Remember the start of the A-League season last year? The arrival of Alessandro Del Piero, Shinji Ono and Emile Heskey; the birth of the Western Sydney Wanderers. It was so exciting we almost had a semi-on. And this year is shaping up to be just as boner-rific with a cavalcade of star signings such as… erm, *sound of paper shuffling* Michael Mifsud (the name rings a bell, didn’t he play for Coventry once?), Derby County’s Luke Adams (so famous he doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page) and Airdrie United flop Marc Warren. BBM is having a “hard” time keeping it in our pants just writing about all these glamorous stars. Down boy!
But although this year’s new batch of marquee signings is as underwhelming as BBM’s erection, we can always rely on Sydney FC octogenarian Del Piero to give the season a much-needed injection of star power.
The 52-year-old veteran scored 14 goals last season, despite battling injuries such as arthritis and Alzheimers, and has been named as club captain for the coming season.
“Last year is last year. It is the past,” the 74-year-old said. ”We have to think about last year only to think about what was wrong and what we can do better. We change a lot of players. Frank [Farina] is the boss from the start of the season and not from the half like last year. This year is very important for all of us, I think. Sometimes it can happen, a season like last year.”
He then hobbled off stage with his zimmer-frame before being handed a press release which he fruitlessly tried to read before asking if anyone had seen his “readers”.
“I remember when all this was fields,” added 86-year-old Del Piero, pointing to Sydney harbour.
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