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Posted September 04, 2018 01:55 · last edited September 04, 2018 01:56

el grapadura wrote:

Mainland FC wrote:

mrsmiis wrote:

whatever wrote:

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Rossi had the ability but was "taking the piss". We never missed him  when he was not playing bacause he rarely performed. Why are we comparing with second rate players? If you want a bench mark then Reira is the player to compare with.

Riera's a good comparison but Rossi definitely was good in his first season, especially with his tactical awareness (something we missed last season)

I am with mrsmiis on this. Rossi made a difference in his first season, because after Siggy retired our back four were struggling.

Now I get the point that whatever did not rate Rossi and that he prefers Riera as benchmark. But the real issue here is that Rossi was a visa player and Riera was not.  I am wary of a visa slot being taken up by a player whose commitment is not 100%.  Some visa players might come here and think they wouldn't need to try very hard in order to shine in our rather average comp.  They may however be caught by the relatively high speed of A-League. 

Of course Riera was an import, don't know why you have the impression that he wasn't?

You are correct.  He was a visa player all along.

I guess what I tried to say in that post was that I expect more from a player coming from Varese than coming to the Nix from Auckland City.  However, even that is a bit suspect. I bet that on a good day, Auckland City would beat Varese.  Varese is not Juventus or AC Milan. 

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el grapadura wrote:
Mainland FC wrote:
mrsmiis wrote:
whatever wrote:

(---)

[/quote]

Rossi had the ability but was "taking the piss". We never missed him  when he was not playing bacause he rarely performed. Why are we comparing with second rate players? If you want a bench mark then Reira is the player to compare with.

Riera's a good comparison but Rossi definitely was good in his first season, especially with his tactical awareness (something we missed last season)

I am with mrsmiis on this. Rossi made a difference in his first season, because after Siggy retired our back four were struggling.

Now I get the point that whatever did not rate Rossi and that he prefers Riera as benchmark. But the real issue here is that Rossi was a visa player and Riera was not.  I am wary of a visa slot being taken up by a player whose commitment is not 100%.  Some visa players might come here and think they wouldn't need to try very hard in order to shine in our rather average comp.  They may however be caught by the relatively high speed of A-League. 

Of course Riera was an import, don't know why you have the impression that he wasn't?

You are correct.  He was a visa player all along.

I guess what I tried to say in that post was that I expect more from a player coming from Varese than coming to the Nix from Auckland City.  However, even that is a bit of a suspect statement, come to think of it.  On a good day, Auckland City could beat Varese, from what we've seen of their form at CWC playoffs.  Varese is not Juventus or AC Milan.