The fact that Tanner is still only 17 and playing for there under 21s is a good sign. Hopefully he can kick on and get into the first team fold in the next couple of years.

Also apparently Panos Armenakas has been invited to train with the Udinese first team, against he is only 16. It looks like he's rated quite highly by the team team staff. Les Murray tweeted it. I think he's another midfielder, a No.10 or a inside forward…I hope we don't lose him to Greece or the US.

Ange get on the phone ;)

Talk Van Basten will quit from managing AZ due to poor health



http://www.telegraaf.nl/telesport/voetbal/az/23071950/__Van_Basten_stopt_bij_AZ__.html

EDIT: sorry I said he already has this is not confirmed yet

Edited by moofa: 12/9/2014 04:33:45 PM

Hopefully closer to January Amini "accidentally" steps on his ankle

Leckie with another goal. Also hit the post earlier. Ingolstadt now top of the table.

=d> That a boy Leckie.

maybe the next robbie kruse
making it to the buli via promotion

^Would be awesome for him to be promoted this season, he'll be 24 next season.

Good start but a long way to go.

Kruse hardly got any game time during promotion, he was quite unfit during his first season.
He was in a team that spent up to get promotion and then must have run out of money.
His team then cut costs but Kruse out of the blue almost kept them up.
Leckie on the other hand he is the difference between his team getting promoted and mid table.


Edited by nickk: 13/9/2014 09:41:01 AM

Barely played when in the buli2

Leckie has been smart. Keep playing Bundesliga 2 and further develop. We have some good players but I think they are just shy of being World Class. In time it will come and Leckie will develop into a better player. By comparison Davidson got too far ahead of himself and may see his development hampered.

Hopefully he can bang a few in for the Socceroos. How have Ingolstadt been playing him? Is he a bit more central?

Good few positives.

Been watching leckie for them a bit. He has been brilliant. Some of his passages of play and ability to make something from nothing have been awesome. Will be interesting to see if he can do it at a higher level.

Yes robbie kruse didnt play in buli 2 it was a pretty amazing story
the year before iirc ruka dominated buli 2 and struggled to step up to buli when promoted. It was an interesting contrast

leckie has been good though

http://www.fcupdate.nl/voetbalnieuws/262359/

Edited by moofa: 13/9/2014 12:23:53 PM

Great to hear. Hopefully he starts and takes his opportunity. So Van Basten stepping down are only reports at the moment?

Tonight, Melbourne time:

20:00 Yokohama F. Marinos v Nagoya Grampus
21:30 Shandong Luneng v Changchun Yatai
21:35 Guizhou Renhe v Dalian Aerbin
21:45 Shanghai SIPG v Guangzhou Evergrande
22:00 Arminia Bielefeld v Borussia Dortmund II
22:00 Lokomotiv Moskva v Mordovia Saransk
00:00 Crystal Palace v Burnley
00:00 WBA v Everton
00:00 Ipswich Town v Millwall
00:00 Reading v Fulham
00:00 Gençlerbirliği v Bursaspor
00:00 Osijek v Rijeka
00:00 Bradford City v Swindon Town
00:00 Crewe Alexandra v Port Vale
00:00 Leyton Orient v Colchester United
00:00 Walsall v Preston North End
00:00 Ross County v Motherwell
02:30 Austria Wien v Ried
03:15 Lekhwiya v Al Gharafa
03:45 AZ v Heerenveen
03:45 De Graafschap v Telstar
03:45 Fortuna Sittard v Roda JC
04:00 Zulte-Waregem v Waasland-Beveren
04:45 Feyenoord v Willem II
04:45 PEC Zwolle v PSV
05:00 Philadelphia Union v New York Red Bull

Who have I missed?

Andy Rose on the bench right now at about the hour mark with the score 2-2 between Seattle and Real Salt Lake.

Edit: being subbed on right now in the 65th minute.

Edited by paladisious: 13/9/2014 02:17:59 PM

Petar Franic riding the bench yesterday for Olmaliq in their 3-2 loss away to Qizilqum yesterday.

I think if the boys play smart they can handle it 1st or 2nd division clubs/leagues. Try to respect the club and the players if they're new boys and not step on too many toes while they're trying to make a living and get better as individuals. Hardest thing would be getting distracted by all the intangibles, insecurities.. dealing with the hype etc and putting in a consistently high performance without getting distracted by i.e. Brilliante, not living up to the expectations people put on you. I think we expect better but it doesn't leave much room for error or bad performances

I think if they're genuinely good players the manager will give them the nod and so they should be on the field. They've earned the right

Edited by highkick05: 13/9/2014 02:24:13 PM

Rose scores in the 94th minute, picking up a deflection in the box with a wicked volley, 3-2!

In fine form at the moment, that makes three goals in two games.

Edited by paladisious: 13/9/2014 02:51:29 PM

reading v fulham has 4 aussies doesn't it.

or does that include taggart? how is his injury? when is that fkr gonna start tearing the championship apart????

federicicici, edwards, williams jnr and taggart. is there someone im missing?

Edited by inala brah: 13/9/2014 06:22:22 PM

Wow, good way to make an impact.

Who is in this game? have you mixed up Lokomotiv Moskva and Lokomotiva Zagreb who has Mrcela

Anyway they played last night and had a 2-2 draw with RNK Split (the team below them in the table). Here are the highlights. Don't know how long he played but you can see him on Split's second goal, he is number 5. I wouldn't say either were his fault.

[youtube]watch?v=rvLOOQDiTig&feature=youtube_gdata[/youtube]

Andy Rose with three goals in his last 2 games I think.

[youtube]Nh9z9XtUWK0[/youtube]