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Full 90 for mcgree. Great news
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McGree much better in second half and fans are very satisfied at the goalless draw against Brentford. Fans particularly happy how well McGree held up despite not being a left back. He'll be out of there come June anyway.
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+xMcGree much better in second half and fans are very satisfied at the goalless draw against Brentford. Fans particularly happy how well McGree held up despite not being a left back. He'll be out of there come June anyway. Comments on Birmingham Facebook page are singling him out for an excellent game!!! Hopefully it keeps happening
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+x+x+x+x+xThis thread is so depressing these days. Gone are the days when we actually had players playing for clubs in the top 10 european leagues. It's now basically an aussies [playing u23's/reserves abroad thread. On the flipside, we're talking about a 19 year old getting consistent EPL cameo minutes lately. When was the last time we could say that? Maybe Herd? Whose career made little progress after. I'm not sure where he is now? Last Hird of in Vietnam, I think. Signed for Terengganu in Malaysia in December.
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+x+x+xhow come no one ever mentions Karacic? most underrated player we have... the Croatian league is decent quality we seen that with Dinamo this year in the Europa League. Brescia in with a chance of promotion if they can get a run going. Yeah but outside of Hajduk and Dinamo it's def worse than a-league imo Big difference is the players are technically better and 1 or 2 from teams can go on to big careers where we have 1 or 2 from our league full stop. The first sentence was confirmed by players playing in the Croatian league decades ago. Many European leagues feature this phenomenon. Like H Split and Dinamo Z, they have two or three dominant powerhouse clubs, often with European pedigree, while the rest of the clubs play at a much lower standard. Wait... is this the real decentric?!?!?! The great one has returned!
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+x+x+xThis thread is so depressing these days. Gone are the days when we actually had players playing for clubs in the top 10 european leagues. It's now basically an aussies [playing u23's/reserves abroad threa We've still got Degenek and Mabil at CL sides, Holland captaining one of the better EL sides, Irvine and Boyle now at an EL club, leckie and Hrustic coming off the bench in the bundesliga, Rogic a starter/squad rotation player at a top 50 club, Ryan backup at a top 20 side, plus talk of Souttar going to PL club, Watts on bench at PL, Mooy is a top 5 league player easily... actually things look a lot better now than they did in 2013/14. For context we only have 4 active players in the top 4 leagues but only a very few are getting on the pitch on a regular basis. We need to build that top 4 league representation as well as increase the amount of players outside of that especially in first division leagues. For comparison our Asian neighbor Japan have around 10 in top 4 league representation and the rest in very good leagues outside of the top 4. 'Top 4 leagues' isn't the be all and end all though. For instance, whose got the better players - Celtic or Spezia/Benevento/Koln/Arminia.. The marker we used to use at least when we were referring to the golden gen was top 4 leagues or a Champions League Club. Celtic, Red star and these days Midtylland are big clubs finishing in the champions league qualification spots every year.
