Unlimited Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Signed Aaron Amadi-Holloway, a former Welsh youth international - from League One https://www.a-league.com.au/news/signing-news-fowler-adds-welsh-whiz-to-roar-squad 61 on FIFA Also signed Macaulay Gillesphey, a defender from League One https://www.brisbaneroar.com.au/news/macaulay-gillesphey-joins-brisbane-roar 58 on FIFA Also signed Tom Aldred, a defender from the Scottish Premier League https://www.brisbaneroar.com.au/news/tom-aldred-joins-roar 65 on FIFA The first two are complete jokes, right? 58?? 61?? You'd think Robbie Fowler has better connections. If Aaron Mooy can jump from here to the Championship, why the **** is anyone recruiting at any level lower? MathyouWSW 1 Link to comment
mack Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 Holloway seems like a waste of a foreign spot. League 1 & 2 aren't exactly sterling quality and he's only managed a goal every 10 games. Maybe he does better here but I don't know. Gillesphey is complete trash. Aldred appears to be better than the other two but he's not going to light up the league. Link to comment
Zelinsky Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Fowler's Brits will fry and melt in Brisbane's heat and humidity. LeeMarvin, alexd and MartinTyler 1 2 Link to comment
Matto97 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 5 hours ago, Unlimited said: Signed Aaron Amadi-Holloway, a former Welsh youth international - from League One https://www.a-league.com.au/news/signing-news-fowler-adds-welsh-whiz-to-roar-squad 61 on FIFA Also signed Macaulay Gillesphey, a defender from League One https://www.brisbaneroar.com.au/news/macaulay-gillesphey-joins-brisbane-roar 58 on FIFA Also signed Tom Aldred, a defender from the Scottish Premier League https://www.brisbaneroar.com.au/news/tom-aldred-joins-roar 65 on FIFA The first two are complete jokes, right? 58?? 61?? You'd think Robbie Fowler has better connections. If Aaron Mooy can jump from here to the Championship, why the **** is anyone recruiting at any level lower? FIFA is rubbish if you're going to conclude how good a player is from a video game use Football Manager please. In saying that they are all rubbish on Football Manager aswell... StringerBellend 1 Link to comment
Paul01 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 (edited) Apparently they will announce Aiden O'Neill and Bradden Inman soon. Possibly Jake McGing. Edited June 25, 2019 by Paul01 Added info Link to comment
Unlimited Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 7 hours ago, Matto97 said: FIFA is rubbish if you're going to conclude how good a player is from a video game use Football Manager please. In saying that they are all rubbish on Football Manager aswell... I don't have Football Manager Link to comment
Matto97 Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 3 hours ago, Unlimited said: I don't have Football Manager Should definitely look into it if you like your career mode, once I got it I never went back to FIFA. StringerBellend and Unlimited 1 1 Link to comment
mack Posted June 26, 2019 Author Share Posted June 26, 2019 I think he spends all day looking at spreadsheets he doesn't want to play Spreadsheet Manager all night too. Matto97, Smoggy, sonar and 1 other 4 Link to comment
MartinTyler Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Roar played like a mid-table League 1 team for most of last season so they might fit in well... Link to comment
Paul01 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 15 minutes ago, MartinTyler said: Roar played like a mid-table League 1 team for most of last season so they might fit in well... English hoofball returns to the A-league. They won't be Liverpool lite! Link to comment
Zelinsky Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Paul01 said: English hoofball returns to the A-league. They won't be Liverpool lite! There won't be any communication problems, that's for sure, and O'Neill and Neville will fit right in. By the time the season is over the Roar will have been renamed the "All Whites", even the local players will speak with a British accent, and Akbari will have been deported. Link to comment
StringerBellend Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 2 hours ago, MartinTyler said: Roar played like a mid-table League 1 team for most of last season so they might fit in well... They already do the woaahh your **** thing with the goal kicks don’t they? Thats the mark of a League One club from a failing former industrial town MartinTyler 1 Link to comment
