I wonder what Hrustic’s most natural position is? Seems he’s been played in a lot of different positions throughout his club career: RM, LM, #8, #10. 

An Aussie keeper was on the bench for the opening round in the Uruguayan first division for CA Cerro. His name is Ricardo Rizzo. His old academy had a post about him signing back in March but it must have just been a 6 month or a youth contract because the club only posted about his 1 year senior contract today.

https://mobile.twitter.com/CACerro_oficial/status/1350838431199490048

Pretty impressive, hes only 20 so would be interesting to see how he develops

https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/they-call-me-canguro-meet-the-aussie-keeper-jumping-into-contention-in-uruguay

Ricardo Rizzo is a sick name. Wishing him all the best. 

Nice (re Melb City) 🙂
Regarding the part highlighted, - Smart move. It is a lot better for your health and mental state not to be as "dedicated" (your words) as some of us when it comes to the club's we support. 

Full 90 for Ouzounidis in a 1-1 Merseyside derby in the U23.

Jay Rich-Baghuelou played the first 60 minutes in a 2-3 loss to Fulham U23.

Alex Robertson unused sub in a 0-4 win against Derby County U23.

Article on about Hrustic playing centre mid. 

https://www.fr.de/eintracht-frankfurt/die-tormaschine-liefert-90172399.amp.html

From article: 
"There they weren't planning on the outside with him at all, he was too slow and not dynamic enough for that. Thanks to his good technique and his strong left foot, the midfielder is more likely to be someone who pulls the strings behind the tips or who can be called up in half positions."

Also he played further back against schalke because a centre back got a "juicy horse kiss" which i guess is a corky. Hasabe was then moved to centre back and Hrustic was brought into a more defensive midfield role. Article also talks about how it shows the managers growing confidence in general to bring Hrustic in instead of a more defensive player.

Thanks Johnszasz for posting him coming on. Was able to catch 20 minutes and thought he looked batter than the few times I saw him playing in the Netherlands.

That’s great insight on Hrustic ty. Too slow to play on the wing, but shines in central midfield positions due to his technique.

It’s pretty similar to Najjarine’s story actually - we’re seeing the best of him since he was brought centrally from the wings.

Cant find anything about Tyrese Francois. I know he was injured months ago but he really seems to have totally dropped off the radar. Weird.

Haha re Tyrese Francois, I actually sent him a PM on Instagram asking whether he was injured - he actually replied & said that he's had a niggling injury and and that he would be back in a couple of weeks. That was a couple of weeks ago so he should be playing very soon. Real shame that he got injured - great start to his season and played for Fulham's top team in a Cup game, so may have been getting close to selection for a Prem game

Shrewsbury vs Southampton tomorrow in fa cup.  This is their first match for a while as covid swept through the squad, they still don't have their manager back yet.   Do we know if millar is still with them?

Millar’s gone. Caleb Watts has a good chance of getting game time for Southampton though. 

Mabil starting in a friendly against AGF. can’t find an agf team sheet but hoping gersbach starts again 

Just saw on his insta he's heading home.  Got a flight going to perth

Behich starting

Decent night of midweek football in England and Germany ahead.

Debut for Caleb watts in fa cup

Great stuff. 

Elder beats Burgess 3:0 who was off with two yellows. Souttar, Williams and Wright starting.

Leckie bench. 

Goals for Iredale and Williams in England. 

Caleb Watts got a good rating of 7.0 on my app, Southampton fans raving about him too

That's awesome!!! Watched 30 mins of the second half & he played well. Southampton fans calling him one of the players of the future

The issue with Watts playing so early is his eligibility for Aus is through heritage so if he breaks through it will be another question of does he play for Aus or wait to see if England will give him a chance.

Croatia returned from their winter break overnight. Kalik started for Gorica in a 1-1 draw with last place Istra. Pretty disappointing as a win would have put them 1 point off league leaders  Dinamo. The article i saw suggested Kalik may have been a last minute include with another midfielder pulling out late.

Sibenik plays Saturday. They played two friendlies over the break. Juric got got 45 and 60 minutes as expected and Grdic (young centreback) played 45 and 30 minutes so probably still a bench player.

Not sure if he's played for England's youth sides but im sure they will be looking at him more closely now.

Williams goal and assist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN71vwmrkMw

Honestly don’t see this as an issue with Watts. He was called up to an England U15 camp years ago but has since represented Australia for 2 years, played at an U17 World Cup, played at U19 level, his former U17 coach is now the national TD, he refers to Australia as “my country”, and is close friends with Ryan Teague (who he could play together with in the Socceroos midfield for 10-15 years). 

Great news about Watts, plenty of involvement, going from the club's match report: https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2021-01-19/match-report-southampton-shrewsbury-town-fa-cup-2020-21

very keen to see a midfield of 

Watts---Hrustic
-----Dougall------

Weird that The World Game wbesite doesnt have any mention of Watts debut. If it was Alex Robertson they'd have articles up about it by now.

Wonder if this will lead to Watts getting a loan deal? Next FA cup match is against Arsenal and I just dont see them using him much in the first team (unless Covid hits the team). Ouzinidis played for Everton's u/23's this week and he is expected to be loaned out as Everton need to cut their wages bill.