A-League Season 2017-18

[Dogwatcher]

You know I've got an immediate reply, don't you?

[Booney]

Disappointed with any less.

[Wedgie]

Massive puniahment seeing as the offending morons can simply just buy general admission tickets.
The FFA are reaping what they sewed though, what did they expect putting in a team from Western Sydney?

[Booney]

Massive puniahment seeing as the offending morons can simply just buy general admission tickets.
The FFA are reaping what they sewed though, what did they expect putting in a team from Western Sydney?

Makes me wonder what these fine upstanding individuals did 5 years ago before they started the Wanderers up.

[Wedgie]

Massive puniahment seeing as the offending morons can simply just buy general admission tickets.
The FFA are reaping what they sewed though, what did they expect putting in a team from Western Sydney?

Makes me wonder what these fine upstanding individuals did 5 years ago before they started the Wanderers up.

Probably followed Sydney Croatia in the local comp.

[Booney]

Massive puniahment seeing as the offending morons can simply just buy general admission tickets.
The FFA are reaping what they sewed though, what did they expect putting in a team from Western Sydney?

Makes me wonder what these fine upstanding individuals did 5 years ago before they started the Wanderers up.

Probably followed Sydney Croatia in the local comp.

Stumbled across a FB discussion on it ( the highest of high brow ) where one of them noted :

"I love flares, stop them and the games will have no atmosphere like the AFL, do we want that?"

[Wedgie]

Massive puniahment seeing as the offending morons can simply just buy general admission tickets.
The FFA are reaping what they sewed though, what did they expect putting in a team from Western Sydney?

Makes me wonder what these fine upstanding individuals did 5 years ago before they started the Wanderers up.

Probably followed Sydney Croatia in the local comp.

Stumbled across a FB discussion on it ( the highest of high brow ) where one of them noted :

"I love flares, stop them and the games will have no atmosphere like the AFL, do we want that?"

The AFLX had a better atmosphere at Coopers than A League matches have!

[Booney]

"1312" is code for "All Cops Are Bastards"

[Jim05]

Massive puniahment seeing as the offending morons can simply just buy general admission tickets.
The FFA are reaping what they sewed though, what did they expect putting in a team from Western Sydney?

Makes me wonder what these fine upstanding individuals did 5 years ago before they started the Wanderers up.

Most supported sides in local comps. Plenty of them follow the NRL closely also. Flares are still a regular occurrence at European soccer games and most officials turn a blind eye to it.

[Booney]

Massive puniahment seeing as the offending morons can simply just buy general admission tickets.
The FFA are reaping what they sewed though, what did they expect putting in a team from Western Sydney?

Makes me wonder what these fine upstanding individuals did 5 years ago before they started the Wanderers up.

Most supported sides in local comps. Plenty of them follow the NRL closely also. Flares are still a regular occurrence at European soccer games and most officials turn a blind eye to it.

Flare, blind eye, lol.

[whufc]

Massive puniahment seeing as the offending morons can simply just buy general admission tickets.
The FFA are reaping what they sewed though, what did they expect putting in a team from Western Sydney?

Makes me wonder what these fine upstanding individuals did 5 years ago before they started the Wanderers up.

Probably followed Sydney Croatia in the local comp.

Stumbled across a FB discussion on it ( the highest of high brow ) where one of them noted :

"I love flares, stop them and the games will have no atmosphere like the AFL, do we want that?"

The A-League is an absolute horrendous comparison but will say having being to games in England, Scotland, Spain and Italy 50k at those games compared to 50k at an AFL is incomparable. Nothing comes close to the football atmospheres in Europe.

[RB]

Adelaide United changes ownership

Adelaide United can officially announce an immediate change of ownership for the Club.
The investors that have purchased the Club are a group of predominantly European business people with business activities in Europe, Australia, and Asia and have company offices in Hong Kong.
Piet van der Pol, an experienced football administrator, will be the main representative of the investors in Adelaide.
The new owners are looking forward to helping Adelaide United, and Australian football as a whole, move on through the exciting phases of development that domestic football is going through, hoping to further improve the Club’s performance through their existing network in business and sports with a focus on international cooperation, talent development, and community engagement.
For the remainder of the season, the focus should be on the team and make sure Marco Kurz’ men will finish the Hyundai A-League 2017/18 season in the best possible way by qualifying for and successfully competing in the finals.
The investors will take this time to get the know the Club, its members and supporters, and sponsors, as well as the South Australian community as a whole and will present their plans for the near and further future in due time.
The new owners would like to express their gratitude for all the efforts of the previous shareholders who have successfully guided the Club through a difficult phase from their first involvement, with the 2016 Premiership and Championship as the highlight in the Club's existence so far.

[Jim05]

Ding Dong the witch is dead!

[Wedgie]

Sad when a Chinese consortium is more attractive than locals but that is definitely the case!

[Brodlach]

European consortium

[Jim05]

European consortium

thought a couple were Chinese?

[Spargo]

European consortium

thought a couple were Chinese?

Rob Gerard said last night there was one only Chinaman in the group.

[Brodlach]

Interview I heard last night was it was a mainly Dutch Consortium with a team in China (amongst others) and a base in Hong Kong

[Dogwatcher]

I would suggest the person who is speaking on behalf of the former AUFC owners is the one who wanted to sell.
Not sure any of the others wanted to.

[Dogwatcher]

Be nice to know which other clubs are in their group, then we could get a handle on what may happen here.