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StringerBellend

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20 minutes ago, wendybr said:

Oh...:(

Their argument seemed valid - re Covid safe etc.

How is it valid? they were admitted to the league in part as they said they would not impact the crowds of the existing teams as long term they would base in west of Melbourne and short term they would play in Geelong. The Geelong ground is Covid safe

Wanderboy

Wanderboy

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4 minutes ago, StringerBellend said:

What was the point of putting a western melbourne team in if they are going to play at the same ground as the existing two melbourne teams? 
 

What a farce they shouldn’t have been let into the league until they had a ground to play at. Rather than an artists impression of a ground 

Yep.

Just goes to show how inept the FFA were under the control of Gallop and Lowy. WU still haven't put a DA into council for their stadium yet, yet this was one of, if not, the major drawcards of their bid.

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StringerBellend

StringerBellend

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Just now, Wanderboy said:

Yep.

Just goes to show how inept the FFA were under the control of Gallop and Lowy. WU still haven't put a DA into council for a their stadium yet, yet this was one of, if not, the major drawcards of their bid.

Yep, stadium is years off and now they want to play out of same ground as the two existing teams what a farce 

Paul01

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3 hours ago, Wanderboy said:

Yep.

Just goes to show how inept the FFA were under the control of Gallop and Lowy. WU still haven't put a DA into council for their stadium yet, yet this was one of, if not, the major drawcards of their bid.

As to the Southern Expansion Bid, the Smurfs were deadset against a club on their doorstep.

The bigger issue was the scrutiny that Foster would have applied to the FFA (Lowy and Gallop) as a Club Board member.

wendybr

wendybr

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3 hours ago, Paul01 said:

Your taking about one of rats of Australian football in Mark Rudan pulling the strings.

It's more about siphoning off Melbourne Victory supporters and Heartle$$ supporters. The other outcome is to actually get a crowd from the other team.

 

3 hours ago, StringerBellend said:

What was the point of putting a western melbourne team in if they are going to play at the same ground as the existing two melbourne teams? 
 

What a farce they shouldn’t have been let into the league until they had a ground to play at. Rather than an artists impression of a ground 

 

3 hours ago, StringerBellend said:

How is it valid? they were admitted to the league in part as they said they would not impact the crowds of the existing teams as long term they would base in west of Melbourne and short term they would play in Geelong. The Geelong ground is Covid safe

 

3 hours ago, Wanderboy said:

Yep.

Just goes to show how inept the FFA were under the control of Gallop and Lowy. WU still haven't put a DA into council for their stadium yet, yet this was one of, if not, the major drawcards of their bid.

 

3 hours ago, StringerBellend said:

Yep, stadium is years off and now they want to play out of same ground as the two existing teams what a farce 

 

9 minutes ago, mack said:

The A-League could have added Team 11, South Melbourne, Wollongong, Canberra or the Cronulla bid with Craig Foster on the board and any of them would have been more viable than WU.

All fair enough!  :hi:

 

 

 

 

PS I just love watching games at AAMI.  :cheeky:

wendybr

wendybr

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35 minutes ago, WHACKO said:

Except for the seagulls. 

They're all part of the experience!  😁

 

PS I remember one being knocked out by being hit by a ball one game...poor thing!

Unlimited

Unlimited

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17 hours ago, MathyouWSW said:

Western United have signed 33 year old Spanish midfielder Victor Sanchez for the next two seasons.

 

Apparently 77 on FIFA

Tell me why is their recruitment seemingly streets ahead of everyone else’s? 

sonar

sonar

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18 minutes ago, Unlimited said:

Apparently 77 on FIFA

Tell me why is their recruitment seemingly streets ahead of everyone else’s? 

Bigger supply of brown paper bags....?

:ninja:

:D

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MathyouWSW

MathyouWSW

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Western United had a trial match against Melbourne City, lost 2-1. 

I'm only writing this on WU's thread as they had some players on trail:

- AYOM AYOM MAJOK: Mentioned about him before, he currently plays for SA NPL club Cumberland United could be signed to the club
- KRISTIAN TRAJCESKI: The attacking midfielder was previously played for 3rd tier Portuguese club FC Oliveira do Hospital.
- CHUDIAR THARJIATH: Signed with NPL Victoria 3 club Ballarat City. He had a trial with Melbourne City in 2019 and was unsuccessful
- ALEX BAKER: Another player from NPL Victoria 3 club Ballarat City, had a trial with Brisbane Roar Youth last year and was unsuccessful
- STEFAN ZINNI: Well, I think we all know him since he is a former Wanderers player. The winger is currently signed to NPL Victoria club Avondale
- NICK (NICHOLAS) SETTE: Was originally from Victory's youth squad but got signed to Altona Magic in January 2020. Mostly plays as a winger
- JALIL REGAGUE: Also currently signed with NPL Victoria 3 club Ballarat City, He also had a trial with Brisbane Roar Youth alongside Alex Baker and was unsuccessful

Couldn't find anything about Leighton Laughton


 

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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2 hours ago, Davo said:

All I know about him is that with a name like Leighton Laughton his parents don't like him.

That was my first thought too.

MathyouWSW

MathyouWSW

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On 30/11/2020 at 5:33 PM, Davo said:

All I know about him is that with a name like Leighton Laughton his parents don't like him.

So apparently...his name is actually Leighton Lauton

He currently plays with Ballarat City FC and might be related to Melbourne Victory's Brenton Lauton. That's really embarrassing for Western United to have his name incorrectly on their starting list. :rofl:
 

MathyouWSW

MathyouWSW

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Western United have had 24 year old Gavin De Niese on trial. Apparently, he has been playing a few years in Portugal with some 3rd tier and 4th tier clubs and was apart of River Plate's youth in his teens.

He had a trial with Melbourne City back in 2016 and was unsuccessful.

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Paul01

Paul01

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Looks like Rudan has raided our academy signing 18yo Nicolas Milanovic. 

Anyone know much about him?

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mack

mack

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Getting ready by the WWC is going to be a tall order. The WSW stadium managed to be below 2 years (counting from the start of the foundation, for WU I'm assuming the preparation won't be significant on an empty field) but that was done by the Government and included a lot of overtime to get things ready (and even then it was still not fully done by the time it opened). WU's stadium is being built by a private group so the cash is going to be tighter.

mack

mack

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At half the size it'd be more like the Gold Coast Stadium that our stadium was expanded into. One main grandstand with the boxes & corporate facilities and the rest being smaller single tiers stands as opposed to our double tiers.

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MathyouWSW

MathyouWSW

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Western United announcing they'll have two games at York Park in Launceston, Tasmania for this season and next season:
 

Feels like a punch in the gut to Tasmania in my opinion. But, it'll be good for them to have some games there.
 

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