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+x+x+xThe bigger worry should be why a visa spot has been used on Masato Kudo, who's played a grand total of 140 minutes of football according to Transfermarkt. Seems like a waste of money to me, and surely there's someone who would've been a better option... Yes agreed. 12 games or so in and zero return. Maybe the guy was decent but maybe he's just done now. It happens. In any case looks like wasted money once again. Roar needs to find someone who can ID a 20 goal striker for us. I am still open to Kudo working out for us. We needed a proven striker and we got one. We have seen bugger all of what made him that in the games for us, so there is much more to Kudo that we have not yet seen. If he can't kick a ball into the net he would be failing in training and wouldn't even be on the bench - so that can't be it. We know that he came in with a lower level of fitness and is working through that. The start that last game suggests he has the run in his legs back to some extent. He might be a bit like Maclaren in that we have to work out how to get him into the game - which is not the situation we wanted to fix our goal scoring problems. As you say - if he doesn't show enough real quality soon we may never see it. With the fitness issues to start I am counting time from his start last game - so 1 game so far without return. That's not disastrous. If Moon starts him consistently now we know that he has faith in his ability. If Moon keeps tinkering with starts, the bench and out of the matchday squad then we know he is not working out as Moon had planned for him. It is a huge weight of expectation I already have on Scott Macdonald's return - but it might take his vision and timing to create what Kudo can finish. To me, a foreign player should be coming in ready to take the league by storm: not having to be 'rebuilt.' Berisha, Castro, Broich, Le Fondre, etc. all came to these shores ready to take the league by storm, and that's how it should be. You'd be wanting to get a serious discount on wages otherwise. Sure, there's still time for him to bounce back and prove all the doubters wrong, but it seems kind of pointless [to me anyway] to have signed a foreign player that needed so much work before he'd be ready to do his job properly.
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If an international player is not coming in and making a significant difference, then they are just taking the spot of a home grown player. That should not be whats happening.
I feel like the league in general has bought overseas players purely on their name, and some of them because they fit within the budget, but all that does it affect the team overall. I don't think we've signed a quality international player for some time, and it's affected us in the long run.
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+xIf an international player is not coming in and making a significant difference, then they are just taking the spot of a home grown player. That should not be whats happening. I feel like the league in general has bought overseas players purely on their name, and some of them because they fit within the budget, but all that does it affect the team overall. I don't think we've signed a quality international player for some time, and it's affected us in the long run. To be fair, I think the 3 British lads at BR atm are quite good signings, albeit they're certainly not 'name' players either. With that being said, I don't think you've signed an international attacking player in years that's made me sit back and go 'wow, he's got something about him' either. They're much harder to find of course, and the club certainly needs to look into how they're identifying foreign attackers. If they're using a particular agency or contact to bring in these guys: they need to stop doing that!
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+x+x+xThe bigger worry should be why a visa spot has been used on Masato Kudo, who's played a grand total of 140 minutes of football according to Transfermarkt. Seems like a waste of money to me, and surely there's someone who would've been a better option... Yes agreed. 12 games or so in and zero return. Maybe the guy was decent but maybe he's just done now. It happens. In any case looks like wasted money once again. Roar needs to find someone who can ID a 20 goal striker for us. I am still open to Kudo working out for us. We needed a proven striker and we got one. We have seen bugger all of what made him that in the games for us, so there is much more to Kudo that we have not yet seen. If he can't kick a ball into the net he would be failing in training and wouldn't even be on the bench - so that can't be it. We know that he came in with a lower level of fitness and is working through that. The start that last game suggests he has the run in his legs back to some extent. He might be a bit like Maclaren in that we have to work out how to get him into the game - which is not the situation we wanted to fix our goal scoring problems. As you say - if he doesn't show enough real quality soon we may never see it. With the fitness issues to start I am counting time from his start last game - so 1 game so far without return. That's not disastrous. If Moon starts him consistently now we know that he has faith in his ability. If Moon keeps tinkering with starts, the bench and out of the matchday squad then we know he is not working out as Moon had planned for him. It is a huge weight of expectation I already have on Scott Macdonald's return - but it might take his vision and timing to create what Kudo can finish. McDonald is pushing 40. Time to be realistic, I suggest. The League is faster this season. He is going to struggle.
