Western United Thread

RedKat · April 14, 2019, 7:48am

Signed Josh Cavallo from City. Supposedly a double announcement tomorrow.

RedKat · April 15, 2019, 1:36am

With 12 players supposedly signed

Kurto
Risdon Calver Aspro Pierias
Chapman-Kone
Pain-Pasquali-Yuel
Stamatelopoulos

Bench: Cavallo

With 3 visa spots to go youd be thinking probably a CB, LB and CF. That would get them up to 15 players and a backup keeper and its 16. Imagine then those last 6-7 would be a few NPL players and a few other a-league squaddie types.

soy_macchiato_with_h · April 15, 2019, 1:54am

Kurto, Calver, Chapman, Kone and Pasquali would be ok signings for us but it’s pretty meh overall. Hope their unannounced signings are decent. Good for the league if they do well.

CountArach · April 15, 2019, 2:40am

Worse teams have made finals. Really just missing a top striker and some more experienced heads to balance out the youth.

mental · April 15, 2019, 5:52am

Maybe they can be conned into signing Mark Bridge.

eddie · April 15, 2019, 7:51am

They’ll sign Jedinak and either he or Chapman will play in a back 3.

soy_macchiato_with_h · April 15, 2019, 9:20am

Isn’t Jedinak on EPL coin for another year?

eddie · April 15, 2019, 9:28am

No, he’s off contract at the end of the season.
There may be an option for 1 more year in his contract but I can’t see Villa taking it up.

BlueSky · April 15, 2019, 10:27am

Exactly. Considering how bog average anyone from 4th down is at the moment, a finals appearance in their first season is a distinct possibility. Plenty of time for them to nail down some quality foreigners, many of whom will be coming off contract on or around July 1 overseas. That’s the time for Western United to strike, and get the quality of foreigners they need.

sinjin · April 15, 2019, 10:44am

Don’t know if it’s been mentioned by apparently they get multiple u23 players outside the cap.

BlueSky · April 17, 2019, 9:35am

Even if its true, its not going to help them unless they’re good players. Are there really that many good under-23 players seriously worth paying too much for?

I guess they’re not getting six foreigners for their first season, either.

sinjin · April 25, 2019, 9:45am

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hillbilly · April 25, 2019, 9:47am

We did The Wedge in season 2.

I’d go with The Convocation cause I’m intellectuals and shit.

BlueSky · April 25, 2019, 9:53am

They should go with “The Group”. Nobody can possibly say that anyone else uses it.

CountArach · April 25, 2019, 10:03am

WAWCRY is amazing.

This is the most A-League club of all time.

Can’t wait for them being sued for using ‘The West Wing’.

Hybrid · April 25, 2019, 10:05am

I vote for the flock. We know there’s an abundance of seagulls down south, so maybe they can tie it all together with shit haircuts.

BlueSky · April 25, 2019, 10:52am

It will be apt. It sounds like they will be feeding off scraps.

toffe · April 25, 2019, 11:33am

Oh dear. They’re all atrocious.

RedKat · April 25, 2019, 12:23pm

The Group or “Active Support” is a name generic and vague enough to fit their brand

CountArach · April 25, 2019, 11:21pm

I spent a bit of time yesterday evening and this morning looking at the Western United supporters groups which have sprung up. Remarkably, there is already a split in the We Are West group, with a new group called Western Service Crew kicking off (over 200 members on their Facebook group already). They have a podcast already and are selling scarves to pay for their other stuff. At least one of the guys involved in it was involved in Heart’s terrace as well.

It’s interesting to see a couple of groups kicking off already as some other supporter groups in the country are contracting or disappearing.