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To win the cup you need a striker that is a killer.. there wont be huge amount of chances and you need the ones you get to be made to count!!

Even more than this though, we need a CB that is top class.. eliop is out and any makeup without him is not gonna get past the round of 32/16. CB shouldve been the main priority along with a striker..

My hope is we get class in both those!
Totally agree.

Eliopoulos should be ready by the time we face Adelaide United. However, we need another Centre Back to play the 2 other NPL matches that sit either side of the Australia Cup fixture to give the team fresh legs and rest one of the two main Centre Backs. Also, if any Centre Backs may pick up an injury, you have a solid replacement rather than moving Giannakopoulos back to defence.

As for a striker, we need a pretty good striker. He will need to be an import as I cant see any decent striker available in the various NPL competitions that would be freely available (a transfer fee may be required?). Maybe someone from the A League that has been recently released.
 
So David Yoo has been given number 7. Can't wait to see the line up with Yoo and Yuki on the wings
Yoo Uchida Mikkola, Cocks, and Bonada leading the attack.

Pasquali and Giannakopoulos behind them.

This is a strong squad. Just 2 more signings required at a minimum to ensure we are ready for the remainder of the season.
 
I sort of cant believe we let Dovison go. If you said he would be leaving after that performance he put in at Preston i'd call you crazy. He was by far the best performing fringe player and i'd have kept him over Lackey.
How Lackay is allowed to stay and Dovison has departed is beyond me. Dovison has shown more promise and deserved to stay. However that being said, Dovison would have had limited time coming off the bench. At Bentleigh he will be starting every week and geting full matches.

Just a shame he has departed. He was a handy player.
 
An upgraded Starting XI would look like this:

Lopez
Lampard
Jankovic
Eliopoulos
Painter-Andrews
Pasquali
Giannakopoulos
Uchida
Yoo
Mikkola
New Striker

Bench - Cocks, Swibel, Menelaou, Bonada, Leech, Mesousouni, New Centre Back, Inglese, Pope, Charlston

I'm not including Lackay, Coveny, and Singh as they should hopefully be loaned out to other clubs.

That bench is pretty strong. Like I said and am sounding like a broken record - just 2 more quality additions at a minimum required.

I think we should look at upgrading the Right Back position. Painter-Andrews has been good, but can we further upgrade in that role?
 
A decent striker we need one urgently Swibel can't give us what we need and a decent defender that's it give us what we want haha and keep Nepobaby far away from us haha
For a second after the annpuncemtn i forgot nepobaby was there...ill go on the record we dont need a striker Nepo with all that support will be top scorer.....not!

ID be happy with a Lavalle if he was released...
 
An upgraded Starting XI would look like this:

Lopez
Lampard
Jankovic
Eliopoulos
Painter-Andrews
Pasquali
Giannakopoulos
Uchida
Yoo
Mikkola
New Striker

Bench - Cocks, Swibel, Menelaou, Bonada, Leech, Mesousouni, New Centre Back, Inglese, Pope, Charlston

I'm not including Lackay, Coveny, and Singh as they should hopefully be loaned out to other clubs.

That bench is pretty strong. Like I said and am sounding like a broken record - just 2 more quality additions at a minimum required.

I think we should look at upgrading the Right Back position. Painter-Andrews has been good, but can we further upgrade in that role?
Agree but id drop.Inglese from that and add a younger right back ... wouldnt even let nepobaby shine the boots!
 
If everyone can market this properly enough no reason it cant get the traction it deserves...this has the most potential to be touted as the main clash.l for so many reasons
The one thing I can think of that would hold people back would be that we’re playing in Asia for the first time in 9 years and people might want to save their money for that instead.
 
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