Just how good an Australian striker?
The kid plays in New South Wales, nowhere near NSWPL level. In a state with three A-League sides he's not considered good enough for first team, he's not even considered good enough for youth team (this alone suggests Sydney at least consider Caleb Rufer better and he couldn't make the NZ U20 side).
Are we really expected to believe that an Aussie kid who isn't in the top 60 (A-League first team), 120 (youth team), 440 (NSWPL) players in the state of NSW is better than our starting national U20 players?
The game here must truly be f**ked then.
The kid plays in New South Wales, nowhere near NSWPL level. In a state with three A-League sides he's not considered good enough for first team, he's not even considered good enough for youth team (this alone suggests Sydney at least consider Caleb Rufer better and he couldn't make the NZ U20 side).
Are we really expected to believe that an Aussie kid who isn't in the top 60 (A-League first team), 120 (youth team), 440 (NSWPL) players in the state of NSW is better than our starting national U20 players?
The game here must truly be f**ked then.
This
Some people are so ferkin hard on local talent!
kiwi kids.....Nah! they are shiite!
Aussie kids....worth a trial!
The reality is that with the cap on foreign players coming down we will have to do most of our recruitment from NZ and Australia. There will be considerable competition from all the A-League teams for local(Aus/NZ) talent. Also a considerable number of our aging 30+ squad will have to be replaced in the next few years. We have NO choice but go local(NZ/Aus)
Everytime a local player gets mentioned we have people posting how crap they are. Well I would like these people to start naming players who THEY would select to eventually replace Greenacre 34, Ifill 32, Daniel 32, Brown 30, Leo 30, Pantellis 30, Locky 30, Paston 34, Warner 45, Siggy 30 etc..... because they can't all be replaced it by imports!