For shame. Not seeing where that was going?
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Marco Monteverde reporting that we rejected Lolleys request to move to Perth.
He also says weâre SIGNING SOMEONE- Al Hasan Toure (whos got some pretty unimpressive stats in the American second div, after some unimpressive stats in the French third division after some unimpressive stats in the Turkish second division)
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It will go well with your sky blue three quarters of the way up your clacker active wear.
They sell that? BRB
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So the rumours were true, and Lolley did want out and away from Uffy.
Oh god, itâs Jaques Faty all over again.
Lolley wanting to leave cannot be a more cleared indictment on the club at the moment. Heâs been our best player for years, fan favourite and fan favouritr who got made to play left back for absolutely no good reason. Canât say thatâs definitive reason but the dots too connect.
And Alhasan Toure absolutely isnât the player we should be signing. Heâs got something like 7 goals in 70 aleague games before his overseas moves where non have worked out. Iâd absolutely rather give minutes to our academy players over another signing in the Sotirio mould- and if we were to go for a signing like that at least go a former academy player in Lololingoy (who just signed in K2).
Just so many disappointing moves form this club
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However, Glory director of football Stan Lazaridis has confirmed that the club has kept a visa player spot free in its 2025-26 squad and written to the Sky Blues asking them to accept Lolleyâs request to join Perth.
âJoe got in contact with us to tell us he wanted to play for us,â Lazaridis said.
âWe would love to have Joe Lolley at our football club, and we wrote to Sydney about it, but they donât want to let him go.
âThereâs not a lot more we can do, as Joe is contracted to Sydney.â
Sky Blues chief executive Mark Aubrey said Lolley was a ârequired playerâ at Sydney.
We have no intention of letting him go,â Aubrey said.
Sydneyâs head of player management Alexander Baumjohann is understood to have the same attitude as Aubrey in not allowing Lolley to leave.
However, itâs believed that Sydney coach Ufuk Talay would have no qualms about Lolley leaving the Sky Blues, fearing that keeping a player who did not want to be at the club would have a negative effect on the team.
But Aubrey said Lolley â who played in the Sky Bluesâ 2-1 win over Wrexham last Tuesday â was a âprofessionalâ and would get on with his job of being a Sydney player.
That is very damning.
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Ok yes not good, but is Perth actually being legit? âHey Sydney, do you mind releasing your best player so we can have him for free?â
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Trade for Taggart, you cowards.
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Also, I wouldnât take Toure over Kucharski.
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If only there was some kind of process available for a player to move from one club to another despite being contracted. Poor PerthâŠ
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This is worrying on a lot of levels
Lolley contacted Perth, not the other way around, and if he wants away heâs not going to be at peak levels in the coming season. He most likely either doesnât trust Talay or doesnât trust our recruitment team to get the right players. Since he contacted Perth (at least according to them, though that may be to get round anti-poaching rules) its far less likely to be money driven.
Al Hassan Toure is a joke of a signing target. Iâd rather have kept Kucharski.
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Our clubs idiotic boardâs ridiculously idiotic decision to keep Uffie getting more and more damning by the dayâŠâŠ
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So trades are okay.
But with whom?
WaitâŠ
When did this article go out? Can we blame @phoiuy for this Toure thing?
And, for that matter, are the Simpsons memes causing the bad signings? I donât remember this being a thing back when we were goodâŠ
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I also donât recall having such a dearth of transfer news in July when we were good.
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
I believe the Lolley/Perth thing comes down to his partner being from Perth and her family being over there. Add that with a slightly quicker flight back to the UK and you can see why heâd be interested.
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This, plus a contract extension would do it.