Marco Rojas (Brisbane Roar)

Yes, because when he plays in the A-League he's consistently in the top 10 players.

Also neither Berisha or Fornoroli were marquees when they arrived, their performances in the A-League is what brought them up to marquee status. Although Rojas probably wouldn't be worth a marquee deal because he will be down on confidence and might not fire straight away and he's also not the sort of player that we need ATM.

Precisely.

Not so much on his current form, of course, but simply on his stats and the fact that he literally lit up the A-League over his two stints with MCV:

New Zealand

• OFC Nations Cup: 2016
• OFC U-20 Championship: 2011

• Oceania Footballer of the Year: 2012
• Johnny Warren Medal: 2012–13
• A-League Young Footballer of the Year: 2012–13
• A-League PFA Team of the Season : 2012–13

If not as an international marquee, surely he qualifies as a domestic one assuming NZers can be treated as domestic marquees for the Nix!

There's no such thing as domestic marquee anymore, a team can have two marquees (which can be international or not) and a guest player who can play 14 games, there used to also be a full season guest player (or the Tim Cahill rule) which allowed a guest player to play the full season but that finished when Cahill left.

I kind of think the A-League should rebrand the marquee players as designated players (a la MLS) as the wording creates confusion, a marquee is just a very expensive player who's outside of the cap.

Although, what we appear to be chasing is a true marquee, i.e. someone who's eligible for FFA marquee funds.

Of course someone who has been the best player in the A-league and still in their prime is good enough to be a marquee. Rojas was good at Victory, went to Europe and did nothing, came back to the Victory and carved and then has gone to Europe and done nothing. A marquee also doesn't have to be on 1 mill a year or anything. It can just be a player who offers your squad a little bit extra.

Rojas has 27 in goals in his last 47 A-league games, Barbarouses had scored 15 in his 70 before we made him a marquee.

I think there would be a few Eredivisie teams that would have him. I also think he still adds value to the Heerenveen squad. Obviously he’d like to be starting but he could still make his way into the starting 11 across the season.

More splinters for Rojas in 3-2 win away at AZ.

Jizz gets 3 mins late.

More splinters for Rojas. Heerenveen win 3-1 in Dutch Cup against Groene Star from Dutch 5th tier.

Elsewhere I note in a shock PSV were knocked out of the Cup, losing 2-3 at home to RKC Waalwijk who sit 15th in Div 2. RKC are also the club of young Leon Van Den Hoven, so be a big buzz round his club at the moment.

Also the former club of Tamati Williams. 

And Ivan Vicelich 2006 - 2008 after he left Roda.

Same old same old. 

Stays on the bench as Heerenveen draw with Emmen 1-1.

Heerenveen lose 0-2 to bottom of the table Groningen. 

They were already 2-0 down at HT, and you would have thought chasing the game, but still no minutes for Rojas.

Young Jizz got 20 mins off the bench.

First minutes in a long time, as subbed on at 77 min mark in a 3-0 loss at league leaders PSV.

Heerenveen had a player sent off at 37 mins, which would have ruined their already slim chances of getting a result.

They had 29% possession and 0 shots on target. Still good to see Rojas get a run.

Presume the two AWs caught up post match.

Crowd 34,000.

Heerenveen beat Fortuna Sittard 3-1.

Splinters for Rojas.

3 Kiwis combined on the benches as Heerenveen travel to Willem II.

Rojas off the bench in the 68th minute with the score 5-1 to the good - score stays that way until the end. Woud and McGarry don't make an appearance.

Willem II had player sent off at 39 mins (score 1-1), which probably affected McGarry’s chances of getting some mins.

Looking at a gig  in Saudi Arabia.

Is this the same sauce that said he was coming to the Nix, a month or so ago?

Unless said sauce was his aunt, then I doubt it.

He's apparently still got his apartment in Melbourne so who knows?

Heerenveen lose 2-3 at home to Utrecht.

Rojas zero minutes.

Jizz gets about 5 at the end

45 mins off the bench v Odin '59 in the Dutch Cup - Heerenveen won 3-1

Little Christmas cheer for Heerenveen as they have two players sent off in a 4-2 loss at NAC Breda. Both straight reds.

First guy sent off at 14 mins, being their goal scorer when the score was 1-1.

Despite being a man down, Heerenveen take a 2-1 lead at 27 mins.

However game becomes a lost cause at 47 mins with 2nd send off. The 9 man team then conceded 3 goals.

Jizz and Marco watch it all from the bench. Bright spot is must be increased chance of some game time next match, with a few suspensions.

Eredivisie now breaks for a month.

I probably go on this thread maybe once a month to see what Marco is doing and two things have become very apparent - He still isn't getting any minutes whatsoever, and Jizz Hornkamp's name will never not be funny

Nearly lost my coffee when I read the last part! pmsl.

Would we take him back on loan or is Singh already passing him?

Come save us at Dundee please!! Good chance to practice tearing up half the Aussie team which is in the same league!!

Posted By Admin On January 2nd, 2019 05:14 PM | Eredivisie, Transfer NewsAccording to Voetbal International, Heerenveen are expected to have a clear out this month with Arber Zeneli and Morten Thorsby two of the players set to depart.

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Thorsby has been in good form this season with five goals in twelve games, but the Norwegian’s contract expires in the summer and an extension doesn’t seem likely. Heerenveen will now look to offload the 22-year-old in order to prevent him leaving for a free.

With eight assists and three goals, Zeneli has been a star for the Frisians and there is plenty of interest in the 23-year-old winger. Clubs from Turkey and Italy are circling the Kosovo international and Heerenveen may look to cash in.

Heerenveen are looking to slash their wage bill and are also open to offers for Marco Rojas, Yuki Kobayashi and Nemanja Mihajlovic.

Even if he gets picked up by another club in this league, I suspect he'd be destined to life as a bench warmer. What are his best options? Drop down to the Eredivisie second tier? Or might it be time to decide he's never going to crack the European big leagues and come back to the A-League where he'd still be in high demand. 

Rumor was he was looking to move to the Middle East.

Still could go to a better league than the a league. How about the k/j league, CSL, MLS, Mexican league, and even thr SPL.

Could even move somewhere in South America - wasn't he linked with a Chilean club before moving to Stuttgart?

Truth is, he could probably go to a bunch of interesting leagues but he must be careful in choosing a country where he will get meaningful game time and have a chance to show what he's got.

His Dad wont let him come back to the Nix 

So his dad would rather he sat on the bench for a losing Euro side? I guess the money is better - truth be told we dont really need him. CCM might be interested