We bought Segecic in the NZ squad and played Hrustic, Milanovic and Boyle over him in those 2 games. Not to mention our other missed opportunities in qualification. We need to be more strategic.
Yeah, Serie C is a shit-fight probably on par with League 1-2? I might even go out on a limb and say it's at A-League level. Only benefit is possible promotion to Serie B + exposure in wider Europe
Yeah, it's absolute nonsense. If it's Garriock's job I hope she's asking these questions. 3-0 v Bangladesh throw one of these kids on, hell throw a few on. If we aren't winning don't play them and bring on Borello or whatever other plodder we have in for experience. While many (me included) cried nepotism re: Okon Jr, what they did was actually brilliant, in hindsight, and is what we should be doing with all these players. The nepotism comes in though if this doesn't just become standard practice. Not completely Popa's fault with the qualifiers as he came in late and every game was a must win - so there's some leeway (no leeway for those friendlies though, that's actually criminal and he should be charged with some sort of offence, it's a friendly ffs). But if it's not standard practice in the next cycle that's dumb. Millsy would do it
Does anyone have any intel into why he didn't get game time?
Good question. He used to be here a lot covering osaussiesWasn’t Adam Howard from SokkahTwitter involved in that capacity(if so, dunno if he still is)?
As a segue, a Salvadorean fan Hugo Alvarado began scouting for NT-eligible players in his spare time 15+ years ago and unearthed quite a few that went on to be of use; their national-FA eventually hired him
In reality they’re running us into the shitter by ensuring that our best players never play for us.
Why are the Serie B and C being brought up? He scored in the Serie A. That’s the goal I’m talking about. Only three of our players including him play at that level or higher.
He didn’t score in Serie A, that’s the thing and only made two sub appearances at that level.
Oh shit that’s true. Still against a Serie A team.
I was going to bring him into the conversation. Surely, something like this would be appealing to a cash strapped FA. The idea of camps in Europe and the UK seems really simple and convenient. We all know there’s heaps of Aussies over there. Have a couple of camps in easy to access locations and get people there. Travelling between countries in Europe is quite simple and relatively cheap; why couldn’t it work?Wasn’t Adam Howard from SokkahTwitter involved in that capacity(if so, dunno if he still is)?
As a segue, a Salvadorean fan Hugo Alvarado began scouting for NT-eligible players in his spare time 15+ years ago and unearthed quite a few that went on to be of use; their national-FA eventually hired him
Just now?
