In a massive coup for Sydney FC they've signed a player with 13 million followers on Social media. And list it at the start of their announcement. 

Couldnt find any recent goal scoring info or match stats from them, but who cares when you tik tok like that 

https://sydneyfc.com/news/sydney-fc-sign-world-football-star-in-huge-coup-for-a-league/

Millions of followers.

Case closed!

Looks it's a big signing I don't know how he'll go on the pitch but it's something we should all be excited about 

HAHAHAHAAHYAHAH  maybe he can invent a new dance craze or something.... I mean a 34 year old winger that has scored 12 goals in the past 5 years is certainly someone the world will be watching..... HHAHAAHAHAHAH

Decent about 8 years ago. Apparently flopped at LA. Good luck to him but you'll see him spending more time down the beach than on the pitch. 

true, there's a good number of his country folk in East Syd hanging at Bondi, maybe he saw all of it on tik toki and thought I'm in.
Yep lost it some time ago but he sure should be above dribbling by quite a few of the APL backs in between zumba zumba sessions on the bondi promanade for training.
Maybe a surf as well.

"set to illuminate the A-League for the next two seasons, like no one before him. "

" the eyes of the football world will be on Sydney FC and the A-League this season"

"With over 13 million followers worldwide, the 33-year-old has a larger social media presence than Sam Kerr, Pat Cummins, Nick Kyrgios, Ben Simmons, Reece Walsh, Dustin Martin and Alexander Volkanovski, with only Australian sports stars such as cricketer David Warner and Formula One driver Daniel Riccardo having a comparable online status." 

Shit he is bigger than Reece Walsh? ummmm.... wtf is a Reece Walsh? hahahahahaha

Surely Sydney FC fans would be cringing that paragraph is in there.

and what, this one is enough? lol

" the eyes of the football world will be on Sydney FC and the A-League this season"

Now c’mon Mono you know it’s good for the SFC franchise model 😆 congrats to Hellas btw. That 3rd goal. Bloody brilliant 

I mean he's no Dusty Martin... HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA    Cheers, Marcos goal was indeed a belter :)

Why stop there?

Reece Walsh, Dustin Martin and Alexander Volkanovski,

Never heard of any of them and therefore happy to remain ignorant.

shorter season probably would suit him

brazilian players have a habit of burning out and peaking early in their careers. Hopefully see some decent games from him

Bit of a overkill of the anti a league sentiment on here I prefer a more balanced view 

have to go to multiple forums to get a balanced view these days (or any days in oz football!)

We're all shit. 

Old ethnic clubs, new clubs, old franchise like Melbourne Croatia and new ones like Western United.

We're all crap.

What do you mean mate? 

I think he means we dont have anywhere near the immense tik tok power of someone like Dougie....

I think I am balanced but that PR release is embarrassing. Call a spade a spade. It actually devalues football in Australia when they release things like this. 

Practice what you preach mate... Getting "excited" over a 34 year old, barely remembered Brazilian is pretty lame. And then talking about 140 million in transfer fees when he was released by Gremio a few weeks ago and signed for nothing is cringier still... 

this,
Talk about chicken before the egg.
Play it low key and let the performance on the park speak, yer put it out there but......

From the couch he sure should have the skillset to beat most of the fullbacks he's going to face compared to what he's faced over his career, 34yrs you still should be able to play a game no worries with his so called over hyped pedigree.

He ain't no 39yr old ADP level thats for sure.

tsf's post is spot on, why is most of our football press release's so cringe, makes us look desparate for headlines.

I don't think this one has much anti a-league sentiment to be fair. I mean the bloke is 34 in a few weeks and literally is past it. 

I really hope he can't beat any of the young Aussie full backs he comes up against and further proves the growing level of the a-league.

His last few seasons have been poor. Picking him as a lemon. 

It’s a risk but it could be an exciting addition to the league, he’s had he’s injury issues but the quality is still here.

Substitute was for is your last sentence. 

I'll reserve judgement until he actually kicks a competitive ball. However, wouldn't be at all surprised if this ends up being another Sturridge situation.
Statistically we can pretty much rule out SFC from winning any silverware next season. Whenever an A-League club signs a 'big' marquee, they always fall flat when it comes to results. I wonder if this signing was forced onto Talay as the clubs try to get more people/money through the gates. Could be wrong, but it doesn't seem like the type of signing Talay would be seeking out.

I seem to recall with all the titles and NT/Port resume it was all coming for MV re Nani as well....
The club marketing dept need their reigns pulled in for the record shows most times its a fail but the exceptions.
Studgz was always going to be a fail, what a move by PG, stoopid banking on hope.

