Re: The Official A-League Thread.
so you say australia has nothing, then say claeys was only a disappointment cause he was outshone by his primarily aussie teammates. in v1, when melbourne were in bad form and had a weaker squad, claeys started what 2/3 of the matches? given victory's season thats disappointing.
do you know what star means? star means one of the top 3 or 4 players in the squad, so yes most of sydney's players arent stars. brebner was not a star, as i said a solid player and a decent import but not great.
haha you criticise my lack of knowledge about keenan but base your argument of media reports from a few years back. yes i have seen highlights of keenan playing(including the game he broke his leg v arsenal), he did have a lot of potential, but now at 24 hasn't developed much at all. hence why he was in belgium when he recovered and then couldnt even break into an erdivisie team that just escaped relegation. i will say again, i rate leijer a better player and given the age difference leijer is certainly the better prospect. you keep criticising SFC for supposedly not looking outside england but your entire argument about keenan is "he almost made it in england 5 years ago"
i didn't say i dont see how zorro can be good for aus football, just that he is going to have to be a VERY high standard. by bringing hernandez in MV are stunting the progress of kaz and broxham, two of australia's best young prospects, if hernandez is as good as or better than fred he'll be a big bonus for the league. if on the other hand hernandez is at the level of say burns or corica, a level towards the top of aleague but not outstanding, then i feel that the damage he does to kaz and broxham's progress would not be worth it.
kitz was shit, he was released from a team that came 7th, what exactly did he achieve?
you released robinson, thus he was not good enough, thus your scouting was poor. imports should not be fringe players, imports should be automatic first teamers that raise the standard of the league. we have plenty of young aussie guys who can be fringe players. do you see how he was a dud now, and cmon you're really trying to argue that trialing with perth makes him good? perth?
they werent scouted because they were brought to the attention of the MV staff by other means(merrick talking to kaz's girlfriend, milicevic contacting the club himself, kemp pinched from AU) and then brought to melbourne for trials. you dont even comprehend the difference between scouting and trialling yet think you have some masterful insight into how sydney should improve player recruitment. you're fucking stupid.
