. From what I have heard and seen (admittedly just highlight packages etc) no one in the u20's really stands out and says sign me. .
Did you hear the coaches review of the tournment? Was very impressed with Gulley.
I'm not sure why we are talking about Matt Simon when we don't need strikers. We need midfielders.
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I'm not sure why we are talking about Matt Simon when we don't need strikers. We need midfielders.
I'm not sure why we are talking about Matt Simon when we don't need strikers. We need midfielders.
Surely Hernandez will be playing as the central attacking midfielder?
I'm not sure why we are talking about Matt Simon when we don't need strikers. We need midfielders.
Surely Hernandez will be playing as the central attacking midfielder?
None of our strikers played well up front by themselves.
I'm not sure why we are talking about Matt Simon when we don't need strikers. We need midfielders.
Surely Hernandez will be playing as the central attacking midfielder?
None of our strikers played well up front by themselves.
OK, but Greenacre played Gameiro largely in the midfield with Brockie and Hysugems up front.
I'm not sure why we are talking about Matt Simon when we don't need strikers. We need midfielders.
Surely Hernandez will be playing as the central attacking midfielder?
None of our strikers played well up front by themselves.
OK, but Greenacre played Gameiro largely in the midfield with Brockie and Hysugems up front.
I just can't see a 4-4-2 with Waffle & Brockie up front, Ifill & Fenton wide, Carlos and Manny in the middle working. We might have to play a 4-5-1, with a new import CM but that leaves us with the issue that none of the strikers can play as a lone striker.
I think you over-estimate Ifill and Fenton starting. Ifill is on a downward track and I do not believe he is a 90min footballer anymore. I think his best value is going to be fresh running at tired games. He still has value though.
Fenton needs to do a ton of offseason work to be a starter. He has definitely potential and raw talent so depending on that, I think depends on whether he starts or not.
I think really, Stein, Brockie and Carlos are really the only sure fire starters. The rest are open (and that includes Manny)
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I think you over-estimate Ifill and Fenton starting. Ifill is on a downward track and I do not believe he is a 90min footballer anymore. I think his best value is going to be fresh running at tired games. He still has value though.
Fenton needs to do a ton of offseason work to be a starter. He has definitely potential and raw talent so depending on that, I think depends on whether he starts or not.
I think really, Stein, Brockie and Carlos are really the only sure fire starters. The rest are open (and that includes Manny)
I think Hysugems workrate is fine, particularly in the early season he was looking to pressure players aggressively. He stopped that to some extent because the rest of the team wasn't really supporting him, if you want to press it needs to be done as a unit. Carlos, Ifill and Brockie is a concern though. At least Ifill picked it up towards the end.
I think Hysugems workrate is fine, particularly in the early season he was looking to pressure players aggressively. He stopped that to some extent because the rest of the team wasn't really supporting him, if you want to press it needs to be done as a unit. Carlos, Ifill and Brockie is a concern though. At least Ifill picked it up towards the end.
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I think we should sign Ryan McGowan & Rostyn Griffiths. Steal them away from China
I quite like Hysugems and thought he was under used and not played effectively from Herbert, but I wouldn't say he's a garunteed starter for next year.
Hopefully with a new coach, no one is a certainty, outside maybe the Captain and Moss at this stage. Having everyone start from scratch and have to impress will be a good thing.
Glory have 15 players signed for next season, including attacker
Isaka Cernak, who agreed to join the club before Edwards took over.Cernak, 24, was released by Melbourne Victory in January and played six games for Wellington.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/sport/16862211/miller-signs-as-glory-go-back-to-the-future/
That was never confirmed was it?
pretty much a nick ward type player.. never really gonna cement a starting role at this level anymore
Ifill's still got it! He's still got the drive and attitude to make himself a starter. He's working hard to get as fit as he can over the off season.
Ifill's still got it! He's still got the drive and attitude to make himself a starter. He's working hard to get as fit as he can over the off season.
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Glory have 15 players signed for next season, including attacker
Isaka Cernak, who agreed to join the club before Edwards took over.Cernak, 24, was released by Melbourne Victory in January and played six games for Wellington.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/sport/16862211/miller-signs-as-glory-go-back-to-the-future/
That was never confirmed was it?
It was common knowledge he was going to Perth while he was playing here, seen it posted on this forum many times
Glory have 15 players signed for next season, including attacker
Isaka Cernak, who agreed to join the club before Edwards took over.Cernak, 24, was released by Melbourne Victory in January and played six games for Wellington.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/sport/16862211/miller-signs-as-glory-go-back-to-the-future/
That was never confirmed was it?
