Originally Posted by
Mark325
No one can honestly say losing Heskey is going to be the deciding factor in us making the top 6 this season.
Sure, we lost the golden boot winner, and replaced him with a guy who also scored 9 goals last season while being played mostly as an impact sub, as well as having Griff, a previous golden boot winner.
The positions Brillante played are covered and covered quite well, Neville was quality prior to his injury last season, Hoole is socceroo bound in my opinion and Kanta is the same, both with major futures ahead of them. Those three cover all potential areas that Brillante would play, and add in a potential Erik Paartalu and I'd say we're covered.
Finally, I can't recall anyone complaining about Birraz prior to the Coastie **** up, many people were saying he was overlooked by a lot of people when it came to the best keeper in the league. The guy ****ed up, it happens, let it go.
I'm not saying that I'm happy we lost these players, but at the same time I don't think you can look at losing these players as the reason we won't perform well this season.
