Quote Originally Posted by borat View Post
Bresciano and Holman....sigh...why not Viduka or H is still available I hear.

Both would be expensive geriatric failures and just the type of marquee we usually sign.

Of the younger Socceroos, Jimmy Holland or Tagz would be better but I highly doubt either would consider returning to the HAL. Maybe Bozanic might consider a return.

Of players already here Franjic is an option and Mooy is locked down already. Ibini is a realistic option who is available, and a good player to boot, in a position we need to fill.
You want your marquee to bring a lot to the team, and hopefully sell some shirts while they're at it. Holman and Bresciano would do both, to an extent. Bresciano would sell more shirts. Let's not forget only a couple of months ago Bresciano was still playing for the national team. He'd be amazing if he came back.

None of the guys you've mentioned would be worthy of marquee wages. If they did choose to come back to the HAL, no one would be sane in paying them over 300k and all of them should be under the cap.

It is commonly known that Ibini can't stand the lifestyle in China, and has done just about everything he can to be back in Australia since he came to that realisation. And I fully expect the smart clubs to lowball offers to him, because they know if he keeps saying no then eventually he will have exhausted all his options at home. If anyone pays him marquee wages, they're idiots. Particularly when you take into account he's pretty inconsistent, and is more of an athlete than a footballer.