A wise man said to me the other day that "attracting A League players to Wellington is really hard. You have to pay them more than they're worth."
Another wise man said to me at lunch that Brisbane (as an example) have the same sort of issues with squad depth as we do. Lots of kids etc. I didn't argue because I don't have the same memory for players and squads that this sage fellow does.
But I've checked, and I don't think that's right...
By my count, our squad has (in rough terms) 10 kids (players under 23) out of 25 players (40%). Brisbane's has 7 out of 35 (20%).*
*Sauce: Wikipedia and some really quick counting/maths.
Your memory is also struggling to remember what was actually said by this wise man at lunch. I didn't mention youth. I was talking about the depth of a squad beyond the starting XI.
Luckily for Brisbane, Broich has only missed one, maybe two, games. Would we be talking about how rubbish our squad is if Riera played every game.