Feels like the perfect sort of move. Nice one. 

Dude retired 12 months ago and works with the Brisbane Roar academy

Damian Da Silva has left Victory. Huge blow for the team. 

the guy is 36.

Interesting you should mention that, I have legitimately wondered for a long time how Bernie Ibini got a season long injury in his first ever training session with Brugge.

Certainly time to get out of the German fourth tier.

He’s also their best player.

That's true but so what. Da Silva's performances were incredible this season. 

but for how long?

Pennington leaves Wellington and linked with Glory

Nice move for Italiano. 3 year deal.

With all these older import centre backs leaving, it's time for the local talent to come in. If Sydney can get so much out of Matthews then the Olyroos and U20 centre backs should be fine to play a leading role. Be bold and give these players a run.

Pennington confirmed by Glory. 2y deal. Also hearing Zdrilic is looking to bring Max Burgess over with him

Bovalina is getting decent mls minutes

Strain, miller atkinson all spfl
Jones a league 1 standout

No brilliant choices but no one can assuse us of lacking depth at rb

Bovalina, simmons and rawlins all look capable of going that next level

Year by year. I have no doubt Da Silva would have been excellent for next season. 

I like Strain. I think we need one of them to take another development step or two. They're okay but I think will get exposed by the best teams. I wonder what we'd look like with Circati there. 

Billity got a loan to Brisbane. 

bovalina getting 30 minutes a game in the mls is promising. Probably will reach a slightly higher level than the other players

I find it hard to respect the quality of the MLS but I should probably check my bias. Bovalina's form is encouraging. 

I'd rate it above the spfl personally

musa toure to claremont in ligue 2

I know you do but we view those leagues differently. 

Hopefully = gametime. 

This is a good move that's likely to secure playing time. Exactly what Italiano needs. 

That’s because Matthews is a level above those players. Watching the likes of Vidmar, Kikianis and Paull for example, even though they showed a fair bit of promise, they are nowhere near ready to be starting regularly.

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Agree.

It’s not FIFA career mode, players suddenly don’t become unusable because they’re old.

The players listed aren't recent Australia U20 call ups. What about those defenders? Surely some from the U20 national team have to start getting first team football. There might also be some. Those above U20 age are already Olyroos at 21 and have been playing a lot which is good.

Those players in the U20 are even further away from first-team football and are lower in the pecking order at their clubs.

Schreiber is the most likely to play and his natural position is DM. Inserra and Lisolajski might get a couple games next season while O’Neill and Cameron seem a long way down and probably won’t play, the latter doesn’t even have a scholarship contract.

I have no idea if he's ready to play AL or not but Necovski at Melbourne City U20s looked very promising for Australia (U17s?) v Switzerland. There was another excellent CB in that game whose name and club escapes me who likewise looked really good. They're probably a few years away realistically but agree with the sentiment it would be good to see more youth given opportunities.