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Posted July 26, 2018 11:06 · last edited July 26, 2018 11:07

DJ Jazzy Jeff Sarpong wrote:

Jeff Vader wrote:

bunter wrote:

Jeff Vader wrote:
One would suspect that our last two imports (Krishna being considered a local) wuld be a RB and a striker. We can change formation to use what we have for the other midfielder (Nichols as a B2B but thats stretching it)

One would be wrong. Second quality DM is Rudan's priority. Its an obvious gap. 

You are right it is an obvious gap however we potentially have players that can play in the midfield on the books (Nichols) and TAHW is rumoured depending on how inept he was at injuring himself. The trialist that everyone thought would be a shoe-in for RB (Gulley) was jettisoned after 1-2 weeks and Tratt is rumoured only and with his "issues"........

At the moment, RB is looking harder to fill as much as that 2nd DM hole is a glaring weakness. I quantify that by the fact we do have player who can play in the midfield. We don't have players for RB unless we are moving a CB there. Not the end of the world but our CBs are not known for their pace.

I wonder if we will regret signing a keeper.

I think DM is almost certainly Rudan's priority even after Kopczynskis arrival. Rudan as good as said this in the presser, said we didn't have any defensive mids. Rudan plays with 2 DMs too, so it's pretty likely that import spot will go to a holding mid. As for regretting signing a foreign keeper, I dont think this will be an issue. Theres literally no Aussie or NZ keeper available that's up to standard. Everyone talks about it as if it's a waste, but how? Think how many goalkeeper errors costed us points last season. The strikers and creative players win you games, but good defenders and a good keeper wins you a championship

I kind of agree, but Krishna is still our only goal scorer. We are not going to do well with one goal scorer in the team and relying on goals from the likes of Burns is a fools errand at this point.

Krishna didn't have a great season last year either, thought it was a bit of a strange one for him so lets hope it was just a blip. It wasn't terrible by any means, just not up to his usual standards.

In saying that, it's a lot easier to find a top class DM v a top class striker. If it was me, I'd hedge my bets and get another goal scorer in, then hope Krishna gets his citizenship and sign another DM later. There are kiwi boys like TAHW that could do a job there, and I still think Cacace could be a good DM; you can't really say that for strikers. What kiwi striker is putting their hand up, because I can't think of any at this point.

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DJ Jazzy Jeff Sarpong wrote:
Jeff Vader wrote:
bunter wrote:
Jeff Vader wrote:
One would suspect that our last two imports (Krishna being considered a local) wuld be a RB and a striker. We can change formation to use what we have for the other midfielder (Nichols as a B2B but thats stretching it)

One would be wrong. Second quality DM is Rudan's priority. Its an obvious gap. 

You are right it is an obvious gap however we potentially have players that can play in the midfield on the books (Nichols) and TAHW is rumoured depending on how inept he was at injuring himself. The trialist that everyone thought would be a shoe-in for RB (Gulley) was jettisoned after 1-2 weeks and Tratt is rumoured only and with his "issues"........

At the moment, RB is looking harder to fill as much as that 2nd DM hole is a glaring weakness. I quantify that by the fact we do have player who can play in the midfield. We don't have players for RB unless we are moving a CB there. Not the end of the world but our CBs are not known for their pace.

I wonder if we will regret signing a keeper.

I think DM is almost certainly Rudan's priority even after Kopczynskis arrival. Rudan as good as said this in the presser, said we didn't have any defensive mids. Rudan plays with 2 DMs too, so it's pretty likely that import spot will go to a holding mid. As for regretting signing a foreign keeper, I dont think this will be an issue. Theres literally no Aussie or NZ keeper available that's up to standard. Everyone talks about it as if it's a waste, but how? Think how many goalkeeper errors costed us points last season. The strikers and creative players win you games, but good defenders and a good keeper wins you a championship

I kind of agree, but Krishna is still our only goal scorer. We are not going to do well with one goal scorer in the team and relying on goals from the likes of Burns is a fools errand at this point.

Krishna didn't have a great season last year either, thought it was a bit of a strange one for him so lets hope it was just a blip. It wasn't terrible by any means, just not up to his usual standards.

In saying that, it's a lot easier to find a top class DM v a top class striker. If it was me, I'd hedge my bets and get another goal scorer in, then hope Krishna gets his citizenship and sign another DM later.