Quote Originally Posted by halo se7en View Post
If someone can't consistently stand out week in week out for just one season in the a-league though, isn't that saying something? Taggart was golden boot and struggled, Birighitti had a brilliant season for us and has disappeared. I'm sure we could rattle off another 10-20 players who have performed better than Hoole and done 0 overseas.
RE: Birraz, I'm pretty confident he knew he would be warming the pine at best with his move to Swansea. I think it was more about the exposure to overseas coaching etc.

In a few years time I can see him being a standout in the Championship where he is loaned/sold.