Mile Sterjovski, Jacob Burns and Chris Coyne may temporarily leave Perth in January to 'prepare' or
desperately try to convince Pim to give them back a spot.
Not great news for Perth fans and perhaps why MItchell thinks top 6 is so great.
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Morning all, welcome to the blog on this sleepy Saturday.
As we are coming nearer and nearer to the end of the Interlull (which, if anyone was wondering, is
a crass combination of international and lull) the news is starting to ramp up.
Of course, as most of you would be aware, coach Dave Mitchell held a presser yesterday as part of
Perth Glory's midseason review, which was nothing more than a normal presser.
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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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IT'S a cliche to say that a loss is disappointing. EVERY loss is disappointing, from the big
thrashings to the winner in the 94th minute.
But what is different is the reasons for the disappointment, well usually.
Yesterday Perth Glory lost 2-1 to Melbourne Victory and it's the third successive lost for the boys
in Purple.
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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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SOME very interesting news from The West Australian in today's paper - Tony 'James Bond' Sage has
revealed that the three Socceroo hopefulls, Chris Coyne, Jacob Burns and Mile Sterjovski, would be
let go on loan BEFORE the A-League finals if it helps them get a ticket to the World Cup.
Now this isn't actually new, we heard about this when the trio we snapped up on free transfers back
in August.
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BEFORE we get into today's juicy blog, should give a mention to the guys at Glory Football Tees and
the new shirt available from their site (left).
The joke obviously refers to the antics of Chris Coyne against Brisbane a couple of weeks ago.
These guys aren't guys who live in China, these are Perth Glory fans (the type of guys who don't
know what a bandwagon looks like) who use the profits for the creation of Glory banners and the
Perth Glory fanzine - which always gives FP a bit of a laugh.
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Ha. Who would have thought it would come so quickly? And by former Roar player Chris Grossman!
Perth player Chris Coyne showed it is OK to hit the keeper with the ball. So North Queensland got
their goal.
And Jacob Burns got his 5th yellow suspension. Pity Talay got a 2 yellow red for diving.
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SO finally we have some juicy news to get our collective teeth into. But firstly, FP should mention
that Perth Glory winger Adriano Pellegrino will be doing a live chat today from 1.30pm (WST) on the
West Online.
Now this sounds pretty cool, but it'll be interesting to see how it works, and more importantly,
whether there is a good response from the fans – but knowing the Perth Glory faithful, FP is sure
that shouldn't be a problem.
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HOPEFULLY this blog finds you all enjoying the public holiday. The sun is somewhat visible through
the clouds, but it is still a pleasant day.
Moreover, there are only six days left until Perth Glory take on North Queensland and Robbie
Fowler.
There's been no talk of injury to the former Liverpool striker, so FP expects him to make the trip
to Perth.
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John has been sick. So he has asked me to update his blog.
There are two questions from this game:
1. were Perth prepared to cheat to win?
2. does Chris Beath have the skills to referee in the A-League.
Dad and I watched the replay on tv and it was pretty clear that the Roar, while making some bad
defensive mistakes ( is Bob Malcolm good enough to play in the A-League), dominated the game.
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THE 'Football Gods' have a sense of humour, eh?
Yesterday's game against Brisbane was possibly one of Perth's worst performances this season and
yet they managed to win 4-2.
That's football, folks.
Brisbane, admittedly, were nowhere near full strength, though they had a intimidating front three
of Henrique, Reinaldo and Sergio Van Dijk.
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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
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
IS it just me or does everything look better after a Perth Glory win. The birds are singing, the
fans are singing, the um... clouds are singing - ah scrub the last one.
Anyway, yesterday Perth defeated Newcastle 2-0 in a game which, surely most people would agree, the
Glory controlled from start to finish.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
FIRSTLY, before FP starts on today's Perth Glory news, just wanted to give another big thank you to
you. Yep you sitting there reading this right now.
Thank you to all those who just click onto my site for a few minutes and to those who actually come
here on semi-frequent basis.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
IS the weather starting to reflect the feeling among the Perth Glory faithful? It's only two games
into the season and the general fan is starting to feel like this has happened all before.
Some of the fans are already sharpening their axes and pitchforks and the fan pressure is slowly
building on the Football Hooligan - Dave Mitchell - to get a win.
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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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PERTH GLORY defender Chris Coyne believed his shirt tug on Adelaide United defender Robert
Cornwaite, which resulted in a penalty, was a "soft foul" and wouldn't have been given in
Europe.
The penalty was converted by United captain Travis Dodd and sealed a 1-0 victory in the first match
of the A-League season.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
Adelaide United 1 (Dodd 31' pen)
Perth Glory o
Crowd: 13,847
ADELAIDE United captain Travis Dodd continued his scoring success against Perth Glory, with a
well-taken penalty which sealed a deserved 1-0 victory at Hindmarsh Stadium tonight.
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It was the right result. Adelaide dominated the first half. Clearly Adelaide missed out on a
straight forward penalty in the first 2 minutes as Jacob Burns had his first touch on an Adelaide
leg entering the penalty box from the right. Later, justice was made when Chris Coyne pushed/pulled
down Robbie Cornthwaite for a linesperson's decision.
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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.
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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.
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PERTH GLORY coach Dave Mitchell says he understands newly-appointed captain Jacob Burns and trusts
him to lead the club to the new season.
While the Glory had a number of suitable players to pick as captain, including club stalwart Jamie
Harnwell and Socceroo defender Chris Coyne, Mitchell was happy to give the leadership to Burns.
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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
Perth Glory 0
Gold Coast 1 (Porter 23)
Crowd: 2985
A FIRST-HALF goal to Gold Coast United striker Joel Porter was enough for United to record a 1-0
victory over Perth Glory in a friendly played in Bunbury today.
Porter was the recipient of a defensive mix-up in the Glory penalty box and was able to slot home
the goal.
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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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Too young, too quick, too slow, too fragile, whatever the reason, whatever your code I'm sure
you've heard the criticism of the A-League.
But with the Socceroos heading to the FIFA 2010 World Cup few fans would expect to see the squad
without a pack of A-League players.
Yes that's right the A-League will be sending a host of players to the World Cup,to one if not the
greatest stage in World Sport.
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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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COLCHESTER UNITED have announced that they have terminated Chris Coyne contract and is expected to
be join Perth Glory later today.
Colchester revealed last night that his contract was terminated by mutual consent and is expected
to join Perth as soon as he agrees personal terms.
"Unfortunately, after eighteen months here, it's time to move on," Coyne told the Colchester United
website.
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Prime Minister heads to FIFA HQ to lead the Aussie World Cup bid.
Gold Coast beat Englands seventh best side, 2-1!
Perth sign Socceroo Chris Coyne.
Enjoying the off-season.
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