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lebo_roo
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+x+x+xGood player but I have an issue with returning players who have committed their loyalties to another country. As most Australians are a soft touch he will probably become a fan favourite, future captain and end up in a juicy coaching or media role. Great signing but should be booed by every opposing A League Socceroo fan i reckon. He was first capped by Turkey in September 2013 when he was 26, represented Australia at youth level and was in the preliminary Asian Cup squad for us. We had plenty of time to cap him if we wanted to but never did so you can't blame him for wanting to play international football. Funnily enough, he became unavailable for us to pick in September 2013, and Ange was appointed in October, Ange certainly would have given him a shot I feel but the timing was just a little off. The great legacy of Pim and Holger.
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shallow hal wants a gal
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A fantastic signing and not counted as a foreigner is very good business from Adelaide. Turkish international, was in the frame for socceroos. Can't wait to see how he goes.
I wonder how many other professional footballers we don't even know who have Dual nationally with Aus.
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RedFunk
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Decent signing I suppose for our defense but I am more interested in who we bring in to get some goals. We only scored 25 last season, quite pathetic.
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aussie pride
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+xDecent signing I suppose for our defense but I am more interested in who we bring in to get some goals. We only scored 25 last season, quite pathetic. You also leaked some terrible terrible goals so don't forget that! Very shrewd piece of business this is by the Reds. May go a small step toward restoring the fans faith in the club.
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jaymz
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Amazing signing!! Adelaide are a striker away from being a real contender
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RedFunk
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+x+xDecent signing I suppose for our defense but I am more interested in who we bring in to get some goals. We only scored 25 last season, quite pathetic. You also leaked some terrible terrible goals so don't forget that!
Very shrewd piece of business this is by the Reds. May go a small step toward restoring the fans faith in the club. No doubt, but if you look at most of the clubs last season their defense was just as bad but they managed to score plenty of goals. Defense is only one equation of the whole package, can't have one without the other.
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RedFunk
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+xAmazing signing!! Adelaide are a striker away from being a real contender Settle down ffs. :laugh:
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aussie pride
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+xAmazing signing!! Adelaide are a striker away from being a real contender They need some serious depth which they completely lacked last season.
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lebo_roo
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Not much confidence in Baba diawara?
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milan_7
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+xAmazing signing!! Adelaide are a striker away from being a real contender Our striker is probably the only thing that makes us a real contender
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SutherlandFan
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Can't believe he is 30, feels like yesterday when the "tug of war" articles were doing the rounds. Nonetheless good signing for Adelaide.
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The Frenchman
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This is an incredibly smart signing. Good to see clubs using their research to find Australian born players overseas. There are ways around the player and cap restrictions, you just have to put in the work to find them. Always wished we'd capped him back then too, he was always in my football manager squads.
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Nahaz99
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"Australian football has given me so much and I'm here to give back to it by working very hard every day in training." If he wanted to give back! he should have f*cking played for Australia then.
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aufc_ole
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Decent signing by the looks of things
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Nachoman
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positive signing... read elsewhere, a danish attacking midfielder is rumored to be joining the squad as well
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redcup
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+x "Australian football has given me so much and I'm here to give back to it by working very hard every day in training." If he wanted to give back! he should have f*cking played for Australia then. Strangely the players can't pick themselves. Pim & Holger were the men that could.
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+x+x+x+x+xDoesn't mention it in the email but it's a loan deal Adelaide United is delighted to officially announce the signing of experienced Australian-born, Turkish defender Ersan Gülüm on a season-long loan from Chinese side Hebei China Fortune. Will update the post when there's a proper announcement on the club website Adelaide's club website is up there with being as annoying as Roar's tbh. Adelaide still haven't announced Blackwood on their site - but the A-League site did. IMO that's because they were scared about the backlash because that signing wasn't particularly exciting. Even from the Gulum article: This is the first signing we have completed and is just the beginning of what we are aiming to do. But go back a week and on the A-League site: http://www.a-league.com.au/article/transfer-news-adelaide-sign-ex-sydney-fc-striker/co1xhwv0x5on113u3xvg6s8rp It's not a good excuse but that's because he wasn't signed by Kurz. The club's communication has been pathetic. It just seems odd that they would hide from their signing tbh. A week ago they more than likely would have known Gulum was signing or close to it. All they had to do was announce Blackwood and mention "we have some exciting news coming in the next few weeks" and it should have been enough. IMO it's not the visa players that should be Adelaide's main worry - it is the Australian players. Because I see a lot moving out of the club, but not a whole lot coming in yet!
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