Squad speculation thread 2019/20

Totally.

I don’t think starting Buhagiar would be ideal, yet. It doesn’t suit the team or the player, at this point.

Unverified rumour and could be total fluff, but there’s word that Tilio -> City.

At the very least, safe to assume he wont be with us next season as there’s been no talk of an extended deal beyond this season.

You’d think he backs himself to be the next Arzani. Trust that we’ve tried but he knows he can’t get ahead of Ninko or ABJ as a starter.

We have Barbarouses, Buhagier, Ivanovic, Swibel and Tilio it seemed like we’d lose at least one of them. Would be sad to lose him as he’d been hyped for a long time but if he gets more game time all the best to him. Its a totally understandable move and hopefully its more a Devlin type more rather than Calver/Tratt.

That would suck and I doubt he’ll get more game time there but good luck to him. Unfortunately he’s not going to get any more game time with us, as much as I’d love it.

Would be very disappointed if he left. He seems to be the youngster with the highest potential. I’m also not that fussed on Baumjohan, so I see a pathway there for him.

Arzanis and Iredales will always exist. If we want to win the league every year there will be experienced pros blocking opportunities for young kids and some kids won’t hang around. Its a sign of a healthy 1st XI and youth system.

City is a strange choice if that’s where he goes. Decent facilities but not a heap of kids have come through.

I can believe this. That he isn’t listed as injured, but misses out on a spot to Ivanović (who is behind Kosta/Buhagiar on the bench) and Nieuwenhof (who is behind Zuvela) on a bench which has no natural back-up for LAM/RAM, seems telling.

It’s a shame because he’d offer MUCH more in that position than Ivanović IMO.

Well, if it does happen, i hope he does as well as Devlin has at the Nix.

Looking forward to seeing the Socceroos be filled with Sydney youth in 5-10 years.

He has great potential with the ball, but I don’t see him going anywhere past an above average aleague player. His size in conjunction with his lack of pace mean he can be nullified fairly easily by a semi competent defence.

They haven’t got a bad track record for giving younger players a go during recent times.

Wales, Genreau, Atkinson, Najjar, Metcalfe, Najjarine this season. McGree, Arzani, Mauk of seasons gone by. Not too bad and it seems like they’re shifting more towards youth/younger players, but I do agree that it’s an odd choice but would be better than heading up to the Mariner’s or taking a lucky dip with Macarthur.

Not seeing or reading his name anywhere during these last few games definitely does say he’s off elsewhere come next season.

Can we get Burgess back sometime soon? An out and out AM to replace eg ABJ when he goes. It was a real shame to lose him (like Devlin) after having never really had a proper chance.

May be an unpopular opinion, but I’d be looking to let go Barbarouses. For all the hype, 8 goals all season isn’t the best return for his wages and pedigree.

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Not sure if that’s an unpopular opinion, but realistically he would be tough to shift given he’s got 2 more years on his deal.
We can do the Poppa freeze out, but that kind of behaviour from a club is detrimental to culture.

Kosta is 10th for goal scored this year & 5th for assists, y’all are some hard markers.

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We got Kosta cos he was chasing 700kpa on a multi year deal for family/security reasons. Why would he leave?

More so the fact that he’s a regular starter as an out and out striker, but has scored the same number of goals (so far) as Brosque did in his final season. Especially as Brosque was used as more of an impact sub.

The feeling persists that using him as one of two up front and fairly central is not making the best use of his abilities. He really should be playing wide in a 4231 or 433. In other news, I refuse to admit Steve Corica could know better than me.

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Brosque started 18 of his 24 appearances last season, with most of his bench appearances being resting for the ACL after we got Reza.

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How would people feel at this point about a Jurman <-> McGowan swap?