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southmelb said:
We dont need anyone from Bergers, they're a system based team and players look better cos of the coach.

What we need to do imo is play Retre at RB where Sydney fc often used him, Painter Andrews with his speed can be one of your off the bench impact players, he can also play on the wing where i think he is better anyway. Pasquali and TG should be in the middle.

Sinisa has to turn either Uchida into a creative force again or Yoo. One of those 2 need to go nuts for us creatively if we are gonna go anywhere.

The best cb in the league is Bryce and its daylight to the rest. Wish we had him.
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The one I’d be dropping is Mikkola - can use Yuki and Yoo on the wings where they’re more comfortable, with Juach up top, and bring on cocks nice and early (he’s not a bad player just not in the best form atm)
 
Mangia said:
Money talks and everyone loves each other when it comes to money
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Mangia said:
On his bike I say. He has seemed very strange at times speaking to him. He may prefer chevapi rolls over gyros. Will miss not seeing his Mrs at games haha
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Monoethnic Social Club said:
I can understand that but if he lied to our faces about his "passion" for the club then what else has he lied about?

I love the guy and have been his biggest fan on here but its beginning to get suss.. Ill wait till its announced either way. Hope Im wrong.
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Bonada is a good bloke (was awesome with the supporters and kids) but clearly quite hot tempered and passionate - can see him being quite volatile and difficult to deal with when things went wrong

He also comes from a very poor background in Argentina so not surprising he’s very money hungry

Shame we couldn’t get him to Brunswick but it is what it is
 
Souk said:
The one I’d be dropping is Mikkola - can use Yuki and Yoo on the wings where they’re more comfortable, with Juach up top, and bring on cocks nice and early (he’s not a bad player just not in the best form atm)
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I'll give Mikkola one last chance this weekend. I think his knee has been cooked since he got butchered in the Fiji hub. Again if you drop him you get another quality player off the bench.

We have enough now that messourouni and lackey should never see the field again.
 
southmelb said:
We dont need anyone from Bergers, they're a system based team and players look better cos of the coach.

What we need to do imo is play Retre at RB where Sydney fc often used him, Painter Andrews with his speed can be one of your off the bench impact players, he can also play on the wing where i think he is better anyway. Pasquali and TG should be in the middle.
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Makes sense but.......Lesiotis is an upgrade by any metrics on TG (nothing against him i actually rate him highly in midfield). system or not he would fit into any NPL (and many AL) sides comfortably including ours!

I really like the idea of Retre at RB.
 
LD_Hellas said:
Pissed away what should have been an easy 6 points this past fortnight. Don’t think there is a margin for error because our goal difference is fucked.
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We have little to no more margin for error. Those 6 points dropped against Altona and Gully was comical. It should never have happened.

These are our remaining fixtures:

Dandy Thunder (H)
Dandy City (A)
Preston (H)
Oakleigh (A)
St Albans (H)
Melb City Yth (A)
Heidelberg (H)
George Cross (A)

Win all those matches and we’ll play finals. The only positive is given we mostly play teams above us, that would mean we can knock them out of the top 6. But we will have to do it the really hard way.
 
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southmelb said:
We dont need anyone from Bergers, they're a system based team and players look better cos of the coach.

What we need to do imo is play Retre at RB where Sydney fc often used him, Painter Andrews with his speed can be one of your off the bench impact players, he can also play on the wing where i think he is better anyway. Pasquali and TG should be in the middle.

Sinisa has to turn either Uchida into a creative force again or Yoo. One of those 2 need to go nuts for us creatively if we are gonna go anywhere.

The best cb in the league is Bryce and its daylight to the rest. Wish we had him.
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Totally agree to all of this.

Our bench becomes really strong and provides Sinisa with real options to turn matches around but also put on fresh legs to maintain results.

Lackay and Mesourouni will sit on the bench.

I think Yoo has a fair bit to offer this team. He would have had a full week of training and would be getting to familiarise himself with his new team mates.
 
https://www.smfc.com.au/VwPvz

Senior Men’s Squad Update | June / July Registration Window​


South Melbourne FC can confirm the following changes to our senior men’s squad following the conclusion of the 2026 mid-season transfer window.

Joining the club for the remainder of the 2026 season are Bul Juach from Pacific FC (Canada), Paulo Retre from Wellington Phoenix, David Yoo from South Island United and Hassan Ramazani from Vanuatu United. The club has also added youngsters Richard Nkomo from Newcastle Jets and Sam Fawcett who is a former South Melbourne and Melbourne City junior also.

Andre Skapoulas has also been elevated to our senior squad for the remainder of the season.

Departing the club on loan are Nahuel Bonada, who joins Preston Lions, and Ilia Shalamanov-Trenkova, who also leaves via a loan to Altona Magic. Ethan O’Sullivan has also returned home to Perth.

The club also farewells Thierry Papadimitriou, Lucas Inglese, Jack Pope, Luka Coveny, Charlie Leech, Ishveer Singh, Campbell Dovison, Che Gorr-Burchmore, Luca Durso, Thomas Killick, Gerry Angelatos and Angus Angelatos, with many of our younger players moving on in pursuit of regular senior football opportunities.

We thank each of our departing players for their contribution to South Melbourne FC and wish them every success in the next chapter of their football careers.

We are delighted to welcome Bul, Paulo, David and Hassan to the Hellas family as we prepare for a crucial second half of 2026 across the NPL Victoria, Australia Cup and Australian Championship, while also building towards the 2027 Oceania Professional League.
 
a waste letting dovison papadimitriou and osullivan all go without at least being a loan. These are all players that have showed enough understanding if they want regular game time but the club should be doing more to keep them at least on the books. Bonada loan absolutely reaks. If you're going to loan him send him to Brunswick ffs
 
There’s a lot to unpack in that website article.

What may have been missed by some are the additional signings of 2 youth players. Likely headed to our U23 side. In total, 12 players were released. We were always going to release a number of players due to the completion of the OFC Pro League season, but so many of them are U23 players. The question needs to be asked is what are the implications for the U23s side?

Not sure why we released players like Dovison, Papadimitriou, O’Sullivan and Leech. Perhaps it was likely they weren’t going to see much game time.
 
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