Best of Round Nine:
Player: Adrian Caceres, Melbourne - tough choice this week, but Caceres, who has wrested the left flank position from season starter Alessandro, was a critical provider for Victory
U-20 Player: Nathan Burns, Adelaide - strong performances from Zadkovich and Kennedy as well, but Burns is a highlight reel at the moment
Coach: Gary Van Egmond, Newcastle - have the Jets finally turned the corner?
Match: Central Coast Mariners vs Perth Glory
Goal: Tom Pondeljak, Central Coast - cheeky backheels from crosses usually only trickle in at the far post, but somehow Tommy rapped this one with enough power to go in at Jason Petkovic's near post
4-4-2 Team of the Week:
Archie Thompson - Nathan Burns
Adrian Caceres - Nick Carle - Tom Pondeljak - Spase Dilevski
Alvin Ceccoli - Andrew Durante - Paul O'Grady - Alex Wilkinson
Ben Kennedy
Subs: Tom Willis, Iain Fyfe, Jason Spagnuolo, Adam Kwasnik
3 comments:
Interesting you put Tom Willis in as a sub James. Do you have a comment on his form? Roar fans seem to.
Totally off topic from the round, but was just wondering if you knew what the average salary for a player in the a-league??
The salary cap is $1.6 million for each team and most team's would be very close to the maximum, say 85-99%. So, taking into account that most team's also have a marquee player, who doesn't figure in the cap, if you divide $1.6 million by 19 players you'd be close to the average salary. In practice, a handful of players would be on a fair bit more, while a lot of less experienced players would be closer to the league minimum, which is something around $40K.
I hope that helps.
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