The Aussies Abroad Thread 2


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Cardiff miss from point blank....
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Lupi33 - 7 Oct 2024 12:06 AM
Melbcityguy - 6 Oct 2024 11:43 PM

Dingwall has a population of 5000.  That's the club your Z-league Messi has signed onto.
The stadium holds 6000, while Glasgow has a population of ~ 2 million.  It’s has a population like Collingwood going to play the local ALF club in Morwell.

Glasgow has a population of around 500-600,000.
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Kalik scored
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grazorblade - 7 Oct 2024 6:01 AM
Kalik scored

Another who should've been picked ahead of Brattan. I expect the next squad and definitely March will look different. 
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Lupi33 - 7 Oct 2024 12:06 AM
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johnszasz - 6 Oct 2024 11:00 PM

I'm watching the game it's a Ross country home game and it's like 70% Celtic fans what up with that 

Dingwall has a population of 5000.  That's the club your Z-league Messi has signed onto.
The stadium holds 6000, while Glasgow has a population of ~ 2 million.  Its like Collingwood going to play the local ALF club in Morwell.

Xabi Alonso played for Eibar, that's 1000 more than Dingwall holds, and is Serie A.

I wouldn't make assumptions of players off stadium sizes of the size of the town.


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johnszasz - 7 Oct 2024 6:55 AM
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Another who should've been picked ahead of Brattan. I expect the next squad and definitely March will look different. 

Here are Kaliks highlights:
https://youtu.be/oJ8X_7flsSM?si=DxpydHvxT-zT0r5n

The goals at 62'. He had a good turn and shot that was saved at 50' something too. 

Kaliks hold up play is very strong. He makes good runs and can finish. I reckon he could play as a striker or false 9 if we needed. 
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SUTHERLANDBEAR - 7 Oct 2024 1:26 AM
Lupi33 - 7 Oct 2024 12:06 AM

Glasgow has a population of around 500-600,000.

You are incorrect.  You are only counting the council area.


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we should probably do a better job covering women abroad

Mary Fowler apparently started, scored and got an assist. 
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Quicky - 7 Oct 2024 11:14 AM
johnszasz - 7 Oct 2024 6:55 AM

Here are Kaliks highlights:
https://youtu.be/oJ8X_7flsSM?si=DxpydHvxT-zT0r5n

The goals at 62'. He had a good turn and shot that was saved at 50' something too. 

Kaliks hold up play is very strong. He makes good runs and can finish. I reckon he could play as a striker or false 9 if we needed. 

will have to make a point of watching him one weekend
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Lupi33 - 7 Oct 2024 11:29 AM
SUTHERLANDBEAR - 7 Oct 2024 1:26 AM

You are incorrect.  You are only counting the council area.


GCC is all that counts, not the overspill areas, not covered by a G post code.
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Quicky - 7 Oct 2024 11:14 AM
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grazorblade - 7 Oct 2024 6:01 AM

Another who should've been picked ahead of Brattan. I expect the next squad and definitely March will look different. 

Here are Kaliks highlights:
https://youtu.be/oJ8X_7flsSM?si=DxpydHvxT-zT0r5n

The goals at 62'. He had a good turn and shot that was saved at 50' something too. 

Kaliks hold up play is very strong. He makes good runs and can finish. I reckon he could play as a striker or false 9 if we needed. 

Thanks for the footage - I haven't seen him play before. What a finish - he did a sort of reverse flick with the outside of his boot. Looked like he was playing as a striker. Could probably play at #10 for us as well. 
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SUTHERLANDBEAR - 7 Oct 2024 6:34 PM
Lupi33 - 7 Oct 2024 11:29 AM

GCC is all that counts, not the overspill areas, not covered by a G post code.

that's not how we measure populations of cities in Australia
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The important football debate of our time, the population of glasgow 
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Lupi33 - 7 Oct 2024 10:51 PM
SUTHERLANDBEAR - 7 Oct 2024 6:34 PM

that's not how we measure populations of cities in Australia

Just in case you are not aware, Glasgow is in Scotland, not Australia. 
You measure however you like and we’ll keep doing it the right way.

