if they succed in being the fittest club in the league then those summer games in townsville will be a cake walk for fury,


What do you think about the FourFourTwo article Fury Will Be Fighting Fit?
NORTH Queensland Fury have confirmed Franz Straka as the club's head coach with the new boss on a mission to produce the fittest squad in the competition.

Have your say.

The fittest bunch of donkeys in Australia...

^^^^^

LOL

I think Fury will make the finals with this guy. AUFC have no coach atm, GCU are a shambles, CCM are a massive wild cardwith Arnold, Victory have no keeper no striker, Heart are unproven, Roar have no squad...

Only team that seems to be in a position to win it is sydney (it kills me to say that) and WPFC.

Heart will be a top 3 club ,and ccm will bounce bak

Id rate the signing of Fowler as more significant.



- Theyve got arguably the best keeper in the A-League
- Theyve got a centre-back pairing of a Young Socceroo and a player with UEFA Champions League experience
- A fringe Socceroo at left-back
- A playmaker from the Bundesliga, with decent enough midfield to work with (Visconte, Murdocca, McKay, Paartalu)
- The only thing they lack is a quality 15 goal a season striker since van Dijk left, but they may still get one.

so its a 2 horse race between sydney and welly?....you retard

hmmm i wonder what system he will play then???

[quote=J-Dog(Myself)- Theyve got arguably the best keeper in the A-League
- Theyve got a centre-back pairing of a Young Socceroo and a player with UEFA Champions League experience
- A fringe Socceroo at left-back
- A playmaker from the Bundesliga, with decent enough midfield to work with (Visconte, Murdocca, McKay, Paartalu)
- The only thing they lack is a quality 15 goal a season striker since van Dijk left, but they may still get one.[/quote]

Then they just need to fill up the numbers with perhaps some youngsters from the local leagues, or just any players really that don't take much of the cap (not that theyd be too close to the cap at the moment).

and what's this got to do with the world cup?

^Indeed, move to 'Australia News' section please?



Straka's signing is still very significant and if he's successful and stays on for multiple seasons, then he WILL have more significant impact than Fowler did. On the club's style of football, club culture and even crowds wise, if they enjoy some level of success and are an attractive proposition to watch, while they're at it.

And just getting to their squad - Sure, lol, they could well end up being the fittest bunch of donkeys in the A-League, but...

The new coach has a number of advantages coming in - A talented 'young' squad to work with. Plenty of roster spots free, including VISA and a Marquee spot free, free wage space, to sign up talent of his choosing, but, not TOO MANY free especially considering he may not have that much time to scout, trial, sign and then prepare those newer players for the coming A-League season. Aswell as that as the key element of local/league knowledge, which Middleby, Mclaren and the present squad signings, especially the re-signees, lend. That experience helps Staka's settling in no end, especially prospects of success first half of the season especially.

Sign up 3 more experienced, quality VISA guys for key positions like CB and suddenly Fury could be even more competitive than last season. And don't forget, Fury may've had some decent squad signings last season, Fowler aside, Stefanutto, Henderson and co, but Stefanutto was out most of the season and Henderson failed to secure the #1 jersey, where on paper, he really should've and was expected to. Those guys would've taken bigger wages too, so it's not like the Fury have lost much in those areas, if anything at all - Given quality replacements like their new LB Simon Storey, a guy any A-League club would love to have.

BTW The Fury's final squad could well end up being the youngest in the A-League - the 15 players signed thus far = an average age of just under 25! When one thinks of the impact Lavicka had, Straka really could achieve alot of lifting the level of these young boys, a few of them are former Australian Youth Internationals and one who was even the NYL's Player of the Season, this season past (Panni Nikas)!

Edited by GloryPerth: 8/6/2010 09:08:27 PM

Out of the squad we had last year, there are only two players who we lost who we'll miss: Matt Smith and Fowler. Smith played solidly at the back in the 2nd half of the year and should have been re-signed- our loss is Brisbane's gain. Steffanuto would have been nice, but given that he only played 3 games is no great loss. Killian is a more than handy replacement. Horrenderson was rubbish last year, good riddance, and we still have our no. 1 Pasfield. Brockie was schite, simply put. Kohler had the technique of an overweight american teenager and wilson was crocked all season.

We have three visa spots left. I'd like Terry Cooke to come back and fill one of those. A South American attacking midfielder/ 2nd striker would be nice as one of those. Add a decent centre-half to bolster the defense and we will be in a better position than last season, IMO.

Why is this in South Africa?? Shoudln;t it be moved to Aus???