A player not many might know atm but Aiden Mostofi (2004) has defected from Sydney FC’s academy to WSW. He has played regularly as a 16/17 year old in Sydney’s first grade side and has been capped for the Joeys. He is a fast, strong and technical winger with an eye for goal. Big coup for WSW imo. 

Seriously what is Sydney FC doing with their young players? Apart from a very few they dont seem to have much of a plan in bringing them through given how top heavy they are in the aleague.

Can't bring them through with grandads Wilkinson, McGowan, Barbarourres, Ninkovic, Bobo, Caceres, Redmayne, Baumjohann and Brattan and le Fondre there. Did I miss anyone? Why not leave and try and actually make a starting A League team somewhere else?
They are performing though especially with Nink and Alfie there.

So why didn't he defect to the other NPL1 academy team Northbridge Bulls rather than drop to NPL2?

This is standard youth player going from club to club stuff, similar to Alex Robertson leaving United to go to City, it’s very sideways. 

The difference is the culture of the club. This year we’ve seen academy prospects Aquilina, Russell, Natta, Baccus and Wilmering play regularly at WSW. They are trusted. The investment in the academy is matched with on-field investment. CR has spoken about this frequently. At SFC in contrast, only King has played regularly. Nieuwenhof was SFC’s form player yet as soon as he got a minor injury he lost his spot to Paulo Retre who consistently underperforms. Patrick Wood was scoring goals yet SFC sign Bobo and Adam Le Fondre relegating him to the bench. Ryan Teague, the outstanding Aus prospect of his age group was given 5 mins of game time before he left. Out of the 4 SFC players in the 2019 U17 WC squad, they have received a combined 5 mins of game time. WSW have a culture of youth development and promotion. Sydney FC don’t. This is probably why he left. 

For what it’s worth, Corica has played HVDS, Ivanovic, Wood, Pavlesic, King, Swibel, Talbot, Nieuwenhof at various stages this season/ ACL season. 

Sydney will not win anything this season. 

That they may not, but that’s not remotely close to what I was trying to say. 

Sydney are specials. Peaking at the right time actually.

Remember Thomas James, the Striker who signed for Perth last season but cracked the shits because he couldn’t get a game there?

Well he will be in a LOT of trouble after this incident yesterday. If he did that on the street, he’d go to jail.

https://twitter.com/its_shanen/status/1409400926805188613?s=21

He just came back from a 13 week suspension as well. I know in local footy if you get suspended an x amount of times, or total suspensions add up to x amount for weeks, you end up getting banned for life

Mabil moving from Denmark to mid-table Turkey with Kasimpasa. They’re currently 14th out of 18, but only 1 point behind Galatasaray. 

It's a loan deal for Mabil. Fine for now. If 

I know Mabil has had covid - but the guy scored against celtic in Champions league game last year - so was doing alright. Becoming more tough to get regular senior minutes in europe - especially as a forward/attacking player it seems

When have they ever? It's all window dressing til the cap goes back up.

As long as he gets game time - when he was starting and scoring goals at club level, he was a pretty important player for the Socceroos. It was when he started to push back & sitting on the bench and not making squads, that he was fairly ordinary for NT. 
Let's hope he rediscovers his old form quickly!!

The refs are gifting them games ATM.

South Central Coast FC will have to look north again.

ATM
Incorrect 
The A-League referees give them all the time.

You know happens when they gonto the Asian Champions League, the referee advantage disappears

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