General A Leagues thread (Men and Women) 2025/26 season

[Decentric]

You can relax with the essays. I made two points.

1. Wouldn't of recommended a move to league two (clearly)
2. Stylistically he is suited to the leagues I mentioned

That is all.

Welcome to the forum, The Agent.

Not sure which player?

 

[Decentric]

I think Jake Hollman is a decent player—probably better than "decent" by A-League standards, though not yet at the level where you'd expect him to walk into a top European league....

And I think it's plausible that Jake Hollman could play in a league like the Belgian Pro League or the maybe the second tier in Belgium, but probably not yet for one of Belgium's top clubs.

Ditto Holland, Austria, Denmark etc...

Im not knocking thw lower divisions in England either, it's the heart and soul of the game but some players have the attributes to thrive in those leagues and some don't.

The mistake people sometimes make is assuming that because a player struggles in League Two, they aren't good enough for slightly up the food chain. Football doesn't work like that.

A lot of good points made, FUL.

The fact that Hollman excelled in international u23 games, and the AL, plus the salient skill set, he looks to me like a not too distant Roo.

Ditto Jacob Farrell. Just let go by WSW.

They still have promising futures in the right setting.

Also, rather than o/s club coaches, and scouts, determining players’ futures, Villupillay, Okon Jr and Beach have excelled as Socceroos, whilst still playing AL and little else.

 

[Decentric]

Jake Hollman only got the one start for Walsall in the EFL Trophy and none altogether in his other seven matches across League Two and the Carabao Cup which highlights this even more so.

Incredible!

Thanks for shedding light on this.

In his last season he was one of the best players in the AL.

 

[TheAgent]

A lot of good points made, FUL.

The fact that Hollman excelled in international u23 games, and the AL, plus the salient skill set, he looks to me like a not too distant Roo.

Ditto Jacob Farrell. Just let go by WSW.

They still have promising futures in the right setting.

Also, rather than o/s club coaches, and scouts, determining players’ futures, Villupillay, Okon Jr and Beach have excelled as Socceroos, whilst still playing AL and little else.

Farrell wasn't let go, his loan expired

 

[Decentric]

Farrell wasn't let go, his loan expired

I thought I read WSW didn’t renew his contract?

 

[TheAgent]

I thought I read WSW didn’t renew his contract?

Nope, from the official press release from WSW "Jacob Farrell, who joined on loan from Portsmouth in January this year, made seven appearances for the Wanderers during the campaign and will now return to his English side."

 

[Decentric]

Nope, from the official press release from WSW "Jacob Farrell, who joined on loan from Portsmouth in January this year, made seven appearances for the Wanderers during the campaign and will now return to his English side."

Thanks.

 

[Ange's high line]

Mariners having sold off all their players, are they opting for Ai players going forward?

 

[libelous]

Mariners having sold off all their players, are they opting for Ai players going forward?

Have you not heard? The Mariners license is being sold to Christchurch.

 

[LFC]

Have you not heard? The Mariners license is being sold to Christchurch.

oh, your last play was SMH getting WU license.
Its a lottery by the look of it

 

[Ange's high line]

Queens Park Rangers Mariners Tigers..holman & barnes group perhaps.

 

[libelous]

oh, your last play was SMH getting WU license.
Its a lottery by the look of it

Both of what I said is true.