It has been an eventful last 2 years on this planet and it has been no different for our beloved Sydney Olympic, it may have been even more dramatic for the Blue & Whites.
We have witnessed 2 disrupted and unfinished seasons in succession, robbing us of 2 complete seasons of football and chances to add to our trophy cabinet. Added on top of that, is this business with former President Bill Papas, which we will not go into here, has also dragged the clubs name through the mud, over issues which in reality do not concern Sydney Olympic all that much, or at least, the club had very little to do with.That hasn’t stopped the usual newspaper and media types, from having a field day with their countless stories and no doubt, the clubs many enemies and haters have had a brilliant time and good laugh at our expense.
The assorted riff-raff, the alleged aggrieved, those who are irrelevant and those who are beneath us, of course were going to jump on the death-riding and bay for our demise (sorry to disappoint).
Many are seriously getting off on it and good luck to them, I hope they are enjoying themselves. No surprise also that supposed “Ελληνες” have jumped on to throw the boot into the club too, the story & lesson of Εφιαλτες for Greeks should be well known by now.
That is not to say there are not some issues that need resolving, there are and they need to be dealt with. We currently do not have a President and the current restrictions, lockdowns and living conditions throughout Sydney, has made it extremely difficult to convene a General Meeting of members to discuss and sort much of this stuff out, hopefully this is able to happen very soon.
On the field, despite the cancellation of the NSW NPL season, hope remains that our Round of 32 FFA Cup tie vs. Sydney FC will go ahead, sometime in mid-October according to those in the know. But even the most excitable supporter would agree, that the steam has well and truly gone out of any anticipation, even for that match.
Also in the last few weeks, we have had confirmation of several departures from the club, Jason Madonis, Nikola Kuleski, Hagi Gligor, Yu Hasegawa, bid farewell, joining the already departed Fabian Monge and Mohamed Adam.
As for the players who have committed to the club and have re-signed for next season, they are: William Angel, Michael Glassock, Ben van Meurs, Brendan Cholakian, Darcy Burgess, Nicholas Sorras, Christopher Parsons, Daniel Dias, Adam Parkhouse, Oliver Puflett, Thomas Whiteside, Fabio Ferreira, Marley Peterson, Chan Deng, Simun Milicevic.
New signings include: Mathieu Cordier, Niko Ujdur, Sam McIllhatton, Emmanuel Peters.
As Sydney Olympic commemorates 65 years of existence in 2022, it needs its sponsors, members, supporters, players close to it more than ever before and hopefully, by the start of next season, this business with this virus will be a thing of the past, we can go and watch Sydney Olympic again and even witness the completion of a full and proper season.
One can only hope.....
