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Youssouf Hersi

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    • Date Of Birth: 20/08/82
    Nation: Netherlands
    Birthplace: Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
    Squad Number: 17
    Position: Right Wing
    Joined Wanderers: 12/09/12
    Contract Details: 1 Year Initial Contract. Signed 1 year extension on 5/2/2013 with likely end date of March 2014.
    Contract Finish: 2013/14
    Previous Club: De Graafschap
    Wanderers Debut: 6th October 2012 vs Central Coast Mariners
    A-League Appearances: 48
    A-League Goals: 8
    ACL Appearances: 5
    ACL Goals: 0
    FFA Cup Appearances: 0
    FFA Cup Goals: 0
    Club World Cup Appearances: 0
    Club World Cup Goals: 0
    Total Appearances: 53
    Total Goals: 8
    Yearly Appearances & Goals: 2012/13: 25 (5), 2013/14: 28 (3)
    Individual Awards: WestSydneyFootball.Com Player Of The Year (2012/13), A-League All Star (2012/13).
    Team Honours: A-League Premiership Winner (2012/13).
    Highlight: Provided an assist with a cross for the Wanderers first ever goal by Mark Bridge against Brisbane Roar in Round 4, Season 2012/13 on 27/10/2012.
    Highlight: Received the first ever red card to a Wanderer, a straight red for kicking out towards Scott Jamieson of Perth Glory in Round 7, Season 2012/13 on 18/11/2012.
    Highlight: Scored the first ever Wanderers goal in a Sydney Derby in Round 11, season 2012/13 on 15/12/2012.
    Description: A journeyman winger with extensive experience in the Dutch leagues. Hersi started the pre-season slowly but with more match fitness and time to adjust to the league he become one of the key performers for the Wanderers in their inaugural season. His absence from the Wanderers squad is an immediate boost to the opposition. His second season was less of an impact in terms of goals scored, but he was still a key player in attack. He left the club after 2013/14 to join Perth Glory.
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Davo

He's basically saying how happy he is at the A-League club that he wants to be at more than any other... Except for the one he actually wants to be at. Kind of like when you take something away from a child and they say they don't want it any more.

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Zelinsky

I am not getting sentimental about players leaving. Not any longer anyway. That's just how it goes with the salary cap. It is also understandable that ex players will make statements in support of their new clubs. Such is life. Good luck to him at Perth.

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Rookoz

Contrast this comment of Hersi's (and Polenz's post-season swipe) with Beauchamp's "that's football, I guess *sigh*"

 

Pretty clear why Meggsy was foundation captain - that guy has class.

 

We might be biased here, but this just makes Hersi look like he chased the money. I don't blame him at this stage of his career, but surely there are better ways to express it (although probably I should cut him some slack given English isn't his first language...)

 

Hmmm... "But that was not the way at Western Sydney – they think only about themselves..."
 
 

 

GLORY HUNTER HERSI TAKES A SWIPE AT WANDERERS

Highly-prized (edit.PRICED) Perth Glory recruit Youssouf Hersi has pledged to play his part in putting the club “back on the map†while taking a swipe over the manner of his exit from Western Sydney Wanderers. By David Lewis 

 

The signing of the Ethiopian-born Dutch flier on a two-year deal is seen as a statement of intent from Glory as it seeks to rebound from last season’s under-achieving campaign where it finished eighth.

 
Hersi, 31, is joined by former Australia player Richard Garcia, Republic of Ireland striker Andy Keogh, former Newcastle Jets captain Ruben Zadkovich, Diogo Ferreira from Brisbane Roar, midfielder Mitch Nichols on loan from Cerezo Osaka and ex-Socceroos defender Dino Djulbic in a revamped roster for the 2014-2015 campaign.
 
"One of my main reasons in coming here was that the club is intent on success and they have proved it with the signings they have made," said Hersi, who played in last season’s grand final loss for WSW as it went down 2-1 in extra time to Brisbane Roar.
 
"I want to play my part in putting the club back on the map and giving supporters the success they want. They said they would sign good players and they have done and there is still one spot remaining on the roster.
 
"I am just getting to know the boys and we are off next week for a 10-day tour to Malaysia where we will play some local sides. There is a buzz about this club right now."
 
Hersi, though, harbours some recriminations over his exit from Wanderers, declaring: “I could have stayed at Western Sydney but there was only a one-year offer there and that’s doesn't bring a player much security and is not a big reward for proving myself over two seasons with them.
 
"It's frustrating that four or five months after a contract is signed you have to talk to the club again about your next contract. That was the situation I was in there.
 
"They know I was a good player and who give everything on the field. They knew my character, how I approached the games and that should be enough to bring a two-year contract.
 
"It’s not about sitting back then and having a big cigar, it’s more about wanting recognition for what you achieve with a club.
 
"But that was not the way at Western Sydney – they think only about themselves. That's the past now and I am concentrating on the future now in Perth.
 
