Hey guys, just to let you all know that FP is on a break for the next three weeks, as he works on
another project.
It's sad, because Perth Glory's season is starting to get really interesting, but the main point is
that FP is still committed to the blog and will be back soon.
Thanks for all your support.
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Morning all, happy Friday to you all.
So unless 12-year-olds read this blog, we all know that WWE (or WWF for all those hardcore
"attitude" fans) is fake. Fake as Pamela Anderson's 'assets'.
So it was weird to see that some of the Australian media taking the Hulk Hogan/Ric Flair press
conference a bit too seriously.
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Oh dear, am so behind this week. Sorry! But I'm back and promise to update regulary from now on. So
to Round 8, and it's really becoming crunch time now. Some interesting match-ups, that could mean a
shake-up of the top-four for the first time in a few rounds. If the Mariners beat the Victory by
one or more goals and if Canberra United beat Newcastle by two or more goals, then they will move
into fourth spot.
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Morning all, welcome to another blog.
FP should start with a shout out to The West's Shayne Hope. For those who haven't caught the news
this morning, Ireland were robbed of a spot in the World Cup after Thierry Henry used a blatant
handball to help bail out France.
Checking out SH's twitter this morning gave FP a bit of a laugh: "Maradona's was the Hand of God -
so Thierry Henry's must be the Hand of Frog, right?
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36 year old Alexandre da Silva Mariano, a.k.a. Amaral, is not one player that you would expect
to be the (unofficially) most polite footballer.
Previously playing in footballing danger zones such as Italy (Parma; AC Fiorentina) and Turkey
(Besiktas), representing Brazil 31 times, and winning an Olympic Bronze medal (Atlanta 1996),
nobody anticipated that the former grave digger would have written a thank you note to his most
recent club, Perth Glory.
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Afternoon all, welcome to the blog.
Apologies for the lateness of this post, usually FP tries to have something by 8.30ish every
morning, but delayed today's post in case any Perth Glory news came about.
Sadly, nothing has arrived as yet.
Just a quick point: FP will be away from Perth for about three weeks, working on another project.
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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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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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Morning all, welcome to the blog.
By the time you read this, Perth Glory coach Dave Mitchell will hold a testing session for his
players and a "midseason" review with the good fellows of Perth's sports media.
What that means, FP doesn't know, but presumably it won't be any different than the usual Glory
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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Jeremy Christie (R) shields Joan Capdevila of Spain from the ball during the 2009 FIFA
Confederations Cup match between New Zealand and Spain (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images
Europe)
I had a chance to chat with New Zealand international midfielder Jeremy Christie, who was in town
recently for a trial selection session organized by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) for
the upcoming season, which is scheduled to kick-off next February.
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So I flagged it months ago on here and it seems like Katie Gill is finally back in the country and
set to play for Perth Glory this weekend. Well according to the FFA snapshot they sent out
yesterday, which suggests she will be a prime candidate to score the leagues 200th goal when it
goes off this weekend.
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So here we are, the first day of the "Interlull".
It's a time of year when everyone else couldn't care less about club news, let alone Perth Glory
news.
Not too sure about the Glory's media commitments this week, but if they're anything like FP, then
they will be on a good old fashioned holiday.
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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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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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