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+x+x+x+xThis thread is so depressing these days. Gone are the days when we actually had players playing for clubs in the top 10 european leagues. It's now basically an aussies [playing u23's/reserves abroad threa We've still got Degenek and Mabil at CL sides, Holland captaining one of the better EL sides, Irvine and Boyle now at an EL club, leckie and Hrustic coming off the bench in the bundesliga, Rogic a starter/squad rotation player at a top 50 club, Ryan backup at a top 20 side, plus talk of Souttar going to PL club, Watts on bench at PL, Mooy is a top 5 league player easily... actually things look a lot better now than they did in 2013/14. For context we only have 4 active players in the top 4 leagues but only a very few are getting on the pitch on a regular basis. We need to build that top 4 league representation as well as increase the amount of players outside of that especially in first division leagues. For comparison our Asian neighbor Japan have around 10 in top 4 league representation and the rest in very good leagues outside of the top 4. 'Top 4 leagues' isn't the be all and end all though. For instance, whose got the better players - Celtic or Spezia/Benevento/Koln/Arminia.. The marker we used to use at least when we were referring to the golden gen was top 4 leagues or a Champions League Club. Celtic, Red star and these days Midtylland are big clubs finishing in the champions league qualification spots every year. The biggest thing is playing against the best opposition weekly. You’d rather someone like an awer mabil playing as much as he does for the worst team in Italy than the best team in Denmark. If he was at say spezia he’d be playing inter, juventus and the like every second week
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+x+x+x+x+xThis thread is so depressing these days. Gone are the days when we actually had players playing for clubs in the top 10 european leagues. It's now basically an aussies [playing u23's/reserves abroad threa We've still got Degenek and Mabil at CL sides, Holland captaining one of the better EL sides, Irvine and Boyle now at an EL club, leckie and Hrustic coming off the bench in the bundesliga, Rogic a starter/squad rotation player at a top 50 club, Ryan backup at a top 20 side, plus talk of Souttar going to PL club, Watts on bench at PL, Mooy is a top 5 league player easily... actually things look a lot better now than they did in 2013/14. For context we only have 4 active players in the top 4 leagues but only a very few are getting on the pitch on a regular basis. We need to build that top 4 league representation as well as increase the amount of players outside of that especially in first division leagues. For comparison our Asian neighbor Japan have around 10 in top 4 league representation and the rest in very good leagues outside of the top 4. 'Top 4 leagues' isn't the be all and end all though. For instance, whose got the better players - Celtic or Spezia/Benevento/Koln/Arminia.. The marker we used to use at least when we were referring to the golden gen was top 4 leagues or a Champions League Club. Celtic, Red star and these days Midtylland are big clubs finishing in the champions league qualification spots every year. The biggest thing is playing against the best opposition weekly. You’d rather someone like an awer mabil playing as much as he does for the worst team in Italy than the best team in Denmark. If he was at say spezia he’d be playing inter, juventus and the like every second week I'm not entirely sure about that. I'd like to think the confidence and success at the best Danish club could potentially outweigh the strain of playing for a team at the bottom of Serie A. It's an interesting topic. I do agree the bigger opponents present the better challenge.
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ACL qualification: Petratos played 103' for Al Wehda against Iraqi Airforce Club but lost on penalties. 67' for Ruka against Tel Aviv Full match for Degenek against Partizan. Red Star still undefeated. Full match for Delbridge at DM against Suwon. Don't know what the story is with Antonis.
By now, American Samoa must have realised that Australias 22-0 win over Tonga two days earlier was no fluke.
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+x+x+x+x+xThis thread is so depressing these days. Gone are the days when we actually had players playing for clubs in the top 10 european leagues. It's now basically an aussies [playing u23's/reserves abroad threa We've still got Degenek and Mabil at CL sides, Holland captaining one of the better EL sides, Irvine and Boyle now at an EL club, leckie and Hrustic coming off the bench in the bundesliga, Rogic a starter/squad rotation player at a top 50 club, Ryan backup at a top 20 side, plus talk of Souttar going to PL club, Watts on bench at PL, Mooy is a top 5 league player easily... actually things look a lot better now than they did in 2013/14. For context we only have 4 active players in the top 4 leagues but only a very few are getting on the pitch on a regular basis. We need to build that top 4 league representation as well as increase the amount of players outside of that especially in first division leagues. For comparison our Asian neighbor Japan have around 10 in top 4 league representation and the rest in very good leagues outside of the top 4. 'Top 4 leagues' isn't the be all and end all though. For instance, whose got the better players - Celtic or Spezia/Benevento/Koln/Arminia.. The marker we used to use at least when we were referring to the golden gen was top 4 leagues or a Champions League Club. Celtic, Red star and these days Midtylland are big clubs finishing in the champions league qualification spots every year. The biggest thing is playing against the best opposition weekly. You’d rather someone like an awer mabil playing as much as he does for the worst team in Italy than the best team in Denmark. If he was at say spezia he’d be playing inter, juventus and the like every second week Strongly disagree. For attacking players it's much better for them to be in a top half team. Playing at the bottom of Serie A he'd get one chance to attack per game if he's lucky. A top team in a weaker league sees him with way more chances and more time with the ball at his feet as opposed to simply tracking back and sitting deep constantly.
