How bloody good is Perths squad... seriously how are they doing that?
Also love phoenix team this year, all attack and a pretty good one at that!
Barbarousos, Krishna, Mcglinchey, Finkler, Bonavacia.... Thats quality!
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How bloody good is Perths squad... seriously how are they doing that?
Also love phoenix team this year, all attack and a pretty good one at that!
Barbarousos, Krishna, Mcglinchey, Finkler, Bonavacia.... Thats quality!
Most off-seasons we seem to have got better (on paper), but others have got "more better". Then add in nearly every off season we turn to shit off the field and the gap between us and the rest gets wider.
How do most people feel about the "Gap" for the up coming season.
I feel its still there, but perhaps hasn't widened by as much this season, or perhaps we've made up ground.
All "on paper" off course - and yes, I know, the game isn't played on paper.
I mean haven't Perth won the off season cup like 4 years in a row?Quote:
Originally Posted by GazFish35
Shame it's not a real trophy unlike our two sitting in Cons cabinet.
Hello stopper2 I don't believe we've met but it was nice of you to say hi.Quote:
Originally Posted by stopper2
Wasn't the second won in the tinkler era?Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Yeah probably but it was all Cons infrastructure.Quote:
Originally Posted by belchardo
So I will pay we have had an uneventful off season. It is also needs to be noted we had one last season as well even with the FFA taking over from Tinkler the off season build up last year was also pretty quiet and uneventfulQuote:
Originally Posted by GazFish35
As for this gap you are talking about.
You honestly tjink it hasn't widened??
Last season Miller had about 15 blokes in the squad he trusted to play this year it looks like he will have 20
Has the quality improved though?? No LeakyG DevonHead Leo and Birraz
I would say no
We have more depth that is for sure. But we have depth in HAL plodders
Now contrast with our opposition
Smurfs have signed Beard Wilkinson Zullo and Ibini
Perth have signed Taggz Herd Williams and everyone else
Nix have signed Finkler and Barbarousis
Need i go on??
Other clubs are signing greater quality than us
To me our gap has widened and it is a shamr we have wasted our opportunity to bridge the gap
Agreed. Amazing that other teams get quality fir their dough and we get plodders. We're not selling the the Newy lifestyle well enoughQuote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
You make some really good points about our replacements. Some are obviously still unknown quantities.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
On paper, I feel we will continue to look weak until we have players that have been involved in the Socceroos. Look at the names the others are bringing in and they've all played international football. Some of players may well be destined for it, but until we have a Troisi or a Burns or Milligan we will look weak.
What isn't mentioned are the outgoings from teams. Melbourne have a lot of work to do, as do WSW and Adelaide in my opinion.
Overall, I think we have increased the gap on the Mariners. Adelaide, Wanderers and Victory have come back to the pack a bit and the others have also moved up - Perth and City especially.
Just for balance on your Miller comments, remember we had to offer like-for-like contracts. Miller had a few spots to fill with most of the cap already used. He was appointed and we started pre-=season training at the same time this year. This year it's definitely more his squad.
I think an important point is that many of these players and others of their ilk (Berisha, Flores et al) are unknown when they come to Australia.Quote:
Originally Posted by leftrightout
So the choice is to bring in unknowns who could suit the A-League and hit it off, or pay extra coin for those that have been identified elsewhere and let go. This is where our player identification comes under scrutiny.
Always think back to the original Griff, Kenny Boden....playing 4th Divion in the Old Dart, within 2 years was a local hero and celebrity, record transfer, top wages and Socceroo.
I'm not convinced the others have strengthen by as much as they usually do - in comparison to our strengthening.
I'll concede the gap may have widened, but by not as much.
the gap width expansion rate has slowed.
its a big ship to turn around.
;)
Can anyone think back to when the pre-season favourites actually won?
Maybe Melbourne a few years back when they best Sydney, maybe Roar in the middle of their run?
Who else?
No worries, usually its me sounding like that :rof:Quote:
Originally Posted by borat
WSW going after Fatty MacDonald :rof:
Ibini goes a long way to suring up FC's attack....
I think we have a good, well balanced squad, but we really need 2 out and out goalscorers. The midfield has plenty of depth, and we have good squaddies in Hoole and Nabbout etc, but we can't rely on Nord and Labo to bang in 20 goals.
Is Labi up to full speed yet? Is he fit for the season?
Hope so. Love the bloke.
I think you are jumping the gunQuote:
Originally Posted by GazFish35
Victree have basically kept their powder dry and will be making some signings. I think that's a given
Heart are also keeping their powder dry as for their Marquees
Wankers have a solid squad anyway and only bringing a few in. They need to get the signings right and not flop like they did with that Italian striker they got last year.
Roar alrwady have a solid stable experienced elite squad and only need to replace Corona
There's 4 clubs with strong sides who are only gonna get stronger in the next 3 months.
Pissants are probably the only one going backwards due to player loss but they are already at the top
Gypos have signed some experience to go with their Yoof
So when this is all done and October rolls around I am thinking we will have strengthened in about 9th out of 10 ahead of only Pissants
We are trying to bridge the gap. We aren't doing it
Everyone else is doing more
Play him on the left (or right) side in a 3-5-2........It's time he reinvents himselfQuote:
Originally Posted by plague
I've spoken to a couple of people who have watched train and they reckon he is struggling a bit. Hopefully its just early days and he comes good but!Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Yeh make him run his ass off every week after a knee reco in a position which involves a fair bit of defending when he was signed as a back up striker. That'll do it..Quote:
Originally Posted by lquiquer
Make him earn his money.... Back up striker!!? (12 goals in 67 games for Jerks and 9 goals in 89 games for WSW......!!!!!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Wilso8948