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Posted August 06, 2014 01:08 · last edited August 06, 2014 01:13

ConanTroutman wrote:

Ryan54 wrote:

hlmphil wrote:

austin10 wrote:

Ryan's Rovers wrote:

jeez...i hope thats not going to be the theme for this season..."Nix couldn't finish their chances"

Exactly what I was thinking.

Our midfield seems to have done very well, particularly since it was missing Riera, Rodriguez & potentially Roly, and then Muscat at the back. We don't have anything more to add up front though.

Part of me is starting to wonder whether it will be such a bad thing if we miss out on WeeMac (much as I want to see him at the Nix, and that would be tragic for him personally), so that we free up a space and some cap for a decent striker.

But any striker we sign would have to be Australian or a Kiwi. Everyone has already ruled out Killen/Fallon and what Australian strikers are going around?

I agree with the general sentiment about the cup. It is disappointing to lose but hard to take it very seriously when the games are played at community stadiums and the draw is stacked. It was really just another preseason game and will be until you make the quarter finals.

Maybe we shouldn't have signed Krishna to a 2 year deal and then not played him then? Or signed another midfielder/fullback for our last import? It's not like this situation has been forced on Ernie

Yeah the option would be to use part of Mcglinchey's money to pay out Cunningham or Krishna and then sign someone else. You're not going to get quality on a one year deal who is a free agent this close to the start of the season I bet, unless Huysegems relents, but then he isn't that much of a step up in finishing ability.

I think that Cunningham, Krishna, and Burns all have the ability to step up and have a 10+ goal season, and of course Brockie could start smashing them in which apparently he's doing in training and has come close in the last couple of games.

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Ryan edited August 06, 2014 01:13
ConanTroutman wrote:
Ryan54 wrote:
hlmphil wrote:
austin10 wrote:
Ryan's Rovers wrote:

jeez...i hope thats not going to be the theme for this season..."Nix couldn't finish their chances"

Exactly what I was thinking.

Our midfield seems to have done very well, particularly since it was missing Riera, Rodriguez & potentially Roly, and then Muscat at the back. We don't have anything more to add up front though.

Part of me is starting to wonder whether it will be such a bad thing if we miss out on WeeMac (much as I want to see him at the Nix, and that would be tragic for him personally), so that we free up a space and some cap for a decent striker.

But any striker we sign would have to be Australian or a Kiwi. Everyone has already ruled out Killen/Fallon and what Australian strikers are going around?

I agree with the general sentiment about the cup. It is disappointing to lose but hard to take it very seriously when the games are played at community stadiums and the draw is stacked. It was really just another preseason game and will be until you make the quarter finals.

Maybe we shouldn't have signed Krishna to a 2 year deal and then not played him then? Or signed another midfielder/fullback for our last import? It's not like this situation has been forced on Ernie

Yeah the option would be to use part of Mcglinchey's money to pay out Cunningham or Krishna and then sign someone else. You're not going to get quality on a one year deal who is a free agent this close to the start of the season I bet, unless Huysegems relents, but then he isn't that much of a step up in finishing ability.