He has shown some class & skill at times - missed an ‘easy’ goal while back, provided brilliant pass that should have become an assist, and hit the crossbar once. Only given 190 minutes to ‘make an impact’. Glad his loan is only 6 months. 

This is the SPL not the champions league. Your obviously Scottish so this may be hard to hear but Im sure you already know.
The SPL is fucking terrible, shit kick and run football, other than Celtic it's much worse than the A-league.
Kuol needs to find a new club.

Was a cracking game!
Braunschweig desperate to not get relegated came out firing, scoring in the first minute.
I think St Pauli were the better team, but Braunschweig's defence was solid, making it difficult for the boys in brown to break through.
St Pauli scored only for it to be ruled offside, so they were quite unlucky not to grab a draw.
Metcalfe came off at half time after a head clash. Shame, as he was really putting in a shift.

As soon as he landed at Hearts he got minutes straight away ( that means they really wanna see what he can do)

They have tried him as a striker > didn't work as he often go missing from the game. And sometimes missed open goals.
They have tried him as a winger > didn't go well as he couldn't run past the defenders. He needs to watch Martin Boyle as a winger.

Offensively no impact defensively not his strengths.

You can see recently he wasn't as sharp against Ecuador that must to do with his confidence.

Sadly, even if he moves, the failure in low level league like SPL will ruin his reputation and value. But again he is only 20 years old.

Bad loan choice then he was very raw when he left, Newcastle knew that. Maybe the rough and tumble is easier for the a league boys who already had played a a few seasons of aleague. Buli 2 might have been the better option with his brother.

The issue with kuol and hearts, Is the lack of midfield in attack, the kid can't do it on his own.

Yes you may have mckay there early in some of the games but by the end of most games hearts have shut up shop and parked the bus, or don't have the mid strength to push out.

The SPL, Sevco and Celtic aside, is English League one standard. So although not great, it is not a low level league.

Kuol hasn't played enough minutes for anyone to form considered opinions or to be judged a success or failure. So, if he moves at the end of the season his reputation will have been done no harm, I don't understand Newcastle's agreeing the loan, in the first instance,  to a  poorly coached team like Hearts. Neilson, who has been sacked,  is a fruit cake and the last person who could be relied upon to develop talented youngsters.

Kuol was born 15th September 2004. He is 18,  not 20 years old.

A-League is English League Two standard...I thought it was generally accepted to be more like League One standard at least.

Koul

Should have stayed on the Coast for his loan deal... thats what Muski did.... regular game time paly until May or mid May... 

How do you know that, what metrics show that to be the case?

Generally accepted by who? Definitely not by those who have watched it in the UK. Perhaps by some homebred Australians.There have been people who have talked up the A League, like Terry Butcher, when he coached here, who compared it to the English Championship. I disagree. I have seen better football played in the Scottish Championship.

 In my opinion the A League is English League Two quality. Feel free to disagree.

You do know that Scotland invented the passing game don’t you?

Its 2023, your comment has no relevance.

Wright out for two months. 

LOL

My reply was related to the kick and run comment and is relevant in that context.

The SPL is far from kick and run. 

It's hard to compare because of the difference between styles however I would say A League teams would be league one.

League one is definitely faster but the style isn't conducive to a passing game. I think if an aleague team could deal with the speed they would be able to easily control the tempo in league one and dominate possession. How they would go over a season, well again I think it's hard to anticipate. 

I think certain skills such as shooting and dribbling would be better in league one but I don't think many league one players would be able to come into the a league and pick up our style of play easily, the expectation on passing and movement is completely different. Look at Zach clough, he's been a league one two and championship player for years and is only now starting to be able to adapt to the a league style over a year after his transfer. 

Don't think this has been posted yet but the highlights for Viking FK. 

D'aggers with both assists and yazbek with the second goal. 

https://youtu.be/dSNefYD0PN4

In stark contrast to Kuol these moves have been superb, although Norway ranking 30th behind Ligue 2, they went over and started playing immediately.

