The Hyundai A League

[SB]

Pre season has begun so let's keep an eye on who's moved where. I'll get it started with this lot but please help to fill it in when you hear something.

A-League Transfers 2011/12


Adelaide United
In:
Bradley Norton - Adelaide United
Osama Malik - North Queensland Fury
Zenon Caravella - Gold Coast United
Paul Izzo - AIS
Jacob Melling - AIS
Bruce Djite - Gold Coast United
Spase Dilevski - Universitatea Craiova
Dario Vidosic - Nurnberg

Out
Iain Fyfe - Busan I'Park
Travis Dodd - Perth Glory
Paul Reid - Released
Matthew Leckie - Borussia Monchengladbach
Robert Cornthwaite - Chunnam Dragons
Dario Bodrusic - Released
Francesco Monterosso - Released
Joe Costa - Released
Adam Hughes - Perth Glory
Lucas Pantelis - Wellington Phoenix
Marcos Flores - Henan Jianye

Brisbane Roar
In:
Matthew Jurman - Sydney
Kofi Danning - Sydney

Out:
Milan Susak - Minangkabau
Jean Carlos Solorzano - Melbourne Victory

Central Coast Mariners
In:
Adriano Pellegrino - Perth Glory
Troy Hearfield - Wellington Phoenix
Brad McDonald - North Qld Fury
Justin Pasfield - North Qld Fury

Out:
Jess Van Stratten - Released
Nik Mrdja - Retired
Petricio Perez - Released
Marc Warren - Sheffield Utd
Paul Henderson - Released
Chris Doig - Pelita Jeya

Gold Coast United
In:
Paul Beekmans - SC Cambuur
Jake Baker-Daish - AIS
Alex Smith - Sydney Olympic
Dylan McGowan - Hearts (Loan)
Peter Jungschlager - De Graafschap
Daniel Severino - Sydney Olympic

Out:
Jason Culina - Newcastle Jets
Shane Smeltz - Perth Glory
Bruce Djite - Adelaide United
Zenon Caravella - Adelaide United
Steve Pantalidis - Bintang Medan
Dino Djulbic - Shaanxi Chanba
Bas Van Den Brink - Perth Glory
Anderson - Released
Andrew Barasic - Released
Scott Higgins - Retired
Peter Perchtold - Released
Steve Fitzsimmons - Released

Melbourne Heart
In:
Fred - DC United
Mate Dugandzic - Melbourne Victory
Curtis Good - AIS
David Williams - North Qld Fury

Out:
Josip Skoko - Retired
Gerald Sibon - Released
John Aloisi - Retired
Michael Beauchamp - Sydney
Dean Heffernan - Perth Glory
Ante Tomic - Released

Melbourne Victory
In:
Tando Velaphi - Perth Glory
Isaka Cernak - North Queensland Fury
Marco Rojas - Wellington Phoenix
Dean Bouzanis - Free

Out:
Mate Dugandzic - Melbourne Heart
Evan Berger - Perth Glory

Newcastle Jets
In:
Tiago Calvano - Fortuna Dusseldorf
Byun Sung-Hwan - Sydney FC
Jason Culina - Gold Coast United
Chris Payne - North Queensland Fury

Out:
Adam D'Apuzzo - Released
Michael Bridges - Retired
Zhang Shuo - Shenzhen Phoenix
Sasho Petrovski - Released
Sean Rooney - Released
Marcello Fiorentini - Released
Neil Young - Perth Glory
Brodie Mooy - Released
Kaz Patafta - Released

Perth Glory
In:
Danny Vukovic - Wellington Phoenix
Evan Berger - Melbourne Victory
Shane Smeltz - Gold Coast United
Dean Heffernan - Melbourne Heart
Neil Young - Newcastle Jets
Travis Dodd - Adelaide United
Adam Hughes - Adelaide United
Jesse Makarounas - AIS
Liam Miller - Hibernian
Bas Van Den Brink - Busan I'Park

Out:
Andrija Jukic - Bogor Raya
Howard Fondyke - Released
Naum Sekulovski - Released
Brent Griffiths - Stirling Lions
Anthony Skorich - Released
Jamie Coyne - Sydney
Andy Todd - Oldham Athletic
Michael Baird - Central Coast Mariners
Aleks Vrteski - Solo FC
Adriano Pellegrino - Central Coast Mariners
Robbie Fowler - Retired
Branko Jelic - Released

Sydney FC
In:
Karol Kisel - Slavia Praha
Jamie Coyne - Perth Glory
Michael Beauchamp - Melbourne Heart
Pascal Bosschaart - ADO Den Haag

Out:
Matthew Jurman - Brisbane Roar
Byun Sung-Hwan - Newcastle Jets
Stephan Keller - Released
Stuart Musialik - Released
Brendan Gan - Released
Kofi Danning - Brisbane Roar

Wellington Phoenix
In:
Jimmy Downey - Sparta Rotterdam
Lucas Pantelis - Adelaide United

Out:
Danny Vukovic - Perth Glory
Troy Hearfield - Central Coast Mariners
Jade North - FC Tokyo
Marco Rojas - Melbourne Victory
Toto - Club Atlético Santa Rosa
Dylan Macallister - Breiðablik
Diego - Charleston Battery
Nick Ward - Released
Reece Crowther - Released

[SB]

So how many aussies are there on here and who do you follow ?

