dufc5 wrote:

Lachlan Rose signing a pre-contract. Second top scorer in the A-league.

 
Along with the top scorer who’s also signed a pre-contract.

Weirdly, a couple days ago, I was bored in work, looking at what Australians were saying on a Reddit thread about the best players in their league, to get an idea of who we might be after, given we seem to be looking at that market a lot these days. This boy’s name came up a lot.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Aleague/s/vwbTvzzMU3

Even if it means Goodwin’s likely staying on, I can’t pretend I’m not a bit excited about this. Signing two of the best players from a league that’s probably similar in standard to ours is a good thing. Bear in mind, Sapsford wasn’t even a regular starter in his side when we signed him, and despite a dip in form, I’d say most people would agree he’s been one of our better signings.

Also, with regards to the whole “league of nations” argument, which I do agree with, I’d say I’m less sceptical of the difficulty of integrating a few Australians and Kiwis into an English speaking dressing room than I am of a load of players from Eastern Europe, so I think the argument is lessened a wee bit.

Last edited by JerryDungle (Yesterday 10:23 am)

JerryDungle wrote:

dufc5 wrote:

Lachlan Rose signing a pre-contract. Second top scorer in the A-league.

 
Along with the top scorer who’s also signed a pre-contract.

Weirdly, a couple days ago, I was bored in work, looking at what Australians were saying on a Reddit thread about the best players in their league, to get an idea of who we might be after, given we seem to be looking at that market a lot these days. This boy’s name came up a lot.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Aleague/s/vwbTvzzMU3

Even if it means Goodwin’s likely staying on, I can’t pretend I’m not a bit excited about this. Signing two of the best players from a league that’s probably similar in standard to ours is a good thing. Bear in mind, Sapsford wasn’t even a regular starter in his side when we signed him, and despite a dip in form, I’d say most people would agree he’s been one of our better signings.

Also, with regards to the whole “league of nations” argument, which I do agree with, I’d say I’m less sceptical of the difficulty of integrating a few Australians and Kiwis into an English speaking dressing room than I am of a load of players from Eastern Europe, so I think the argument is lessened a wee bit.

 
Integrating them into a cold December night in Scotland on a shitey pitch with hardly any grass might be slightly more tricky though. These boys are all used to playing in bright sunshine and heading to the beach for a spot of surfing, Scotland is quite an adjustment.

JerryDungle wrote:

Arabdownsouth wrote:

JerryDungle wrote:

 
Along with the top scorer who’s also signed a pre-contract.

Weirdly, a couple days ago, I was bored in work, looking at what Australians were saying on a Reddit thread about the best players in their league, to get an idea of who we might be after, given we seem to be looking at that market a lot these days. This boy’s name came up a lot.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Aleague/s/vwbTvzzMU3

Even if it means Goodwin’s likely staying on, I can’t pretend I’m not a bit excited about this. Signing two of the best players from a league that’s probably similar in standard to ours is a good thing. Bear in mind, Sapsford wasn’t even a regular starter in his side when we signed him, and despite a dip in form, I’d say most people would agree he’s been one of our better signings.

Also, with regards to the whole “league of nations” argument, which I do agree with, I’d say I’m less sceptical of the difficulty of integrating a few Australians and Kiwis into an English speaking dressing room than I am of a load of players from Eastern Europe, so I think the argument is lessened a wee bit.

 
Integrating them into a cold December night in Scotland on a shitey pitch with hardly any grass might be slightly more tricky though. These boys are all used to playing in bright sunshine and heading to the beach for a spot of surfing, Scotland is quite an adjustment.

 
Definitely, but language is always the biggest barrier when moving abroad.

True, but I'm just wondering how much the change in climate may have affected Sapsford's enthusiasm. Just a thought really.

Zachary, to Lachlan, onto Jesse.

And that's cracking move by the Dundee United tag-chess team.
 

JerryDungle wrote:

Shakey Isles Arab wrote:

Wonder if we could get lucky and got Pappoe again for another stint ?   
 

 
Why on earth would that be lucky? The boy’s knee basically exploded. He’s not going to be the same player after an injury like that.

Yeah you could be right.
Imagine it would cost us next to nothing for a six month deal.
Hence why I put a question mark.
 

Shakey Isles Arab wrote:

Other thing to add - defences tend to be utter shit.
 

I guess we will see how they all fare.

But if that's four players we have from that part of the World (Sapsford, Randall, Rawlins and Rose) then that is four players potentially off to the other side of the planet on International duty every few months.

Not ideal to have that many players returning done in with fatigue and jet lag just 2 days before a match.

Signing anymore from that part of the World would be potentially harmful, should they be called-up.

Would really like some more UK based players next season.