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+x+x+x+x+x+xThis thread is so depressing these days. Gone are the days when we actually had players playing for clubs in the top 10 european leagues. It's now basically an aussies [playing u23's/reserves abroad threa We've still got Degenek and Mabil at CL sides, Holland captaining one of the better EL sides, Irvine and Boyle now at an EL club, leckie and Hrustic coming off the bench in the bundesliga, Rogic a starter/squad rotation player at a top 50 club, Ryan backup at a top 20 side, plus talk of Souttar going to PL club, Watts on bench at PL, Mooy is a top 5 league player easily... actually things look a lot better now than they did in 2013/14. For context we only have 4 active players in the top 4 leagues but only a very few are getting on the pitch on a regular basis. We need to build that top 4 league representation as well as increase the amount of players outside of that especially in first division leagues. For comparison our Asian neighbor Japan have around 10 in top 4 league representation and the rest in very good leagues outside of the top 4. 'Top 4 leagues' isn't the be all and end all though. For instance, whose got the better players - Celtic or Spezia/Benevento/Koln/Arminia.. The marker we used to use at least when we were referring to the golden gen was top 4 leagues or a Champions League Club. Celtic, Red star and these days Midtylland are big clubs finishing in the champions league qualification spots every year. The biggest thing is playing against the best opposition weekly. You’d rather someone like an awer mabil playing as much as he does for the worst team in Italy than the best team in Denmark. If he was at say spezia he’d be playing inter, juventus and the like every second week I'm not entirely sure about that. I'd like to think the confidence and success at the best Danish club could potentially outweigh the strain of playing for a team at the bottom of Serie A. It's an interesting topic. I do agree the bigger opponents present the better challenge. ^ this. Also you're training and working with better players and coaches day in day out
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+x+x+x+xThis thread is so depressing these days. Gone are the days when we actually had players playing for clubs in the top 10 european leagues. It's now basically an aussies [playing u23's/reserves abroad threa We've still got Degenek and Mabil at CL sides, Holland captaining one of the better EL sides, Irvine and Boyle now at an EL club, leckie and Hrustic coming off the bench in the bundesliga, Rogic a starter/squad rotation player at a top 50 club, Ryan backup at a top 20 side, plus talk of Souttar going to PL club, Watts on bench at PL, Mooy is a top 5 league player easily... actually things look a lot better now than they did in 2013/14. For context we only have 4 active players in the top 4 leagues but only a very few are getting on the pitch on a regular basis. We need to build that top 4 league representation as well as increase the amount of players outside of that especially in first division leagues. For comparison our Asian neighbor Japan have around 10 in top 4 league representation and the rest in very good leagues outside of the top 4. 'Top 4 leagues' isn't the be all and end all though. For instance, whose got the better players - Celtic or Spezia/Benevento/Koln/Arminia.. The marker we used to use at least when we were referring to the golden gen was top 4 leagues or a Champions League Club. Celtic, Red star and these days Midtylland are big clubs finishing in the champions league qualification spots every year. Again this hard to compare to different leagues, however its the not point about this topic though. If your are training and playing against better opponents and your teammates will increase your level of not only the playing pool but also overall strength of the national team and how it can go against higher level teams. The 2006 team had 10 top 4 league level players and that experience playing for and against them was a different maker in under pressure situations that got them into a second round. At the moment we dont have enough players at a higher level right now and probably was a factor in Russia when you make mistakes or dont take your chances at a higher level you often get punished. We have alot in Asia and maybe 3rd tier leagues if your want to classify them as such but not enough in the next calibre of leagues at the highest level. Lets hope this changes in due course but its very rare to get a national team to perform at a higher level in a World Cup and go beyond a second round without it, which is why we should be aiming for more players to be playing in top 4 leagues but also in decent 2nd tier leagues like Holland, Belgium, Portgual etc where they are also very good leagues to play in. Costa Rica was an exception in 2014 where they made the quarter finals but its very hard to do. Here is an interesting question how many of these guys have champions league or Europa League experience?
