It's been a long time coming but Sergio Van Dijk is now apparently an Indonesian citizen and has signed for Persib.
I think it was two or three years ago that new broke the striker was interested in playing in Indonesia and for Indonesia and now the 30 year old has made it.
He has been playing in Australia for the last four and half years averaging a goal every couple of games almost for first Brisbane Roar, then Adelaide United.
After grabbing a first half lead away at Adelaide United, Alex Smith and Wellington Phoenix hit the wall and dropped their first game of the A-League season.
They Think It's All Over... is well and truly pissed that the referee denied Wellington Phoenix a
win against Adelaide, but can draw some consolation from the performance of the Kiwi side.
It has always been interesting to watch the evolution of Australia's biggest supported football club. Melbourne Victory.
Ernie Merrick took them to the heights early.
Thumping Sydney FC at Olympic Park in season 1 in front of a sold out crowd, followed in Season 2 by Archie's Grand Final (I was there)demolition of Adelaide United in front of 55,000 at one of the AFL's once previously monopolised hallowed grounds.
A good afternoon to you all. I'm sure your all in a buoyant mood today after the Victory's
brilliant win last night over Adelaide United. To clarify, United were undefeated this season going
into this game however they had lost to Melbourne in nine previous meetings. The Victory became the
first team to beat Adelaide this season and extended their winning streak against the ‘Inbreds'
to TEN consecutive games.
Afternoon all. As you can see I've managed to get around to writing a roundup/preview post, and
there's plenty to talk about too.
First up, this week Melbourne Victory CEO Geoff Miles has confirmed that he will be stepping
down from his position at the end of the year. This is sad news as Miles has been a very important
and influential part of the Club, helping shape MVFC into what it is today.
After nearly five months off the Hyundai A-League competition for 2010-11 is ready to begin this
Thursday with the league's new boys Melbourne Heart kicking off the action with a home tie against
Central Coast Mariners. Stoppage Time International Football Blog looks forward to the
action Down Under:
Australia's equivalent of the Old Firm, Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory, are the favourites to
win the honours at the start of a much-anticipated new season.
A-League, Asian Champions League, Melbourne Victory, Adelaide United, Socceroos.
Lucy Zelic takes the chair, Paddy and Eamonn are up for the quiz question, and did Zeljko mean
it...the goal not the comments!
Quiz, dedication to Lucas Neill and news; we've got the lost.
Melbourne play again tomorrow night, Tuesday, in the Asian Champions League and they must win.
Simple as that.
On a high from the win against Sydney but few Aussie clubs, even clubs across the World have to
play Sunday then Tuesday. Seongnam winners on matchday one are the visitors to Melbourne.
Round 4 of the Hyundai A-League wrapped up yesterday, with the round producing some mixed and
surprising results.
Adelaide United vs North Queensland Fury
Hindmarsh Stadium 10,733
3-3
10,733 people braved the rain, and the majority watched in horror as North Queensland went ahead
first after Robbie Fowler timed a run perfectly to score off a James Robinson wonder-cross, to the
delight of the captain.
Robbie Fowler got off the mark on his A-League debut last weekend, although his North Queensland
Fury fell to a 3-2 home defeat against Sydney FC. Fowler, formerly of Liverpool and made club
captain, converted a penalty after an hour to level the scores at 2-2. However, former Portsmouth
man John Aloisi scored a winner [.
We're only an hour or so away from the first match of A-League ver. 5 and already it's promising to
be a cracker of a year!
Two new teams in Gold Coast United and North Queensland Fury, new and "unique" kit designs, a host
of new faces from local and abroad, ex-socceroos and marquee talent the likes of Robbie Fowler,
Jason Culina, Mile Sterjovski, Chris Coyne, Jacob Burns etc.
We're only an hour or so away from the first match of A-League ver. 5 and already it's promising to
be a cracker of a year!
Two new teams in Gold Coast United and North Queensland Fury, new and "unique" kit designs, a host
of new faces from local and abroad, ex-socceroos and marquee talent the likes of Robbie Fowler,
Jason Culina, Mile Sterjovski, Chris Coyne, Jacob Burns etc.
I know it's a little delayed and by now everybody knows that Melbourne Victory beat Adelaide United
1 – 0 in front of a near capacity 53, 273 fans at the Telstra Dome Etihad Stadium... but I
thought I'd post it anyway. It was a little disappointing to see that the red-cards dished out in
the match grabbed more headlines than the actual win itself, but never the less it was a win and
Melbourne successfully completed the Pre-season Cup, Premiership and Grand Final treble.
On Saturday night, in front of a packed house of over 53,000 at the Dome formerly known as Telstra, the Melbourne Victory became the first club in A-League history to win the Grand Final twice and to win all three trophies in a single season (Pre-Season Cup, Premiers and Grand Final Champions). It was far from [.
