Special Feature: Slaveski?s Royal Party but no Wedding yet

Although wedding plans are on the horizon he stated to Football NSW, ?No I didn?t get married that same day but I do have a beautiful girlfriend and we are getting engaged at the end of the year so maybe in a couple of years time,? he smiles.
It wouldn?t be prudent to mention this if she didn?t know of course but as Daniel continues: ?We?ve been talking about it for a while now so Natalie knows and it?s safe to print that,? he laughs this time.
Being a NSW Premier League regular and having skirted the fringes of the A-League it is evident the lad has the passion in the belly to want to press on with his career but it hasn?t gone to his head as his feet remain firmly on the ground.
?To be honest I am just concentrating on game by game but of course I would love to play in the A-League though but I just want to keep playing until the end of the year and then recap what has happened and take it step by step from there.?
Slaveski bears the marks still when on the wrong end of quite a horrific accidental knock in a match recently that may have left less focused players with a battered confidence issue yet that is something he has turned into a positive.
?I?ve actually used the incident to gain in confidence, it?s made me hungrier.
?It was a pretty bad knock against Bonnyrigg yet it is part and parcel of the game and you have to accept that.
?It was deliberate but it has made me want to play harder and even more determined to be the player I want to become and achieve everything I can from the game.?
Daniel has, quite obviously, been lumbered with the ?young? tag throughout his career to date and never really as ?Daniel Slaveski? in his own right but is it something that worry?s him?
?Yes and no,? he says: ?It is nice to be young but like I said I am 23-years old now so I suppose we can drop the word ?young? from now on,? he smirks at this one; ?But if I can continue to play good football I don?t suppose I?ll care what you call me Brockie,? now laughing hard!
Back to matters more serious and for Bankstown this season it hasn?t been easy but they are still up there mixing at the top and their aspirations for 2011 are quite clear.
?We started from scratch coming into the season and personally I think we are doing quite well (2-wins, 3-losses and a draw), but hopefully we can put it together this season and keep in the hunt and push higher up the ladder.
?The team morale is good as we have around 17-funny guys running around the training pitch and the reason we have done as well as we have so far is the fact that we are all basically out there for one another, we train together and many of us go out together so there is always plenty of banter and laughs to be had and we are very close.
Slaveski has glowing words for coach Blagoja Kuleski, himself at Bankstown for his first season, when saying.
?It?s his first year at the club and my first year under him and it?s a shame I haven?t been under his guidance for a couple more years.
?He is great, gets along with the boys well, has a laugh and a joke but when it comes down to business everyone plays for him.?
As a personal trainer Slaveski doesn?t just train as a part time professional player and puts in plenty of solo hard yards, something all players need to do if they are to achieve their personal goals and to become the player they want to be so that in time maybe we will see the lad donning an A-League shirt. Who knows?
His work ethic cannot be faulted but it is a long way to the top however one or two things can be said for sure and certain and that is the ?young? tag can be dropped and, of course, I am quite partial to a slice or two of wedding cake chaps.
-By Micky Brock