Socceroos pair loom for West Sydney

From a mate who talked to a bloke at the pub... BUT lets go anyway... though little of it seems to be confirmed Executive Chairman - Lyall Gorman General Manager - John Tsatsimas Football Operations Manager - Craig Moore Manager - Tony Popovic Assistant Manager - Ante Milicic Goalkeeping Coach - Ron Corry Michael Beauchamp Nikolai Topor-Stanley Tarek Elrich Shannon Cole Mark Bridge Labinot Haliti

M-B and Mid: All of that gives me great hope. I remember the amazing feeling of seeing the banner in the southern stand at Hindmarsh in October 2003 that read ”Adelaide Croatia Stands United” meaning the Croatian community that had for so long only visited Hindmarsh to support Melbourne/Sydney Croatia rather than Adelaide City(nee Juventus) or West Adelaide (nee Hellas), now threw their weight behind the many other tribes in Adelaide in supporting the Reds in the NSL and eventually the HAL - that was the power of starting from scratch rasrather thn re-branding one of the existing teams. Now these guys are having discussions at half time about the old days of West and City in the NSL, as they cheer on the Reds in the Champions League. How do I know? I hear these conversations on the Northern terrace at Hindmarsh. There’s no reason I can think of that these WS guys can’t watch the HAL in Summer and watch their NSWPL team in winter…year round football is a #winner as far as I’m concerned.

MB I know a lot of Blacktown Demons & Marconi fans who are right behind them as well...

Good luck to Poppa, Gorman and the new Westerm Sydney team. A-League will get alot more exciting with teams that will have a fanbase. Exciting times ahead. Will this unite all the western sydney ethnic clubs? Remains to be seen but I know alot of old Sydney United supporters and they are all for a WS team.

GWS will take a LONG time. I know heaps of people from out west and I'm telling you, not one of them follow AFL. Not even a Western Sydney team could change that. A Western Sydney A-League team will be MUCH more better and successful than GWS in AFL. For starters, the football community is huge in WS.

Of course the opposite isn’t true ;) we’ve survived this far without a WS team. I agree with you though that if WS is successful, this could be the start of a golden age for our fledgling football competition.

I confidently predict that if West Sydney become a succesful club the A-League will flourish. I wont predict the opposite ,were all having a pleasant day aren't we?

I don’t think there’s a positive thinker in football that can’t see the potential WS has. It has the potential to absolutely blow MVC out of the water for supporter numbers, but it is plainly obvious to realists that the short time frame means season 1 for the unicorns is going to be a rough one. S1 should be about laying down foundations so that s2-8 can be about fixing the little things and growing the club into the behemoth that it should be. Mistakes will be made, that is a consequence of the rushed gestation period, but even with years to plan, it is doubtful to me if a team could be created that is all things to all people(ie perfect). Right now it should be about not making any major errors that would hamstring the team and prevent too many potential supporters from throwing their weight behind the new team. This is where the fan forums have been a master stroke. The trick now is to wait to see just how much they were listening to the fans. Unfortunately it is always easier to be negative and to be destructive rather than constructive and there are a noisy minority in Australian football that seems to enjoy the chaos of failure and seem unable or unwilling to operate in anything other than that chaos. I for one hope they knock MVC off the pedestal as best supported team in the comp. If that takes 10 years, then so be it. Nothing worthwhile is easy or quick.

Just on WS in general a Roy Masters article in today's SHM on GWS ... http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/lonesome-giants-endangered-in-wild-west-20120604-1zs5b.html#ixzz1wsrC9Dv3

Kasey The WS team has the potential to be Australia biggest sports club... Gorman has been holding talks with the key State teams & Associations... Always remember registered park players in winter competition close to , 100, 000 ... 10 I think former NSL or major State teams, five associations... Year one will be about establishing itself .... no one given the short time frame will expect success overnight... what they will expect is a hard working skilful team that has potential... Gorman & Popa if they can unite the former NSL teams and current Sate teams behind them, and get support of the associations they will achieve what no one else has done before ... me thinks the softly softly approach taken at this stage is smart .. I wish them luck and I think everyone in football does the same...

