*News* Fury Squad announced

Head Coach Franz Straka has named a 15-man squad for this Sunday’s Hyundai A-League week 3 match against Melbourne Victory at AAMI Park. Unsurprisingly, Straka has no changes to the squad who defeated last season’s champions, Sydney FC in Townsville last Saturday night.

This season, the NQ Fury have shown they are a team with real ticker who are looking to play attractive football at every opportunity. But this Fury side also aren’t afraid to roll-up their sleeves and tough things as Vice Captain, Gareth Edds explains; “Not all matches will be free-flowing affairs and we know there will be times when we have to get in there and rough a few people up and battle away in the game." “For a squad who has only been together for a short period of time, we are certainly developing a game plan and style which we believe gives us the best chance of achieving success. But as we showed during last week’s match against Sydney, at times you need to be patient and repel what the opposition throws at you before you get the opportunity to play your own game and hopefully come away with the desire result."

Many pundits are suggesting this is the right time for the Fury to play Melbourne Victory as they are missing key players through injury, but this is not how Fury Assistant Coach Stuart McLaren sees it; “When approaching any match, we will always focus on whose on the park and what they can do, instead of consuming our thoughts with those who are missing.

“It doesn’t matter who plays for the Victory this Sunday, they have quality throughout their entire squad and a shrewd coaching team who have a fantastic track record.“The Victory will be disappointed with their previous results and will be looking to bounce back this Sunday, something we will be wary of and are prepared for.”

Match Details;
Sunday 22nd August, 2010AAMI Park, Melbourne
Local kick-off: 3:00pm AEST
Live and exclusive broadcast on FOX Sports HD3 & 3.
Hyundai A-League club broadcast partner is 100.7 ZincFM (Townsville).
North Queensland Fury FC
1. Justin PASFIELD (gk)
4. Eric AKOTO
5. Mark HUGHES
6. Ufuk TALAY (cpt)
7. Gareth EDDS
8. Adam CASEY
9. Eugene SSEPPUYA
10. Dyron DAAL
11. David WILLIAMS
14. Chris GROSSMAN
15. Chris PAYNE
16. Simon STOREY
17. Osama MALIK
19. Isaka CERNAK
20. Matthew HAM (gk)
In: None
Out: None
Not selected: 2. Jack HINGERT 3. Brad McDONALD, 12. Panagiotis NIKAS, 18. Brett STUDMAN, 21. Jason SPAGNUOLO
Injured: 13. Andre Kilian (2-3 weeks – foot injury)