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Contracted Players - Return of the Long Pins

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over 6 years ago

JP__3 wrote:

RR wrote:

wilbaker wrote:

Import ST, Ulitity attacker and ulitity defender to round out the squad i reckon

I would go for a visa striker and another domestic forward myself. Waine is still at least a year off being able to contribute at A-League level.

If you had've offered me this 3 months ago I would've (Googled the visas and then) bitten your hand off.

This is pretty pie in the sky but let's say you need 40 goals minimum to be competitive.

If you'll allow me to be crazy speculative.

Ball= 8-10

Sotirio=4-6

Attacking Mids=6-8

DMs and defenders=6

Still about 10 goals short.

You'd hope Ball can get around 10, and then another import st to get 10+ and then the rest of the attacking unit to get 10-15 then the rest by defenders and we should be good. Just hope we concede less this season

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over 6 years ago

JP__3 wrote:
 

If you had've offered me this 3 months ago I would've (Googled the visas and then) bitten your hand off.

This is pretty pie in the sky but let's say you need 40 goals minimum to be competitive.

If you'll allow me to be crazy speculative.

Ball= 8-10

Sotirio=4-6

Attacking Mids=6-8

DMs and defenders=6

Still about 10 goals short.

I did some maths on this before the last season, and your comment is pretty close to the mark. You basically need 40+ (and realistically closer to 45 than 40) to be a top 4 team. You can get into the play-offs with 35+ but that requires you to be decent defensively (i.e. concede in the lower to mid 30s).

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over 6 years ago
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over 6 years ago

He thinks it's the right choice for him. I gathered that much.

Still, what is he supposed to say in these sort of PR interviews.

Let's wish him the best.

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over 6 years ago

I've enjoyed his interviews and he sounds up for it and especially pleased with his 3 year deal. Quietly but surely, Ufuk has brought a team together. I'm genuinely excited for this season and seeing what this team can do. More than I can say about Aberdeen's season anyway :D

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over 6 years ago

Can anyone update what the squad playing numbers are looking like now?  I know Ball has got 9 but keen to know some others

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over 6 years ago · edited over 6 years ago · History

Piscopo was announced today as the "new number 7" but Davila was also listed in a pre season game as #7, so who knows

1 Stefan Marinovic

2 Liam McGing

3 Luke DeVere

4 Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi

5 Steinmann??

6 Tim Payne

7 Piscopo

8 Cameron Devlin

9 David Ball

10 Ulises Davila

11 Jaushua Sotirio

12

13 Liberato Cacace

14 Alex Rufer

15

16 Louis Fenton

17 Callan Elliot

20 Oliver Sail

21 Callum McCowatt

23 Walter Scott

27 Steven Taylor

31 Ben Waine

32 Sam Sutton

33 Oskar van Hattum

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over 6 years ago

billyspleen75 wrote:

Piscopo was announced today as the "new number 7" but Davila was also listed in a pre season game as #7, so who knows

1 Stefan Marinovic

2 Liam McGing

3 Luke DeVere

4 Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi

5 Steinmann??

6 Tim Payne

7 Davila / Piscopo

8 Cameron Devlin

9 David Ball

10

11 Sotirio

12

13 Liberato Cacace

14 Alex Rufer

15

16

17 Callan Elliot

20 Oliver Sail

21 Callum McCowatt

23 Walter Scott

27 Steven Taylor

31 Ben Waine

32 Sam Sutton

33 Oskar van Hattum

Davila is 10

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over 6 years ago

wilbaker wrote:

billyspleen75 wrote:

Piscopo was announced today as the "new number 7" but Davila was also listed in a pre season game as #7, so who knows

Davila is 10

Nice work, added Fenton too. 

Apart from confirmation of Steinmann's #, and what number the new English striker will take, i think thats it.

We should probably give him #11 and Sotirio can have 24 or 29

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over 6 years ago

billyspleen75 wrote:

wilbaker wrote:

billyspleen75 wrote:

Piscopo was announced today as the "new number 7" but Davila was also listed in a pre season game as #7, so who knows

Davila is 10

Nice work, added Fenton too. 

Apart from confirmation of Steinmann's #, and what number the new English striker will take, i think thats it.

We should probably give him #11 and Sotirio can have 24 or 29

Pretty sure in one of the Facebook posts I saw when Steinmann signed, they confirmed he was #5

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over 6 years ago

Withdrawn from the Aussie u23 side. Injured??

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over 6 years ago

How did Taylor end up with 27?  Not that it means much.

Actually, getting outplayed quite a bit these days

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over 6 years ago

Mainland FC wrote:

How did Taylor end up with 27?  Not that it means much.

