Morning all, welcome to the blog.
Well, Mile Sterjovski didn't feature for the Socceroos - which in a way is good news, because it
means he's injury free for Perth Glory. Seems like a selfish way of looking at things, but meh.
Meanwhile, congrats to the Kiwis for joining the party in South Africa - we couldn't dream about
going there without ya.
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So we are still midway through the interlull, but there is still a quite a bit of Perth Glory news
about town.
But before we get to that, just a bit of an update of what the Glory are up to this week.
First of all, FP just got word that the coach Dave Mitchell will be holding a press conference on
Friday as part of his "midseason review".
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SO Wellington Phoenix haven't lost at home in 13 games, they have won their last two games there
with nine goals scored - so after Perth Glory came away with a draw yesterday, is that a good
result?
Of course it is.
It was the sort of match where a couple of moments of brilliance were need to notch a goal on the
board.
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MORNING all, on this Melbourne Cup Day.
The day where many of you will probably place a bet, attend work functions, get pissed at the pub
or all of the above.
While the nation stop for about three minutes to watch a couple horses race from one end of a
Flemingtion track to another, Perth Glory are probably still licking their collective wounds after
Sunday's game - which even made international media, though probably because El Zorro stuck a shiny
sword into the bodice of the Glory.
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SO it's matchday. Welcome to the preview blog, boys and gals.
Melbourne have won five of the last six games, though they haven't won in four games at ME Bank
Stadium against Perth.
This week, Glory have fallen over themselves to give respect to their opponents, while Victory
coach Ernie Merrick admitted that Perth are their bogey team.
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MORNING all. Perth Glory has another training session/presser combo today, with Glory coach Dave
Mitchell up on the media chopping block.
There's a little bit of pressure building with two succesive losess and two tough upcoming games
against Melbourne Victory and Wellington Phoenix.
Also there's still some fans who aren't completely satisfied with DM's coaching style.
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MORNING folks.
Yesterday FP had a chance to check out a bit of Perth Glory's training session and attend the
presser. Also made a couple of interesting observations while he was there.
Firstly, while club stalwart Jamie Harnwell is a few weeks away from recovering from his injury, he
had a bit of a run and looked pretty comfortable.
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IT's a pretty quiet Thursday in terms of Perth Glory news.
The club decided, wisely, not to challenge Andy Todd's suspension, but since then it's been a bit
of a lull.
However, there's a bit going on here and there, so let's get into it:
- SO most people who follow football regularly will already know this - Gold Coast United Miron
Bleiberg is a media man.
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SO it's been a couple of days since Perth's win over Adelaide and as a result of some other
scorelines in the other games this weekend, the Glory find themselves in third place on the
ladder.
They are now unbeaten in their last 5 games (three wins and two draws).
Most of the pundits reckon the Glory were lucky to get the 1-0 victory over the Reds, and for the
most part they'd be right - though the Glory had a number of chances, particularly in the
first-half.
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Perth Glory 1 (Sikora 79)
Adelaide United 0
Crowd: 9,482
PERTH Glory goalkeeper Tando Velaphi put in a man-of-the-match performance to help the home side
defeat Adelaide United 1-0 at ME Bank Stadium on Friday Night.
Velaphi, who was heavily criticised for an error which cost his side a win last week, pulled off a
number of impressive saves to deny United in front of nearly 9,500 fans.
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SO we are a couple of days away from a pretty tough test against Brisbane Roar at Suncorp.
FP was having a flick through history (philosophically speaking, of course) and basically it says
that the Glory sucks at Suncorp – we've never won a game there.
But records were meant to be broken, weren't they?
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SO before FP gets into Perth Glory news for today, just a quick word on Eugene Dadi.
Remember him, that tall dark-skinned fellow who formed a pretty decent partnership with Nikita, and
scored 10 goals last season (even though some were from penalties).
He's put in one 60-minute performance in Adelaide this season, but hasn't been heard from since.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
RIGHTO, so FP is back again.
Having a cousin over from the 'Mother Country' coupled with writing a couple of articles for
various fanzines (more on that later) have left the blog a bit unattended.
But all is well, so lets get into some Perth Glory news.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
Morning y'all. Hopefully this finds you well. As some may have noticed, FP has deliberately stayed
away from posting for a couple of days after that tragic loss to the Central Coast Mariners on
Friday.
He could have throw something, choked someone or kicked anything after that game.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
SO there you go, Perth Glory come out on top in a very challenging encounter with Melbourne Victory
last night.
But in many ways, this victory was more pleasing than last week's one against Newcastle.
Against the Jets, Perth dominated possession and open play, and came out with a 2-0 victory.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
SO it's Tuesday and we are fast approaching Perth Glory's next match against Melbourne Victory on
Friday night.
There's been a tinsy-whinsy bit of confusion on the times for the clash and FP may have found out
why.