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Gersbach in AGF Cup squad. Club site says Arzani and Duncan still both injured 😴😴😴
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Buriram United have told Brandon O'Neill he's not required next season, and is free to find a new club.
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+x+x+x+x+xThis thread is so depressing these days. Gone are the days when we actually had players playing for clubs in the top 10 european leagues. It's now basically an aussies [playing u23's/reserves abroad threa We've still got Degenek and Mabil at CL sides, Holland captaining one of the better EL sides, Irvine and Boyle now at an EL club, leckie and Hrustic coming off the bench in the bundesliga, Rogic a starter/squad rotation player at a top 50 club, Ryan backup at a top 20 side, plus talk of Souttar going to PL club, Watts on bench at PL, Mooy is a top 5 league player easily... actually things look a lot better now than they did in 2013/14. For context we only have 4 active players in the top 4 leagues but only a very few are getting on the pitch on a regular basis. We need to build that top 4 league representation as well as increase the amount of players outside of that especially in first division leagues. For comparison our Asian neighbor Japan have around 10 in top 4 league representation and the rest in very good leagues outside of the top 4. 'Top 4 leagues' isn't the be all and end all though. For instance, whose got the better players - Celtic or Spezia/Benevento/Koln/Arminia.. The marker we used to use at least when we were referring to the golden gen was top 4 leagues or a Champions League Club. Celtic, Red star and these days Midtylland are big clubs finishing in the champions league qualification spots every year. Again this hard to compare to different leagues, however its the not point about this topic though. If your are training and playing against better opponents and your teammates will increase your level of not only the playing pool but also overall strength of the national team and how it can go against higher level teams. The 2006 team had 10 top 4 league level players and that experience playing for and against them was a different maker in under pressure situations that got them into a second round. At the moment we dont have enough players at a higher level right now and probably was a factor in Russia when you make mistakes or dont take your chances at a higher level you often get punished. We have alot in Asia and maybe 3rd tier leagues if your want to classify them as such but not enough in the next calibre of leagues at the highest level. Lets hope this changes in due course but its very rare to get a national team to perform at a higher level in a World Cup and go beyond a second round without it, which is why we should be aiming for more players to be playing in top 4 leagues but also in decent 2nd tier leagues like Holland, Belgium, Portgual etc where they are also very good leagues to play in. Costa Rica was an exception in 2014 where they made the quarter finals but its very hard to do. Here is an interesting question how many of these guys have champions league or Europa League experience?
I’m not even sure 2014 Costa Rica was an exception. They had one of the top goalkeepers in the world in Keylor Navas, I think Joel Campbell was still with Arsenal in 2014, Bryan Ruiz was with Fulham in the Premier League, Giancarlo Gonzalez was at a Palermo then when they were in Serie A, probably missing a few others as well. I think they had one or two La Liga guys too. That was a talented team.