Yeah he hasn't had much time and it certainly is not his fault. He has to look at every player available to sign. You would probably see Mark Bridge and Ante Covic as the first signings with possible marquee position in Lucas Neill but that won't be known till at least next week. Well done to the supporter groups, it's good their out and about. Bodes really well.

Poppa has been in the job for 3 weeks as you say, but when you consider he spent the last 2 weeks in the UK coordinating his family moving from London to Sydney, it’s not like he has spent 3 actual weeks at his desk. Now that he is back, I expect this week to be the first week where any announcements could be made. I understand the anxiety of fans that are desperate for news, but into this desperation is where trolling has been taking place and as an outsider, it has been rather funny to watch. I notice the fans have already amongst themselves met up to begin a supporters group/active support organisation. That bodes well IMO.

I think Chippers mentioned somehwhere that he isn't going to be a marquee player. Would be nice if he turned out for West Sydney for at least a season. But would have to see how he plays in the Ilawarra comp. Poppa and Gorman better hurry up and sign some players. His been in charge for like 3 weeks. Some decent players are all moving to Sydney FC and other clubs. There isn't many good, young Gold Coast players left. Jerrad Tyson will more than likely sign with Sydney FC, so there goes a decent young keeper. But Covic has to be a priority for goalkeeper position. Wouldn't be surprised if Reddy signs but I hope not. Maybe that young Sydney United goalkeeper Vedran Janjetovic who played with the Sydney FC youth team.

Fuss---I only follow Australian Football nothing else, Slater and Cockerill work for Fox they do not work for SBS TWG which has been Australian Football for more than 30 years.

"Yes and I stopped reading FOX reports when Slater and Cockerill wrote absolute trash.." I think you'll find Slater wrote his diatribe in the News Ltd's, Daily Telegraph; Cockerill attacked H in Fairfax's publications (SMH &/or Age). QsAF from what I'm reading lately, it seems you've stopped supporting Australian Football and now you prefer to attack Australian Football with the same venom as NRL or AFL fans ... what a shame.

Yes and I stopped reading FOX reports when Slater and Cockerill wrote absolute trash about Harry Kewell---all based on lies and hear say during the 2010 world cup.. It's desperados like you who jump on board with such garbage reporting spewing forth out of FOX---all because they don't have the FIFA World Cup rights... I'll stick to what SBS report thank you very much..

I stopped reading the garbage SBS prints years ago. Its desperados like you desperate to believe that football is doom and gloom that find comfort in their ramblings. Then you post the crap here as if it is undeniable fact which requires me to go and read it to see just how SBS are trolling gullible fools like you. Frank has a habit of putting the kybosh on good clubs does he? Is this where you pull a rabbit out of your hat and magically refer to GCU as a ' good' club? Tip for you mate, there's a lot more to being a good club than just paying your bills on time. GCU were a terrible club that spectacularly failed toconnect with the community. It was best that FFA killed them off, best forthe long run of the game in this country. Harsh on the AGCU fans? yes, perhaps, butyou have to scramble some eggs to make an omlette.

What's up Doc feeling a bit peeved... Stop reading SBS then... You know Frank has a habit of putting the kibosh on a good club---thank god he has gone from SFC where he nearly destroyed the club after its first successful year..

And they’re only spending 85%? Are they really, can you point to an independent source for this, like a leaked document from the club/FFA accountant, or even a tweet from a respected journalist confirming ? Have you heard the expression if “ its too good to be true then it probably is” . This is the principle SBS have been operating off in reverse for years in trolling football fans in this country, spin a yarn about how badly things are going and people who desperately want to believe that Frank Lowy/FFA is an incompetent will swallow it hook line and sinker…and so continues the negative cycle of football in Australia, more hits for SBS on their increasingly irrelevant webpage. Irrelevant because all they do is talk down to HAL fans and we all find our news from more reliable sources without the condescending tone elsewhere. Shouldn’t you guys have learned by now from the Les “but Lucas said to Pim….” saga and more recently, the “new team is going to be called the Soul or the Pride” epic trolling effort? Frankly it’s pathetic how easy it is to get a rise/reaction out of football fans in this country.

Adam Griffiths will do nicely