I know of :

Fernandinho = Sydney
Harv = Adelaide
Dero = Brisbane
Me = Gold Coast

Who else do we have on here?

[IN_RAFA_WE_TRUST]

Dean bouzanis or wotever just name is,sounds familiar
It says Robbie fowler retired.

[Fernandinho]

Dean Bouzanis was a Liverpool junior, only left the club last season. Benitez rated him as the best keeper for his age in the world but I guess it hasn't quite happened for him.

Gold Coast team has really been pilfered! Culina and Smeltz their two best players leaving.

Perth Glory have brought in some decent players especially Smeltz and Van den Brink as well as Vukovic in goals.

Matt Jurman was a big loss for us, he was very good towards the end of the season and he will certainly boost the Roar squad.

On that note it seems as if they will run away with it again this season.

I think one of the biggest problems for the league is just how much change occurs in each squad after each season. Clubs have signed up to 10 players in this window alone so far, at least it keeps things changing and new.

[SB]

Dean Bouzanis was a Liverpool junior, only left the club last season. Benitez rated him as the best keeper for his age in the world but I guess it hasn't quite happened for him.

Gold Coast team has really been pilfered! Culina and Smeltz their two best players leaving.

Perth Glory have brought in some decent players especially Smeltz and Van den Brink as well as Vukovic in goals.

Matt Jurman was a big loss for us, he was very good towards the end of the season and he will certainly boost the Roar squad.

On that note it seems as if they will run away with it again this season.

I think one of the biggest problems for the league is just how much change occurs in each squad after each season. Clubs have signed up to 10 players in this window alone so far, at least it keeps things changing and new.

Van den Brink was a big loss to us. He went to Korea but never settled and then Perth came in for him Smeltz is a mercenary and stuff Culina. Nothing but a Prima donna IMO.

[jono]

So how many aussies are there on here and who do you follow ?

I know of :

Fernandinho = Sydney
Harv = Adelaide
Dero = Brisbane
Me = Gold Coast

Who else do we have on here?

me - Jono - lives in Sydney but there is just something about SYD FC that doesn't sit right with me. I was hoping to follow Rovers when they came in but the plug was firmly pulled on that one. I went to the Central Coast a year or so back to watch a game there and I felt a lot more at home with it all.

[SB]

So how many aussies are there on here and who do you follow ?

I know of :

Fernandinho = Sydney
Harv = Adelaide
Dero = Brisbane
Me = Gold Coast
Jono= Central Coast (but lives in Sydney)

Who else do we have on here?

Cheers

[SB]

Here's one for you Harv. Our lads are coming to play your guys in a friendly.

Sunday 4 September
GOLD COAST UTD v MELBOURNE VICTORY
At Carrara Sporting Complex, Nerang-Broadbeach Road, Carrara.
Match kick-off 3.00pm.

Friday 9 September
ADELAIDE UNITED v GOLD COAST UNITED
At Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide.
Match kick-off 7.30pm (local time).

[Harv]

Nice.

Gutted we have lost Flores. Such an amazing player.

Happy to have Bruce back though. He should form a good partnership with the big shiny Dijk.

[SB]

Nice.

Gutted we have lost Flores. Such an amazing player.

Happy to have Bruce back though. He should form a good partnership with the big shiny Dijk.

Flores will be a huge loss no doubt about it.

We were so frustrated with Bruce until Smeltz returned and he looked a different player. Gutted we lost both of them TBH. We are all about youth now it seems (except Joel Porter of course) .

That should be worth watching though

[SB]

Sunday 4 September
GOLD COAST UTD v MELBOURNE VICTORY
At Carrara Sporting Complex, Nerang-Broadbeach Road, Carrara.
Match kick-off 3.00pm.


PREPARATIONS for the 2011/12 Hyundai A-League season are entering the final stages for Gold Coast United and the match action is set to heat up when Miron Bleiberg’s men take on Melbourne Victory on Sunday 4 September at Owen Park, Southport.

The match venue has been switched from Carrara to Owen Park (Southport Tigers) to provide supporters with an improved game day experience where undercover seating is available in the event of inclement weather, as well as access to the venue’s licensed facilities.

Change of venue in case anyone was making the trip

[jono]

Sunday 4 September
GOLD COAST UTD v MELBOURNE VICTORY
At Carrara Sporting Complex, Nerang-Broadbeach Road, Carrara.
Match kick-off 3.00pm.


Is Muscat still playing for the scum of Melbourne ?

**** I hate him

I reckon even Muscat's own mother hates him. I thought that he retired.

[Harv]

Apparently Muscat is an incredibly nice bloke off the pitch. Pity he's a dirty nasty prick on it.

[SB]

I reckon even Muscat's own mother hates him. I thought that he retired.

Melbourne Victory
In:
Tando Velaphi - Perth Glory
Isaka Cernak - North Queensland Fury
Marco Rojas - Wellington Phoenix
Dean Bouzanis - Free

Out:
Mate Dugandzic - Melbourne Heart
Evan Berger - Perth Glory

Not according to this . No mention of him at all

Apparently Muscat is an incredibly nice bloke off the pitch. Pity he's a dirty nasty prick on it.

It's hard to imagine isn't it

[Dero]

He did retire after the AFC champs league but he is on staff now so that's why they might not have him listed as out.

Any UK based fans of lower league clubs I've met have said that Muscat is the dirtiest player they have ever seen and Milwall was the perfect fit for him.