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+x+x+x+xThe bigger worry should be why a visa spot has been used on Masato Kudo, who's played a grand total of 140 minutes of football according to Transfermarkt. Seems like a waste of money to me, and surely there's someone who would've been a better option... Yes agreed. 12 games or so in and zero return. Maybe the guy was decent but maybe he's just done now. It happens. In any case looks like wasted money once again. Roar needs to find someone who can ID a 20 goal striker for us. I am still open to Kudo working out for us. We needed a proven striker and we got one. We have seen bugger all of what made him that in the games for us, so there is much more to Kudo that we have not yet seen. If he can't kick a ball into the net he would be failing in training and wouldn't even be on the bench - so that can't be it. We know that he came in with a lower level of fitness and is working through that. The start that last game suggests he has the run in his legs back to some extent. He might be a bit like Maclaren in that we have to work out how to get him into the game - which is not the situation we wanted to fix our goal scoring problems. As you say - if he doesn't show enough real quality soon we may never see it. With the fitness issues to start I am counting time from his start last game - so 1 game so far without return. That's not disastrous. If Moon starts him consistently now we know that he has faith in his ability. If Moon keeps tinkering with starts, the bench and out of the matchday squad then we know he is not working out as Moon had planned for him. It is a huge weight of expectation I already have on Scott Macdonald's return - but it might take his vision and timing to create what Kudo can finish. McDonald is pushing 40. Time to be realistic, I suggest. The League is faster this season. He is going to struggle. Yeah - I don't count on him to run round his opponents - more to pass through them so others can use their fresh, fast legs better than they are now.
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+x+x+x+xThe bigger worry should be why a visa spot has been used on Masato Kudo, who's played a grand total of 140 minutes of football according to Transfermarkt. Seems like a waste of money to me, and surely there's someone who would've been a better option... Yes agreed. 12 games or so in and zero return. Maybe the guy was decent but maybe he's just done now. It happens. In any case looks like wasted money once again. Roar needs to find someone who can ID a 20 goal striker for us. I am still open to Kudo working out for us. We needed a proven striker and we got one. We have seen bugger all of what made him that in the games for us, so there is much more to Kudo that we have not yet seen. If he can't kick a ball into the net he would be failing in training and wouldn't even be on the bench - so that can't be it. We know that he came in with a lower level of fitness and is working through that. The start that last game suggests he has the run in his legs back to some extent. He might be a bit like Maclaren in that we have to work out how to get him into the game - which is not the situation we wanted to fix our goal scoring problems. As you say - if he doesn't show enough real quality soon we may never see it. With the fitness issues to start I am counting time from his start last game - so 1 game so far without return. That's not disastrous. If Moon starts him consistently now we know that he has faith in his ability. If Moon keeps tinkering with starts, the bench and out of the matchday squad then we know he is not working out as Moon had planned for him. It is a huge weight of expectation I already have on Scott Macdonald's return - but it might take his vision and timing to create what Kudo can finish. To me, a foreign player should be coming in ready to take the league by storm: not having to be 'rebuilt.' Berisha, Castro, Broich, Le Fondre, etc. all came to these shores ready to take the league by storm, and that's how it should be. You'd be wanting to get a serious discount on wages otherwise. Sure, there's still time for him to bounce back and prove all the doubters wrong, but it seems kind of pointless [to me anyway] to have signed a foreign player that needed so much work before he'd be ready to do his job properly. I do tend to agree with your sentiments. Just not writing him off yet given we do have him here.
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+x+x+x+x+xThe bigger worry should be why a visa spot has been used on Masato Kudo, who's played a grand total of 140 minutes of football according to Transfermarkt. Seems like a waste of money to me, and surely there's someone who would've been a better option... Yes agreed. 12 games or so in and zero return. Maybe the guy was decent but maybe he's just done now. It happens. In any case looks like wasted money once again. Roar needs to find someone who can ID a 20 goal striker for us. I am still open to Kudo working out for us. We needed a proven striker and we got one. We have seen bugger all of what made him that in the games for us, so there is much more to Kudo that we have not yet seen. If he can't kick a ball into the net he would be failing in training and wouldn't even be on the bench - so that can't be it. We know that he came in with a lower level of fitness and is working through that. The start that last game suggests he has the run in his legs back to some extent. He might be a bit like Maclaren in that we have to work out how to get him into the game - which is not the situation we wanted to fix our goal scoring problems. As you say - if he doesn't show enough real quality soon we may never see it. With the fitness issues to start I am counting time from his start last game - so 1 game so far without return. That's not disastrous. If Moon starts him consistently now we know that he has faith in his ability. If Moon keeps tinkering with starts, the bench and out of the matchday squad then we know he is not working out as Moon had planned for him. It is a huge weight of expectation I already have on Scott Macdonald's return - but it might take his vision and timing to create what Kudo can finish. McDonald is pushing 40. Time to be realistic, I suggest. The League is faster this season. He is going to struggle. Yeah - I don't count on him to run round his opponents - more to pass through them so others can use their fresh, fast legs better than they are now. A professional team with ambition cannot afford passengers, not even one.
