2011/2012 Player thread

[Wombat]

Duchy is easily capable of another year and we would be crazy not to resign him.

 

[MagpieMariner]

We would be crazy not to sign him for as long as he wants to play. I'm sure his professionalism and his pride in his performance would keep him from doing a "Punter" and continuing to play beyond his use-by date.

 

[MagpieMariner]

And after he's decided his time, we should offer him a job as defensive coach.

 

[bikinigirl]

in recent weeks, i think some of us would have seen Kwasi up on the roof at the club in his suit not doing a whole fkn lot, and this game just past , ccm v the jets , Kwas and Porter were up there and Brad wasn't even in a suit....does this mean they are outward bound ??

. neither were presented with a ham at the post match function either

. on a completely unrelated topic ... how well does the chinese second division pay?

 

[Ancient Mariner]

in recent weeks, i think some of us would have seen Kwasi up on the roof at the club in his suit not doing a whole fkn lot, and this game just past , ccm v the jets , Kwas and Porter were up there and Brad wasn't even in a suit....does this mean they are outward bound ??

I understand Kwassie copped an ankle injury in China that went untreated and has now developed into a long term problem.

I do not know what is wrong with Porter.

I hope we keep both of them, as I do not think either have reached their use by date yet.

Kwassie was one of our best in last years grand final, was our super sub and scored a lot of useful goals.

Porter is great back up as a right back or midfielder and should not be written off due to one poor game when he was playing totally out of position as a central defender.

It is amazing the difference when players play in their correct positions, eg Hutch and McBreen.

 

[Kareem]

McBreen?
I agree with the sentiment for Porter and Hutch
But what is McBreen's position? He has been pretty crap striker in the past 12 months.
But as an attackin mid, he found some form...and that wasnt his position!

 

[bikinigirl]

McBreen?
I agree with the sentiment for Porter and Hutch
But what is McBreen's position? He has been pretty crap striker in the past 12 months.
But as an attackin mid, he found some form...and that wasnt his position!

. i believe the inference was that mcbreen's 'proper' position is midfield

 

[tsd]

sooooo, transfer window soon, ACL soon, any rumours out there? wanna start some? who would you sign? what spot would you want to strengthen? personally i think we need to be looking towards life after musty, signing his longterm replacement now to to come off the bench for him and fill for him when he is on international duty...

 

[Roy Law]

sooooo, transfer window soon, ACL soon, any rumours out there? wanna start some? who would you sign? what spot would you want to strengthen? personally i think we need to be looking towards life after musty, signing his longterm replacement now to to come off the bench for him and fill for him when he is on international duty...

I would like that person to be Aaron Mooy...

 

[Kareem]

regardless of McBreen's ineffectiveness currently as a striker...i still classify him as a striker. In the last 17 years, he has played 90% as a striker (from what I can gather)

 

[Ancient Mariner]

regardless of McBreen's ineffectiveness currently as a striker...i still classify him as a striker. In the last 17 years, he has played 90% as a striker (from what I can gather)

So, it has taken 17 years to find his correct position.

 

[BaysideMariner]

So, it has taken 17 years to find his correct position.

A glass half full kind of guy verhead:

 

[Roy Law]

I see Mitchell Mallia may be making his debut for Sydney this weekend - there is a kid I wish we had been able to hold on to.

 

[cbowden9000]

I see Mitchell Mallia may be making his debut for Sydney this weekend - there is a kid I wish we had been able to hold on to.

Future Maltese international

 

[style_cafe]

regardless of McBreen's ineffectiveness currently as a striker...i still classify him as a striker. In the last 17 years, he has played 90% as a striker (from what I can gather)

McBreens strike rate is only 4.25 goals per season since he turned pro.Although he has played as a striker his success rate is about as good as Dutchy`s (since Dutchy has been with us).
I don`t have any stats on his assists which may show a different side to him.

 

[style_cafe]

I understand Kwassie copped an ankle injury in China that went untreated and has now developed into a long term problem.

I do not know what is wrong with Porter.

I hope we keep both of them, as I do not think either have reached their use by date yet.

Kwassie was one of our best in last years grand final, was our super sub and scored a lot of useful goals.

Porter is great back up as a right back or midfielder and should not be written off due to one poor game when he was playing totally out of position as a central defender.

It is amazing the difference when players play in their correct positions, eg Hutch and McBreen.

Surely as a professional athlete Kwassie would know the importance of getting treament ASAP.If he didn`t get treatment then maybe the fault lies with him.
Surely in the land of acupuncture & acient treatments etc. he could have found some sort of doctor.Otherwise , he should have had it checked out as soon as he got home.
I find it hard to believe also,that Clarkey wouldn`t have picked up the injury in a training session prior to Kwassie playing.

 

[Ancient Mariner]

Surely in the land of acupuncture & acient treatments etc.

That is probably the reason he is crook.

 

[Kareem]

So, it has taken 17 years to find his correct position.

touche

 

[Nathan Byrn]

the treatment in China is poor it was a mis ~diagnosis

 

[Deej]

Surely as a professional athlete Kwassie would know the importance of getting treament ASAP.If he didn`t get treatment then maybe the fault lies with him.
Surely in the land of acupuncture & acient treatments etc. he could have found some sort of doctor.Otherwise , he should have had it checked out as soon as he got home.
I find it hard to believe also,that Clarkey wouldn`t have picked up the injury in a training session prior to Kwassie playing.

Kwas got a bad ankle injury in his final game on loan, when he got back he saw the specialist, it didn't heal as they thought it would and actually got worse which is why he's only doing light training.