Andy Brennan - the 2nd best goal scorer in Tasmania

[Frodo]

Decided to pretend to be a Jets recruiter for a minute..
Went on to youtube..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXVaUK2XMD0


Whats everone's thoughts on this guy? Looks quality against lower opposition, seems like a different wide option than we are used to.

[Frodo]

JETS coach Phil Stubbins spotted Socceroos flyer Mathew Leckie when he was a teenager playing for Bulleen Lions in the Victorian first division.

Stubbins was instrumental in luring the whiz kid to Adelaide, starting a journey that has led all the way to the German Bundesliga.

Five years on and now attempting to rebuild Newcastle, Stubbins can see some similarities between Leckie and the Jets’ latest addition, Andy Brennan.

The 22-year-old Tasmanian attacker signed a two-year deal on Tuesday and will join the Jets from South Melbourne, where he has been starring in the Victorian National Premier League.

In a further boost, the Jets confirmed that Serbian winger Enver Alivodic will remain in the Hunter for another season.

Confirmation of the pair’s signatures comes a day after the Jets released six players, led by locals Taylor Regan and James Virgili.

Regan has since attracted interest from Adelaide United and Virgili has been linked to Western Sydney.

‘‘Andy plays in a way that can be compared to Mathew Leckie,’’ Stubbins said.

‘‘When Mathew came to Adelaide he was a raw, untapped talent, but he possessed pace and an eye for goal, which was nurtured over time.


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‘‘Andy was best on ground when I watched him against Melbourne Knights a few weeks ago.

‘‘He is six foot two, very quick, and has scored a heck of a lot of goals at state level.’’

Brennan headed to South Melbourne after a break-out 2014 season with home club South Hobart in the Tasmanian National Premier League, where he scored 25 goals and was named the league’s player of the year.

‘‘It has all happened pretty quickly,’’ Brennan told the Newcastle Herald from Melbourne, where he has been working part-time with a landscaping company.

‘‘I came to Newcastle for a trial a week or so ago and now I have an A-League contract.’’

Told of Stubbins’ comparison with Leckie, Brennan said it was nice to hear but did not regard it as a challenge.

‘‘I just want to put my head down and work hard,’’ he said. ‘‘People will form opinions. I’m not out to emulate anyone.

‘‘This is a great opportunity and I want to make the most of it.’’

Brennan will stay at South Melbourne, where he has been playing mainly in a wide role, for another six weeks before joining his new teammates for the start of pre-season on June 22.

‘‘There are some quality players at South Melbourne and I am keen to learn more under Chris Taylor and come to the Jets a better player,’’ he said.

‘‘I am a pretty positive player in the sense that I am direct and always want to try and get in behind the defence.

‘‘I have been working on my crossing and creating opportunities, but I also like to get in and around the box.

‘‘Obviously the A-League is another level, but I will give it my best shot.’’

Brennan paid tribute to his home club, South Hobart, in particular long-time mentor Ken Morton.

‘‘The club and Ken, especially, have played a massive role,’’ he said. ‘‘Not only in the development of my football but for who I am today.’’

I'm not a Leckie fan boy but i'm sure I've heard these statements before about other youth players we signed.

[Tommyjet]

Worth a crack, has pace and is direct (something we lacked this season), wouldn't be on too much coin, hungry.

Decent signing IMO

[WolfMan]

I know it's only a highlights video, and of course that's not going to include any "Benny Hill" moments, but that is quite some package.

Precocious talent, well worth giving him a real crack. And by that, I don't mean 3 minute cameos off the bench every 4th game. A player needs at least 10 minutes to establish themselves in a match IMHO

[plague]

Great against shit opposition = he should kill it at training then.

The new Matthew Leckie = Matthew Leckie is the worst.


**** Stubbins.

[plague]

Brennan OUT

[lil_masi]

He's only 22 so worth a crack. Looks like he has all the qualities and surely on not much $$. Apparently he can play anywhere across the forward line as well which is handy.

[seldom]

He's only 22 so worth a crack. Looks like he has all the qualities and surely on not much $$. Apparently he can play anywhere across the forward line was well which is handy.

So...RB it is then.

[Grimario]

It is only a highlights package but he looks pretty impressive with both feet, has a hell of a range of passes and can score from all angles and distances.

Like seldom, I look forward to his marauding runs from right back.

