Only 33. Thought he was much older.
2016/17 Melbourne Victory Thread - It just wasn't to be
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Great for the league in general that we can attract someone of his calibre.
It will be a great sight to see him and Valeri patrolling the midfield
It will be a great sight to see him and Valeri patrolling the midfield
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We shouldn't get to ahead of ourselves, for starters he hasn't signed yet, second, he has been injury prone the last few years and only played 12 games with Panathiakas last season. having said that it's probably the change he needs to get his career back on track, less of workload in terms of matches, better conditions and weather then most European nations as well as lifestyle and he's only 33! if it works out it would probably be the biggest coupe in the leagues history so far, if not he could become the biggest flog.
Also he sure fits Gallops criteria as a guest player he speaks English and tweets a lot too!
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Yeah we went through the same excitement last year so I'm keeping my lid on.
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Yep.
Berisha (although apparently he's going through the citizenship process)
FBK
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Rojas
Essien
I'm assuming that the guest marquee is included in the 5 visa slots... but FFA are clearly making this up as they go, so I doubt anyone knows that with absolute certainty.
Do you think that your membership numbers will really start to swell now with Essien on board?
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Lol ADP.We shouldn't get to ahead of ourselves, for starters he hasn't signed yet, second, he has been injury prone the last few years and only played 12 games with Panathiakas last season. having said that it's probably the change he needs to get his career back on track, less of workload in terms of matches, better conditions and weather then most European nations as well as lifestyle and he's only 33! if it works out it would probably be the biggest coupe in the leagues history so far, if not he could become the biggest flog.
Also he sure fits Gallops criteria as a guest player he speaks English and tweets a lot too!
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OK maybe I should have used 'could' instead of 'would'
I didn't think ADP set the league a light imo, he had a few good matches one in which he scored four goals against Wellington! apart from that he dived and whinged his way through matches and SydneyFC where a shambles at the time, he looked more like he was on a working holiday then anything. but he was ADP and said he loved Australia so nobody dared criticized.
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lol no we didn't, what a load.
If we land Essein we've effectively taken a great big dump on City. It would be wonderful.
If he gets over injury niggles and gets fit HUGE signing!
Essien has had knee troubles that's why his last club sacked him
Contract terminated by mutual consent.
Either way that's Panathinaikos and we'd have a much higher level of sports medicine here compared to Greece so the chances of us getting him up would be good.
Yeah, but Panathanikos are a top European club..
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20 years ago maybe.
But the fall of the Greek league was caused by, and was mirrored by their post GFC economy when the whole country went to s**t, were preventing people accessing bank accounts, and weren't able to pay government employees and welfare recipients.
Sure, Panathanikos are a big name club, but their set up would be less professional than Victory's these days.
This.
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get it?
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So lineup?
-------------Berisha------------
FBK----------Troisi-------Austin
------Essien--------Valeri
defenders
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How to squeeze bozanic in?
-------------Berisha------------
FBK----------Troisi-------Austin
------Essien--------Valeri
defenders
Lawry
How to squeeze bozanic in?
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Take a seat and relax. I'm not saying the optimism was wrong, just that we got Bozanic and the anticipation was palpable.
I'm overly cautious, rightly or wrongly.
Rojas?
Look, coming from a Greek background I am pretty biased, but the Greek league is at the weakest it has ever been, and yet it is still a lot stronger than the Australian league football-wise, and I feel like the facilities at the top clubs would still be to a good standard.
I mean, Olympiacos beat Arsenal and Man U in the last few seasons and are one of the favourites for the EL..
