He may be not to bad and he did well in an underperforming team. But to win a title we need someone who bangs in goal regularly. More like a Krishna or Burns. No problem with Powell and Watson on the bench, but I want better players.
Similar to Doyle, he did not bad and had some good moments this season, we expected nothing. But he is far away from a eg. Craig Goodwin who scored 10 Goals in 52 game for Adelaide. I want a guy like him instead of Manny, Doyle, Fenton.
I don't understand why some people are happy with mediocre and hope they turn from ASB prem league into bad ass A-League goals scoring machines?
I know it's hard to get them, salary cap, Sarpong, bla bla. I think Finkler and Kosta is a step into the right direction, look what they did to us on the weekend? Maybe Kosta is ready to be an Alpha player? If get something similar in defence to replace Manny and Siggy we could have a (this time for real) good team next year.
Yeah but Goodwin has been playing in the a-league since 2011. He was mediocre as they come until recently, the same with many other players (Nichols is another player off the top of my head that was mediocre for years before developing into a decent player). I don't see any reason why Doyle couldn't get to that level with consistent game time. The nix can't just magically fix every position overnight, so you still have to take the time to develop 'mediocre' players in some positions, it's all about balance and depth. Other teams do it pretty well, all those A-league aussies don't just appear at the top of their game out of thin air.