Football nonsense: Miron the monkey? Clive the clown, or Ange the ...

Heard the one about the A-League club struggling for crowds and funds?

Yep at seasons end Gold Coast United bring in Shane Smeltz, Korean import Sung-Kil Kim and Bundesliga player Peter Perchtold. That's expensive, less expensive and probably expensive.

But on 2500 fans and trying to engage the community Chris Harald, Youth Team Captain Stephen Lustica and others miss out.