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https://x.com/scotsunsport/status/1843272626015183172

Stama makes team of the weak in the spl
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grazorblade - 8 Oct 2024 4:29 AM
https://x.com/scotsunsport/status/1843272626015183172

Stama makes team of the weak in the spl

A Freudian slip when typing Grazor?
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Lupi33 - 7 Oct 2024 10:51 PM
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Lupi33 - 7 Oct 2024 11:29 AM

GCC is all that counts, not the overspill areas, not covered by a G post code.

that's not how we measure populations of cities in Australia

This all started with your lame attempt at trolling
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SoccerooFan - 8 Oct 2024 9:25 AM
Lupi33 - 7 Oct 2024 10:51 PM

This all started with your lame attempt at trolling

So would you say Melbourne's population is 150,000?
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NicCarBel - 8 Oct 2024 1:43 PM
SoccerooFan - 8 Oct 2024 9:25 AM

So would you say Melbourne's population is 150,000?

interesting question, last census check in '21 Melb CBD was 54,941 people for eg.


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anyway moving on re Aussies abroad.....
I saw this article the other week re Celtic's massacre in the CL and it certainly made sense and I wonder why many of our own head to their shores....
Well I can only guess but one is the ease getting a spot compared to other EU leagues.
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Celtic’s humiliation exposes the miserable state of Scottish football | Celtic | The Guardian



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LFC. - 8 Oct 2024 2:37 PM
anyway moving on re Aussies abroad.....
I saw this article the other week re Celtic's massacre in the CL and it certainly made sense and I wonder why many of our own head to their shores....
Well I can only guess but one is the ease getting a spot compared to other EU leagues.
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Celtic’s humiliation exposes the miserable state of Scottish football | Celtic | The Guardian


more broadly, I think 99% of the clubs are players go to are clubs that have had an aussie in the past. I was thinking about this and how this implies that scouts are ineffective at finding talent in new markets.
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LFC. - 8 Oct 2024 2:28 PM
NicCarBel - 8 Oct 2024 1:43 PM

interesting question, last census check in '21 Melb CBD was 54,941 people for eg.

I'm getting just shy of 150,000 on my end, but this is for the Melbourne City Council area (a bit more of a spread than the CBD): https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/LGA24600

All Australian capital cities + Wellington, Auckland, Newcastle and Gosford (being A-League sides, deciding to include them - and rounding to the nearest 'neat' number)
Sydney: 211,000
Adelaide: 25,000
Brisbane: 1,240,000
Perth: 28,500
Hobart: 53,500
Darwin: 84,500
Canberra: 455,000
Newcastle: 169,000
Gosford: 346,500
Wellington: 216,000
Auckland: 1,740,000
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Balard named in team of the week for the third time this season

https://x.com/ozhubfootball/status/1843555999602618495
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grazorblade - 8 Oct 2024 6:53 PM
Balard named in team of the week for the third time this season

https://x.com/ozhubfootball/status/1843555999602618495

If he keeps up this run of form, he'll almost be at the level of Luke Brattan.
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verrelli - 8 Oct 2024 8:32 PM
grazorblade - 8 Oct 2024 6:53 PM

If he keeps up this run of form, he'll almost be at the level of Luke Brattan.

to be fair Balard has been inconsistent in the eredivisie and his bad games have been pretty bad, while his best games are team of the week performances. He should learn in this league and be ready for us soon (albeit in a stacked position)
robertson also has things to learn. Saw him beat two players playing out the back and then pass it back to the cbs when he had lots of time and space. His decision making hasn't caught up with his skills as yet
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grazorblade - 8 Oct 2024 8:53 PM
verrelli - 8 Oct 2024 8:32 PM

to be fair Balard has been inconsistent in the eredivisie and his bad games have been pretty bad, while his best games are team of the week performances. He should learn in this league and be ready for us soon (albeit in a stacked position)
robertson also has things to learn. Saw him beat two players playing out the back and then pass it back to the cbs when he had lots of time and space. His decision making hasn't caught up with his skills as yet

Balard is already several classes above Brattan.

It's the dropping of Nisbet that is totally doing my head in though.

Brattan instead of last year's Johnny Warren medalist who is now turning heads in the SPL?

I guess I can cancel my trip to the US in 2026.
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Mr Cleansheets - 8 Oct 2024 10:03 PM
grazorblade - 8 Oct 2024 8:53 PM

Balard is already several classes above Brattan.

It's the dropping of Nisbet that is totally doing my head in though.

Brattan instead of last year's Johnny Warren medalist who is now turning heads in the SPL?

I guess I can cancel my trip to the US in 2026.

Yeah i worry too about some of the nonselections...hopefully it all works out
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18-year-old Ayman Gulasi has 5 goals in 3 games for Schalke’s U19s 

Previously at Macarthur FC playing for their NPL side, he left Australia and signed for German Giants Schalke 04 after impressing on trial last year.

The attacking midfielder represented Australia’s U16s but, since his arrival in Germany, has played for Turkey’s U19s and last month made his debut for their U20 side.

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