Yeah, there's quite a lot to be worried about. Topor AND Boogard at the back doesn't instill confidence, but if Jackson is good enough he should be banging down the door. As long as we don't see him again at left back. We could really do with a left back.

On the plus side, feels like Angus Thurgate could have a breakout season which puts pressure on Uga and Kanta to perform.

I read somewhere that there there are no more funds for foreign signings, but surely there are still a couple players to come. Hopefully that's not Merrick raiding the bargain basement for Nathan Burns or something. I'd be down for another Kaine Sheppard-like NPL punt.

Lucky for Sydney that Corica is the coach. Caceres one flaw (and it is a big one) is that after he has beaten a player once he tries to beat them again, and when he has done that he tries to do it again. Eventually he loses the ball. Technically a very good player, his uncle admitted he was better than him when he was only 13, but holding onto the ball unto you lose it is not a winning tactic.

Agree with all this.

Millar should never start at RB. He will be an asset to the Jets but he is very poor defensively. He has a great engine to get back and help but don't trust him to do the job alone.

I'm bored so I'll do some of the other sides too.

CCM

I'm assuming they are playing a 422 diamond and the two Koreans will sign.

                 New GK
Gordon Tongyik Rowles Clisby
                   Kim E-S
            Lee S-H      Oar
                      DDS
               Murray Majok

I think they will use their last visa spot on a CB. If they are able to offload McGlinchey, then I'll think they'll sign a striker.

 I think they need to sign Jack Duncan as their #1.

I agree but Ernie seems to want to play him there.

City

Birighitti
Galloway Windbichler Delbridge Jamieson
Brillante Berenguer
Noone Luna Cabrera
Maclaren

Western United

Kurto
Calver Gulum Aspro
Risdon Pasquali Chapman Vujica
Kone
New visa player Stamatelopoulos

                Acton
Roux Broxham Deng Brown 
               Lesiotis
   Hope Toivonen Barnett
     Kamsoba King Kenny 

Anyone got word on whether Spiranovic will stay? Last I heard he’s due back in Perth next month when he’ll have made up his mind

Nope. Hope to hear something soon. He's one of the most important players going into ACL. 

ATM without knowing who will be brought in for LB and Spira i think we will line up like...

                     Fornaroli 
            Castro             Ikon
Chianese   Jaunde    Kilkenny    Franjic 
        Lowry     Mcrella Tratt
                      Reddy 

Mariners not looking to bad 

They need two defenders badly. As well as a striker 

Is Nabbout confirmed? He was superb for you guys and will go a long way. My concerns are more regarding defence, especially CB - both Boogs and NTS are average, with their biggest strength being their HAL experience. But both are slow, not especially adept with the ball at their feet, and probe to brain snaps (Boogs much more so than NTS though). Moss is a good GK but won't save everything. Hoff seems inconsistent and then do you have any quality fullback coverage? I'm not trying to put the boot into Newy for the sake of it, I actually have a bit of a soft spot for them. I just don't think this is a squad on paper that matches up to SFC, Glory and co (not that AU are that much better off yet either).

1 defender. Rowles is quality.

I don’t think they’ll sign a striker until they offload McGlinchey.

There is no word on Nabbout. As a Newcastle fan I know he will go to another club because money talks. NTS is not a liability, Boogs most certainly can be. This will be the last season before a major clear-out. Wouldn't be surprised at all to see Merrick retire at the end of the season - only if things go balls up will he resign. 

As a nix fan, am a wee bit scared going into his season - that team is very, very weak on paper.

2 aging CB's who are often injured. Fenton isn't yet back from his major injury last year and is struggling. Payne hasn't played at a pro level for a few years and on his best days is more of a hard worker than anything, and both Davila and Ball have unflattering CVs.

Those last two imports better be fucking good.

If we kept Krishna I'd be feeling different. 

Good time to reboot this less than a month out from the start and with most teams making signings. For us our early recruitment means were the same as we were when i first made the thread:

Agree redkat with above. 

I am am very interested in the mariners this year. I’m a Sydney fan through and through but am really intrigued to see how they line up. 

Could someone with with more knowledge than me give us a starting XI?

Jets...

Moss

Millar - Boogs - Topor - Burns

Kanta - Uga

Fitzgerald - Hoolahan - Petratos

Arroyo

Bench: Koutroumbis, Hoffman, Jackson, Thurgate, Sheppard, Italiano, Ridenton etc.


Injury to Hoolahan obviously changes things. Can see Ridenton playing a lot given Kantarovski's injury-interrupted pre-season (pretty much to be expected, sadly), and Hoffman always gets his share of games. 

Birraz 
Gordon Fox Rowles Clisby
Kim
DDS Djuric
Silvera Simon Oar 

CCM are still looking for a fifth visa player.

Victory 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1

                Thomas
Traore  Hoogland Deng/Donachie Roux/Deng
                     Basha        Poulsen
                              Dobras
Nabbout                                                  Kruse
                            Toivonen

               

Izzo
Marrone/Strain Elsey Kitto
New DM
Mcgree Boland
Halloran Opseth Maria

Bench: Margus, Marrone/Strain, Nathan K, Mileusnic, Toure

AU are obviously looking for a DM and another defender. Our last visa spot will be used on a Chinese kid.

Marrone and Strain are evenly matched and keep displacing each other in the starting XI. 

Maria was originally signed as a replacement for Galloway but will play on the wing as Goodwin has departed.

It'll be interesting to see if Kurz sees Hoogland as a CB or RB, but I think this is the best use of our talents:

        Fornaroli               Ikon
                           Castro
Kim        Jaunde        kilkenny       Franjic
       Grant      Wuthrich     Mcrella
                          Reddy

Sure there will be lots of rotation with ACL but other than wing backs im pretty happy with who can step up. Castro would be a concern but think Ikon can be called on to play a similiar role.

                 Marinovic
Fenton, Taylor, Devere, Cacace
          Steinmann, Rufer
Davila                             Piscopo
             Ball, VISA ST (McCowatt/Sotirio/Waine for now)

RB; Eliot and TAHW will give Fenton a good push.

WSW

                             MEIER     -     DUKE
                                    MAJEWSKI
GEORGIEVSKI  -  BACCUS - SCHWEGLER  -  ELRICH
               JURMAN   -   ZIEGLER  -   MCGOWAN
                                      LOPAR

BENCH: YEBOAH, KAMAU, TASS, O'DOHERTY, SURMAN 

Thanks mate. Not a phenomenal side but at least they will be competitive. Especially with staj 

Difficult to say exactly what Mombaerts is thinking but i think this is the likely starting XI for most games

                            Bouzanis
Galloway  Windbichler   Delbridge  Jamieson
    Berenguer           Brillante        Metcalfe
Luna                      MacLaren                    Noone

Glover, Cabrera, Griffiths, Genreau, Najjarine

Najjar, Good, Atkinson, Wales, Assorted scholarship players