Just starting this thread in order to discuss our prospects for a new marquee as well as watch out for rumors
I dont think it will be an Australian player because I think the stocks of Aussie players of marquee quality are running thin i.e. Kewell, Bresciano and Cahill are the only 3 id like to consider in this day and age and they are quite unobtainable. Anyone else is of low profile and would defeat the purpose of a marquee signing i.e. to sell the game in Australia and put arses on seats or are not needed (eg Neill, Emerton, Grella) and would mean we have oversigned in one position.
So the three Aussie players I mentioned are gonna sign for us in our wildest dreams. This means we have to look for a marquee import. Except for Yorke most clubs have had mixed success with internationals (Marquee and not) to say the least. Dwight was good for Sydney but is getting on in his years. Benito Carbone and Michael Bridges also played for Sydney with certain success. There was Juninho who some claim wasnt a total failure as well. Fred though not marquee certainly had a positive effect on victory, Milton Rodriguez for the scum worked well and Reinaldo for Queensland wasnt a complete joke. But then there are ones that were complete jokes, some with the greatest achievements of any player i.e. the Jardels and the Romarios and the scores of other, mainly south american players that have played in the league.
So with 78 foreign players having played in the a league. By my opinion 14 of them have had some form of instant or ongoing success there are 5.6 failures for every success and this casts a poor light on foreign born players in the a league.
However it works I hope we can sign someone of quality for this role
your thoughts people?
I dont think it will be an Australian player because I think the stocks of Aussie players of marquee quality are running thin i.e. Kewell, Bresciano and Cahill are the only 3 id like to consider in this day and age and they are quite unobtainable. Anyone else is of low profile and would defeat the purpose of a marquee signing i.e. to sell the game in Australia and put arses on seats or are not needed (eg Neill, Emerton, Grella) and would mean we have oversigned in one position.
So the three Aussie players I mentioned are gonna sign for us in our wildest dreams. This means we have to look for a marquee import. Except for Yorke most clubs have had mixed success with internationals (Marquee and not) to say the least. Dwight was good for Sydney but is getting on in his years. Benito Carbone and Michael Bridges also played for Sydney with certain success. There was Juninho who some claim wasnt a total failure as well. Fred though not marquee certainly had a positive effect on victory, Milton Rodriguez for the scum worked well and Reinaldo for Queensland wasnt a complete joke. But then there are ones that were complete jokes, some with the greatest achievements of any player i.e. the Jardels and the Romarios and the scores of other, mainly south american players that have played in the league.
So with 78 foreign players having played in the a league. By my opinion 14 of them have had some form of instant or ongoing success there are 5.6 failures for every success and this casts a poor light on foreign born players in the a league.
However it works I hope we can sign someone of quality for this role
your thoughts people?
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