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+x+x+x+x+x+xThis thread is so depressing these days. Gone are the days when we actually had players playing for clubs in the top 10 european leagues. It's now basically an aussies [playing u23's/reserves abroad threa We've still got Degenek and Mabil at CL sides, Holland captaining one of the better EL sides, Irvine and Boyle now at an EL club, leckie and Hrustic coming off the bench in the bundesliga, Rogic a starter/squad rotation player at a top 50 club, Ryan backup at a top 20 side, plus talk of Souttar going to PL club, Watts on bench at PL, Mooy is a top 5 league player easily... actually things look a lot better now than they did in 2013/14. For context we only have 4 active players in the top 4 leagues but only a very few are getting on the pitch on a regular basis. We need to build that top 4 league representation as well as increase the amount of players outside of that especially in first division leagues. For comparison our Asian neighbor Japan have around 10 in top 4 league representation and the rest in very good leagues outside of the top 4. 'Top 4 leagues' isn't the be all and end all though. For instance, whose got the better players - Celtic or Spezia/Benevento/Koln/Arminia.. The marker we used to use at least when we were referring to the golden gen was top 4 leagues or a Champions League Club. Celtic, Red star and these days Midtylland are big clubs finishing in the champions league qualification spots every year. Again this hard to compare to different leagues, however its the not point about this topic though. If your are training and playing against better opponents and your teammates will increase your level of not only the playing pool but also overall strength of the national team and how it can go against higher level teams. The 2006 team had 10 top 4 league level players and that experience playing for and against them was a different maker in under pressure situations that got them into a second round. At the moment we dont have enough players at a higher level right now and probably was a factor in Russia when you make mistakes or dont take your chances at a higher level you often get punished. We have alot in Asia and maybe 3rd tier leagues if your want to classify them as such but not enough in the next calibre of leagues at the highest level. Lets hope this changes in due course but its very rare to get a national team to perform at a higher level in a World Cup and go beyond a second round without it, which is why we should be aiming for more players to be playing in top 4 leagues but also in decent 2nd tier leagues like Holland, Belgium, Portgual etc where they are also very good leagues to play in. Costa Rica was an exception in 2014 where they made the quarter finals but its very hard to do. Here is an interesting question how many of these guys have champions league or Europa League experience?
I’m not even sure 2014 Costa Rica was an exception. They had one of the top goalkeepers in the world in Keylor Navas, I think Joel Campbell was still with Arsenal in 2014, Bryan Ruiz was with Fulham in the Premier League, Giancarlo Gonzalez was at a Palermo then when they were in Serie A, probably missing a few others as well. I think they had one or two La Liga guys too. That was a talented team. Gonzalez was at Columbus Crew in MLS during the WC, earned a move to Palermo on the back of it. Same as Navas, earned a move to Real Madrid from Levante on the back of his performance. They were still good players obviously. But just goes to show how players can lift to certain performance levels, especially Navas.
There were only 2 top 4 players in that squad at the time. Navas and Junior Diaz. Campbell was on loan at Olympiacos and Ruiz on loan at PSV(later earned a full move to Sporting CP) Then a smattering of Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Russia and the US based players along with the considerable amount of domestic league players. So I would say they had the quality clearly there, but definitely punched a lot harder than one would have thought.
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By now, American Samoa must have realised that Australias 22-0 win over Tonga two days earlier was no fluke.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+xThis thread is so depressing these days. Gone are the days when we actually had players playing for clubs in the top 10 european leagues. It's now basically an aussies [playing u23's/reserves abroad threa We've still got Degenek and Mabil at CL sides, Holland captaining one of the better EL sides, Irvine and Boyle now at an EL club, leckie and Hrustic coming off the bench in the bundesliga, Rogic a starter/squad rotation player at a top 50 club, Ryan backup at a top 20 side, plus talk of Souttar going to PL club, Watts on bench at PL, Mooy is a top 5 league player easily... actually things look a lot better now than they did in 2013/14. For context we only have 4 active players in the top 4 leagues but only a very few are getting on the pitch on a regular basis. We need to build that top 4 league representation as well as increase the amount of players outside of that especially in first division leagues. For comparison our Asian neighbor Japan have around 10 in top 4 league representation and the rest in very good leagues outside of the top 4. 'Top 4 leagues' isn't the be all and end all though. For instance, whose got the better players - Celtic or Spezia/Benevento/Koln/Arminia.. The marker we used to use at least when we were referring to the golden gen was top 4 leagues or a Champions League Club. Celtic, Red star and these days Midtylland are big clubs finishing in the champions league qualification spots every year. Again this hard to compare to different leagues, however its the not point about this topic though. If your are training and playing against better opponents and your teammates will increase your level of not only the playing pool but also overall strength of the national team and how it can go against higher level teams. The 2006 team had 10 top 4 league level players and that experience playing for and against them was a different maker in under pressure situations that got them into a second round. At the moment we dont have enough players at a higher level right now and probably was a factor in Russia when you make mistakes or dont take your chances at a higher level you often get punished. We have alot in Asia and maybe 3rd tier leagues if your want to classify them as such but not enough in the next calibre of leagues at the highest level. Lets hope this changes in due course but its very rare to get a national team to perform at a higher level in a World Cup and go beyond a second round without it, which is why we should be aiming for more players to be playing in top 4 leagues but also in decent 2nd tier leagues like Holland, Belgium, Portgual etc where they are also very good leagues to play in. Costa Rica was an exception in 2014 where they made the quarter finals but its very hard to do. Here is an interesting question how many of these guys have champions league or Europa League experience?
