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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Ronaldunno wrote:
Signing Sigmund might not be a goer. With Durante, McKain we now have two good central defenders. Plus they can't dump Dodd & Old as they still have a year on contract. They are still looking for a Right back so suddenly there are lots of options in defense. I can't see where Sigmund fits!!
 
Losing Felipe is a bit of a blow. Ideally we need another playmaker with flair in the mid field. It puts a lot of pressure on Daniel to create play and its too easy for defenses to shut one guy down. Bertos and Ferante are solid players but you sometimes need someone with that extra spark to unlock a defense in a tight game.
 
We needed to tightenup that defence though. With hopefully that sorted, the style of team play can back back to that early attacking style that "wowed" us at the start.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Dont forget lads we got Bertos too!
Him and Daniel should occupy either wing.
We coul do with a marquee striker plus another midfielder.
Should look at Mulligan, hes versatile and class.
Dont see what the club wants with Steven Old and to a lesser extent Jeremy Christie.
But wel see what unfolds in the coming weeks.
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Hard News wrote:
Hard News wrote:
Talk in Aus is that Rees has already signed with another A-League side.


Now hearing Newcastle...
 
So they swapped us Durante for Rees. Think we got the better of that one.
 
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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
2ndBest wrote:
Lets hope they have a good replacement lined up for felipe. A scarecrow will probably be sufficient replacement for Elrich
 
haahaah you're quality mate!
I couldn't agree more. I think Elrich was a decent signing, but I also think our marquee player should be someone BIG. Someone who makes the difference, someone who gets us (together with the formidable team we already have) to the play-offs. Someone who deserves that kind of money.
 
I think HN said in another post that he might have been marque in name only and not on the big big $$


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about 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
rumours seem to come and go regarding Elrich's salary, one of the latest (and seemingly quite credible) suggests that he was paid less than a "full" marquee but was among the most highly paid players in the squad, but that all depends which rumour you believe
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