John Aloisi now in management (3 Viewers)

[Oz Howie]

Just thought you may be interested in some news about an old favourite - he has just been appointed manager of the Melbourne Heart in the Australian A League

 

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[Nonleagueherewecome]

Good on him. One of the best natural goal-scorers we had during the Premiership years: he should have played a lot more for us than he did, as his record in Spain indicates. I'll never forget the hat-trick against Charlton. I always used to say that if Aloisi had played all the games that Bellamy had for us, we'd have stayed up: and if Aloisi had got those bloody sitters that Bellamy fluffed, he'd have probably scored 30 goals!

 

[Gray]

And if we'd kept him in the championship we would've gone straight back up

 

[CovLis86]

Probably the best talent we ever had warming the bench.

 

[smouch1975]

Aloisi is awesome. I remember his penalty against Uraguay

 

[Loughborough Sky Blue]

Aloisi is awesome. I remember his penalty against Uraguay

I was there that day! Only time I've experienced anything close to the atmosphere you get in England at an Aussie football match. Brilliant game!

 

[TheBoss]

There were off the field issues with Aloisi at Coventry, allegedly.

 

[1nilandwe...]

What sort of 'off the field issues'?

The issue appeared to be that we didn't pay as much for him as we did Bellamy so Bellamy played instead.

 

[Delboycov]

I always have believed that if we'd kept Aloisi after relegation we would've come straight back up. Proven goalscorer in that league and personally I think selling him was one of the stupidest mistakes I've seen at the club....and there's been a few....and one which proved very costly.

 

[Sawyer]

What an absolute legend, hope it works out for him.

 

[TheBoss]

I was told around the time, that there was a fall-out between Aloisi and GS for "Off-field issues" i never got told what exactly.

 

[CTID]

I was only young so my memory of those days isnt great but I always remember him for slapping someone (i think it was Mills) on the top of the head and getting sent off, which spurred us on to come back from a losing possition to win the game :claping hands:Cant remember the score or if it was Mills, but i remember the slap on the head

EDIT: Bit of googling and it was infact Danny Mills against charlton in March 1999

http://www.statbunker.com/football/btb/index.php?PL=match&MatchID=1238

 

[Cobi Jones's Dreads]

I was only young so my memory of those days isnt great but I always remember him for slapping someone (i think it was Mills) on the top of the head and getting sent off, which spurred us on to come back from a losing possition to win the game :claping hands:Cant remember the score or if it was Mills, but i remember the slap on the head

EDIT: Bit of googling and it was infact Danny Mills against charlton in March 1999

http://www.statbunker.com/football/btb/index.php?PL=match&MatchID=1238

Haha i remember that game like it was yesterday ahhhhhh good times.

 

[SkyBlueScottie]

Yeah I liked Aloisi, one of those whose allround game was not great but invariably he always scored and knew how to put it away, a very odd move in selling him, especially as we had signed him previously from that League and he was nearly on 20 goals 1/2 way through the season.

I too have heard he was sold for off field reasons but when you think of the lengths Strachan went to rehabilitate Whelan, surely something different could have happened.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

The official line I think was that we planned to keep either Aloisi or Hartson. One of the deals to sell looked to have fallen through so we went and sold the other. As it was, the first deal then resurrected so both were sold. My memory's hazy on it so would happily be corrected.

 

[Skybluefaz]

Haha i remember that game like it was yesterday ahhhhhh good times.

Was it a Soltvedt late equaliser? Sure it was that game.

 

[Grendel]

Without wishing to question all this adulation he rarely scored more than one in four for any club he ever played for - he managed one in three in Australia.

 

[theprince]

John Aloisi left City for non footballing reasons, he was married his reason wasn't, below the legal age and had Scottish parentage, allegedly.

 

[melbourneskyblue]

I always rated the bloke as a striker....nice to see him in Melbourne imp:

 

[CTID]

Was it a Soltvedt late equaliser? Sure it was that game.

Whelan got the equaliser the good old trond got the winner in the 85th min according to that link

 

[Joy Division]

I always have believed that if we'd kept Aloisi after relegation we would've come straight back up. Proven goalscorer in that league and personally I think selling him was one of the stupidest mistakes I've seen at the club....and there's been a few....and one which proved very costly.

But we had a proven goalscorer in that league, Lee Hughes.