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+x+xIf an international player is not coming in and making a significant difference, then they are just taking the spot of a home grown player. That should not be whats happening. I feel like the league in general has bought overseas players purely on their name, and some of them because they fit within the budget, but all that does it affect the team overall. I don't think we've signed a quality international player for some time, and it's affected us in the long run. To be fair, I think the 3 British lads at BR atm are quite good signings, albeit they're certainly not 'name' players either. With that being said, I don't think you've signed an international attacking player in years that's made me sit back and go 'wow, he's got something about him' either. They're much harder to find of course, and the club certainly needs to look into how they're identifying foreign attackers. If they're using a particular agency or contact to bring in these guys: they need to stop doing that! The two British lads at the back are gold. However these positions are easier to fill with less skilled players. Midfielders, attackers / strikers much more difficult. You need a club wanting to be a title contender to get that prerequisite good quality player.
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I gues to the two big buys for Roar this year were the japanese players.
I’m not sure if Kudo will improve significantly.But didnt he have a serious injury and since has he not played much?
I imagine it could take a while for him to get back to where he was,
Danzaki started well,but like a lot of young players they can fade as the season progresses.
I dont know if Moon is thinking about strengthening his squad.But there is no doubt we need to.Scomac has to be replaced and we still need a quality DM and winger.
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SBS reports Matti Steinmann will sign for the Roar
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+xSBS reports Matti Steinmann will sign for the Roar Great signing. But given all of their visa spots are full, they’ll have to offload someone. Surely they’d be trying to get rid of Kudo.
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Well there you go.
It seems there is still a connection to Fowler.
Who is leaving Kudo?
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+x+xSBS reports Matti Steinmann will sign for the Roar Great signing. But given all of their visa spots are full, they’ll have to offload someone. Surely they’d be trying to get rid of Kudo. There you go! Funny that his first taste of League football was a replacement for Nicolai Mueller playing for Hamburger FC. Not a great stats list, but at least he knows the A League, having played for the Phoenix.
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+xYour premier is really not a football fan is she? NRL yes. She's NRL total.....doesn't know what football is?? bet she jumps on board when women's World Cup teams come to Bris to
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+x+x+xSBS reports Matti Steinmann will sign for the Roar Great signing. But given all of their visa spots are full, they’ll have to offload someone. Surely they’d be trying to get rid of Kudo. There you go! Funny that his first taste of League football was a replacement for Nicolai Mueller playing for Hamburger FC. Not a great stats list, but at least he knows the A League, having played for the Phoenix. He killed it at Wellington too.
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Wasn't danzaki on loan? Maybe getting recalled? Is the option. 3 Brits plus the two Japanese one has to go. Unless it really is kudo. Or you know made up rumour.
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I'm a member this year, and interesting that we just got an email advertising ROARTV. We get it as part of the membership. Good t osee some action on the media front.
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+xWasn't danzaki on loan? Maybe getting recalled? Is the option. 3 Brits plus the two Japanese one has to go. Unless it really is kudo. Or you know made up rumour. I was just speculating that Kudo would be the most likely. He’s clearly been a flop and it wouldn’t make any sense to keep him around.
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+x+xWasn't danzaki on loan? Maybe getting recalled? Is the option. 3 Brits plus the two Japanese one has to go. Unless it really is kudo. Or you know made up rumour. I was just speculating that Kudo would be the most likely. He’s clearly been a flop and it wouldn’t make any sense to keep him around. Thoroughly agree that it's most likely. Just throwing out other possibilities.
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Tbf, I did think that it may be a case of Sapporo recalling Danzaki, but I could only see it being a case of them recalling him if he wants to return to Japan for some reason. I think the most likely explanation is that Kudo is gone, but if that's the case: I'm baffled by him being replaced by Steinmann if I'm honest. Could one of the British boys be seeking a chance to head home? Roar desperately need foreign attacking talent imo, not another defensive-minded import.
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+xTbf, I did think that it may be a case of Sapporo recalling Danzaki, but I could only see it being a case of them recalling him if he wants to return to Japan for some reason. I think the most likely explanation is that Kudo is gone, but if that's the case: I'm baffled by him being replaced by Steinmann if I'm honest. Could one of the British boys be seeking a chance to head home? Roar desperately need foreign attacking talent imo, not another defensive-minded import. I'd like to see steinmann and akbar with jos further forward. In think we lack clear cut chances through the middle with too many crosses. Give more protection for a back 4. Jos is not a great defender.
