I think brilliante did t see game time today :(

Yes normal service has resumed and Aquilani took his place. I think he has a chance of being in the matchday squad and perhaps coming off the bench, but he has many great players to contend with.

Umm
Yes
Quite obviously
It's fapping for futures equity, get on it!

You know, I thought that myself, and then I was like

-------------Jedinak-----------------
-------Amini------Brilliante--------

If you're talking long term, then I'm not so sure investing in"speculative" shares is the way to go.

The team carried a bit by the captain and to a lesser extent Inman. Them on their own getting 19 of the teams 22 points. Hoping Brad Smith, Ryan Williams, Edwards and Burgess get added into the game. I think we will see a big improvement in the coming weeks with players getting more game-time hopefully

Edited by moofa: 11/8/2014 11:53:06 AM

Mrcela got his first minuted for Locamotiv and they lost 2-5 but it is not as bad as that sounds for Mrcela.

He came on in the 23rd minute according to Football Central (Today's wrap). By then they were already 1-3 down. In the 44th minute they has a players sent off and in the 64th the other team got a penalty (not Mrcela). In the 71st minute Mrcela scored. The last goal was a pretty long shot the other CB should have closed down. In the highlights the striker does get past Mrcela and should have scored but missed.

Highlights: Mrcela goal at 1:10, he is #5

[youtube]?v=Quehk3gUll8[/youtube]

report which shows he didn't start:
http://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/moze-li-lokomotiva-s-igracem-manje-do-iznenadjenja-mrcela-smanjio-vodstvo-hajduka-42-/764810.aspx

Edited by moofa: 11/8/2014 12:59:20 PM

Goals from the Brugge game

[youtube]?v=-_5s9mP0g2s[/youtube]

Craig Westcarr? You're using a fantasy football game for this I see, I've never tried one so there's probably a reason for this I'm unaware of.

Lighten up mate!
Just watch it happen.

Yeah it is an official football league fantasy game. Wescarr is one of the most expensive strikers in it because he scored 14 goals last season and dropped down a division and is playing with one of the best teams in the league (Portsmouth). He is only there because there are no other Aussie attackers in the game

Not sure I agree with that. Transfermarket obviously not the best guide but has the Value of Dynamo 4 times that of Feyenoord. Would rate Russia over Holland now as well. Clubs just have so much dam $$$$

that shot where the attacker got around Mrcela .. what a miss! :lol:

possibly the worst week for aussies abroad in 2 years

so many youth taking a step back this season :(

Fiorentina playing tomorrow morning at 5

Had a great start in the English lower leagues!

Early days mate.

no brilliante today either
would have thought with the short turnaround he would make the squad
perhaps he has a niggle

Do many of you think there is a certain amount of prejudice against Australian players? Always seems even if the boys impress during pre-season they still end up discarded. Brillante is a great example.

He did play, the full 90.

here are the highlights from the official site, you can see him celebrate the first goal
http://it.violachannel.tv/dettaglio-pagina-video/items/data_11-08-2014_vargas-babacar-e-una-buona-fiorentina-battono-il.html

and Real Betis's match report

http://www.realbetisbalompie.es/es/noticias/actualidad/2943/cronica


from a minute by minute

http://www.firenzeviola.it/notizie-di-fv/betis-fiorentina-1-2-rivivi-il-live-di-fv-162060

Hmm thats great news I feel bummed now I was watching the stream and I stopped because the live updates I was reading at the same time didnt have brilliante in the starting line up so I switched it off
kicking myself

I wish every aussie player grew a red afro like amini
I can analyze and collect stats on him in reaal time even on a crappy stream
with brilliante im not even sure if he is playing

+1, I couldn't pick him out until there was a close up of his kit

and is Brillante changing people's opinion of aussie players? Here is a comment on an article from the post match interview with Fiorentina captain Manuel Pasqual. The part in quotation marks is from Pasqual.

Don't buy it for a second really. Preseason involves testing depth, and Josh is depth for Fiorentina, nothing more.

sheesh thats harsh on australia

Player ratings from Fiorentina V Betis:



It was essentially a B team.

I think Josh has done very well so far to have the coach and fans thinking positively about him, because at the beginning most fans were not happy with this signing at all.

We need to look further than our A-league borders and realise that we are not there yet and the judgement on Australian players is fair.

We are simply not producing the talent we have decades before and the accessibility to talent anywhere in the world is far more open than it used to be.

Edited by socceroo_06: 12/8/2014 02:18:35 PM

It could play apart initially, I was actually thinking the other day that I wonder if the jets would have got more money for Taggart if he had been Brazilian or Argentinian. And I think the answer would have been yes.

It's easier to sell a poor Brazilian then a very good Fijian. (Not the exact quote but the points the same)

the fact he's in the B team already is good, I don't think he will feature regularly but Cup games and injury issues he could play 15-20 games this season. Then really push for a spot next season.

Babalj scored from a pen for Jong AZ, played 77 mins. Looks like he's in the shitty position of being well up to standard for the reserves but just not showing enough to make the senior matchday squad.

AZ is just to big of a club it will take him years unless he gets lucky with injuries then hits career best form. A loan to a recently promoted side would be perfect.