I’m not even sure 2014 Costa Rica was an exception. They had one of the top goalkeepers in the world in Keylor Navas, I think Joel Campbell was still with Arsenal in 2014, Bryan Ruiz was with Fulham in the Premier League, Giancarlo Gonzalez was at a Palermo then when they were in Serie A, probably missing a few others as well. I think they had one or two La Liga guys too. That was a talented team. Gonzalez was at Columbus Crew in MLS during the WC, earned a move to Palermo on the back of it. Same as Navas, earned a move to Real Madrid from Levante on the back of his performance. They were still good players obviously. But just goes to show how players can lift to certain performance levels, especially Navas.
There were only 2 top 4 players in that squad at the time. Navas and Junior Diaz. Campbell was on loan at Olympiacos and Ruiz on loan at PSV(later earned a full move to Sporting CP) Then a smattering of Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Russia and the US based players along with the considerable amount of domestic league players. So I would say they had the quality clearly there, but definitely punched a lot harder than one would have thought.
Great post! Clearly didn’t have the memory I thought I did, or forgot about the loans for some of those guys.
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Such a shame how his career has turned out. There was a lot of hype around him in the early days, from myself included.
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Laurence Thomas was a sub in his last game overnight
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+xLaurence Thomas was a sub in his last game overnight Yep Thomas is rotated for the cup games
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+xSuch a shame how his career has turned out. There was a lot of hype around him in the early days, from myself included. So now the question is will he stay in Australia or go to League 1/2 and disappear forever
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+x+x+x+x+xThis thread is so depressing these days. Gone are the days when we actually had players playing for clubs in the top 10 european leagues. It's now basically an aussies [playing u23's/reserves abroad threa We've still got Degenek and Mabil at CL sides, Holland captaining one of the better EL sides, Irvine and Boyle now at an EL club, leckie and Hrustic coming off the bench in the bundesliga, Rogic a starter/squad rotation player at a top 50 club, Ryan backup at a top 20 side, plus talk of Souttar going to PL club, Watts on bench at PL, Mooy is a top 5 league player easily... actually things look a lot better now than they did in 2013/14. For context we only have 4 active players in the top 4 leagues but only a very few are getting on the pitch on a regular basis. We need to build that top 4 league representation as well as increase the amount of players outside of that especially in first division leagues. For comparison our Asian neighbor Japan have around 10 in top 4 league representation and the rest in very good leagues outside of the top 4. 'Top 4 leagues' isn't the be all and end all though. For instance, whose got the better players - Celtic or Spezia/Benevento/Koln/Arminia.. The marker we used to use at least when we were referring to the golden gen was top 4 leagues or a Champions League Club. Celtic, Red star and these days Midtylland are big clubs finishing in the champions league qualification spots every year. The biggest thing is playing against the best opposition weekly. You’d rather someone like an awer mabil playing as much as he does for the worst team in Italy than the best team in Denmark. If he was at say spezia he’d be playing inter, juventus and the like every second week this. but things will change with the upcoming champions league expansions. the biggest 32 (36?) teams in europe will be effectively playing each other in a second league.