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+xYour premier is really not a football fan is she? NRL yes. Not that I disagree, what made you say that out of the blue?
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Macca and Neville both back for the Wanderers game. Macca I would expect to come from the bench but surely we will start with Neville in for Gillesphey - or are we going to see JCP in for Gillesphey and Neville in for Trewin? What's betting that now sides have seen we lack something without Macca they try to mark (or take) him out of the game? Maybe even that will help since that would draw a couple of defenders away from elsewhere and he is good enough to pick a pass through traffic. I am excited and have no idea how this game is going to work out. Hopes are medium high.
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Ninth. Only MV and NJ below us .
I know he have had must win games for weeks now.But if we dont win now,i struggle to see who we can beat.
Whats our longest non wining streak?
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+xNinth. Only MV and NJ below us .
I know he have had must win games for weeks now.But if we dont win now,i struggle to see who we can beat.
Whats our longest non wining streak? Nix are behind us too, having played 2 more games than us. The top 6 have all played 1, 2 or 3 games more than us and we are 3 points out of equal 6th today. We are not quite halfway through the season, so I don't think we have had any 'must win games' yet - other than staying in touch with the top of the table which is not working out to be a realistic possibility. We have to get Macdonald to match fitness so it might take two or more games yet. And we have been arguably competitive against everyone we have played, which to me means we could beat, and could have beaten, all of them - and a lot of those games were without Macdonald when we are so much poorer in attack. Losing games now means worse table position, but it does not mean we can't beat every team above us anyway when Macdonald has the impact I expect him to again. Table this season is a crazy benchmark for performance when there are so many differences in games played and we have not yet played Wanderers or Mariners once even.
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Unfortunately if we lose the next game,we dont have any games in hand against the teams directly above us.(PG,WU&SFC)
The teams who have played extra games are way ahead and if WSW beat us they will be way ahead also.
Thats why we need to win .
WP are behind us and have played extra games,but if we lose to WSW ,i fear we will be battling to stay ninth.
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+xUnfortunately if we lose the next game,we dont have any games in hand against the teams directly above us.(PG,WU&SFC) The teams who have played extra games are way ahead and if WSW beat us they will be way ahead also. Thats why we need to win . WP are behind us and have played extra games,but if we lose to WSW ,i fear we will be battling to stay ninth. One of those catch up games is the one against WU - so a particularly important impact for us. The teams above us all have to play other teams above us too though. If we can't beat the top group then maybe those teams above us can't either. Either way, unless every game above is a draw someone is not getting further away from us that week. I understand what you are saying about dropping too far down the table right now and not being able to catch up. Just I am not as worried because I expect our second half of the season to be better than the first half and if it isn't then we don't deserve to be higher.
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Mathematically, we should be around 22 points after Round 14 to be in contention with the top 6. That does mean winning both our next two games.
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+xMacca and Neville both back for the Wanderers game. Macca I would expect to come from the bench but surely we will start with Neville in for Gillesphey - or are we going to see JCP in for Gillesphey and Neville in for Trewin? What's betting that now sides have seen we lack something without Macca they try to mark (or take) him out of the game? Maybe even that will help since that would draw a couple of defenders away from elsewhere and he is good enough to pick a pass through traffic. I am excited and have no idea how this game is going to work out. Hopes are medium high. You are placing way too much reliance on a player pushing 40. Realistically he will have less impact coming back from each injury
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+x+xMacca and Neville both back for the Wanderers game. Macca I would expect to come from the bench but surely we will start with Neville in for Gillesphey - or are we going to see JCP in for Gillesphey and Neville in for Trewin? What's betting that now sides have seen we lack something without Macca they try to mark (or take) him out of the game? Maybe even that will help since that would draw a couple of defenders away from elsewhere and he is good enough to pick a pass through traffic. I am excited and have no idea how this game is going to work out. Hopes are medium high. You are placing way too much reliance on a player pushing 40. Realistically he will have less impact coming back from each injury I am placing a lot of reliance on a 37 year old player, I agree. I do not agree it is too much because I am counting on his vision and close space work more than on his sprinting ability. We are already creating plenty of rushed chances - I want him to create more controlled chances and focus us better going forward with hold up play and timing. As you say, each injury will no doubt take more out of him. Months of preseason training compared to gradual return from injury is also a big factor. I just hope we are not rushing him back before he is genuinely fit like clubs sometimes do when they feel a change is necessary.
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