From my observations it seems the lesser known lights shine so to speak and not surprising espcially here once grounded.
That SFC/Adrian was a friggin class act when I watched him, his footwork/skill was way above the AL level.
Ninko was no huge name but class once on the pitch.
Brioch say no more.

Would be excited if a headline appeared that ‘A league club signs player with years of Top 5 European league experience’ or something really substantial along those lines. I couldn’t care less about social media followers numbers?! I care about some proven quality players entering the AL instead 

Yes, he could turn out to be an effective player. And I am not criticizing him.

But judging by that press release they've signed Messi meets Taylor Swift...

Maybe Sydney thought they where signing the other Costa from Gremio and it all just got lost in translation? hAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH

Might have had a look at the list of A-League right-backs and see's a chance he can knock out some fresh content

I would hope that the APL hasn't provided marquee money for this.

Apparently they haven't.

This is like someone is taking the piss...

Read the caption and then witness the evidence 

I saw this & took this with a grain of salt. However, we complain that the A-League does not promote, here we have the A-league promoting.
This is the first player signing that I have seen on mainstream TV for the A-League this season, so already this is a good thing.

Douglas Costa is a seriously good player, I saw him a lot when the great man Ronaldo was playing with him in Juve, he is a serious baller, that was only 3-4 years ago

The fact that at 33 years of age he is in the A-League does show that yes injuries, attitude, commitment maybe not there, who knows. Will he succeed or fail, I certainly don't know as some of you posters (not you TSF), who are all already calling him a failure. All I know for a fact is some of my mates are now interested in coming to SFC to see him play, whereas last season even with free tickets I couldn't get them to come.
Now if Dustin Martin does sign for Manly Warringah Wolves for next season Sydney AFL would I go & watch, don't think so, I would go WHO?
The beauty of A-League off Fox sports, I now have no Foxsports, but Stan, Optus & Paramount & proud to say I cannot tell you one AFL player.

Points taken.

One thing I will guarantee is he will score against MV and this post will be bumped again - hence my reluctance to condemn or judge him lol.

TSF, I hope he does score MV. I too will wait to judge. For the sake of the A-League I hope he succeeds & puts egg on some of these bitter faces on here.

I don't think people are being bitter. More taking the piss at what is some really silly statements 

I support the A-league and would love to see football being successful in Australia in all forms, but I will also call it out when we need to get better. 

Well said 
and welcome back robbos good to see you posting 

I was watching the Olympics LFC.

Looks like Liverpool have started well under new manager.

Best Olympics since 00 imo wasn’t it great.

As you know long way to go but 2 on the bounce can’t complain. 

Lfc sorry to change the subject but you need to check out the interview with beintez on the overlap YouTube it's fascinating 

Yeah I heard he rated Gerrard better than Ronaldo, I did laugh!!!!

Well that's his opinion it's boring if everyone says the same thing let the man talk 

Hence why I laughed at his opinion, mine was different.

He succeeded at Liverpool, not to Klopp level, but did well, he failed miserably in the biggest club in the world, as a matter of fact probably the worst manager there in recent memory, maybe that clouded his judgement.

Who cares he won a champions league man can say what ever he wants 

What is " Klopp level " ? 
Compared to the boot room managers, he was pretty much a flop.

As LFC will tell you, Liverpool not my fav team, but Klopp didn't have the financial backing of the 'boot room managers' where Liverpool were the Man City of the 80s, both in terms of winning trophies & financial powerhouse.

oi 70's and 80's :) my correction and yes overlooked your biggest club statement for yes thats LFC not RM haha but yer he failed there.
We're pretty harsh but thats us armchair devotees.
Oh look out Sutho joined the party :) we're all good eh even though I'm 17,040.49klms away from Anfield lol.......
Yes Boot Room was in the "zone" those days as robbos mentions we had it all and definately one of THE Clubs those 2 decades as you all know.
Sutho for clarity who was the flop ? Rafa or Klopp ?

Love the banter LFC.

He wasn't called " Klopp the flop " for nothing.

Haha yer to most non supporters more so for they disliked seeing LFC be strong again and yes fail at some stages of his tenure luving to put the boot in so to speak.
Some and I mean some LFC supporters disliked his throw everything at it kind of game instead of closing up shop but overall he’s been brilliant for the Club/Liverpool and the game……
You can’t have it all but it’s been an awesum 9yrs overall I’d re live it again in a heart beat compared to the fits and starts of years before.