I found him to be an extremely frustrating player, he's got plenty of speed but his rough edges with his touch and decision making frustrate the hell out of me, so I am not worried about him going. Frankly, I see lots of reasonable wingers coming through so replacing Nikolai isn't going to be as difficult as it may at first seem.

Yeah I pretty much agree with this. We have Brook, the Toure brothers, Niyongabire (and I'm sure others that I've missed) to cover the forward and wide positions. It's everywhere else on the park I'm worried about.

We don’t have Brook anymore :(

I’d argue that Niyongabire and Mo Toure aren’t good enough to be starters yet and are still quiet raw. Given we don’t have a Visa striker yet, Al Hassan will be playing up top.

Oh bugger I must have missed that one :( Agree they're raw but at this point I definitely see next season as a rebuilding one so give them game time and then reap the reward a couple of years from now (at least in theory) :)

Bruce Kamau to return?

We should be trying to sway Armenakas To return to Aus with a starting position waiting for him. 2 years in the ALeague could unlock that potential he has then return to Europe ready to play.

I think Mileusnic is better but I would take him.

I have serious doubts that he’s even A-League standard. He could only get a contract at a Belgian third tier side who then folded. 

With Troisi most probably on the move, the Mids start to look more this way, Mauk becomes AM, Caletti/Konstantopoulos goes to CM, D'Arrigo as DM. 

That SBS article had zero substance. He’s almost certainly staying.

Hope he does go. Waste of money. 

I hate the guy but we can’t afford to let him go.

Our squad is basically a glorified NYL side who will probably get pumped on a weekly basis as it is, we can’t afford to let anyone else go, especially as the club seemingly puts zero effort into replacing players who leave.

Oh dear , Michael Mcguire at it again.. the definition of well... you know
since the new owners have arrived , he has been on a crusade to find dirt on these guys
has the audacity to also say , Adelaide oval should be used for Womens World Cup... as its world class --- no true football fan in Adelaide would say that

he should stick to following  his AFL team, Celtic and whatever flavour epl team is of the month

Well, its about time!

Give a me a glorified youth team playing with passion than this bloke who doesn’t seem to give a shit.

Delianov!! watch this space!!! 
Also, Jake Barker-Daish, the player Mulvey said, he would pay to watch!

Bloody hell, sub007 is a bigger grump than me these days 😂

So of the 4 goalkeepers now on Adelaide’s books, how do we think they’re ranked in terms of pecking order?

i.e. Any insight into the clubs ranking of them? (Rather than individual / fan opinions). 

I’d imagine the pecking order would be Delianov, Oschenham, Gauci, Cox.

Gauci has missed the first two friendlier through injury but I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up being second choice.

So with Juric coming, I'd imagine our starting XI would look something like this:

Delianov
Strain Elsey Jakobsen Kitto
D'Arrigo
Mauk Troisi
Halloran Juric A Toure

The $1,000,000 question is where does Lopez fit in or will he fill a variety of positions and plug some holes?

i assumed how Gomulka got played ahead of D'arrigio last season that Veart doesn't have faith in him and wouldn't be surprised to see Lopez starting at DM. I wouldn't be surprised to see Timethou starting ahead of Elsey to if he's fit.

D'Arrigo was injured and then Gomulka did well in his place and kept his spot.

That wouldn't surprise me but he could also play him at RB and move Strain into midfield. The other thing that could happen is that Troisi moves to the wing and Strain and D'Arrigo both keep their places in the XI.

Lopez is better than anyone you have in that back 4

He's probably the best player at the club but we don't know where he'll play.

good to see Juric hope he dominates and gets that Chinese move.

Damn that’s a pretty strong team.

does delianov have the keeper spot locked in?

No, he'll be competing with Oschenham and Gauci for that spot but I'd imagine he'd be the front runner.

Ethan Cox is contracted too but I'd imagine we won't be seeing him in the first team for at least a year or two.

Juric at 29 is a great signing, especially if he wants to get another European (or Asian) gig.

to me the side with Kitto and Triosi is the weakest, plenty of opportunities down that flank I expect.

Yeah Kitto is probably the weak link in that side, maybe that's where Lopez will play?