2016/17 Transfer Speculation

Defenders please.

And the longest pre season begins.... 

Started for most of us a few months ago to be fair.

Is Sam Gallagher worth getting?

Or Josh Mitchell?

Aaron Clapham?

who is that ?sounds like a nobody

we need another striker as well i rekon

can we get siggy out of retirement, he was the only one from yesterday s lot that id actually want to see play next year.

Fixed.

Off Contract A-League players


ADELAIDE UNITED

Mate Dugandzic
Craig Goodwin
Bruce Kamau
Dylan McGowan
George Mells
Mark Ochieng
Pablo Sanchez
Dylan Smith
John Solari
Benjamin Warland

BRISBANE ROAR

Devante Clut
Henrique
James Donachie*
Javier Hervas
Steven Lustica
Jade North
Jean Carlos Solorzano
Shane Stefanutto

* In the list because of error in contract, may have been corrected

CENTRAL COAST

Alastair Bray
Trent Buhagiar
Luis García
Daniel Heffernan [Released]
Francesco Stella [Released]
Tomislav Uskok [Released]

MELBOURNE CITY

Dean Bouzanis
James Brown
Wade Dekker
Nick Fitzgerald
Aaron Hughes
Patrick Kisnorbo
Marc Marino
Jason Trifiro
Alex Wilkinson
Michael Zullo

MELBOURNE VICTORY

Matthieu Delpierre
Giancarlo Gallifuoco
Jai Ingham
Jesse Makarounas
Dylan Murnane
Archie Thompson

NEWCASTLE JETS

Enver Alivodic [Released]
Joshua Barresi [Released]
Mark Birighitti
Jason Hoffman
Ben Kantarovski
Ryan Kitto [Released]
Brandon Lundy [Released]
Morten Nordstrand
Leonardo Santiago [Released]
Cameron Watson [Released]

PERTH GLORY

Diogos Ferreira
Diego Castro
Ante Covic
Richard Garcia
Hagi Gligor
Alex Grant
Mitch Oxborrow
Jordan Thurtell
Krisztian Vadocz
Marc Warren

SYDNEY FC

Ali Abbas
Zach Anderson
Anthony Bouzanis
Alex Brosque
Jacques Faty
Alex Mullen
Christopher Naumoff
Ivan Necevski
Matthew Simon
Robert Stambolziev
Jacob Tratt
Riley Woodcock

WELLINGTON PHOENIX

Kwabena Appiah-Kubi
Troy Danaskos
Justin Gulley
Vince Lia
Alex Rufer
Ben Sigmund [Retiring]
Hamish Watson

WESTERN SYDNEY

Alberto Aguilar
Daniel Alessi
Romeo Castelen
Shayne D’Cunha
Alusine Fofanah
Andreu Mayoral
Golgol Mebrahtu
Federico Piovaccari
Liam Reddy
Matthew Sim

Delpierre please.

Retiring.

Darn, if only we had a spare VISA spot, Jacques Faty just got released by Sydney, he would have been an accomplished defender that we have been demanding. Though apparently he wants to pursue bigger things. 

What about Matt Simon? I get people don't like him, but we may not have a choice.

We'd surely be able to get a decent year or two from him, so long as we can get him service.

We need someone big and physical to lead the line for us. If we don't end up resigning Hamish Watson, I'd like to think we would have a look at him.

No difference between Simon and Watson, except one will ask for more money whilst the other one will apparently tell you how much he is getting.

Based on players coming off contract at the end of the year we would arguably have one of the more settled sides. We just really need to fill the remaining spots with some real quality.

There's a big difference between Simon and Watson. Personally I can't stand Simon but he's got a lot of experience and has been impressive so far in a misfiring Sydney team. He's a much better player than Watson but he's getting more injury prone as he gets older and he's a massive tool.

 

Time to ditch the "no cocks" policy and get a winning team

..... the team with a bigger cock wins?

Bring back Reddy.

This headline on stuff got me going..wrong Nix.

Phoenix man's $3.3m pay day

Simon is apparently on minimum wage, although you'd expect bonuses in a deal like that.

can we at least let Lia go? Im tired of watching him give the ball away the entire game and then watching him drag his fat arse after the opposition.

Won't Lia stay on? Otherwise surely he'd have had the same send off as Muscat and Siggy?

Surely a one year extension on lower wages as a squaddie?

i feel like lia is at the point where he's not good enough to play but will also hold up younger players development. Not overly sure why we should keep him on, at his very best he's average to just below average compared to other players. 

Still streets ahead of Ridenton, Rufer and the other young brigade (McGarry etc) and based on the second half of the season, probably no worse than Riera. His experience alone makes him an asset as at least a squaddie (at the right price). 

I actually thought that Lia and A Rod controlled the midfield better than Riera + 1 has in recent games. We certainly had more ball and created more opportunities than the last few weeks.

I couldn't help but wonder if that reflected Riera getting too slow to cover and make up ground in D and on attack.

Would rather have than Ridenton or Rufer in there at this point.

Still to be really convinced by both of these to be honest. Still young obviously, but they have just completed their 3rd full season in a pro environment and although they have only got to play bit parts, nothing has really suggested they will ever be more than a middle of the road A League player at best,

Next year will be crucial for both and it is time for them to show a lot more than having a well known surname when they are offered opportunities.

I  can't see either of them or Lia, getting a lot of game time, and as I said, Lia for me is ahead of them in experience alone. 

We need Lia to stay. Ideally in a reduced role but losing Manny and Siggy is a lot of experience and leadership out the door, both on and off the pitch. Vinniesta adds value with both and provides vital leadership support for Dura.

hmmm ive always thought ridenton and vinnie had the exact same presence on the field and similar skill levels, i can understand the experience aspect though. 

The experience thing depends on who else we sign though. Kosta and Finkler are both experienced players, and if we get another experienced defender or 2 then the argument that we need Lia for experience and leadership alone looks a little weak

Experience is probably the wrong word for me to have used, was thinking more of Leadership. While both Kosta and Finkler, have plenty of Games under their belts they do not seem to me anyway to be what you would call Leaders. Neither are particularly vocal on the pitch.

Call me crazy, but Ive always found effective on field leadership depends on the ability to play to a level roughly equivalent to your team mates....

Vinniesta

2:31 in

A shining ruby in the dust! - can you please do another reel called "Vince Lia Pointing at Things"?

Well if that's all it takes to sign someone, bring back Elrich.

There is no point to re- signing Lia just because he has "experience".

The league has passed his level.

It will show a lack of ambition if he gets picked again