so we can offer you low pay now, or if the deal falls through with Recoba a decent Marquee salary".

Well, I've signed up.

Back for another season, hopefully not of misery this time! :D

hopefully todd has signed or will sign! :?

with jelic and dadi up front .... our strikeforce looks good ;)

As? CB or LB I hope, we sure as hell don't need any more midfielders!

Sorry, I'm a central midfielder. But Mitch says he might use me at right back...

:lol: :lol:

Judging by your blog pick i'm guessing NYL? rofl :p

Yeah count me in.
theres a bit of hype around my school for memberships which is nice.

We are the gloryyyyyy,
WE ARE THE GLORYYYYYY,
We are the gloryyy,
the gloryyyy fc.
and we sing,
and we shout,
and we abuse the referees,
we are the glory,
THE GLORYYYY FC!

sorry had a moment.

i miss glory.

cant wait to get in there in the shed and sing until i cant sing no more for the boys.

cmonnnn gloryyyyy.

the best moment and the best song u can possibly sing at a glory game, especially for a long serving fan, its like music to your ears when u hear and sing:

WE'RE GONNA WIN THE LEAGUE,
WE'RE GONNA WIN THE LEAGUE,
AND NOWWW UR GONNA BELEIVE US,
AND NOWWW UR GONNA BELIEVE US,
AND NOWWWW UR GONNA BELEIVE USSSSSSS.....
WE'REEEEEE GONNNAAA WINN THE LEAGUE!!!

best feeling ever singing that song ... especially the 'now ur gonna believe us', and glory has faced alot of critics in the past ..... and i assure u boys and fellow glory fans.
we are going to sing that song this season alrite!

ok my hypo glory mood is over.
peace out.

Edited by -=GLoRiOuS=-: 14/5/2009 11:39:59 PM

with a new season a new song or two would be nice witout forgetting tradition of course. next pay im rushing out to renew my membership so i can get my hands on these epl games as well

Hey guys, new post on the Football Perth Blog: "Former Glory: Rukaystva's Twente qualify for Champions League". Check out the blog for more details.

Hate to bring you guys down but.....



http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/football/a-league/glory-find-recobas-2m-price-tag-too-high-but-victory-open-walletfor-hernandez/2009/05/14/1241894115888.html

Check the URL for more info.

:(

Aghhhhhhhhhh
that sucks.
oh well.
bring on Sterjovski !!!!!!

sterj was always a pretty good second prize for me, hopefully we don't have to go looking for a bronze

If this is true then I can't see the Glory paying $2m for one player's wages, even if it is Recoba...

Remember the excitement over the potential signing of Sterjovski before Recoba was mentioned?

He's still a great player!

yeh ... another article about it in today's west.

Recoba is too rich for Glory:

Perth Glory’s interest in Uruguayan star Alvaro Recoba has fizzled out because of the high cost of bringing him to the A-League. Glory had been waiting to learn the financial details of a package to sign the former Inter Milan attacker as a marquee player for the new season after an approach by one of the player’s representatives. But coach David Mitchell was told yesterday of the sums overseas clubs were willing to fork out for the 33-year-old and ended speculation linking Recoba to Perth. “It looks like it’s come to an end,” Mitchell said. “It seems like he’s priced himself out of our market.” The West Australian understands it would have cost more than $2 million to lure Recoba, who is playing for Panionios in Greece, to Perth, approximately equivalent to the entire salary for the rest of the team, which is capped at $2.1 million. The wages of a marquee player are not included in the salary cap.
Although Glory officials suspected the star of Uruguay’s epic 2002 and 2006 World Cup qualifying contests against Australia would be too expensive, they were keen to explore the possibility given the excitement he would generate. Glory’s acting chief executive Lui Giuliani said the club would have loved to sign a player of Recoba’s calibre. “We appreciate for a marquee we need to be spending a lot of money but there needs to be a reality
check,” he said. Mitchell is continuing to pursue other players to fill the marquee position,
including Socceroos winger Mile Sterjovski. The club has already signed Socceroos
midfielder Jacob Burns and is close to sealing deals with Derby County defender Andy Todd and
Germany-based striker Branko Jelic, who plays for Energie Cottbus in the Bundesliga.
Mitchell emphasised the importance of the marquee player having both the ability to light up the competition as well as the attitude and character to fit seamlessly into the
Glory ranks. “I’m always looking for value for money and any potential marquee must fit the bill and be hungry enough to play for Perth Glory,” he said. “I’m holding out to get the
best deal for the club.” Attacking midfielder Daniel Severino’s overseas experience will
weigh on Mitchell’s mind when he decides whether to offer the 27-year-old a contract. The former Millwall and Piacenza midfielder has been training with Glory this week after cutting
short his contract with Maltese club Sliema Wanderers. “He’s got a lot of experience and
technically he’s very good,” Mitchell said. “I think he’d add something to the squad but I’ve just got to make sure I spend money in the right areas.”

This is unfortunate ... would of been great to have him here ... but from the start .. would of defintely been a tough catch. I wouldnt mind sterjovski as marquee either ... thing is ... i hope andy todd wont get angry or feel a sence of unjustice ... coz if we signed sterjovski as marquee ... who is from derby ... andy todd is also coming from derby so he might feel that his worth that value aswell.

I was unaware that the salary cap was only 2.1 mil, you can really see why HAL clubs are up against it when putting squads together. Rugby league in Australia only has to compete with English clubs for players and they have a larger salary cap.

Mile was always on my wishlist, and I was hopefull we could snag him and Recoba that would have been a dream. Now maybe Mitch can look for another quality foreign defender maybe an LB to add to the squad. If we sign Sterj then he adds depth to our midfield and our strike division which are already looking like our strengths so someone else for the back would be good.

Edited by Rooster9: 15/5/2009 11:49:47 AM

You can start by getting the shed to sing the hit Prince song "Purple Rain" before the start of each match. Even if you do a variation of the chorus to this song and everyone holding up Glory Scarfs that will be a sight to see

As an Adelaide United supporter I will be back again for the Saturday August 29th Clash against Melbourne Victory the day after watching Adelaide United play North Queensland Fury at Hindmarsh so I may have 40 free tickets for your home game against Melbourne to give away.

F1 Dave and Infa know what I am talking about.