"This club gave me the opportunity to come and I thought why not? It’s all about them now.
 
"I want other teams to be saying in the new season, 'oh ****, I don’t want to come to Perth'."
 
Despite his reservations over his final parting with the Wanderers, Hersi, who also helped fire them to the 2012-2013 grand final in their debut season, has many fond recollections of his time at Pirtek Stadium.
 
The former Netherlands Under-21 player, who had stints with Ajax, NAC Breda, FC Twente and AEK Athens among others before coming to Australia, added: "From day one we were setting records for a new club and everything just fell into place.
 
"The players at that time, the coach (Tony Popovic), the location  ... everything was just perfect.
 
"I didn’t want to move, but that's life and Perth is a new challenge for me.
 
"You can complain about the long distances we have to travel to play and how that makes it tough for the club but you can also look at this as an adventure and that's the way I see it."
 
Hersi, who had his first training session with his new club on Monday, continued: "I think we have a good mix of youngsters and more experienced players.
 
"I know there's expectation on me – but I have had that my whole football life, wherever I have played. This will be no different."

 

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Unlimited

Could've said: "I would've loved to stay with the Wanderers but unfortunately the financials didn't work out, but I love Australia and the A-League, Perth gave me a lifeline and I'm thankful for them for that, and I'll try and prove myself here" or something...

 

 

what he said actually seems abit... yeah.

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teddies

Yeah.. he's obviously still a bit hurt of not being resigned.. and I'm sure that feeling is felt with all the players who couldn't re-sign. So I guess I can accept what he says. I still don't see him in a negative light.. 

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smp

I will continue to try to give the benefit of the doubt to any statement made by someone in a language that isn't their native tongue.

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ManfredSchaefer

Can't find any vitriol to target against Youssouf, and wish in some respects he was still with us. However as any professional footballer understands you are only going to be considered an ongoing member of a club if the magical combo of on & off-field performance, dollars and club owners' vision add up, and when push comes to shove if any of those elements don't meet standards then you're gone. In all honesty Hersi last season wasn't the man he was in 2012/13, and there has been a definitive change in the club's structures and vision. I hope he does okay for the Purple Duds but won't be losing any sleep over his supposed recriminations...

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102megan

 

The club wanted him to grow a beard.  He said he couldn't.  They said they would find someone who could.

 

Inside word that.

in before beard gets blocked from being typed on this forum. :xbop:

 

 Nah  -  Balkanite has a great beard - so that won't/ shouldn't happen!

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Tranquilo

 

 

The club wanted him to grow a beard.  He said he couldn't.  They said they would find someone who could.

 

Inside word that.

in before beard gets blocked from being typed on this forum. :xbop:

 

 Nah  -  Balkanite has a great beard - so that won't/ shouldn't happen!

 

datalaughing_gif.gif

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102megan

 

 

 

The club wanted him to grow a beard.  He said he couldn't.  They said they would find someone who could.

 

Inside word that.

in before beard gets blocked from being typed on this forum. :xbop:

 

 Nah  -  Balkanite has a great beard - so that won't/ shouldn't happen!

 

datalaughing_gif.gif

 

I hope that you get a Balkanite Drink Voucher taken away from you, and I get it instead AND an additional one for complimenting his beard. :D

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Tranquilo

 

 

 

 

The club wanted him to grow a beard.  He said he couldn't.  They said they would find someone who could.

 

Inside word that.

in before beard gets blocked from being typed on this forum. :xbop:

 

 Nah  -  Balkanite has a great beard - so that won't/ shouldn't happen!

 

datalaughing_gif.gif

 

I hope that you get a Balkanite Drink Voucher taken away from you, and I get it instead AND an additional one for complimenting his beard. :D

 

i hope at least i get to choose the day/times for my 48 hr ban. :sorry:

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That70sDude

The hand that feeds him is now Perth. Of course he is going to trash talk his old club to make friends weith the fans of the new club. He's always been an ahole like that even at our club.

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KGee

I did say "player thread", and Hersi is an ex-player, so I'll let it slide this time.

 

Technicalities....Love it!   :cool:  

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wanderersfanatic

I'm looking for a photo of hersi looking very chubby in a Perh Glory uniform, I can't remember which thread it was..

 

Can anybody please help?

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Neverbloom

 

I'm looking for a photo of hersi looking very chubby in a Perh Glory uniform, I can't remember which thread it was..

 

Can anybody please help?

Was it this one:

 barney.jpg

 

or this one?? 

Grimace.jpg

 

he looks taller now

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Flytox

Its interesting watching Hersi run around in a purple strip.  Camera work in live streams isn't so hot and the game misses something with empty stadiums.

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hawks2767

Can't wait to see him scoring a goal for glory (not against us obviously) then looking for the crowd's response only to be bitterly dissapointed lol

 

He got a red card when we had Roar dead and buried in the season 1 semi final, imagine how he would have gone in the Guangzhou matches :rofl:

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