It was common knowledge he was going to Perth while he was playing here, seen it posted on this forum many times
Common knowledge is different to being true. The last we heard on it was when Cernak said that he has not signed with Perth.
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Glory have 15 players signed for next season, including attacker
Isaka Cernak, who agreed to join the club before Edwards took over.Cernak, 24, was released by Melbourne Victory in January and played six games for Wellington.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/sport/16862211/miller-signs-as-glory-go-back-to-the-future/
That was never confirmed was it?
It was common knowledge he was going to Perth while he was playing here, seen it posted on this forum many times
Common knowledge is different to being true. The last we heard on it was when Cernak said that he has not signed with Perth.
Yeah there was a fair bit of rumour of talks etc with Perth, was in the dom too I think but then Cernak quashed it all by saying he hadn't signed.
Great to hear Manny Muscat confirm he wants to play right back and realizes he's better there.
Great to hear Manny Muscat confirm he wants to play right back and realizes he's better there.
Not quite true. He's realised that the team is better with him at right back. Slight difference.
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Great to hear Manny Muscat confirm he wants to play right back and realizes he's better there.
Not quite true. He's realised that the team is better with him at right back. Slight difference.
When did Manny say that? What did I miss? Thats good news. Does this mean we won't target Storm or Elrich?
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Great to hear Manny Muscat confirm he wants to play right back and realizes he's better there.
Not quite true. He's realised that the team is better with him at right back. Slight difference.
When did Manny say that? What did I miss? Thats good news. Does this mean we won't target Storm or Elrich?
I think the audio must be in the latest poddy. I was sitting next to him when he said it.
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Great to hear Manny Muscat confirm he wants to play right back and realizes he's better there.
Not quite true. He's realised that the team is better with him at right back. Slight difference.
When did Manny say that? What did I miss? Thats good news. Does this mean we won't target Storm or Elrich?
I think the audio must be in the latest poddy. I was sitting next to him when he said it.
Great to hear Manny Muscat confirm he wants to play right back and realizes he's better there.
Not quite true. He's realised that the team is better with him at right back. Slight difference.
Playing with words, he is better at right back.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
If we get Storm then we probably don't need Leo
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If we get Storm then we probably don't need Leo
Worst idea ever. Keep Leo
Great to hear Manny Muscat confirm he wants to play right back and realizes he's better there.
Not quite true. He's realised that the team is better with him at right back. Slight difference.
Playing with words, he is better at right back.
Have you listened to the interview? He specifically avoided saying that he is better at right back. He did say that he now prefers right back, which is a complete turnaround from this time last year.
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I think Hysugems workrate is fine, particularly in the early season he was looking to pressure players aggressively. He stopped that to some extent because the rest of the team wasn't really supporting him, if you want to press it needs to be done as a unit. Carlos, Ifill and Brockie is a concern though. At least Ifill picked it up towards the end.
yep.
we have too many strikers who can't lead a line on their own or are too inconsistent to build a team around. We haven't settled on a team yet- hopefully Hernandez can create more for Stein and Brockie can get the bit between his teeth to equalise and win the way I remember (maybe completely incorrectly) Smeltzy doing. Though Smeltz had Lochhead and Daniel putting it on a plate for him...let's be honest they were much better crossers of a ball then, than Leo is at the moment...
How many assists has Leo had over the last 3 seasons?
Last year will not be a fair indicaiton due to him playing at RB but i'm pretty confident even with the two years prior to that added on the number would not hit double digits, which is very very poor. (espically considering how well he did at Perth with assists before joining us, which is why we signed him)
I'd keep Bertos as a squad player (Cover RB and RM) and be on the look out for a winger who can cross a ball and beat a man one on one, which is another thing Bertos no longer seems able to do.
Bertos 5 years ago = a creative winger with flair and pace
Bertos now = an industrious winger with a good work rate.
2011 / 2012 season. I was meaning comparable to other teams, not within the nix squad.
Industrious at best now adays, a rotation / squad player worthy of a two year contract.
2011 / 2012 season. I was meaning comparable to other teams, not within the nix squad.
Industrious at best now adays, a rotation / squad player worthy of a two year contract.
If he leaves, not sure who we replace him with.
Didn't Flores win the Johnny Warren Medal in the 2010/11 season ?
Irrelevant, because MetalLeg was specifically talking about how many assists Bertos had got in that season.
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