Good morning all, welcome to the blog.
It's gameday, and with the action coming Wellington today, it means we only have to wait a few
hours for a 12 o'clock kick-off.
On the other hand, it also means we have to deal with the New Zealand commenators, who would be
front-runners for the 'worst football commenators in the world' award - if one were to actually
exist.
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Morning all, and greetings from one of the South West's nicest towns ... Dunsborough.
This and Busselton, used to be FP's old stomping ground when he used to be a foot-in-the-door
journo for one of the local papers.
Not much has changed to be honest, which is something that doesn't surprise FP one bit.
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Morning to the blog, guys and gals.
Just a bit of breaking news, Jamie Coyne will not be going to Wellington after he was ruled out
with a thigh injury. What makes this even more interesting, was that no one picked on this at
yesterday's presser, the assumption was that there were no new injuries.
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So we're halfway through the season now and I think the teams that will challenge for the title,
Brisbane Roar, Sydney FC and the Central Coast Mariners, have separated themselves from the
pack.
I still think that Brisbane are the team to beat (can anyone say depth? they have it in spades),
but there are also a few variables that I think may just come into it.
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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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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 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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MORNING all, hopefully this blog finds you well on 'hump-day'.
Just a quick note on yesterday's post on the void of Perth Glory news. Apparently, Monday was a
rest and recovery day for the players - which is understandable, considering they have been on a
two-week road trip of Queensland.
So yesterday there was a bit of news coming out the Glory camp, but the first official media
gathering for this week, will be a presser just before training today.
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MORNING all.
There seems be a bit of a void of Perth Glory stuff today, especially considering there's usually a
presser on a Monday morning.
Not even the Perth Glory website has anything for Monday.
Though in truth, FP is not privy to the Glory's media schedule (yet) and maybe there's something
planned for today.
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So to think, at the end of next week we'll be halfway through the season and then things will
really start to get interesting. But in this short season, have Canberra United already left their
run too late, despite notching up their first win in Round 4? And have the Mariners already secured
their spot in the finals thanks to a rampaging 5-1 win over Newcastle?
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IT WAS bound to happen sooner or later. North Queensland Fury, with the wily Robbie Fowler, were
always going to get a win at home after weeks of impressive fighting football.
But without taking anything away from the Fury, Perth Glory will feel that they let a golden chance
for a win away from home went begging.
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So first of all, apologies for the lack of posts this week but have been struck down by unfortunate
case of killer flu. Next week will (hopefully) be back to normal. But before then we have a whole
of Round 4 to go and it's going to provide some crackers. Just thinking of last year's game between
Canberra United and Melbourne Victory makes me all wistful for the amazing talent that is Amy
Chapman, I can still picture her wonder-scross that curled in over Melissa Barbieri that ended up
being the winner in the 93rd minute.
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SO Perth Glory are about a day away from taking on Fowler's Fury. With the jam-packed nature of the
league, it's a game they really need to win - just to keep them up there.
FP knows it's very premature, but just to prove a point this is what the first week of the finals
would look like if the regular season had already ended.
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SO Perth Glory take on North Queensland Fury this weekend - is it FP or didn't we just play them a
few weeks ago?
Seriously the fixtures are extremely screwed up and FP doesn't buy the crap about "venue
availability" which is seriously just . . . crap.
Anyway onto the latest Glory news and views.
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After having trials with Roma and Persisam, former Perth Glory striker Matthew Mayora is know
trying his luck with Arsenal Bandung.
If Arsenal do go ahead and sign the Aussie it will mean the international Thai Rangsan will not be
joining them as Mayora would complete their allocation of five Foreigners.
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MORNING all. With Perth going down to Gold Coast United 2-1 yesterday, the Glory slip to fourth on
the A-League ladder on 17 points.
The boys in purple put on a better performance in the game, especially in the second-half but, one
defensive error, or communication blunder, cost Glory some points.
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Marquee battles in each of Europe's top leagues and a loaded schedule of important MLS tilts
headline a busy Saturday of soccer action.
Early birds will be able to watch Aston Villa take on Chelsea on ESPN2, while those sleeping in
can still wake up and catch Juventus-Fiorentina, Hamburg-Bayer Leverkusen and Valencia
Barcelona.
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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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The 23-year-old just had the wildest ride of her soccer career to help claim the inaugural Women's
Professional League title in American with Sky Blues FC, and now she's back in Australia trying to
get Perth Glory into its first W-League finals campaign. The Scottish born midfielder has a killer
kick from set pieces, hence the corner she took last week against the Newcastle Jets that ended up
going in for the matchwinner.
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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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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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So two rounds down and we have found out a little bit more about everyone, so here is girlswithgame
Round 2 Westfield W-League review, all the games wrapped up in one convenient little (ok, more like
large) post.
PERTH GLORY 1 (Collette McCallum 10m) bt NEWCASTLE JETS 0 at ME Bank Stadium.
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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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PERTH Glory take on Adelaide United at around 7pm tonight and it's a pretty important game for the
home side.
More so because Perth have a pretty tough month ahead with Gold Coast (away), North Queensland
(away), Melboure (home) and Wellington (away) - so not getting a win here could be a disaster.
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So lots of goals and lots of upsets in Round 1, will everything be a little bit more settled in
Round 2 or will the rollercoaster continue? In a league where points are at a premium, every game
counts even more than usual. Here's what I think will happen in Round 2, although after last week,
I wouldn't bet on it!
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Rigtho, so FP is back from his two-day vacation (which wasn't really a vacation) from the
blog-o-sphere.
So this blogger will spare you the cliched 'unrelated introduction with the segue into the real
news' trick, and just get straight into it.
There's probably been one major theme which has been constantly percolating with the fans about
Perth Glory this season.
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So by now the Westfield Women's under 16 squad will have touched down to Myanmar, to start
preparing for the AFF U16 Women's Championship 2009 in Yangon. It's a warm-up tournament for when
the girls have to head over in November to play in the one that counts, the 2009 AFC under-16 cup -
which is also a qualifier for the next under-17 Women's World Cup.
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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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WELL, wasn't that a disappointing performance. Perth Glory were held to a 1-1 draw by a 10-man
North Queensland side which didn't even look like scoring.
In the past couple of weeks, the Glory have claimed the points when, arguably, they didn't deserve
a single thing. But there is only so long that a side can benefit from luck until it runs out -
just like yesterday.
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So this afternoon the second season of the Westfield W-League will kick off, the same eight clubs,
but new players and coaches everywhere. But shall we just take a minute to think about the first
season? Here girlswithgame takes a look at its top five moments from season 2008.
5. Canberra United's late rush to draw with Perth Glory in Round 6.
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Righto, so today is gameday. At around 3:30pm (WST) Perth Glory take on North Queensland Fury at ME
Bank.
And there are signs a pretty decent crowd could turn up for this one.
According to Paul Skuse from the Perth Glory Supporters Association, the Glory has had the biggest
ticket pre-sale for a home game since the begining of the A-League.
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SO here we are – one day before the big game (aren't they all big?) against North Queensland
Fury.
Quite a bit to get through today, so without further ado...
Firstly, straight to Glory coach Dave Mitchell's presser yesterday.
Quite a bit was happening, firstly the news that Perth Glory's Socceroo trio were not included in
the national team for the upcoming games filtered to the Perth jounros.
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Yay, the new season of the W-League is just two sleeps away and finally, the squads are here.
So who's in and out? Probably won't know exactly what will happen until the team's line-up but
certainly some interesting last minute signings. Here are the interesting parts of the previews,
game by game.
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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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