+x+x+x+x+xIf, as a player, I ask for $100,000 and no one bites then I have to rethink but if it is accepted then who's to blame? The player, the PFA or the owner. It annoys me no end that the Aussie player gets ridiculed but all those useless visa players that have stunk up our game seem to be given a free pass. The PFA is there for the best of its members, obviously, but if the owners are gutless and cave in to demands then they're to blame, aren't they?
In 15 years of the AL the Jonny Warren Medal (best players of the season) has been won by a non-Australian players 10 times....you cant say o/s players stink up the league when 2/3 times they are the best players in it...
Someone with a lot more time than I do would be able to list all the non Oz players then let us see what the percentage of good to shit is.
I might take up the challenge then. Are we talking just currently (as in 19-20 season)
Go for it son lets have a look!!
Bear in mind, I'm using whoever set the FIFA International codes on Wikipedia as the country (which means that I think technically players like Kamsoba and Daniel Georgevski will be included). Also, not counting New Zealand as international
Adelaide UnitedRyan Strain (ENG)
Kristian Ospeth (NOR)
Michael Jakobsen (DEN)
Chen Yongbin (CHN)
Michael Maria (CUW)
Brisbane RoarTom Aldred (SCO)
Macaulay Gillesphey (ENG)
Aaron Amadi-Holloway (WAL)
Jamie Young (ENG)
Jay O'Shea (IRL)
Roy O'Donovan (IRL)
Central Coast MarinersZiggy Gordon (SCO)
Milan Duric (SRB)
Jair (BRA)
Kim Eun-Sun (KOR)
Melbourne CityFlorin Berenguer (FRA)
Craig Noone (ENG)
Adrian Luna (URU)
Richard Windbichler (AUT)
Javier Cabrera (URU)
Markel Susaeta (ESP)
Jack Hendry (SCO)
Melbourne VictoryKenny Athiu (SSD)
Elvis Kamsoba (BRI)
Migjen Basha (ALB)
Adama Traore (CIV)
Tim Hoogland (GER)
Kristijan Dobras (AUT)
Jakob Poulsen (DEN)
Newcastle JetsAbdiel Arroya (PAN)
Joe Ledley (WAL)
Wes Hoolahan (IRL)
Bobby Burns (NIR)
Perth GloryBruno Fornaroli (URU)
Diego Castro (ESP)
Juande (ESP)
Kim Soo-beom (KOR)
Gregory Wuthrich (SUI)
Thomas James (ENG)
Sydney FCAlexander Baumjohann (GER)
Adam le Fondre (ENG)
Milos Ninkovic (SRB)
Wellington PhoenixMatti Steinmann (GER)
David Ball (ENG)
Ulises Davila (MEX)
Steven Taylor (ENG)
Gary Hooper (ENG)
Western Sydney WanderersDaniel Lopar (SUI)
Daniel Georgievski (MKD)
Nicolai Muller (GER)
Simon Cox (IRL)
Pirmin Schwegler (SUI)
Patrick Ziegler (GER)
Radoslaw Majewski (POL)
Alexander Meier (GER)
Western UnitedFilip Kurto (POL)
Tomoki Imai (JAP)
Besart Berisha (KVX)
Alessandro Diamanti (ITA)
Panagiotis Kone (GRE)
Ersan Gulum (TUR)
Dario Jertec (CRO)
I'll leave the judging of who is good and who isn't to you guys