Sounds like Kevin is still looking for a quality import to play up front.

                        Import?
       Troisi         Honda       Kosta
               Antonis         Hope
Brown    Ansell     Niedermeier     Deng      
                     Thomas
Bench:  Athiu, Valeri, Boxham, Roux, Acton
Squad: Ingham, Sette  Kirdar ?, ?, ?, ?

Will be interesting to see where Deng and Honda slot in.

Does he have a fan chant?

Beachboys perhaps - "Help me Honda, Help Help me Honda" ?

Relief that the signing is finally confirmed...and now excitement! All we need now is another striker

Definitely excited. Honda at 10 means we can now have Troisi on the left wing where I feel he performs better or we could play dual number 10s which would be a big change for Muscat. He sounds really keen to get training and start playing.

It's obvious to me that if we don't chant "Honda" to the tune of the Nippon chant the Japanese fans always crank out brilliantly then we should fold Australian football as a whole.

Has Troisi played LW for MV before?

Was he good there?

2013/2014 MV golden boot with 12.
From memory most of that was LW.

Nah, he only played a couple of games on the wing when Archie was out. 

That was the Dual AM season. Kosta-Archie on the wings, Troisi - Nichols/Finkler/Rogic as the AM's. 

Geez they were some talented enigmatic AM's right there!

That's Broxy's chant.

So Honda isn’t the last of the big signings?!
Who is Muscat going after? Have we heard any other names been mentioned?
I’d say they would have to come in under the cap so not sure!!
Anyone heard of players not been picked up that could make there way to Melbourne???

Do you drink a lot of red cordial?
Anyway, did he say 'big' signings? I thought he mentioned that there would be more signings (not necessarily BIG signings).
I'm thinking a foreign striker would be on the list, though wouldn't hate seeing King Kenny up front come round 1. We know he has basically said the defence is set, so mids and wingers/ forwards. As to who, who knows. Pala mentioned Rojas, but doubt he will be back just yet.

How many spots have we got left and is Kosta still counted as a foreign player? Surely he’d be able to qualify as an Aussie by now

Kosta still takes up a foreign spot. With Niedermeier and Honda now taking up foreign spots we can still sign two more foreign players. My prediction is we will attempt to get a foreign striker and then the fifth foreign spot will stay open until later in the season. 

They should stick with Josh Hope next to Antonis as the DM, this kid could be quite special.

Assuming Troisi in the left and Honda as the No.10 or Honda on the right where he plays he’s best football in his club career.

Can only assume there would be extension clauses in Honda's contract if we progress to RO16 in ACL?

-PB

Will they play triosi on the left? He isn’t the fastest of players!
Love to see them play triosi and Honda as duel AM with antonis behind them!
And go after a skilful fast left winger to complete the squad and another striker to help out Kenny!!
Spewin leory left!

don't you think we're a bit light on for midfielders, even with Hope? Assuming Troisi plays on the left and Honda plays as AM, that leaves Antonis, Valeri, Hope and Broxy. With Valeri and Broxy past their best (Broxy might be used as a backup fullback anyway) I feel we are a bit thin in that area. The club recently tried to sign Danny Holla, so Kev clearly agrees with this.

This creates an issue for us, because if the club signs a DM visa player, it means we only have one visa spot left to sign either a striker or a winger (an area which is also a bit thin). If the club signs a winger, does that mean they think King Kenny is up to the task? Or if they sign a striker, does that mean we will play more of a narrow formation with our lack of wingers? It would help greatly if we were able to sign an Australian winger or striker, but what options are available to us? 

I think we'll definitely sign a striker. Kenny seems like a perfect Plan B option- but it would be an incredible waste (imo) to not have a proven quality player in front of Honda. 

as much as I'd like to see Big Ken there, You're spot on.

What Aussie strikers are out there?
All I can think of is
Deni Juric
Scott MacDonald
James Dimitiou
Ben Folami (on loan)
Anyone else we can pinch perhaps?

Allegedly retired from what I've heard

I read on FoxSport that they will be wanting to use the 3 + 1 rule in the ACL.
So I’d say muscat will target to more imports for the final in the attacking roles!
Our new German centre back will probably drop out as Deng can move into that position with roux covering for him!
How much would we have left in the cap to buy any descent import??

I would think plenty, considering the players that have left, Troisi is marquee and we only have a squad of 16. 

Any word on when the new kits will be launched? Missing out big time atm with only last seasons kit on sale/ no Honda # announcement. 

Hoping for a return to the V for the new kits. Find them a bit boring otherwise...haven't bought a new one in recent seasons for this reason

Would we still have been able to sign Honda if Leroy had of returned, on a vastly improved contract?

are you blokes going to Milligan back? doesn't look like he will find a club 

Why not. Maybe we can sell him again in 6 months for another $1M.