Starting the speculation incredibly early, would like to see us switch to a 41212 with a speedier striker to partner Zawada.
Free agent: Mohamed Buya Turay
Off contract: Nikola Dovedan
Free agent: Mohamed Buya Turay
Off contract: Nikola Dovedan
I mean Oskar Zawada had a shark record and was basically unknown up until we signed him - I remember most people here (myself included) thought he wasn't much when we signed him. Even still I believe Oskar was quite expensive for us so I can't see us getting either of these lads for as much (or less) as Oskar.
Clearly Chief and Uffie look for players with untapped potential. If there was a striker out there with heaps of pace but had similar records to Oskar while still having good fundamentals - that probably our man.
You are quite correct. Zawada was a known quantity in Poland but not consider a star by a long shot; some unkind comments in Polish sports forums (by the punters not by the journos) suggested he might have been an early flash in the pan and never lived up to his potential. I have not seen any comments about the alleged German club he was going to sign for - if that was the case, they would not have offered him the kind of deal that Welnix did to lure him here. For a while some thought he was going to play in Australia as many there do not quite understand that the Nix are NZ based and most articles have to spell it out despite Kopczynski having already played here.