They changed the squad numbering rules a couple of seasons ago. It used to be players had to choose between 1-23 if they are on a senior deal but now players can choose from 1-50 without needing to ask permission from the FFA.
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over 6 years ago

He's a Bayern Munich II star.

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over 6 years ago

Anyone is a star playing for Bayern

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over 6 years ago

Butterfly effect

Only the wacky world of the A-League transfer market could cough up a square-off like this. No, it's not Mark Rudan returning to Wellington Phoenix in round one with Western United, but how the fate of their playmakers was intertwined with United's Alessandro Diamanti and Phoenix's Reno Piscopo seemingly following the footsteps of one another during the off-season.

At one point, former Inter Milan youth player Piscopo was close to joining A-League newcomers Western United before receiving an offer to return to Italy and sign with Livorno in the Serie B. The Tuscan club made him an offer, brought him back to Italy and had him on the training ground ready to become the replacement for Diamanti, who had just departed.

However, complications around a release from his previous club Renate and an injury thwarted a deal eventuating. By the time he was a free agent again, Western United had already signed Diamanti. It prompted Piscopo to join Rudan's former side and, as events transpired, ensured the first ever A-League game for both Diamanti and Piscopo will put one against the other.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/why-the-a-league-s-first-free-to-air-deal-fell-apart-20191010-p52zj2.html
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over 6 years ago
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over 6 years ago

As happy as I am for him, it is a major disappointment not to see someone else come in. 

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over 6 years ago

There really is a gaping hole up front.

a.haak

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over 6 years ago

WanderingSheep wrote:

As happy as I am for him, it is a major disappointment not to see someone else come in. 

20 is the MINIMUM squad size, not the maximum. We can still sign a few more strikers. 

Giving Ben a senior contract just gets Phoenix past this week's minimum squad size deadline.

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over 6 years ago

ClubOranje wrote:

WanderingSheep wrote:

As happy as I am for him, it is a major disappointment not to see someone else come in. 

20 is the MINIMUM squad size, not the maximum. We can still sign a few more strikers. 

Giving Ben a senior contract just gets Phoenix past this week's minimum squad size deadline.

And Waine a lot more money in his pocket, something like $25k more for him being on a senior deal. He will be paying for his mates Maccas after school now.
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over 6 years ago

They have tried to get someone not sure you can blame them all the time for not getting people to sign. No point at all in just signing someone for the sake of it,happy they have taken the option to up grade Waine.


GET YOUR SHIRTS OFF FOR THE BOYS

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over 6 years ago

Very happy we have upgraded Waine's contract but I'm also disappointed we didn't get our visa striker for the start of the season. I know a supposed deal fell through but the club hired Talay very early in the piece and they've had a long time to complete their recruitment. I think they've done all right and I like the direction the club has taken but I'm disappointed they didn't finish the job on time.


VUW AFC - Victoria University Football for life

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over 6 years ago

newzealandpower wrote:

Very happy we have upgraded Waine's contract but I'm also disappointed we didn't get our visa striker for the start of the season. I know a supposed deal fell through but the club hired Talay very early in the piece and they've had a long time to complete their recruitment. I think they've done all right and I like the direction the club has taken but I'm disappointed they didn't finish the job on time.

In amongst all the regular doom and gloom of every season, I feel as though this is a very fair summary of the off-season break

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over 6 years ago

I think our recruitment was, overall, very good - unfortunately we've stumbled to the finish line.

a.haak

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over 6 years ago

I think our recruitment was, overall, very good - unfortunately we've stumbled to the finish line.

a.haak

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over 6 years ago

valeo wrote:

I think our recruitment was, overall, very good - unfortunately we've stumbled to the finish line.

window hasn't closed yet! hoping we sign someone Monday/tuesday

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over 6 years ago

I think the line we were referring to was the season opener...


VUW AFC - Victoria University Football for life

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over 6 years ago

Hooper will wear # 88

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over 6 years ago

Any penalty taking footage available for this guy.

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over 6 years ago

This seems familiar somehow...



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over 6 years ago

Yeah, I noticed he wore that number for Celtic, it doesn't mean he's a Nazi does it?


Ramming liberal dribble down your throat since 2009
This forum needs less angst and more Kate Bush threads



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over 6 years ago

martinb wrote:

This seems familiar somehow...

And only two words to learn so even the most intoxicated  feverite should be able to get it right

GET YOUR SHIRTS OFF FOR THE BOYS

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over 6 years ago

Doloras wrote:

Yeah, I noticed he wore that number for Celtic, it doesn't mean he's a Nazi does it?

His YOB is 1988, give him the benefit of the doubt. Though found out Kilkenny is 88 too, f knows what connection he has to that number.
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