Guess he decided to skip the A-League stint before heading to a cashed up ASEAN club.
Confirmed by Bali United over on their social media feeds.
https://x.com/i/status/2089623825487200400
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Looked a really good prospect a few years ago, but seems to really have fallen off. Wonder if he was offered a trial by either the NIX of AFC?
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If Bali have paid a fee for him I dont see where the opportunity to trial him would be.
Valley FC til I die?
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Important to note dad John now coaches the Indonesian national team.
That would have opened the Bali door.
Saw a doco on the Indonesian League and specifically footage of a Bali Utd game where the two sets of fans went a bit nuts. Fans killing isolated opposition supporters in the streets not uncommon
That would have opened the Bali door.
Saw a doco on the Indonesian League and specifically footage of a Bali Utd game where the two sets of fans went a bit nuts. Fans killing isolated opposition supporters in the streets not uncommon
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Niche Cache. Brandon Wilson. Hopefully he's behaving better in Indonesia than Cambodia.
A move to Indonesia doesn’t exactly signal that he’s getting things back on track... but it doesn’t come as a surprise either considering how his father, John Herdman, is the current coach of the Indonesian national team. He’ll also link up there with Aussie midfielder Brandon Wilson who played a few games for the Wellington Phoenix a few years back. Bali United have finished eighth in each of the past two seasons. They won the Super League as recently as 2021-22 though. The knock on Herdman seems to be that he’s not particularly creative as an attacking midfielder... and lacks the physical traits to make up for that. He can cross and he can shoot but he doesn’t dribble or play incisive passes. In a league like Indonesia’s, he should have the freedom to be himself rather than getting pigeon-holed into a predetermined role that doesn’t fit.
A move to Indonesia doesn’t exactly signal that he’s getting things back on track... but it doesn’t come as a surprise either considering how his father, John Herdman, is the current coach of the Indonesian national team. He’ll also link up there with Aussie midfielder Brandon Wilson who played a few games for the Wellington Phoenix a few years back. Bali United have finished eighth in each of the past two seasons. They won the Super League as recently as 2021-22 though. The knock on Herdman seems to be that he’s not particularly creative as an attacking midfielder... and lacks the physical traits to make up for that. He can cross and he can shoot but he doesn’t dribble or play incisive passes. In a league like Indonesia’s, he should have the freedom to be himself rather than getting pigeon-holed into a predetermined role that doesn’t fit.
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