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Australian transfers 26-27 Summer

AUFC_Fan said:
I still think he's better off playing AL than third tier. At least if he's playing here, he's strengthening the local competition in a familiar environment rather than a backwater league that no one watches.
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I beg to differ. The A League has too little football, less of an onus on development and harsh summer conditions for that stage of his career IF he isn't playing and leading every week. I agree the environment is familiar and the football is decent and better than a lot of the German third tier but this competition has some decent infrastructure and big clubs and exposure. Besides, he'll be owned by St Pauli so they'll decide what to do with him.

Worse is being loaned back to the A League probably Younis aside. It's more the older deadwood we should be clearing out but his departure opens a spot for the next batch coming through. If we'd gone the small, sustainable club route with Canberra, Tasmania, Wollongong and Sunshine Coast we' have even more minutes to go around and wouldn't be bothered by a few more imports.
 
JS96 said:
I beg to differ. The A League has too little football, less of an onus on development and harsh summer conditions for that stage of his career IF he isn't playing and leading every week. I agree the environment is familiar and the football is decent and better than a lot of the German third tier but this competition has some decent infrastructure and big clubs and exposure. Besides, he'll be owned by St Pauli so they'll decide what to do with him.

Worse is being loaned back to the A League probably Younis aside. It's more the older deadwood we should be clearing out but his departure opens a spot for the next batch coming through. If we'd gone the small, sustainable club route with Canberra, Tasmania, Wollongong and Sunshine Coast we' have even more minutes to go around and wouldn't be bothered by a few more imports.
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But if our players are better off playing elsewhere what's the point of the a league then? Might as well just have all the Aussies overseas
 
melbcityguy said:
But if our players are better off playing elsewhere what's the point of the a league then? Might as well just have all the Aussies overseas
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Klein isn't the best example here as he's featured prominently for Brisbane.

What I'm saying is if players want to develop but A League clubs keep playing local deadwood or poor imports then they need to seek opportunities elsewhere at the key development stage.

I'm sick of our talented players having to wait until October to start playing. Get 13 mins here then 35 there and the latter being thrown on out of position like some sacrificial lamb. They're better off playing every week being a big fish in a smaller pond getting the attention of clubs one above.

Going to clubs like Bruges, Gladbach or Brondby only to have the piss taken isn't right either.

Milanovic would be way better off at Aachen or Duisburg than in Scottish football.
 
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grazorblade said:
Historically i think our players have developed quicker in the a league than buli 3
Legue 1 is more ambiguous
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We've had very few in Liga 3. Iredale was there most recently. The rest were victims of German football farms. Italiano just survived and should have sought a loan to a third tier club while at Gladbach as the big club tag holds some weight.

I agree players have developed well in the A League and with time and positions scarce, we shouldn't be introducing Japanese discards.
 
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melbcityguy said:
But if our players are better off playing elsewhere what's the point of the a league then? Might as well just have all the Aussies overseas
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That might be the question of many leagues where the best go away very early such as Ireland. The A League should be on par with places like Poland, Denmark and Belgium that supply some national team players and have a focus on playing local talent.

It's been discussed before that clubs are under no obligation to do so and that's the tricky part.
 
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JS96 said:
We've had very few in Liga 3. Iredale was there most recently. The rest were victims of German football farms. Italiano just survived and should have sought a loan to a third tier club while at Gladbach as the big club tag holds some weight.

I agree players have developed well in the A League and with time and positions scarce, we shouldn't be introducing Japanese discards.
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I was thinking langerak yeboah italiano arpeet singh and amini
 
grazorblade said:
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I was thinking langerak yeboah italiano arpeet singh and amini
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They were all Regionalliga (4th tier) whereby Dortmund may have gone up the the 3rd while the AA cohort were there.

Singh is a good example playing for Regensburg who were definitely 2nd tier and may have had some 3rd division time.
 
I guess it begs the question. Does a hot in form 3rd tier player have enough form and confidence to do well at a world cup? Unlikely.

At the same time does someone struggling for time or losing often in the 2nd tier have the confidence to do well at a world cup?

I guess the level they're signed at is partly reflective of their abilities but the combination of form, fitness and overall confidence should be the things making the difference when the gap in league levels isn't that great.

Souttar is simply better than Natta but Mabil's current club form and confidence eclipses that of Tilio or Milanovic.
 
Main thing is Irankunda does not go to Italy. Way too much hoarding and temperamental decision making. Only if they saw him as undroppable.
 
JS96 said:
Josh Kennedy had an interesting path. Very briefly at Wolfsburg then Stuttgarter Kickers in the 4th tier. Transferred to Bundesliga side Köln but mostly played for their 4th tier reserves.

At 22, Klein's current age, he went to Dresden in the 2nd division. Klein's A League seasons are the substitute for the German 4th division and then some.

What we don't need is 34 games on the bench for a total of 300mins in a season. He needs to fire up and play 35 times. German Liga 3 can provide that.
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From memory Josh also got NSL substitute minutes for the mighty Carlton sc.
 
JS96 said:
That might be the question of many leagues where the best go away very early such as Ireland. The A League should be on par with places like Poland, Denmark and Belgium that supply some national team players and have a focus on playing local talent.

It's been discussed before that clubs are under no obligation to do so and that's the tricky part.
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Imagine though if every team had a irakundra or a bos all the games would be must watch for a neutral.
 
JS96 said:
They were all Regionalliga (4th tier) whereby Dortmund may have gone up the the 3rd while the AA cohort were there.

Singh is a good example playing for Regensburg who were definitely 2nd tier and may have had some 3rd division time.
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Amini and langerak were 3rd with dortmund 2
 
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