Fraser said three candidates are left vying for the post with the A-League club's preferred choice having just finished his club commitments last weekend.

It's expected a deal will be finalised and announced in the next two weeks.

FFA National Technical Director Han Berger, former Colchester United owner Jonathan Crisp, North Queensland resident and former English first division player Peter Brine and Fraser headed up the selection panel.

The timing will give the club just nine weeks to prepare for their opening A-League clash on August 6 against Perth Glory in the West.

Assistant coach Stuart McLaren has been appointed and it would appear he will take the club's existing squad of around 11 players until the new man flies in.  

"The quality of coach and also the level of understanding of the A-League and Townsville in particular have been very encouraging," Fraser  told au.fourfourtwo.com today.

The new coach will have his UEFA Pro Licence said Fraser and no doubt will come with significant contacts in Europe.

Fury will need this injection of quality with time running out to prepare for their second A-League campaign.

In the club's first five rounds of the new season, Fury will face three of last season's finals sides as well as championship dark horse Melbourne Heart and ACL surprise packet Adelaide United.  

But Fraser was putting a positive spin on the draw saying extra home games against crowd pullers such as Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory would help the club build on their fan-base.

And Robbie Fowler's Perth Glory playing twice in the north of Queensland was another positive for the battling club, now hoping to better last season's home crowds.

"Now the draw has been made we can start selling memberships," he said.

Fraser, until recently head of the A-League, also talked up the attraction of a regional area like Townsville and north Queensland for a highly credentialed European coach used to much bigger cities.

It's a point last season's marquee man Robbie Fowler made in several interviews.

"It's not like back at home where there's more stuff to do and more families that we know, so she's [wife Kerrie] still adjusting," the former Fury man said earlier this year.

But Fraser accentuated the positives of the tropical lifestyle.

He added: "The coaches we've spoken with have done their homework and know it's not Sydney or Melbourne. And actually, here I am today up here and it's 24 degrees.

"That's not not too bad, is it?"