[MFKS]

FFS Its a highlights video from some **** towelling no bodies in the Tassie NPL of all places FFS

Bloke may have some talent but a Youtube video of him smashing some teams that are defo less than in ability than the NBN League is nothing at this stage to get a hard on over

[Jeterpool]

Won't get confused when running to the squadron because he hasn't played while they've been in Bay 2.

I like the idea of giving this bloke a go. I don't like the idea of those who will be giving him said go.

See if he can play with Lundy

[Grimario]

FFS Its a highlights video from some **** towelling no bodies in the Tassie NPL of all places FFS

Bloke may have some talent but a Youtube video of him smashing some teams that are defo less than in ability than the NBN League is nothing at this stage to get a hard on over

I wasn't even looking at the teams he was playing, member. I was looking at his close control, his pace, his range of passing and how he pinged one from 300m whilst chest deep in mud.

[Jeterpool]

FFS Its a highlights video from some **** towelling no bodies in the Tassie NPL of all places FFS

Bloke may have some talent but a Youtube video of him smashing some teams that are defo less than in ability than the NBN League is nothing at this stage to get a hard on over
You've just got the shits because it isn't Kale.:brrr:

[q-money]

a south bloke i know reckons this is a better representation of how he can play against the big boys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZjCPR4wNtU

goal is around the 8 minute mark

[WolfMan]

a south bloke i know reckons this is a better representation of how he can play against the big boys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZjCPR4wNtU

goal is around the 8 minute mark

Better vid, shows his involvement in the match as it wears on.

Think we should give that ref an A-League start as well. That penalty decision belongs up here, as well as the Yellow card for intentional handball by the 'keeper. Fantastic interpretation of the laws....

[leftrightout]

Plenty of really good comments about this kid on The World Game facebook page. Alot of Sth Melbourne fans not happy he is leaving, most saying they think he will go really well in the A-league.

[MFKS]

You've just got the shits because it isn't Kale.:brrr:

No I have the shits cause people are fapping over a bloke who will be expected to be a hero for us. The bloke may succeed he may not. He has a big step up to make and getting wood over YouTube Clips against weak opposition means little

As for Kale a disgrace the treatment he got from the club but what would the halfwits at Jets know about football???

[plague]

what would the halfwits at Jets know about football???

They seem to know how to count your cash every week homie.

[Grimario]

From an SM fan on another foz:


He is very quick and powerful, great work rate, has a good strike on him, whilst I'd like to tell you more the reality is he only just broke into the south melbourne starting 11 a couple weeks ago, it just so happened that the match he was scouted in he turned on perhaps the greatest performance ever seen at state level, he was beating players like ronaldo that day! Brennan is still very very raw though, plays a lot like an old fashioned winger uses his pace to beat his opponent with ease (incredible pace) and then whips in dangerous crosses, problem I see often whilst doing this is he doesn't lift his head and ends up ignoring teammates in better positions...this area of his game will need to be addressed, the pressure he puts on the opposition defence is top notch, has a good appetite for a contest and will just run and run even when he doesn't have the ball...just feel his raw weaknesses will be severely exposed at the highest level, I mean having just broken into Victorian football I'm not even sure he is ready to dominate this level, intrigued to see how this goes.

[The Dunster]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPoBKYgBX64

We should have signed this bloke. Oh Wait...

[joel31]

whilst I'd like to tell you more the reality is he only just broke into the south melbourne starting 11 a couple weeks ago, it just so happened that the match he was scouted in he turned on perhaps the greatest performance ever seen at state level, he was beating players like ronaldo that day! I mean having just broken into Victorian football I'm not even sure he is ready to dominate this level, intrigued to see how this goes.
Such a trust for us to sign someone after one good game

[Thomas477]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPoBKYgBX64

We should have signed this bloke. Oh Wait...

What pace and skill, surely we have to sign him!

[The Dunster]

Was Drovandi any good or is he just doing well in these videos because the opposition are weak ? Moreover, is the opposition Drovandi is facing weaker than that found in the VPL ? I doubt it.
I hope the new kid Brennan does well but it's a massive risk that will probably end in tears.

[parksey]

Was Drovandi any good or is he just doing well in these videos because the opposition are weak ? Moreover, is the opposition Drovandi is facing weaker than that found in the VPL ? I doubt it.
I hope the new kid Brennan does well but it's a massive risk that will probably end in tears.

you do realise that basically ever a-league player came out of the state leagues

[The Dunster]

you do realise that basically ever a-league player came out of the state leagues

I grew up in Victoria and can remember the day my club became the first to enter a team in the NSL. Players then transitioned from state leagues or were imports into the NSL.
Even back then there was a massive difference between state league quality and NSL quality - as my club soon found out. Today I think the gap is even bigger because the old NSL clubs lost a lot of their top people to the A-league.
You might sneak the odd kid through from state leagues to the A-league but I would have thought the best kids would have been marketed to foreign leagues - like they were in the past.

