Despues que recibio criticas de Florentino Perez por su esquema de rotacion, parece que Manuel
Pellegrino dio su brazo a torcer y dijo que va a apostar por un once titular fijo. Quien diria que
todo este tiempo Perez estuvo buscando un titere y no un nuevo tecnico para el Madrid. -sport- Click to continue reading...
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. Click to continue reading...
PERTH Glory have a pretty quick turnaround of five days until Friday's match against Newcastle
Jets. But before we get into it, FP just wants to rant about something (don't worry he'll make his point
quickly). Football in this country is not suffering because of the big things. We have pretty decent players,
a pretty good supporter base (though they are a bit afraid of the rain) and the competition,
especially this year, is extremely tight. Click to continue reading...
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. Click to continue reading...
IF you would have told FP at Sunday 2:30pm, that the final score would be Perth Glory 2 – Gold
Coast 2, then he would have been over the moon. But considering what actually happened, it's hard not to have a sour taste in your mouth. If you're leading 2-0 at half-time, in front of your home fans, than surely you should be able to
win, eh? Click to continue reading...
Mauricio Pellegrino has backed Emiliano Insua to achieve his dream of being called up by the
Argentinean national team. After breaking into the Liverpool first-team last season, the 20-year-old left-back has started all
four of the Reds' matches so far this term. Pellegrino has been delighted by the form of his compatriot - and believes there is much more to
come. Click to continue reading...
Before Maurizio Pellegrino put on a Liverpool shirt in January 2005, no Argentine footballer had
ever played for the club. All that has changed with Rafael Benitez in charge as he has brought in a
total of six Argentines over these past five years: Mauricio Pellegrino, Gabriel Palletta, Emiliano
Insua, Javier Mascehrano, Sebastian Leto and Gerardo Bruna. Click to continue reading...
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. Click to continue reading...
Rafael Benitez has backed Glen Johnson to aid Liverpool's title push by becoming a regular name on
the scoresheet. The Reds boss has been delighted with the attacking flair the right-back has shown since joining
the club in the summer and is confident the England man can go close to hitting double figures this
season. Click to continue reading...
by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor Perth Glory 2 (Shroj 24', Pellegrino 72') Newcastle Jets 0 Crowd: 9,398 PERTH Glory have picked up their first win this season, with a convincing 2-0 victory over the
Newcastle Jets at ME Bank Stadium today. Midfielder Wayne Shroj scored the first goal in the 24th minute, thanks to some good passing work
by Mile Sterjovski and Branko Jelic. Click to continue reading...
by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor PERTH were outplayed in their first match, outgunned in their second match and now they face the
Newcastle Jets - a side they have a good record over. So what can we expect from this match? Who
knows. Firstly, lets get into the last minute news reports and it's all been about pressure. Click to continue reading...
by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor RIGHTO, it's another Friday and for some reason I have a cracking headache. But forget that, let's
get cracking with some Perth Glory news. Continuing on with the Brazilian with the heart of gold - well not really - Amaral trained with the
Glory yesterday seeking another chance of slipping on a Perth Glory kit and strutting his stuff in
the A-League. Click to continue reading...
In this second part to my season preview I examine the teams that will fill positions 4th –
6th. 6th – Adelaide United It is sometimes amazing how a team's unofficial nickname can evolve from just a few misplaced
comments. The pissants have had a low profile build up this preseason. Click to continue reading...
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. Click to continue reading...
by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor MATCH REPORT Perth Glory 1 (Jukic 39) Inglewood United 0 Clispal Stadium, Inglewood PERTH GLORY have won their first pre-season game, easily overcoming a brave Inglewood United 1-0 at
the Clipsal Stadium on Tuesday night. While the game was mostly a drab affair with few clear cut chances, youngster Andrija Jukic
provided the highlight with a clinical finish late in the first half. Click to continue reading...
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). Click to continue reading...
Real Madrid are going on a massive spending spree, first Kaka, now Ronaldo and there will be one
more "galactico" before Perez starts to look at squad players. Â Real have borrowed money from the
banks (I do not hear any cries of foul play from Platini over the debt at Real Madrid), but his is
not a bottomless pit and sooner or later they will have to listen to offers for their players.
After last week's midweek cup finals in Spain and Italy, the gongs are starting to be handed out
for the competitions people actually care about now, and already we've got three more league
champion sides in Europe with Argentine representation to add to AZ in the Netherlands and Porto in
Portugal. The Spanish, Italian and [. Click to continue reading...
