Celtic have Tierny who played the majority of their games at LB last season according to Transfermarkt, and is only 19 (and Scottish). I assume that Izaaguire is their back up now. Melbourne_Terrace might be able to tell us more about their LB stocks.

So Rafa Benitez has confirmed he'll stay at Newcastle for the next three years - Smith could do worse than playing under Rafa, and the Toon are short on left backs at the moment.

Would be backup to Janmaat surely?

Considering Janmaat is a rightback that would be no - Paul Dummett and Massaido Haidara (both shit players) are the only two recognised leftbacks in the squad.

:lol: I've lost it. Felt sure he was a LB.

Ignore me then :lol:

I'd put this down to going up a division, he was never going to find it as easy as League One. Still seems the same player for the Roos so far.

Didn't see Jedi in Turkey or the Championship, but he still reguarly gives away cheapish fouls for the Socceroos, more than it seems he gives away for Palace. I'd put this down to Asian opponents/referees.

I do think Davidson has regressed. Form/confidence idk, but hasn't played well for the Roos since the Asian Cup.

I don't think Carle lost his flair at all, he still showed glimpses of it. He came back into a dysfunctional team with ADP at #10 and had to play deeper as a result. Injuries led to inconsistency and never got back to the level he was at at the jets.

No idea, seems like body issues rather than the league he plays in.

Taggart was mainly used from the bench at a poor Dundee side in the SPL, he was never good enough to play regularly in the Championship. Don't think thats the leagues fault, rather one of his own limited quality.

Wright has looked good and the step up in level means he's always facing better competition than he was before.

Wouldn't say Oar regressed, he just simply made a shit choice to leave the Dutch league in a team that suited his style for one that quite clearly didn't- and now he's paying for it back home because of it.

Most of these I wouldn't say went backwards because of the league, rather playing for teams within that league that didnt suit them, or they took a step up to a level they weren't necessarily ready for.

Certain players will excel in certain leagues and some wont. With our cultural ties to England and the similarity to Aus, it's always going to be a favorable move for a lot of players. I've seen enough quality Australians in the championship to think that iot can be a good league for some of them, but our more technical players should steer clear. I don't think the SPL is suited to these players either and id very similar to the Championship, but Rogic has come on in leaps and bounds.

Edited by jlm8695: 26/5/2016 11:29:53 AM

McGowan, Sainsbury and Cahill starting. Giannou and Spira not in their squads.

Anyone know what Duke's doing?

Cahill scored.

Gersbach starting against Molde. Our toughest opponent in the league.

From open play this time?

Great tackling by Gersbach. Needs to be calmer on the ball though.

Gersbach Assist!

Gersbach Assist!

ahh for another tim cahill from somewhere
pretty incredible that generation that produced cahill kewell viduka and neill
the rest of the generation was good but those incredible

Unsure if this has already been said, but.

Club A.S. Cittadella has been promoted to Serie B, which has Italian-Australian Davide Xamin contracted to them (he's 19).

Can't really find how much game time he actually gets, but he played most of their cup games as a centre mid/defensive mid as they went on to win the Coppa Italia Lega Pro.

Squad - http://www.ascittadella.it/la-squadra/
Transfermarkt profile - http://www.transfermarkt.com/davide-xamin/profil/spieler/300506

soccerway says he was on bench for 3 games