I love this guy. He keeps delivering.
Can you imagine having a boss that hides undercover in a carpark, in different locations each time, to see what time you get into work, and monitor your body language as you exit your car??
I thought he was just a bit of a dickhead, but after reading this I think he might be sociopathic.
I thought he was just a bit of a dickhead, but after reading this I think he might be sociopathic.
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It felt a bit gross to search the site for a Rudan thread, but where better to mention the rumour that he's potentially off to Japan in the very near future...
I could definitely go for another mid-season form slump in Western Sydney, though you'd almost prefer he was the one delivering it.
I could definitely go for another mid-season form slump in Western Sydney, though you'd almost prefer he was the one delivering it.
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It felt a bit gross to search the site for a Rudan thread, but where better to mention the rumour that he's potentially off to Japan in the very near future...
I could definitely go for another mid-season form slump in Western Sydney, though you'd almost prefer he was the one delivering it.
I could definitely go for another mid-season form slump in Western Sydney, though you'd almost prefer he was the one delivering it.
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Marko Rudan has likened his battle with Australia's football "establishment" to that of Ange Postecoglou, as the Western Sydney Wanderers boss hinted he may be forced to walk away from the A-League Men.https://t.co/QkmWaNZxZU
— Neos Kosmos (@NeosKosmos) February 12, 2024
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Marko Rudan has likened his battle with Australia's football "establishment" to that of Ange Postecoglou, as the Western Sydney Wanderers boss hinted he may be forced to walk away from the A-League Men.https://t.co/QkmWaNZxZU
— Neos Kosmos (@NeosKosmos) February 12, 2024
Wunderbar, please walk off.
Wanderers need someone who unites not divides
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Marko Rudan has likened his battle with Australia's football "establishment" to that of Ange Postecoglou, as the Western Sydney Wanderers boss hinted he may be forced to walk away from the A-League Men.https://t.co/QkmWaNZxZU
— Neos Kosmos (@NeosKosmos) February 12, 2024
Wunderbar, please walk off.
Wanderers need someone who unites not divides
Probably need to look higher up, it's not only Rudan within that organisation that is rocking the boat.
Queenslander 3x a year.
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He's probably not helping. I feel like we heard a lot of issues at WU before he left too.
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Marko Rudan has likened his battle with Australia's football "establishment" to that of Ange Postecoglou, as the Western Sydney Wanderers boss hinted he may be forced to walk away from the A-League Men.https://t.co/QkmWaNZxZU
— Neos Kosmos (@NeosKosmos) February 12, 2024
No, please, stop, don’t…
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. @FootballAUS has announced that Marko Rudan has been sanctioned for breaching the National Code of Conduct and Ethics.
— Joey Lynch (@joeylynchy) February 16, 2024
The Wanderers coach has been suspended for three games, with one of those match bans suspended until the end of the 2024-25 season.
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As much as I like to see Judan get a ban, it's hard to disagree with him about the horrendously inconsistent refereeing.
Studs into players legs is straight red every time, except when it isn't like a few that we took into the legs this season.
It's just all over the place.
Studs into players legs is straight red every time, except when it isn't like a few that we took into the legs this season.
It's just all over the place.
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As much as I like to see Judan get a ban, it's hard to disagree with him about the horrendously inconsistent refereeing.
Studs into players legs is straight red every time, except when it isn't like a few that we took into the legs this season.
It's just all over the place.
Studs into players legs is straight red every time, except when it isn't like a few that we took into the legs this season.
It's just all over the place.
I read a stat that said that last year a third of match officials in Australia walked away from the game because of stress. No wonder. Rudan isn't a warrior for justice, he's just a massive, self serving tool.
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Last I heard, and this was a few hours ago now, was that Marko Rudan and the WSW squad were flying straight from Melbourne to Perth for their next game as planned. Things can change, obviously, but no sign of immediate action just yet.
