It sounds like, at least for now, that he might not really be into all that after all, and that family and being closer to home is what matters most, the football being a bonus.
Great run in Australia, made a career misstep at the start but soon realised what was up and heads off with winners medals in his pocket. Good luck to whatever comes next.
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Always a fan of ABJ. Seems a good guy who just loved playing for us and winning some trophies. All the best to him.
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I will remember him fondly for the absolute piss taking of wanderers.
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All the best to ABJ, seems like a really sound lad and absolutely loved ripping into Western Suburbs.
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Nice guy, decent player, but for mine was just a bit lazy. Went missing in games far too often. Showed flashes of his brilliance here and there, but not regularly enough to be a starting player.
Re-signing Caceras on a 3 year deal was the icing on the cake for him. Will be interesting to see if he stays in the A-League or goes back to Europe. He could still do a job at a club like Newcastle or Wellington, but I reckon heāll be back off overseas.
Frees up a foreign CB spot if McGowan goes back to Scotland too, unless we put all our faith in Warland, which Iām happy to do.
Writing was on the wall with the Burgess signing really. Liked ABJ but he didnāt have the consistency of any of the players we had on that flank in the past few years.
This does free up a visa spot too.
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I got 250 hits on transfermarkt for players named Milos. Should I just fwd the link to our management team?
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ABJ is a classic of the ānever really sold onā player type. Had some outstanding games and great moments, but his twitter game was much better than his average football game. Will miss him for ripping into WSW and taking every possible opportunity to shithouse a bit.
Throughout his career, heās played no more than 33 league games for the one club. Heās either never been settled, or just been too inconsistent throughout his career to settle.
Writing was on the wall when he lost his spot to Caceres at the start of the season. Papi playing deeper opened the door but even then he couldnāt get a run ahead of Kosta being shoehorned onto the right until Milos was unavailable.
Decent bloke and the signing made sense at the time, but he was just nowhere near good enough often enough, glad weāre moving on as we need better from our foreign spots.
Donāt think weāve really had consistency there since Mad Filip though? Adrian drifted and played wherever the fuck he wanted, Siem had brief glimpses just like ABJ (but at least had injuries as excuse), otherwise itās been quite a rotating cast.
I miss Holosko
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I wonder if any A-League clubs will pick up ABJ. Perhaps Mariners now that DDS has moved to Mcarthur.
Definitely the right move in a salary cap league, but also the sort of player Iād always be happy to have around if those limits werenāt there. Itās a shame, but thatās how these things go. Will always look back fondly at his stint here.
Burgess not announced yet? Whats the deal. All the WU releases are out there now.
This is a really good summary of how I feel. No doubt heās a strong player and we saw glimpses of his best but he just never put it together often enough to convince me.
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I think he struggled in the dual 10 type formation. Feels like his best games came for us when Milos was out.
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Club email confirms ABJ, Flottman and Swibel released.