There's about 20+ of us heading to Adelaide in round one so far, that I know of...

be ready, rofl.

no problems far out and we have pre-season game against the glory at Hindmarsh on the 26th June as well. You practically will have played Adelaide 6 times in SA in the last two years. Yeah well I got my government $900 stimulas cheque this week so all good. Bring the cowbell.

Does anyone know how many officially contracted players Glory have at the moment?

Rooster9, as far as I can tell,

Squad# Position Name
1 GK    Tando Velaphi
2 DF    Scott Neville (Youth)
4 DF    Jamie Coyne (Captain)
5 DF    Jamie Harnwell
6 MF    Jacob Burns
7 FW    Victor Sikora (VISA)
8 MF    Wayne Srhoj
9 FW    Branko Jelic (VISA)
11 MF    Scott Bulloch
13 FW    Anthony Skorich (Youth)
14 FW    Eugene Dadi (VISA)
16 MF    Adriano Pellegrino
17 MF    Jimmy Downey
18 MF    Andrija Jukic
19 MF    Naum Sekulovski
20 GK    Frank Juric
21 MF    Howard Fondyke (Youth)
22 DF    Brent Griffiths (Youth)

= 18.

Hayden Doyle was re-signed, but as a NYL team player.

Strongly Linked:
Andy Todd = possible 19th and 4th VISA player?
Sterjovski = possible 20th?

Marquee = 21st and 5th VISA player.

Hmm seems we may have room for 2-3 more State League boys, after we sort out these big signings? We're still weak for depth at CB and LB. So two signings in those areas could take us to the A-League squad maximum of 23.

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Just a link to the 'Recoba Too Rich' Article in the West that has been quoted.

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=4&ContentID=141750



Damn! These are all players that Glory should be after! Ofc we're known to be interested in Sterjovski, but I mean Chris Coyne and/or Adrian Madaschi, both Perth boys, why is Sydney CONSTANTLY linked with these boys, even in recent times? While we chase some one like Andy Todd, who we're only ever going to get 1-2 seasons out of. Those two boys are both very experienced and in Coyne's case he WILL lead from the back - as he's done for the Socceroos.

Abbas would be an awesome Asian option too. It could free up Sikora from our left side, have Sikora playing behind the strikers instead. Could be awesome.

So drop the Todd (Who uses up a Visa spot) idea and go for Coyne/Madaschi and Abbas - that would be a much better combo! 8)

Edited by gloryperth: 15/5/2009 06:30:07 PM

I agree if we bring back Coyne or Madaschi home they can finish their careers here with another 2 to 3 years or more? and then it would free up a visa spot. In saying that maybe it would be good to get Coyne or Madschi and Todd, his championship and premier league experience would be invaluable to the young blokes like Neville and Griffiths. But one of the Perth boys has always been high on my wishlist for Glory who says Mitch hasnt tested the water already maybe he had no bites or who knows.....
And even with all the Recoba talk Sterj was right up on my wishlist to.

One thing though the Todd deal is almost a certainty with Todd coming out to perth to look at houses and schools I cant see Glory taking the deal off the table. Athough if he fails the medical he is scheduled to have while in Perth who knows.

Edited by Rooster9: 15/5/2009 09:58:07 PM

Sterjovski should stay in Europe for the Socceroos sake. Perth should bring a overseas marquee...

You do realize it's Sydney who are going to possibly sign Abbas, not glory.

http://www.tribalfootball.com/severino-trial-perth-glory-244638

Severino would be a good signing.
hes a decent age as well.

still i think we should give him up. we need more defenders more than anything.

Yeah we were just commenting on the fact that Coyne and Madaschi and even Abbas but especially the first two are players that Glory should be chasing.

Hey guys latest post on Football Perth: "Opinion: What difference will Daylight Savings make?". Have a read and leave a comment.

Righto, a real story now on the Blog: "Newshound: Todd likes what he sees". Check out the blog for more..

In case anyone was wondering Perth Glory vs. North Queensland Fury will not be played in Carnarvon, it will be played at Hyandai Stadium in Mandurah. Which is good, cause I'm back for it, plus its only 45 min train ride from the city, that would make it just over an hour for me, sounds good. \:d/

http://www.a-league.com.au/site/_content/document/00001165-source.pdf

Edited by southern3: 16/5/2009 09:36:23 PM

Yes. Hence why I said 'SHOULD be after.' ;)

Abbas may be based in Sydney, but doesnt mean we shouldnt look at him. He's quality.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,25488593-23215,00.html

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Awesome news.
i was hoping that Sterj would lean our way.
he'll make a great marquee i reckon.

Latest post on the Football Perth Blog: "What is Perth Glory's best XI". Visit the site for more ....

i bumped into scott bulloch at leederville last night ... great down to earth guy and had a good conversation lol.

he did confirm with me that andy todd has signed haha ... and emphasised to me on how tough he is and that his fantastic, "his tough, oh yeh his real tough" lol.

Then we talked about finals football and he said this year they will make it defintely, like he looked me in the eye and said, mate we will defintely make the finals this year for sure.

