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don''t forget he''s an aussie they''ll never tell you they feel bad not in their nature always positive no matter what.

Agree totally Mick leave him in Sydney where he belongs!

Perth Glory for me as they are the nearest team to where I live in WA.

Thanks for the compliment Bobert, whilst its my first post I always read this board and have done for a few years just felt I had something to contribute this time glad you liked it. As for Mick Dundee’s post have to agree on your choice of player he may be worth a punt. There are some talented guys out here and they are a very enthusiastic bunch who live to win but whether they are good enough for the championship I am not sure. I think football here is much slower (but then they are playing in 30+ degrees so that probably explains that one) and to tactical sometimes. They seem to like playing with a sweeper so maybe look out for change in NCFC tactics! Maybe we should set up aussie talent spotting thread!

Hope you don’t mind but I thought I would bring you up to date with regards to aussie football the A league. The football season is much shorter here in auz they play 21 league games only. But qualification for AFC is essentially the same all teams qualify for Europe the season before! As for Newcastle Jets being bottom of the A league yes they are, but there are only 8 teams in the league (10 next year) so they are technically they’re 8th from the top and 8th place would be fine for city. Being bottom in the A league does not mean relegation. Some teams that don’t start to well and fall away from the top half will maybe look to next season and start to put all the kids in (some tank a few games to finish bottom!). Why? They use it as a way of developing the squad for next year. I know it’s strange but the bottom team gets the first pick of the draft players coming through. In other words you get to pick the best cherries not the top team and there are no real transfers here for millions. So in short it’s difficult to compare bottom in the A league to bottom in an English league as they are quite different. As for chippy he is very highly thought of in Auz and his role saw him working predominately with the National Youth League side. I have watched the Jets a few times this season and whilst they are not world beaters they do play some good football and have been a little unlucky on some occasions. (Refereeing here is a little inconsistent to say the least!). I saw last weeks match when the Jets beat Perth Glory 2-1 with mainly youth team players the very player’s chippy has been training so maybe we will see some development on that front who knows. OTBC