Thank god they're defenders. Nothing would dislodge those two Mexicans atm. (one signed exactly when Behich was)

https://fulhamish.co.uk/post/2018-09-17-scouting-report-fulham-pl2-update/

For someone so young and performing so well at a decent academy (continually playing up age groups) this guy has flown quite under the radar and escaped the normal hype cycle of Aussies Abroad. Yes, he hasnt played a competitive senior game yet, but hopefully he gets some minutes by the end of the season for the seniors or gets a lower league loan. Surely he will get a look in for our junior teams soon enough, if not called up into one of Arnold's camps. I've never seen anything reported of junior Australian coaches having contacted him.

man, Rogic better have a good season.. quite a large amount of 10's now on the brink of top teams.. Genreau, Arzani, Francois and a few more I'm missing.

When he was with the firsts during pre-season they were mainly using him as a right back in training and in games. People on Dutch sites seemed to be suggesting it was about opportunities especially with some of their transfers. 

If players are better then him he won't get picked, simples.

He hasn't been in great form. Ranked in the bottom 5 for save percentages so far, though he's still ahead of deGea who is dead last.

Yes, but it's a bit of a misnomer. It isn't a 3rd division, rather a group of local leagues at the same level. Basically Italian NPL.

Cruyff played every outfield position for Ajax, can we see a repeat from Wangaratta?

That's awesome news for Mebrahtu.  Sparta are a huge club and the Czech league is actually ranked a lot higher than people realise, only a tick below the Dutch league by most ranking systems and way above scotland. Sparta are the equivalent of Celtic these days standard wise but if golgol was subbed in for Celtic I bet this forum would be losing their shit.

Anyways great effort particularly after only joining couple of weeks back. Along with Giannou and Mabil I think golgol will be the Aussies abroad bolters this yr

Im perfectly fine with Pasquali becoming a regular at Ajax at RB

Czech is rated 11th for this season compared to Scotland at 23rd, which means they got one direct Champions League group stage slot and another entering in the third qualifying round compared to Scotland's single spot entering at the first qualifying round.

Sparta Prague are currently rated 38th in the UEFA Club Coefficients compared to Celtic who are 50th.

PSV line up due soon. mabe they'll be defensive and will have Sainsbury in a back 5? or even midfield? Would love to see either get minutes.

Teaching until PSV kick off. Will race home and try to catch some of the action.

Sainsbury and Behich on the bench away to Barcelona. Kickoff at 02:55am AEST.

Ahh dammit. Of course their arguably best 11 is starting but they all played Saturday so some will be feeling it. See what happens. Injury or red card for a CB should see Sainsbury come on. 

Degenek's Red Star hosting Napoli at 05:00 AEST.

Sainz and Aziz warming up on the Nou Camp right now, no biggie.

Warming the bench at the moment.

But still, like, fuck yes! strayacnt!

Anything going on politics wise in Spain? Seems odd how small the crowd is at NC.

7pm kickoff in Barcelona is like the crack of dawn to them.

PSV's two midfielders on the bench, Gutierrez and Ramselaar seem to be pretty attacking options. Could van Bommel have Sainz in mind for any DM cover? There's also no dedicated RB in reserve either, so there's a few places he could be required.

He's now at a decent club in ČR, but there would be no comparison between being at Sparta and Celtic, Celtic by a long way. I have no faith in these ranking systems because Eredivisie is noticeably better than Fortuna Liga and has more consistent quality across the field. You could have chosen 6 clubs last season deserving of the drop, and it didn't go unnoticed - they've now reformatted the league to have a relegation playoff played by the bottom 3rd of the table.

For Mebrahtu, his big challenge is getting a regular start. He's been used as lone gunman previously at Mladá Boleslav. At Sparta he's behind Tetteh who is in goal scoring form. That said, he's been in Fortuna Liga for a while (Slovacko and Bohemians) and been fairly ordinary for a number of years, so I'm confident Mebrahtu will get his chance once Tetteh's hot streak is over.

good point

Viergever, more like foul giver. Dembele suckers him into a foul on the edge of the D for Messi and gets a yellow.

down a goal too bad so sad time to sub on sains

...and he plants it in the top right. Should have started Sainsbury.

Degenek to start for Red Star at CB.

Isimat-Mirin, PSV's other CB, on for Viergever on the 66th minute. :(

Disappointing that the other CB came on.