Then he said he thinks we have signed branko jelic aswell, but couldnt remember what he said about him, but defintely signed andy todd he said and couldnt stop praising andy todd's toughness and quality at the back.

scott bulloch .. his a great guy ... shame his not the best player lol ... he will struggle next season for regular game time for sure, and will probably be used as a back up left mid or left back, most likely he defintely wont be able to make the strikers ranks compared to last season, which shows how much we have improved.

oh and with ur glory best 11 squad there FP general. I agree with it, except swap pellegrino and sikora over, sikora is left mid and pellegrino on the right.

Also, if we sign sterjovski, where are we going to play him? lol ... as a striker or in midfield, and if he plays as striker or in midfield, who are we going to take off for him?




Edited by -=GLoRiOuS=-: 17/5/2009 01:04:24 PM

Sterjovski upfront with Dadi. The Sterj is jut like an old, more experienced Ruka, and almost as quick too.

Cool.
how good would it to see Todd and Muscat lock horns.

Mile can play either up front, on the right or even a forward midfielder, so he would give a lot of flexibility. Sikora is the same but on the left. Shroj and Burns in the middle have Pelle and Jukic as backups. So we're well covered from the middle of the park onwards - but the defense certainly needs strengthening.

Preseason will be tossing up the partnership between Dadi, Jelic and Sterjovski,but I think Shroj will be relegated to the bench to make way for Mile in the middle.

Whilst Bulloch may struggle to get game time, its up to players like him to push hard in training and make the first-teamers earn their weekly selection. Who knows, he might shine when playing with better quality around him this year.

I'm excited.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdhno3V_hTo

Yeh i just corrected my mistake on the blog, got completely confused with the formation (check out the post: "http://footballperth.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-is-perth-glorys-best-xi.html") :P :P. Interesting about where to play Mile. If we signed him, we'd have three pretty potent forwards. Little bit concerned about defence, it looks a bit thin..

Bulloch has a good chance at LB actually, because its only Sekulovski who's ahead of him. LB is perhaps ann area of the park where we're weakest. Though the young and well rated Brent Griffiths could well leap frog both of them and take that position.

Michell has pretty much said that 'Mile is a replacement for Ruka, except he's more experienced - essentially better!'

But yeah, now that we have Jelic too - we could always go front 3 some matches lol

But as has been said - Sterjovski started out as a striker with Sydney Utd and Parramatta Power, but in Europe he played right side midfield/right attacking midfield, with Lille in French League One, FC Bsel and the other sides he's played for. For Australia he's also played predominantly Right Midfield, but he's also played striker on the odd occasion, like the Ghana match, from memory.

He's certainly more your player in the attacking half. I have not seen him play Centre Midfield, though he could play AM.

For us, if we sign him, he may well play either Pelle's position or slot in 'the hole' behind Dadi and Jelic - So where the likes of Trinidad played some times.

Right > Left

----------Velaphi
Neville-Harnw-Todd-Sekulovski
-----------Burns
Pelleg-------------Sikora
---------Sterjovski
--------Dadi---Jelic

We still will lack that 5th Visa player - Abbas would not be too expensive. But we do not have many squad places left now and may well need another decent defender or something. But once again, Brent Griffiths and Scott Neville are both quite capable at CB, apparently.

Severino may be quite reasonable as part of our striker/midfield rotation. For guys dissing him for hardly lighting up the Maltese league - Shane Smeltz was hardly lighting up the Blue Square league, when he was plucked from there. Malta aside, he's spent 4-5 seasons in Europe, total and had brief spells with Marconi. I said striker/midfield as apparently he could play wide left aswell as up front, so could be handy enough. He shouldn't be too expensive. We will only sign him for a season. If he flops he flops and he's not re-signed (Maybe even released mid season), but if he does better than expected, especially if we suffer some injuries up front, then we may've found a little gem and one more than worth re-signing. Mitchell's judgement of talent has been pretty good so far overall, and if Mitch goes with this guy then we have to trust he has shown something.

BTW Dino Djulbic - He has still yet to even feature in Rot Weiss Ahlen's matchday squads. He left Glory for the club in late January. It's been 3-4 months and it's nearing end of season - he likely won't feature for the club at all, this season. I suppose Bundesliga 2 is no easy league to crack into, but maybe with a full pre-season under his belt, he might have an impact next year? It's probably still too early to say, but at 26 he's hardly a spring chicken, so would want to see regular first team action pretty soon. A return to Perth Glory could always be on the cards as soon as mid way next season - on a free too if he's released from his contract or not re-signed, so net profit for Glory (They received a transfer fee for him). :D

Edited by gloryperth: 17/5/2009 05:39:58 PM

Is Jelic actually confirmed yet? or Todd for that matter?

Yeh it's interesting. Last week on a local Football radio show, Mitchell explictly said that Branko Jelic was offical and would be playing.

Todd on the other hand is "close" to signing with Perth, according to Mitchell, he's come here with his family to check it out (that's a pretty strong sign in my opinion).

Would love Dino back, solid CB and was a sight to see playing as a RB.

:lol:

If we get sterj Todd and Jelic wed be pretty decent all over the ground.
todd to captain perchance since he has at blackburn and is the kind of guy you want in the armband? would love to see Dino come back.
i'd welcome him with open arms.
cant wait to see some pre season games go ahead.

yeh even though todd is a tough and strong character .... and especially with his experience u would think he would make a perfect captain ... i still would love to see harnwell with the captains armband though .... his just glory through and through and has been there through everything with the club ... harnwell captain .... burns vice? .... and then with todd, dadi and sikora in like another smaller leadership group.