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+x+xSuch a shame how his career has turned out. There was a lot of hype around him in the early days, from myself included. So now the question is will he stay in Australia or go to League 1/2 and disappear forever In all honesty at 21 he is seen as mature in Europe. He would be better off staying here and doing really well then trying to go back. Although the way his season has been you would think he will be nothing more than an average a league player
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+x+x+x+x+x+xThis thread is so depressing these days. Gone are the days when we actually had players playing for clubs in the top 10 european leagues. It's now basically an aussies [playing u23's/reserves abroad threa We've still got Degenek and Mabil at CL sides, Holland captaining one of the better EL sides, Irvine and Boyle now at an EL club, leckie and Hrustic coming off the bench in the bundesliga, Rogic a starter/squad rotation player at a top 50 club, Ryan backup at a top 20 side, plus talk of Souttar going to PL club, Watts on bench at PL, Mooy is a top 5 league player easily... actually things look a lot better now than they did in 2013/14. For context we only have 4 active players in the top 4 leagues but only a very few are getting on the pitch on a regular basis. We need to build that top 4 league representation as well as increase the amount of players outside of that especially in first division leagues. For comparison our Asian neighbor Japan have around 10 in top 4 league representation and the rest in very good leagues outside of the top 4. 'Top 4 leagues' isn't the be all and end all though. For instance, whose got the better players - Celtic or Spezia/Benevento/Koln/Arminia.. The marker we used to use at least when we were referring to the golden gen was top 4 leagues or a Champions League Club. Celtic, Red star and these days Midtylland are big clubs finishing in the champions league qualification spots every year. The biggest thing is playing against the best opposition weekly. You’d rather someone like an awer mabil playing as much as he does for the worst team in Italy than the best team in Denmark. If he was at say spezia he’d be playing inter, juventus and the like every second week I'm not entirely sure about that. I'd like to think the confidence and success at the best Danish club could potentially outweigh the strain of playing for a team at the bottom of Serie A. It's an interesting topic. I do agree the bigger opponents present the better challenge. depends on the player... some players aren't built for dominating games for big clubs they thrive more in a counter-attacking environment... that's Mabil... he would do better playing on the counter against big teams.
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Ouzounidis starting. Goal Francois. When will this translate to senior football? They'll likely be farmed out to League One at some point. Plenty of football there and the league is improving. Nevertheless if they were better they'd be around where Watts currently is.
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+xOuzounidis starting. Goal Francois. When will this translate to senior football? They'll likely be farmed out to League One at some point. Plenty of football there and the league is improving. Nevertheless if they were better they'd be around where Watts currently is. Ouzounidis is on last year of contract and will be leaving on a free during transfer window. I think he’ll start down the pyramid at league 2 or lower Francois has another 2 seasons to make first team and was supposedly close before getting injured this season that kept him out a long time. If Fulham drop down to championship next season that would be his make or break time. If they stay up, he’ll get loaned out. I still hope for him and his brother Marlee but then again I had high hopes for Ben Folami and Antonis Martis playing back in A league this season
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Alex Robertson started and scored for Man City U23 in a 3-2 win over Liverpool U23
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We cannot compare the past with now. So much has changed so looking at which players played in the top leagues 10 years ago means nothing. Most of them would not now make those leagues (all else being equal).
And thats good news because it means our current crop isn't that bad as everyone seems to think. All each player needs to do is play well in the leagues they are in. The top 20 leagues in the world are all decent.
Play well in those leagues, have confidence and when the national teams come together we will do well.
Coach will need to have a well organised counter attacking team with some clinical finishers...
Also need a world class keeper
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