Quote Originally Posted by Frodo View Post
Get rid of these 2 off your list and I might be interested. I'd take FBK if we can't get Castro but not both of them.

I'd tweak your dream team like this.

O'Caravan
Nabbout/Castro/Burns
Uga/Paartalu
George/Ansell/Mullen/Hoffman
Duncan

Brown/Jackson/Koutrimbus/Clut/BK

Vujica/Sawyer/Cowburn/Allessi/Poljak as squad players.

Castro and Burns would be on Marquee wages, only way to get them here. Paartalu would be on Boogards coin. Ansell can play but we need to make sure he passes his medical.
Don't get the love for Paartalu. His best days were years ago at the Roar and he ended up as a bench warmer at Heart. Follows the biggest pay cheque he can find. I would pass.

The big question is what to do with the last foreign spot (the other earmarked on a Chinese player) and can Kokko be moved back home. If Kokko stays for another season then we should at least try to use him effectively and try a 442 with O'Donnovan and Kokko in tandem.

I would then use our marquee spot on a foreign No 6 and look for a Chinese left winger and Nathan Burns (or Mitch Austin as a fallback).

I would also try to sign Jacob Tratt to strengthen CB and is without a club.

If Kokko can be moved on then a marquee #10 who can also play wide if needed.