West-Gone United

First time I've ever seen the media explicitly mention Rudan and the USB stick in the same sentence

What's the suggestion that he selects players based on nationality?

That he is a racist cod and hasn't been looking at players for WU because of it.

Also, if you know Ratprom on twitter, his latest video is great. Think it has something about the USB and McDonalds in it as well.

He shouldn't have signed MacDonald, but that other Antipodean ex Celtic striker (now retired).

They could swap dodgy home invasion stories.

Nothing to see here, Go away. Rudan Speaks out

Agents are not neutral observers so you have to take this whole brouhaha with a grin of salt. Rudan clearly has some enemies though, and probably isn't a very nice guy

Western United assistant coach John Hutchinson has reportedly quit and is set to return to Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders shortly. It comes with Mark Rudan's other assistant, John Anastasiadis, a candidate to join Ange Postecoglou's coaching staff at Yokohama.

[SMH]

— A-League Hub (@AleagueHub) December 27, 2019

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/rudan-s-assistant-hutchinson-set-to-leave-western-united-for-seattle-20191227-p53n70.html

Internal upheaval has continued at Western, with Lou Sticca, the man who signed much of the A-League expansion side’s squad, no longer involved in the football department.

[Herald Sun]

— A-League Hub (@AleagueHub) January 4, 2020

Western throwing open the gates for their Rnd 15 game next weekend to fund raise for Bush Fires Disaster Relief 

Our Round 15 match against the Mariners will be a special day of entertainment and fundraising for bushfire disaster relief. Details: https://t.co/Bhx9OjyW2E #WUFC #ForTheWest pic.twitter.com/fY4oklR8NY

— Western United FC (@wufcofficial) January 8, 2020

TBF they give away so many tickets they won't notice any difference in their gate takings

Its all about the owners that have ambition though.....

And new stadiums that are never getting built. 

Coming down for the match on the 21st and a day of the India test on Saturday. Can't wait to watch a paddling!

.@wufcofficial will now host their Round 16 home match against @AdelaideUnited in Melbourne's inner-west.#WUNvADL #ALeague https://t.co/VTgs6xcMX2

— Hyundai A-League (@ALeague) January 10, 2020

Inner Western United?

The Innards??

innies not outties!

I say goodbye -MB

Wrong thread mate. 

Just me, or did anyone else find that a bit odd?

he sounded genuinely disappointed to be leaving......

Sorry got the wrong Western 

There's too many Westerns in this here town.

all we need now is another Perth team called Western Perth (Freemantle), or a Western Queensland team.

From where we sit, all the clubs bar Phoenix are Western.

Lets call them Western Nix.

Was a pleasure to hear Rudan lose it at his players last night. The big F n C in a conversation with Kurto was the highlight.

Stadium SOD turning Mid 2020

Shark club

snake boss

WYNDHAM COUNCIL Make mention of the 1160 Sayers Road Project

From the most recent council meeting: https://councilpapers.wyndham.vic.gov.au/Open/2020/ORD_04022020_MIN_2601_AT.PDF

Not much real information, but it does flag concerns from a local person.

10.2 Public questions received from Arnav Sati
Question 2
Wyndham City Stadium, with 15,000 seats is claimed to be a game-changer to the often-neglected suburb of Tarneit. However, some recent media articles mentioned the planned stadium remains in limbo. I request the council to provide a detailed answer on:

1. From the 265 acres land parcel at 1160 Sayers Road, how many acres are offered at no cost to build the stadium?
2. Is Wyndham City Council contributing financially (or in-kind) for the stadium? If yes, please provide details of the funding arrangements
3. How much is Western Melbourne Group Holdings investing in the stadium? How will the multi-million dollar funding be arranged by the consortium?
4. Will there be any commercial and residential development on the land parcel itself? If yes, is Western Melbourne Group Holdings a financial stakeholder in that as well? Please provide detail of arrangements.
5. Tarneit Indoor Sports Stadium was proposed in 2017. Is it still happening? Is there any funding previously allocated to build Tarneit Indoor Sports Stadium being provided by the council to build the Wyndham City Stadium?

Answers to Question 2
Ms Kelly Grigsby, CEO, advised that contrary to media reports, Council is very committed to this vital project in Wyndham City and is constantly working with the partners involved in the building of the stadium.

1. The site is 63 hectares in size and of the title to approximately 6.5 hectares of land will be provided at no cost in exchange for the building of Wyndham City Stadium by the Western Melbourne Group to act as the home of the Western United Football Team. The stadium will also be available for a range of other sporting and cultural events. This will be a significant sport precinct with the stadium being one of those elements.
2. It is underpinned by a value capture model and the deal is funded by the Western Melbourne Group. Details of this are not available due to commercial-in-confidence.
3. Details of this are not available due to commercial-in-confidence.
4. There will be commercial and residential development on the site and the Western Melbourne Group will be the responsible developer. The details, again are commercial-in-confidence.
5. The Tarneit Indoor facility as nominated in the Riverdale Precinct Structure Plan is still happening. A Master Plan is currently underway and will confirm the exact location of the future indoor facility. Early service mix and feasibility investigations are underway to inform the Master Plan.

Man I don't care about the stadium - but how's that for transparency? Wish we had something like this here for WCC!!!

Read on another forum that 5 out of the 11 players that started against us in round one have left wu

Onefootball reckons the attendance against Brisbane today was 2,973, making it the lowest attendance in the A-League since Gold Coast United vs Perth Glory drew 1,720 on the 18th of March 2012. Even worse than the 3,060 for the Nix in Dunedin back in 2013.

We're moving up in the world. No longer the whipping boys of the metrics.

Wasn't that a Wednesday night or something too?

Roar having a laugh

Apparently they had a USB chant too

The big thing about the Dunners game was that it was held during Uni holidays, when literally no-one stays in Dunedin

Bitumen not Sauce

Since their December 13 win over Roar, Ersan Gülüm, Scott McDonald, Connor Chapman, and assistant coach John Hutchinson have all left the club, while regulars Alessandro Diamanti, Andrew Durante, Brendan Hamill, Aaron Calver, Panagiotis Kone, and Dario Jertec have all battled various degrees of injury.