The NZ  Knights thought this too. They invested in a bunch of recruits from league one and two. They won one game, conceded 47 goals, and were defunct within two years.

It's difficult to compare leagues, because between the championship and league two there's not a huge jump in quality like there is from the championship to the premier league. The talent pool is far more diluted therefore there's much more overlap in terms of quality between the leagues. But between league two and the A league I would give the edge to the A league because generally speaking the foreign recruits are better standard. 

I would place the A league about League One standard and equivalent to many of the SPL clubs below Rangers and Celtic. Show me players in the Scottish Championship who have played in decent, respectable leagues in Europe? 

Efe Ambrose played 113 games for Celtic and was in the Celtic team that beat Barcelona in the European Champions League.He plays for Greenock Morton in the Scottish championship.

There are numerous u23  players in the championship on loan from EPL clubs.

Can't believe no one mentioned this yet but hearts play with a 5- 3- 2 ie no wingers. This has been probably the biggest reason for his struggles there as he doesn't fit into the system and whenever he's played they've either played subbed him on as 1 of the strikers or put him in midfield. 

The English lower leagues have lifted since then though. Also those players they took were on their last legs leg 1 players, as opposed to the divisions best. 

Previously Dwight Yorke said lower championship when he played here (same time as the knights) , and various Dutch coaches have said lower half eredivisie. 

I'd say it's level is the top clubs in league 1 and the  spfl outside Celtic, rangers and hearts. 

I dont know what all these league comparisons can hang there hats on.  Only true competition these days is when the best of the best Australian clubs face off on their counterparts in the confiederation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Asian_Club_Championship_and_AFC_Champions_League_finals
Based on this the best Aleague clubs are well behind the best from
Saudi Pro League
K1
J1
China League 1
I wouldnt worry too much about 2nd and 3rd tier European comparisons, we need to start beating clubs in our own neigbourhood before we worry about Sheffiled Wednesday and Derby or Hamburger and St Pauli.

I think a lot of our players are making smarter moves than they did previously. I think young guys like Yazbek making a move to Norway which is probably a bit above the a league and a stepping stone to Europe is a solid choice. It gives them plenty of game time, exposes them to European football  and the sport outside Australia and helps them build for the next move. 

Better than moving to Bundesliga and playing in youth teams for 2 years and coming home imo. 

Our players should try and play in countries like Portugal, even 2nd division Spain, Italy where maybe the money is not attractive but the style of football might suit our players more.

The holy trinity leagues are always attractive options but it seems it’s getting harder to go there given we are seeing less go there.
Rawlins might be the only one playing in the Eredivisie I think, at least with the reserve team but we have a fair few more a decade ago.

Seeing the improvement in someone like Borrello improve so much in its time in Germany shows the value in playing a country where they improve and help their style of game even in Bundesliga2 but was with Freiburg earlier.

This is for all time though, not from 2006 when we joined

Yazbek made ToTW in Norway as well. Pretty good for a kid that just turned 21

Cam Peupion scored against Arsenal in PL2. He has scored 5 goals in the last 3 games including the hattrick against Man City. 

It was good to see D'Agostino get some assists for Viking. Some quality passing and vision. I think he really fits the system we play with the NT. Fast, hard pressing, good with his head but also a goal/assist threat. With the two wide forwards we play I think the interplay he is showing in club football could be really valuable in the NT. We need some options at striker and I think he's worth bringing in. 

invented it or not they are now an outlier in world football with the bottom 10 teams having so much less passes per game than any other euro league

Viking's last game had 691 passes and is less of an adjustment from the a league, even if you think it is a big jump from the a league to norway/scotland

This cannot be explained by the difference of having P and R as all other leagues in europe I looked at are closer to the a league than they are to the spl which is SO much more hoofball than any other league. Even the english championship is closer to the a league than it is to the a league