— Vince Rugari (@VinceRugari) March 13, 2024
A few journos probing for news about whether Rudan is gonna be sacked. As of this stage, he is still the WSW manager.
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I feel bad for the WSW players. His presser last week sounded a little desperate to be honest, after the Sydney derby he put all of the blame on his players, saying it wasn’t an issue with tactics and kept talking about how his players made mistakes and need to do better.
Poor not going to the presser after the 7-0 loss.
Poor not going to the presser after the 7-0 loss.
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— Western Sydney Red 🔴⚫️ (@WesternSydRed) March 13, 2024
Thomas then rightly so defends himself by saying “I was representing my country” and they go back and forth with each other arguing.
it gets heated and then Rudan went to shake Thomas’s hand after all that and Thomas slapps it and walks out.
If true, he's lost the dressing room with those actions. The guy is losing the plot in a big way...
Just get the feeling there's going to be an announcement out of the Wanderers camp any day now...
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— Western Sydney Red 🔴⚫️ (@WesternSydRed) March 13, 2024
Thomas then rightly so defends himself by saying “I was representing my country” and they go back and forth with each other arguing.
it gets heated and then Rudan went to shake Thomas’s hand after all that and Thomas slapps it and walks out.
If true, he's lost the dressing room with those actions. The guy is losing the plot in a big way...
Just get the feeling there's going to be an announcement out of the Wanderers camp any day now...
Wow. Just catching up... but if hes said that he's goneburgers.
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Youth walking out, Rudan and Thomas punching on, Rudan not in sheds post game for many weeks, Marcelo not happy. We know the issues at the club, time to make a change.#WSW #RudanOut
— Alzzzz (@Alz_Tee) March 12, 2024
Just found this one too.
Marcelo not being happy should set off transfer alerts everywhere. Guys a Rolls Royce of a CB, even going on 37 years of age.
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Rudan recently signed an extension to 2027, not going to be cheep to get rid of him
would be absolutely hilarious if there's some sort of good behaviour clause in his contract
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OMG ANOTHER BURNER ACCOUNT?! pic.twitter.com/Fn9fLBs9LE
— ALM (@TheRealALM) March 13, 2024
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https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350211662/league-investigating-western-sydney-wanderers-coach-marko-rudans-presser-no-show
looks like he's in trouble with the league as well.
looks like he's in trouble with the league as well.
Queenslander 3x a year.
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I wonder his next move? Name change because of Mum and kids illness as contract termination reason are already used up.
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I honestly wonder if he's trying to get sacked/disciplined out.
Not turning up to a presser probably not enough to get booted out altogether though.
Shame because after he bought the YF beers and after seeing some of the ref decisions against him, I was starting to re-think my position on him.
But when you factor in his no show, the Lawrence Thomas situation, the burner account on X....it's the same old Marc Rudan.
An honourable person would just have the guts to resign at this stage and miss out on some $.
Let's be honest, he was a pro for many years, it's not like leaving a job in the public service where you stay there for life....coaches come and go, there will be another gig waiting for him somewhere.
But I reckon he just wants WSW to tell him he needs to go and negotiate a golden handshake.
Not turning up to a presser probably not enough to get booted out altogether though.
Shame because after he bought the YF beers and after seeing some of the ref decisions against him, I was starting to re-think my position on him.
But when you factor in his no show, the Lawrence Thomas situation, the burner account on X....it's the same old Marc Rudan.
An honourable person would just have the guts to resign at this stage and miss out on some $.
Let's be honest, he was a pro for many years, it's not like leaving a job in the public service where you stay there for life....coaches come and go, there will be another gig waiting for him somewhere.
But I reckon he just wants WSW to tell him he needs to go and negotiate a golden handshake.
VUW AFC - Victoria University Football for life
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Ramming liberal dribble down your throat since 2009
This forum needs less angst and more Kate Bush threads
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Some players don’t celebrate scoring against their old club.
