Transfer Talk - 2018/19 Season

I'm confused. We beat the Tards yet we dont have a full squad...

It was their under 14's.

no... top text 2 weeks out from start of season. Great result... but still need signings.

Is Williams playing?

Who, this Guy?

I don't care if we beat Liverpool in a pre season game

We have a shark squad and a shark side at the moment and someone needs to start spending some money

And that's Morrison 

Too busy getting chicken and chips in Marton...

Sounds like the defence must have done well last night, so at least getting Taylor appears to have made an immediate difference.

Williams and Krishna seem to be doing ok 

I'm gonna suggest this again cuz if we are gonna play 3-4-3 with Fenton as the RWB, we really should ask the Roar about loaning in Dane Ingham. He is well down the pecking order for them & signing an AW is always good press. I know a few people here don't rate him but its a low risk, high reward move & we really need some depth.

Was their full strenght team, including Honda and Toivonen 

Thanks for clearing that up, I thought it was strange that we were playing an under 14 side

No sense of humour ?

Yeah Honda looks pretty serious all the time, not sure about the other bloke

I'm still confused as to how Honda made it into their full strength under 14's team. Is there some sort of marquee player age exemption rule?

If Honda does not perform they could always approach Joel Stevens and arrange for a straight 1:1 swap with his club. Nothing would match that headline: "Honda is the new star for Husqvarna".

'Honda to rev up Locomotiv Plovdiv'

I knew they signed Honda, but I missed this. What a fudgeing signing

Tardis back to Y2K?

I usually only laugh when theres a joke involved 

That went out the window when we signed Nicholls

Seems nuts that Tratt "isn't wanted".

Having a player, like either Gulley or Tratt, who can easily play on the right side of a three at the back, or right wing back, seems logical to me.

When I heard that Tratt wasn't wanted, I assumed that someone else must have beaten us to his signature

Crap I forgot we had him too.

I assume you're referring to the Gulley who was let go by the Phoenix a few years ago? Even that statement, not by you but by others, I feel is incorrect. The Gulley of the past 2 seasons has more than proven his ability to defend. 

There are two ways to defend, either with a tight shape where player proximity is important, or through individual technique. Particularly when Team Wellington play with a back three, where the left and right sided defenders are given little protection from the players in front of them, Gulley has consistently shown excellent defensive technique.

It looks like we have enough defenders or DM players if we sign Mandi. With Taylor, Durante, Doyle, Fox, Lowry, Cacace, Kopa, Fenton and Mandi. Plenty of cover there. What the Nix need to sign is more attacking midfield / strikers where we have limited injury cover atm. Thats why Burgess likely to get signed instead of Tratt. Yoo will then likely come on board when Krishna gets his citizenship.

Am surprised De Jong is not in the mix anymore. Rudan must have something else up his sleeve.

one can only hope that this is true.

Can anyone confirm Tratt is unwanted?

As of the end of the Sydney camp (last Saturday), yes.

ah shark

Best of luck to Lovely Tratty though, he was bloody good for us.

So what are the chances we have asked the FFA for an exemption not to have a minimum squad of 20 as a way of keeping spots open??

If not... it will be an exciting last day for the transfers to come through.

Given his previous challenges, is there a possibility that Tratt decided we were not for him? Too far from family support networks and that sort of thing.

Rather than the other way around as we have all assumed. Being in Aus last week for the week might has bought it all into perspective for the lad.

Whatever it was that made it not possible, I hope the lad is happy. Can't wait to see him at Westpac again some day, whether for us or another a league team. He sure as hell deserves it. One things for certain, he'll always be a fan favourite round these parts

I have a feeling of the min of 4 they'll sign 2 or 3 kids on min wage and then shift them into youth contracts outside of the cap when someone better comes available if they have to.