So. Just like Ifill was a spent force when he came here.
Plus spent force in Europe (or not good enough at high level in Europe) does not mean spent force or not goo enough for the A-league.
Geez, some people you just can't please.
Exactly. Some of the A-League defenders he'll be going up against wouldn't get near the level this guy's played (even recently). Unfortunately a couple of those defenders play for us but hey...
Nobody knows how this will work out, but on paper at least this probably is our biggest ever signing. He certainly has a better pedigree than Ifill, Greenacre, Rigters, Mehmet even the likes of Van Dijk and Berisha when they first came to the A-League. So considering the kind of signing we could have made I think we should be optimistic that there's at least a chance this will go well.
And picking random quotes from a fan forum to make a point is Dom Post depth of poor reportage. Someone, somewhere probably even criticized Durante on here once. Christ, imagine if some Dutch fan was quoting Zinidane in order to make a point about the Phoenix!