Squad speculation thread 2020/21

You know what else is unprecedented?

The size of our trophy cabinet.

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In that case… the Clubs post announcing there will be an announcement has been liked by both Bobo AND his wife… CSI Sky Blue Stories

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It’s also ā€œloadingā€ at 52%… Bobby is on 52 goals for us. :wink:

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So, I’ve tuned in now and waiting to see what the fuss is about.

Incredible

You got a Patreon mate?

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Nice spoiler there :joy:

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Fox Sports News: ā€œWhen we come back, a former golden boot winner returns to the A-Leagueā€

Club email just confirmed it’s Bobo

Great club video

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10/10 video from the club.

I hope we didn’t spend more than $1

Whilst Im on record multiple times saying Id prefer the youth now that Bobo is signed I hope he scores another truckload of goals this season.

We will have an old squad now and it will be how we manage that. Cant imagine we can have Wilkinson, Zullo, Ninkovic, Baumjohann, and Bobo on the pitch together and especially Ninko/ABJ/Bobo will have to be rotated around a bit

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This is pretty uninspiring. One thing in Bobo’s favour I suppose is his game was never based on mobility, which is lucky because he had zero mobility even 3 years ago.

I was never a fan of Bobo. He went missing in big games and offered nothing other than finishing. We’ll need to set up quite differently to how we did with ALF. Do we have the quality to feed a striker who is solely a poacher/finisher?

a striker offering nothing but finishing?

like a pub offering nothing but beer.

the guy absolutely dominated. i know everyone is entitled to their opinion but jeez.

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In the current climate I don’t think it’s a bad signing. I suspect it’s a 1 year deal and is under the cap?

Known quantity, will score goals and be a useful player to come in and out of the team. He also has been the only 9 we’ve had that was banging them in with his head regularly.

I do feel like our club should’ve dangled the ā€œLiving in Australia is better for your family at the momentā€ card to draw someone else in but this is reasonable, I guess.

Says an awful lot about how dominant we’ve been the last 5 years that we can re-sign probably the best 9 in HAL history and it’s still just a tiny bit ā€œmehā€.

But in all seriousness, as much as he’s 2 years older and so expectations should be adjusted, if we were going to go foreign this is probably about the best we could do given external factors that would’ve made replacing or upgrading ALF impossible atm.

He knows the club, knows the league, and it’s a one year deal on presumably a pittance compared to the marquee deal he left here on. Next year will be the massive transitional one, so we’ve got 6 months to prioritise the squad and get the feelers out for our next shit hot #9 if needed. In the meantime Bobo offers something very different, worst case he’s a fantastic bench option, best case he delivers and forms a great partnership with Trent.

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Considering we have $150k (maybe less) to spend I’m fuming we didn’t get Harry Kane. Sack Danny Townsend immediately.

Plus the no fridge magnet thing.

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Bobo? Is that you Bobo?