Didn't watch the game but happy with the result, especially away from home. Saw the highlights and Paulsen pulled off some great saves. He'll become the ALM best keeper, mark my words
He'll be off to Europe in 12-18 months.
He needs to do exactly what Joe Gauci did over in Adelaide and sign up long term.
Hopefully whoever is managing his affairs will realise this as well.
Paulsen is still incredibly young & inexperienced for a GK. How many ALM keepers have left to have true success overseas? Wouldn't be many. He should commit to at least 2 full seasons min with the Nix.
Get a real taste for demands of week in, week out pro football. There will be ups & downs, but he has a great chance to be the starting keeper through his Nix career.
Leaves too early, or to the wrong club and it's the disillusionment of spending a whole Euro season or more just watching on. Or being thrush in, ill prepared and having a howler aka Michael Theo, Marinovic and that's the end of your Euro opportunity. Cut throat world it can be for keepers. Having said that Paulsen looks a huge talent, just that at age 21 is no rush as a GK to leave the ALM.
FYI - Matt Ryan the best keeping export in the history of the ALM had 3 full seasons with the Mariners before heading to Belgium.