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RR wrote:

That is a very interesting read. Thought this comment was worth pointing out

“Budget has nothing to do with quality and especially not in Australia.

“Relatively speaking the Australian players are overpaid because of the increasing salary cap.

“The salary cap a few years ago was $1.5 million and it’s gone up to $3 million now, but it’s the same players so they get double the money roughly.

“That hasn’t had any effect on the quality.

Haha, no shark? Look at the money they make in the Premier League, it’s totally inflated bullshark money.

A while ago Siggi posted a report on how much money and what kind of contracts footballers around the world get, shocking. I guess nobody of us would accept those terms.

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Not that results are the best indicator of talent, but his last job consisted of 3 wins from 21 games. Worse than Hudson!

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Not that results are the best indicator of talent, but his last job consisted of 3 wins from 21 games. Worse than Hudson!

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RR wrote:

2ndBest wrote:

Not that results are the best indicator of talent, but his last job consisted of 3 wins from 21 games. Worse than Hudson!

DK MKII?

Hey, DK has made it through to the semi-finals of the Indonesian Cup!

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REVEALED: THE worst secret in Australian football has been confirmed, Gertjan Verbeek has been announced as Adelaide United’s new coach. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/football/a-le...

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REVEALED: THE worst secret in Australian football has been confirmed, Gertjan Verbeek has been announced as Adelaide United’s new coach. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/football/a-le...

Second worst ...
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Reports from The Netherlands are linking ex Heart forward Gerald Sibon to an Adelaide backroom role.

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Seems Adelaide may have done fired the guy illegally https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/football/a-le...

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Adelaide United’s ex-equipment manager and photographer Chris Kelly is seeking legal advice after he was made redundant by the club just before Christmas.

His shock axing caused a furore on social media.

An advertisement on the Playford Sports Network in search of volunteers this month caused more outrage, prompting action from Labor member for Cheltenham and trade unionist Joe Szakacs.

Szakacs this week met Reds chief executive Nathan Kosmina and football director Bruce Djite after fans voiced concerns Kelly was to be replaced by volunteers.

“After being contacted by a number of concerned supporters, I met with the CEO (Kosmina) and director of football (Djite) to discuss the club’s community and volunteer relationship with the City of Playford,’’ Szakacs said.

“They assured me the club were committed to ensuring paid jobs were supported by volunteering contributions – and never to be replaced by them.

“We also discussed the increasing prevalence of bogus volunteer roles across all corners of the economy replacing real jobs, like the example we saw when Sydney FC tried to pass off a university qualified strength and conditioning role as volunteer.”

The Advertiser had asked Reds officials why Kelly had been made redundant, who was doing his current job and whether the club had advertised for volunteers to replace the equipment manager.

Djite responded in a statement.

“The advertised volunteer positions do not replace the capacity of any paid position at the club, including that of the equipment manager, and are not a mandatory function for our football department,’’ Djite said.

“The same volunteer positions have been in place for over 10 years and simply serve to support our players and coaches.

“I have personally made lifelong friendships with those who volunteered at the club during my time as a player, and they all add something very special to the culture of the club, as is the case with all professional sporting clubs.

“Over the past six months, we have undertaken a review of our football operations and have restructured football staff roles, however no roles have or will be replaced by volunteer staff.

“We continue to look for efficiency dividends within the organisation where possible.”

Sydney FC officials were forced to apologise after a backlash for advertising a job with university-degree level requirements as a volunteer role in August.

Kelly was contacted for comment.

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Des Buckingham is available.

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Des Buckingham is available.

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Paolo di Canio? If that's him 'coached' is a bit of an overstatement, it was league Two from memory

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Paolo di Canio? If that's him 'coached' is a bit of an overstatement, it was league Two from memory

Dunno if Val means they are actually Italian or just played there. There could be a few guys like Paul Ince who played there and are failed coaches in England. The one that didnt coach in England could be someone like Paul Okon.
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Proposed new Stadium for Adelaide

https://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/proposed-sports-and-entertainment-arena-for-riverbank/video/7e6ee58c9697e95a289c04176c114b8a

I'm really intrigued by the plans to have a roof that lowers, with the football pitch on top of it.

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I've had a bit of a poke around the internet and can't find a clear answer - does anyone know how deep the roof would have to be to accommodate soil, drainage etc for the pitch?  I'm guessing this is a question for TopLeft07 if he's around. 

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Carl Veart given the full time gig.

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Perhaps not surprisingly even the coaches, are now all becoming low budget local.

Any foreign coaches left in the A League?

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Perhaps not surprisingly even the coaches, are now all becoming low budget local.

Any foreign coaches left in the A League?

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RR wrote:

coochiee wrote:

Perhaps not surprisingly even the coaches, are now all becoming low budget local.

Any foreign coaches left in the A League?

Grant Brebner (Victory) was born in Scotland

Fair enough, but he's been in Aussie for what the last 15 years or so.

You know what I was meaning.

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coochiee wrote:

RR wrote:

coochiee wrote:

Perhaps not surprisingly even the coaches, are now all becoming low budget local.

Any foreign coaches left in the A League?

Grant Brebner (Victory) was born in Scotland

Fair enough, but he's been in Aussie for what the last 15 years or so.

You know what I was meaning.

Oh, Carl Robinson at the Jets is Welsh. Totally forgot about him
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Ross Aloisi the new Adelaide assistant coach

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Behind a paywall, so unsure exactly what it is about

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Adelaide rocking a one off kit tonight. Looks really nice, apart from the red Adelaide logo imo

https://www.adelaideunited.com.au/news/reds-pay-homage-malls-balls-one-kit

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