On Saturday night, in front of a packed house of over 53,000 at the Dome formerly known as Telstra,
the Melbourne Victory became the first club in A-League history to win the Grand Final twice and to
win all three trophies in a single season (Pre-Season Cup, Premiers and Grand Final Champions). It
was far from [.
Sugar coat it any way you like, it's still not going to make Adelaide United play any better or
bring a trophy to South Australia... 5 games this season alone have proven that! Unfortunately I
won't be watching this match (I know, tell me about it!)... instead, I've got a dirty weekend*
planned in a remote corner of some dessert.
Call me crazy, but I think the only thing that could undo the Melbourne Victory tomorrow night is
complacency. Melbourne faltered at times during season 4 of the A-League - especially against teams
propping up the ladder. For the latter half of the season, this became the pattern: solid wins
against top of the table sides, [.
Call me crazy, but I think the only thing that could undo the Melbourne Victory tomorrow night is complacency. Melbourne faltered at times during season 4 of the A-League especially against teams propping up the ladder. For the latter half of the season, this became the pattern: solid wins against top of the table sides, [.
Adelaide put some demons to rest on Saturday night as it beat Queensland Roar 1-0. Disappointing
for Queensland fans, and a surprising finish for many who wrote off Adelaide after the hiding in
Melbourne and Aurelio Vidmar's rant. Adelaide now get a chance for redemption. I thought I'd take
the occasion to compile a bunch of [.
Adelaide put some demons to rest on Saturday night as it beat Queensland Roar 1-0. Disappointing for Queensland fans, and a surprising finish for many who wrote off Adelaide after the hiding in Melbourne and Aurelio Vidmar's rant. Adelaide now get a chance for redemption. I thought I'd take the occasion to compile a bunch of [.
If you thought Adelaide's season couldn't get any worse, you either need to watch the highlights
below or think again! They must have seriously pissed off some afterlife gods or some shit cause
the nightmare only seems to continue. It wasn't enough that they were punished 5-0 on aggregate
against Gamba Osaka in the ACL finals, they missed out on the Premiers plate to Melbourne by a
point, got drilled in the two legged major semi-final 6-0 and now their coach Aurelio Vidmar has
spilt the beans on in-fighting and.
If you thought Adelaide's season couldn't get any worse, you either need to watch the highlights
below or think again! They must have seriously pissed off some afterlife gods or some shit cause
the nightmare only seems to continue. It wasn't enough that they were punished 5-0 on aggregate
against Gamba Osaka in the ACL finals, they missed out on the Premiers plate to Melbourne by a
point, got drilled in the two legged major semi-final 6-0 and now their coach Aurelio Vidmar has
spilt the beans on in-fighting and.
Another embarrassing thrashing of Adelaide United in a finals series, another coach's outburst. No evil forces conspiring, just the city of Adelaide, a "piss-ant" according to Aurelio Vidmar. After Vidmar's hissy-fit, it's hard to see how Adelaide are going to regroup for their semi-final against the Queensland Roar, who put the Central Coast Mariners away 4-1 [.
When a top tier professional club is seeking out trialists to make a contribution to the playing
squad in the upcoming season, things aren't going particularly well. Not every club has to be
Citeh, but, well, it just isn't the ideal.
Public humiliation by a ghostly trialist is something which lands in everyone's spam box every
single day.
Twitter might be the demise of the modern athlete, if only by allowing them the medium to do and
say stupid shit before their agent and/or PR team can get in the way of a speeding bullet. Adelaide
United's Anthony Golec learned this little lesson after one of his tweets, originally designed to
be a joking private message to his brother (he says) regarding less than ebullient feelings toward
a referee, landed on the whole big wide internet for the public to see.
An update on matters here at Les Rosbifs. Transfer Gossip: In amongst all the megabucks deals for
Kaka, Gareth Barry and, um, Nathan Dyer, there have been plenty of rumours flying about too. One of
interest to Les Rosbifs is the possibility of Byron Webster, currently of FK Most in the Czech
Republic, moving back to the [.
I have to admit, I'm bloody surprised that Adelaide were able to pull this result out of their
arses, especially after the week they just had... and especially cause Fabian Barbiero drilled home
the winner. Queensland Roar were clearly the better team on the night dominating play, possession
and oportunities but failed miserbly every time to convert.
Adelaide United will want to put the last fortnight behind them, most notably the 6-0 aggregate
romping they were given by Melbourne and especially the much publicised and scrutinised outbursts
by their coach Aurelio Vidmar.
Queensland Roar on the other hand are quietly sitting back like a vindictive teenage girl planning
on how to make her cheating ex-boyfriends year even more humiliating than it has been and stomping
on his nuts while he's down and out too.
Adelaide United will want to put the last fortnight behind them, most notably the 6-0 aggregate
romping they were given by Melbourne and especially the much publicised and scrutinised outbursts
by their coach Aurelio Vidmar.
Queensland Roar on the other hand are quietly sitting back like a vindictive teenage girl planning
on how to make her cheating ex-boyfriends year even more humiliating than it has been and stomping
on his nuts while he's down and out too.
