@ Walnuts.

totally agree he's got a good CV. And with crusaders comments that haters are gonna hate to borrow a line.

Was meant to sound more like a friendly wink than snarky 

Apologies

they're ALL quality visa signings, until they play, any we find out they are not. thats a comment to hold until about November

Let's not forget though Greek super league reject = hal superstar.

Could take out the Johnny Warren medal.

My all-time fav was whne BRFC signed Kurtishi to replace Berisha becase he was from the same area

yep. that was my line of thinking too. there is no doubt the club is planning with the ACL firmly at the forefront. We're also chasing a Asian visa player as well. But we might need to be patient in this regard... even if it means we have to wait til the January transfer window to get the right player. Our squad is good enough to start the season with 4 visa players


spot on. This has been our modus operandi for a few years now. and it looks like other clubs are copying when you factor in the large amount is recycled players signing for new clubs this off-season. 

All of temperleys matches from last season are on YouTube so if a scout or recruiter wanted to and had the time they could easily watch and see how he plays.

Re Argentine players, I reckon we should've made a bid for Jonatan Cristaldo. He's just returned to Velez Sarsfield from Mexico, on what appears by all accounts to have been a free transfer. He can play anywhere up front, including on the left. We might have been able to get him for 300-400k salary, especially as he has family here in Melbourne and his cousin used to play for our youth team. He would've been an absolute star here for a year or 2. But now that he's back in Buenos Aires, I don't see him coming out here in the future.

Got a suspicion that Sanchez is on less than that.

Why not both?

With the money we're allegedly paying Troisi under the cap, I'd be surprised if we'd be able to afford that. Williams and Kosta won't be on minimum wage either. 

actually speaking of the salary cap, do we even know what it is for next season? 3 million? 

Is that one of the sticking points atm RE: Clubs v FFA?

Or was that just what the FFA will give them to go towards the cap? (I always thought FFA paid the cap in full).

-PB

Salary cap is still unconfirmed. Under the terms of the CBA, the salary cap will rise to at least $2.92 million for the 2017/18 season. However the clubs want it pushed up to $3M.

yep. my understanding was the same. the cap was going up by a minimum of 10% (from last years $2.6m). must be tricky for clubs to sign players around an unconfirmed salary cap.  

Work off worse case I spose and if you have extra cash left over then burn it in Jan.

-PB