I was just thinking exactly that, Irvine as a target and Maclaren poaching.

Irvine - Maclaren
Rogic
Arzani - Mooy
Luongo

yeah be honest with ya, this is why I mentioned Asian Cup. More lose balls , more transition. We have better DMs, however yeah he's an option.

He'd be great in the Asian Cup, with those goals. I remember him just about scoring immediately off the bench once.

There's just a lot more transition against weaker opponents. But put him on the ball against more organised teams, yyeahhhh. 

I'm just not sold on his A) Organisation, B) defensive capabilities. Seems to run ragged, run around like a headless chook.

Put pressure on him I think, yeah unlike a Rogic, he couldn't hold the ball well. 

Irvine could play as a second striker much like Cahill did at Everton. But it limits the creativity we then have, Irvine, Mooy, Luongo would this be an ideal midfield to try and open up teams?

Bursaspor agrees with PSV for transfer of Aziz Behich to 4m euros
https://www.bursasporluyuz.org/ve-aziz-behich-psvde/

4 million mate. Must have wanted him bad. 

wow didnt expect that to happen so quickly 

Hoping Heart/City chucked in a 5%-10% deal when they sold him

He did get Middlesbrough to a UEFA cup final, won our first and only ever trophy (league cup) and won a league title in the Netherlands with Twente. That's a pretty decent record 

I think Salzburg have it. They are a very good team reached semis of Europa last season 

Wow. That's a big fee for an Aussie and a Dutch team. Have to be first choice surely?!  

Shows you one of the advantages of hiring big name foreign coaches... gets our players contracts at bigger clubs 

Dutch league 15th now on ELO. Below Greece, Denmark, Swiss, Belgium and Austrian league

He's had a couple good seasons in his career, but for the majority he has been abysmal everywhere he has gone and it continues. Rubbish manager getting jobs because of an exception in his career.

Chapman and Donachie starting. 

His Middlesbrough time was great. Is it maybe coaches don't adapt and get eaten up by a decade of change. Has the game changed that much? Regarding old English styles I'd say yes. 

Lower table Dutch matches can be a real bore. I recall 5:0 scores back 15-20 years ago anyway  The top clubs are faring worse in Europe. 

https://www.bursasporluyuz.org/aziz-behichin-transfer-haberi-yalanlandi/

SO has it gone through or not. I find this annoying. Stupid page .

In 03-04 won league cup, 04-05 finished 7th qualifying us for Europe 1st time ever and in 05-06 we made EL final. That's 3 seasons in a row he achieved amazing results and his 2 seasons b4 that were good too. His entire stay at Boro was an unqualified success . Has definitely had patchy results since though bar the miraculous Twente Dutch league win

Just did some research on Apostolia Giannou as no o e seem to reporting his progress. He played in AEK larnaca's europa league 3rd rd qualifer 2nd leg against Sturn Graz. They won 5-0 to advance Giannou playing til 81st minute not on scoresheet though. They now play Trenchin from lSlovakia. In the final playoff. 

Must be said that he is playing at a good club particularly if hey likely qualify for Europa league. Larnaca are traditionally the 2nd best team in a rapidly improving Cypriot league. Both larnaca and even more so Oars APOEL have done very well in Europe past few years. Larnaca in Europa APOEL in champs league

Exactly we need to start thinking about the Dutch and Scottish leagues in a different way... They are not what they were 15 years ago and struggle now on a continental lv. Greek league also. Leagues like Cyprus, Austria and Denmark need to be taken more seriously than we currently view them. The cypriot league is in par with greece now albeit not as many teams. APOEL is the equavalent of a panathanaikos or AEK these days and Giannou's Larnaca equivalent to a PAOK 

Burgess starting again. Cap him! Jedinak and Meredith starting.

Agree re Burgess. Has a lot of first team matches under his belt as a young lad should be tested at higher level

Giannou's AEK Larnaca playing in the final Europa league playoff first leg. Winner of home and away through to the group stages. 
Giannou likely starter after playing 81 mins of their last qualifier in the 5 nil victory over Sturm Graz

Degenek. Still not sold on him.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DsBD9TG0XjA#fauxfullscreen

He's a bloody pelican. He thinks his shit don't stink. 

01:00Suduva - Celtic FC
01:15Malmo FF - FC Midtjylland
02:45Rosenborg - Skendija

where's BrisbanBhoy , that look like a serious 11 for the Europa League ?

:laugh:

Milos Degenek was in the center of attention after this match at Marakana, who could decide on the European's fate of this season, but not only because of a good party - but also because of something caught by our reporter on Autokomanda.

The Australian pedestrian representative goes to his home, and we doubt that this is because he does not own a car, or because there is no one to drive it, but because he is a real athlete and wants to use every moment for physical activity.

https://www.espreso.rs/sport/fudbal/282815/skroman-decko-sve-pare-salje-kevi-evo-kako-se-milos-degenek-vraca-kuci-sa-utakmice-dok-se-ostali-igraci-voze-u-svemirskim-brodovima-video

That's our best line-up atm yep

that is actually pretty funny lol