Anyway, I was hoping someone could shed some light on my question rather than summon the Captain for an appearance.

[hawk]

Was Drovandi any good

rarely

[parksey]

I grew up in Victoria and can remember the day my club became the first to enter a team in the NSL. Players then transitioned from state leagues or were imports into the NSL.
Even back then there was a massive difference between state league quality and NSL quality - as my club soon found out. Today I think the gap is even bigger because the old NSL clubs lost a lot of their top people to the A-league.
You might sneak the odd kid through from state leagues to the A-league but I would have thought the best kids would have been marketed to foreign leagues - like they were in the past.

Anyway, I was hoping someone could shed some light on my question rather than summon the Captain for an appearance.

different times mate

[Frodo]

I just read that Jake Barker-Daish was playing for South Melbourne, was he ever up to HAL level? Surely this Brennan kid must have been better if we picked him over Jake?

Also, would Jake make a decent squad player?

[Grimario]

I just read that Jake Barker-Daish was playing for South Melbourne, was he ever up to HAL level? Surely this Brennan kid must have been better if we picked him over Jake?

Also, would Jake make a decent squad player?

I always sign JBD in FM games... good squad player :yes:

[borat]

old fashioned winger uses his pace to beat his opponent with ease (incredible pace) and then whips in dangerous crosses, problem I see often whilst doing this is he doesn't lift his head and ends up ignoring teammates in better positions...this area of his game will need to be addressed, the pressure he puts on the opposition defence is top notch, has a good appetite for a contest and will just run and run even when he doesn't have the ball...just feel his raw weaknesses will be severely exposed at the highest level

Well we did need to replace Virgilli

[borat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPoBKYgBX64

We should have signed this bloke. Oh Wait...

That is very similar to his youtube highlights package prior to signing him. And yes he was not up to it.

Brennan is a strange signing and is very questionable wether he is up to HAL standard, but at least we trialled for a week before signing and are not relying solely on youtube.

[MFKS]

I just read that Jake Barker-Daish was playing for South Melbourne, was he ever up to HAL level? Surely this Brennan kid must have been better if we picked him over Jake?

Also, would Jake make a decent squad player?

So you reckon we should fill our squad with mediocre shit players to fill squad positions??

That has worked out how well for us in the last 5 years???

[Frodo]

So you reckon we should fill our squad with mediocre shit players to fill squad positions??

That has worked out how well for us in the last 5 years???

Mitch Cooper was a mediocre player at the start of the season, look what a bit of game time has done for him?

Would you rather a 22 year old kid with potential or a couple of Nicky Wards as squad players? There is a salary cap so you can't fit 23 HAL level players on a team, we need to recruit another 10 players and until we get Carney off the books we will have to get a couple more players of Brennans quality.

[MFKS]

Mitch Cooper was a mediocre player at the start of the season, look what a bit of game time has done for him?

Would you rather a 22 year old kid with potential or a couple of Nicky Wards as squad players? There is a salary cap so you can't fit 23 HAL level players on a team, we need to recruit another 10 players and until we get Carney off the books we will have to get a couple more players of Brennans quality.

Mitch Cooper was a mediocre player at the start of the season.

Well **** me

I thought he was a talented kid who had 2 knee reconstructions and if not for that would have been a starting HAL player and one of the first on our teamsheets.
Remember 2 seasons ago he was actually coming into the HAL side on merit when we were actually competitive.



Yeah of course I would rather a couple of young Mitch Coopers in my side. Ie Blokes who have a future at this level

I would rather that than sign nobodies running around in the NPL who have failed at 2 HAL clubs already like you are advocating and only need a couple more clubs to be the next Nick Ward. Looks like Jake is part of the way there and you are hoping to help him on his way.

Signing players to be Squad players is a ****ing joke and anyone advocating it is as deluded as the Jets

[halo se7en]

rarely

I don't remember Drovandi playing more than about 25 minutes for us?

[BodyNovo]

the more footage i watch of this bloke, the more promising he looks

might be a half decent signing.

[Jeterpool]

the more footage i watch of this bloke, the more promising he looks

might be a half decent signing.

A positive Stubbins legacy?