In the original fixture list released by the FFA, the game was going to be played on Saturday
instead of Friday.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
RIGHTO, it's the day before the next Perth Glory game - which can only mean - preview time. So what
can we expect from the Glory this week? Some of the tripe they served up against Adelaide or
something different?
Head to Head
All time A-League meetings:
Wins: Wellington 3, Perth Glory 2, Draws - 1
Last meeting:
Wellington Phoenix 1 Perth Glory 1
Westpac Stadium, Round 15, December 2008
Perth Glory team news
Former Glory captain Jamie Coyne has been ruled out for four weeks with that injured knee he
suffered in the lost to Adelaide.
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Les Rosbifs 14 August @ 09:25 AM EST
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 [.
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It's time for the next of our gargantuan pre-season previews we're off to League Two, where
the Bovril is likely to be scalding hot and the pies may still be frozen in the middle. Perhaps
surprisingly, everybody that finished last season starts this time around, and no-one (at the time
of writing) has been deducted any points yet, either.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
FORMER Leeds United midfielder Jacob Burns has been confirmed as Perth Glory captain for this
season.
Despite the Glory having a plethora of suitable candidates for captaincy, coach Dave Mitchell told
the West that he had made his decision two weeks ago.
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GOLD Coast United manager Miron Bleiberg has cast doubt upon Perth Glory's chances in the A-League
claiming the club lacks depth, The West Australian has reported.
Speaking after his side's 1-0 victory over the Glory in Bunbury, Bleiberg felt the Glory's lack of
dept could cost them this season.
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Les Rosbifs 22 July @ 10:11 AM EST
A special edition of the New Additions feature here on Les Rosbifs. Thanks to the wonderful people
on the SI Games forums, most notably their Australian researcher 'Roger', a whole host of
Englishmen have been dredged up and not just in the A-League. A whole host of English footballers
are kicking about in the [.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
This article has also been published on the sports-opinion website The Roar.
WHEN Perth Glory face-off against Adelaide United in a little over two weeks time, should Eugene
Dadi be handed a starting spot or should he be riding the pine pony?
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PERTH Glory's new signing Andy Todd has declared that he hasn't come to the club for an easy
ride.
The former Blackburn defender, who recently put pen to paper on a one-year deal with the Glory,
told local radio show Let's Talk Football that he'd come to Perth to achieve success.
"That's the last thing I'd want to do is come to Perth on my backside," he said.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
FOOTBALL PERTH takes a look back at some of the memorable and no-sot-memorable points of the Perth
Glory versus Wolverhampton Wanderers friendly on Friday.
Promising result from both teams
Perth Glory and Wolves can take plenty of positives from the game.
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Sounds like a cracker. Crow of over 11,000 put Gold Coast to shame (particularly as it sounds like
there were a few Brisbane based Fulham fans there).
Socceroos Mile Sterjovski and Jacob Burns and defender Andy Todd from Derby County sound like they
have filled Perth's gaps.
Our turn tomorrow, after Victory play Fulham tonight, Craig Moore thinks we could loose 0-5 (oooo
er).
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
Match Facts
Perth Glory vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Friday, July 10
Kickoff at 7.30pm local time (12.30pm GMT)
Live Twitter updates from 7.00pm local time at Football Perth's Twitter page
Into the Looking Glass
While this is only a pre-season game, Perth fans would be forgiven for thinking this was the
Glory's biggest in recent years.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
PERTH Glory new-look squad is gradually coming together with the news that Serbian striker Branko
Jelic and former Blackburn Rovers defender Andy Todd will be with the squad by the weekend.
According to a report in the West Australian, Jelic's visa application was accepted on Tuesday and
will fly into Perth on the weekend.
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PERTH GLORY defender Jamie Coyne wants to retain the captain's armband, reports the West
Australian.
After the club had a kickboxing workout at a Northbrigde gymnasium, Coyne said he wanted to be
captain of the Glory for a second year.
"I think everyone enjoys leading their home team .
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
CONSIDERING there really isn't much going on with Perth Glory today, Football Perth (FP) thought
he'd write a personal post today.
It doesn't happen often - in fact very rarely - because FP hates to do it. It's something that he
picked up long ago at a newspaper far away from an old editor.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
PERTH Glory fans need to come out and support the club, said Glory coach Dave Mitchell
yesterday.
Mitchell, speaking on local radio show Let's Talk Football , praised the work of Glory owner Tony
Sage in acquring some big name players but warned that the fans needed to also support the club.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
WEST AUSTRALIA'S Sunday newspaper has picked it's first team for Perth Glory and surprisingly
leading goal scorer Eugene Dadi can only make it onto the bench.
The Glory have recruited heavily over the off-season and have secured the services of five new
players including Socceroos Jacob Burns and Mile Sterjovski, former Perth Glory goalkeeper Aleks
Vrteski, former Bundesliga striker Branko Jelic, and former Derby County defender Andy Todd (for a
full list on ins and out click here).
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Les Rosbifs 10 June @ 01:08 PM EST
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 [.
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