A New Marquee

[skilbeck]

if we *weren't* to sign juninho, who should we sign?

could be something out of left field, someone like younas mahmood from the iraq team... not a massive name but one hell of a player, would rip it up in the a-league

I agree, watching the Asian Cup last year I noticed a lot of players who I believe would be awesome in the A-League. Perhaps not even as a marquee player but they could fill a couple of holes.  I loved watching the style of football Uzbekistan brought to the Asian Cup and a striker such as Maksim Shatskikh from Uzbekistan could be very classy.  I don't know a lot about him or where he is currently playing but just using him as an example of other options that could be considered.

I agree lets sign someone from Uzbekistan, possibly one of the most obscure countries in the world

 

[skilbeck]

Im guessing this silence from the club and complete lack of rumors about our signings mean we have something big planned

 

[marinersman]

Im guessing this silence from the club and complete lack of rumors about our signings mean we have something big planned

That's exactly how I'm thinking too.

We tend not to say anything to anybody until the deal's done.

 

[skilbeck]

well it beats sydney with their blab to everyone about every signing months in advance even the ones that fall through, like look at bridge and colostomy and how the country knew months in advance about that and theres also the scores of marquee players they tried to sign that fell through: Cocu, Robbie Fowler and John Aloisi before V3 being notable ones.

Look at us now. there might be the occasional rumor but nothing substantial to back it up, any rumors out there Lawrie then tends to deny. Then the club announces a "special press conference" or that they wish to unveil a new signing, at which stage I, like most others on the forum, wake up that morning like a kid on christmas and hear that a truly magnificient signing has been made by the club

 

[marinersman]

Agreed, No rumours, no fuss, no crap, no stuffing up deals.

It's our way and the best way to do it.

Are you reading flying circus? This is how it should be done.

 

[skilbeck]

i dont know why it is that everything gets out of there at Sydney, is someone from the media working on the inside or is it the more intense media scutiny of SFC, or do they just employ a bunch of blabbermouths that can't keep a secret if it was to save their lives

 

[serious14]

if we *weren't* to sign juninho, who should we sign?

could be something out of left field, someone like younas mahmood from the iraq team... not a massive name but one hell of a player, would rip it up in the a-league

I agree, watching the Asian Cup last year I noticed a lot of players who I believe would be awesome in the A-League. Perhaps not even as a marquee player but they could fill a couple of holes.  I loved watching the style of football Uzbekistan brought to the Asian Cup and a striker such as Maksim Shatskikh from Uzbekistan could be very classy.  I don't know a lot about him or where he is currently playing but just using him as an example of other options that could be considered.

I agree lets sign someone from Uzbekistan, possibly one of the most obscure countries in the world

Are you dissin' on the Uzbeks??  They'll kick your arse!!! 

 

[skilbeck]

if we *weren't* to sign juninho, who should we sign?

could be something out of left field, someone like younas mahmood from the iraq team... not a massive name but one hell of a player, would rip it up in the a-league

I agree, watching the Asian Cup last year I noticed a lot of players who I believe would be awesome in the A-League. Perhaps not even as a marquee player but they could fill a couple of holes.  I loved watching the style of football Uzbekistan brought to the Asian Cup and a striker such as Maksim Shatskikh from Uzbekistan could be very classy.  I don't know a lot about him or where he is currently playing but just using him as an example of other options that could be considered.

I agree lets sign someone from Uzbekistan, possibly one of the most obscure countries in the world

Are you dissin' on the Uzbeks??   They'll kick your arse!!! 

Id prefer a good Turkmenistani or Tajik to an Uzbek not nearly obscure enough though for my choice of foreign player

 

[Deej]

well it won't be Juninho - McKinna has announced that today

 

[skilbeck]

well it won't be Juninho - McKinna has announced that today

He has announced previously that we wont be getting Aloisi or Heffernan in the days or weeks before we got them. So that wont kill the speculation

 

[Tassiemariner]

if we *weren't* to sign juninho, who should we sign?

could be something out of left field, someone like younas mahmood from the iraq team... not a massive name but one hell of a player, would rip it up in the a-league

I agree, watching the Asian Cup last year I noticed a lot of players who I believe would be awesome in the A-League. Perhaps not even as a marquee player but they could fill a couple of holes.  I loved watching the style of football Uzbekistan brought to the Asian Cup and a striker such as Maksim Shatskikh from Uzbekistan could be very classy.  I don't know a lot about him or where he is currently playing but just using him as an example of other options that could be considered.

I agree lets sign someone from Uzbekistan, possibly one of the most obscure countries in the world

Are you dissin' on the Uzbeks??   They'll kick your arse!!! 

Id prefer a good Turkmenistani or Tajik to an Uzbek not nearly obscure enough though for my choice of foreign player

Lets get a player from Guam or Bhutan or Antigua & Barbuda

On a more serious note, This Maxim Shatskikh guy last i heard was playing for Dynamo Kiev. They play in the champions league most years and have good money. Unlikely he'll give that up.

 

[priorpeter]

yep - still playing at dinamo. he's not bad - in the top 3 players in asia in '05.. 35 caps for usbekistan with 27 goals... good return

 

[mustapha_beer]

id sign griffiths... for the pure joy of watching the squadron and seeing how many of them post on here and seeing him score 14 goals for us...

i dont think any of the CCM boys like him though.

I don't think his mother likes him, rotten little c**t

Obviously, this is a hypothetical, since a player like Griffiths would only leave the Jets to go abroad - a move from any A-league club to another is really just a sideways one.......

.....all the same, just for arguments sake, would you really turn down the chance to sign one one of the leading strikers in the league....or boo him if he did turn out in a Mariners jersey....?

Just interested to know.....

 

[skilbeck]

i dont think he will leave the jets and therefore thank god ill never be faced with that dilemma

 

[coast]

No matter what colours his in he will still be a wanker.

 

[Sean]

and the same goes with Holland

 

[finally retired]

Dwight Yorke is on Total Football tonight......and has stated he wants to come back to the A-league....with Sydney, CCM and Roar as possible destinations.

 

[graaant]

Sydney!?
HAHAH There really must be no salary cap for them!

 

[finally retired]

Sydney!?
HAHAH There really must be no salary cap for them!

I had a look on "their" forum and SFC are suggesting Yorke being a coach...that way they can write off between 30-50% as outside the team salary cap.....

 

[graaant]

Sydney!?
HAHAH There really must be no salary cap for them!

I had a look on "their" forum and SFC are suggesting Yorke being a coach...that way they can write off between 30-50% as outside the team salary cap.....

I suppose that makes sense. It might be possible, however I doubt that it will happen. At least I hope.. it would be pretty ridiculous.