— Isuzu UTE A-League (@aleaguemen) March 13, 2024
Terry Antonis’ screamer against @wswanderersfc panned out a little differently 😅 pic.twitter.com/u3boiOw7Oo
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And a month or so ago they were playing the best football in the league. Madness.
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That kind of thing can happen when you're delaing with a personality like Rudan. He's all over the place, when it's good it'd be fantastic, lose, play badly and he'll be at you like a ferocious dog!
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And a month or so ago they were playing the best football in the league. Madness.
This is the way that it'll go with Talay at Sydney as well. Mark my words. These guys are peas from a pod.
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Hey Australia, here’s this week’s A-League cartoon for @GdnAusSport
— David Squires (@squires_david) March 14, 2024
One day I’ll show you the original version.https://t.co/d0p7Km5e2I
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Understand Marko Rudan is no longer the coach of the Western Sydney Wanderers.
— AussieScout (@scout_aussie) May 16, 2024
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Just a few months after giving him a multi year extension, that wouldn't have been cheap.
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Understand Marko Rudan is no longer the coach of the Western Sydney Wanderers.
— AussieScout (@scout_aussie) May 16, 2024
Ramming liberal dribble down your throat since 2009
This forum needs less angst and more Kate Bush threads
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We can confirm that due to personal reasons, head coach Marko Rudan, will depart the club by mutual consent, effective immediately: https://t.co/x48YG4l7HS #WSW pic.twitter.com/0LkhIDwVkd
— WS Wanderers FC (@wswanderersfc) May 16, 2024
BREAKING: Marko Rudan is gone from Western Sydney Wanderers but per a media release, he has NOT been sacked. Mutual decision. "I will be spending my time in the near future being close to my family ... my mother’s brain cancer has come back." pic.twitter.com/QjCb3Chz97
— Vince Rugari (@VinceRugari) May 16, 2024
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We can confirm that due to personal reasons, head coach Marko Rudan, will depart the club by mutual consent, effective immediately: https://t.co/x48YG4l7HS #WSW pic.twitter.com/0LkhIDwVkd
— WS Wanderers FC (@wswanderersfc) May 16, 2024
BREAKING: Marko Rudan is gone from Western Sydney Wanderers but per a media release, he has NOT been sacked. Mutual decision. "I will be spending my time in the near future being close to my family ... my mother’s brain cancer has come back." pic.twitter.com/QjCb3Chz97
— Vince Rugari (@VinceRugari) May 16, 2024
Sad news for his family and obs his mum, but very convienient given WSW would have been desperate to work out how they could exit him cheaply. First big win for the club this season.
Queenslander 3x a year.
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Such a polarising figure. Has a lot of good parts regarding his footballing expertise, and a lot of shonky parts as a coach (or dealing with people in general). Unfortunately, the shonky parts in the end prevent the good parts from working well.
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Such a polarising figure. Has a lot of good parts regarding his footballing expertise, and a lot of shonky parts as a coach (or dealing with people in general). Unfortunately, the shonky parts in the end prevent the good parts from working well.
Seems to self sabotage a lot. Really a book in depth about him would be an interesting read. He’s the first guy I’ve seen that made me understand the possibility of cult leaders- he got our football going, he had a power of personality that drove the club, a lot of people bought in and even after he began to lose support stick by him, but also seems to do weird things and require a bit of a bunker mentality which is not a sustainable long term strategy. But was capable of making plays like putting beers on the table for the Nix.
Daddy making up? A genuine apology for stealing players and sneaking around on our dime (and for all our up in arms we needed Dura out to refresh, but how was tricky)? An attempt to cool the rivalry to take the wind out of the crowd at the game?
Then there’s things like that club he joined overseas at some part of his playing career where the owner was bizarre.
You feel though you’d never get the full or objective story about him. Especially about the things we talk about carefully. There’s something darker and obsessive at times and a difficultly in accepting responsibility.
And his football hasn’t been quite enough to save him, in the way some people forgive or turn a blind eye to Brian Clough a lot because of who he was.
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