First friendly for 2017 this Saturday

This Saturday we're playing our first friendly for 2017, up against North Geelong at Lakeside. Kickoff is at 11:30. There will also be some fundraising via gold coin donation at the gate for David Cervinksi, who is battling stage four melanoma.

Arrivals and departures
We've re-signed Marcus Schroen, Michael Eagar and Tim Mala for 2017. We've also secured our goalkeeping stocks, with Nikola Roganovic and Zaim Zeneli also recommitting for 2017.

From the remainder of the 2016 squad, still up in the air (at least nominally) are the fates of Luke Adams, Andy Kecojevic and Leigh Minopoulos - maybe Stephen Hatzikostas as well considering that during the pre-season he has once again been riding his motorcycle chasing the horizon.

As per last time, the following players are known to be contracted for next season.

• Stephen Hatzikostas (signed until end of 2017)
• Brad Norton (signed until end of 2017)
• Matthew Millar (signed until end of 2017)
• Stefan Zinni (signed until end of 2017)
• Luke Pavlou (signed until end of 2017)
• Ajdin Fetahagic (signed until the end of 2017)
• Joshua Hodes (signed until the end of 2017)
• Liam McCormick (signed until the end of 2017)
• Francesco Stella (signed until the end of 2017)
• Nick Epifano (signed until the end of 2017)
• Kristian Konstantinidis (signed until the end of 2017)
• Tim Mala (signed until the end of 2017)
• Marcus Schroen (signed until the end of 2017)
• Zaim Zeneli (signed until the end of 2017)
• Nikola Roganovic (signed until the end of 2017)
• Michael Eagar (signed until the end of 2017)
• Matthew Foschini (signed until the end of 2018)
• Milos Lujic (signed until end of 2018)
• Jesse Daley (signed until end of 2018)

Mathew Theodore has retired, or gone off on sabbatical. Oh, and we've added the departure of Manolo for the sake of completeness, even though he left during the 2016 season. Players who have officially left the club so far:

• Chris Irwin to Kingston City.
• Iqi Jawadi, to Oakleigh Cannons.
• Amadu Koroma, to Altona Magic
• Mathew Theodore, sabbatical
• Manuel Padilla Herero, loan ended