Zelinsky Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 5 minutes ago, StringerBellend said: They already do the woaahh your **** thing with the goal kicks don’t they? Thats the mark of a League One club from a failing former industrial town Inman joins from Rochdale. Ah, Rochdale. In a different life I went out with a woman from Rochdale, and in that capacity went for visits to "grochie Rochie" a couple of times. At one occasion I went to a game of the local football club. The ground was a toilet, and the game (a derby against Halifax) was dour. The highlight was when a Halifax supporter, to celebrate the 1:0 away win, exposed his upper body despite the freezing temperatures, and did something like a big white whale impersonation. Something like that. It was impressive, and he didn't seem to mind that the home supporters threw cold beer at him. The "active support" consisted of people yelling "Come on, 'dale!" throughout the game. For a while I was wondering who this Dale guy was that they were cheering on, but I figured it out eventually what they meant... However, the real action happened elsewhere. Two trains with traveling Man United and Leeds supporters arrived at Rochdale train station, at the same time, at the same platform. The result was ugly. When the doors opened, and the two rivaling group set eye on each other, they poured out of their respective train carriages onto the platform and engaged in a physical mass brawl. Smoggy, Unlimited and Burgerman 3 Link to comment
Smoggy Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 11 minutes ago, FCB said: Inman joins from Rochdale. Ah, Rochdale. In a different life I went out with a woman from Rochdale, and in that capacity went for visits to "grochie Rochie" a couple of times. At one occasion I went to a game of the local football club. The ground was a toilet, and the game (a derby against Halifax) was dour. The highlight was when a Halifax supporter, to celebrate the 1:0 away win, exposed his upper body despite the freezing temperatures, and did something like a big white whale impersonation. Something like that. It was impressive, and he didn't seem to mind that the home supporters threw cold beer at him. The "active support" consisted of people yelling "Come on, 'dale!" throughout the game. For a while I was wondering who this Dale guy was that they were cheering on, but I figured it out eventually what they meant... However, the real action happened elsewhere. Two trains with traveling Man United and Leeds supporters arrived at Rochdale train station, at the same time, at the same platform. The result was ugly. When the doors opened, and the two rivaling group set eye on each other, they poured out of their respective train carriages onto the platform and engaged in a physical mass brawl. I bet this lass from Rochdale was a right goer though...and liked curry sauce n chips together Link to comment
Smoggy Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 30 minutes ago, StringerBellend said: They already do the woaahh your **** thing with the goal kicks don’t they? Thats the mark of a League One club from a failing former industrial town Excuse me? Boro dont do the thing with the goal kick..it is a failing former industrial town...but not in leauge 1 at least. Link to comment
Zelinsky Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 1 minute ago, Erimus said: I bet this lass from Rochdale was a right goer though...and liked curry sauce n chips together If you are referring to the Halifax supporter from Yorkshire - he looked like he'd never eaten anything else all his life, and had exceeding the WHO recommendations for daily calorie intake by substantial margins for a couple of decades at least. Smoggy 1 Link to comment
Smoggy Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, FCB said: If you are referring to the Halifax supporter from Yorkshire - he looked like he'd never eaten anything else all his life, and had exceeding the WHO recommendations for daily calorie intake by substantial margins for a couple of decades at least. I was talking about the girl lol..lasses from places like Rochdale love a few pints of beer followed by a load of chips on the way home...and a quick **** against a dumper bin up a back alley. I know the kind of guy you mean well though Edited June 27, 2019 by Erimus Link to comment
Zelinsky Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 1 minute ago, Erimus said: I was talking about the girl lol..lasses from places like Rochdale love a few pints of beer followed by a load of chips on the way home...and a quick **** against a dumper bin up a back alley. I know the kind of guy you mean well though Whe'd been Aussie-fied at a very early age, came out when she was a kid. She was very civilized, and hated alcohol as much as her dad loved it. So no, the description above does not match. Link to comment
Smoggy Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, FCB said: Whe'd been Aussie-fied at a very early age, came out when she was a kid. She was very civilized, and hated alcohol as much as her dad loved it. So no, the description above does not match. Well...thats no fun.. Edited June 27, 2019 by Erimus Link to comment
THEWANDERERSPOST Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 The Roars signings are very overhyped and are very average. I reckon it'll be another tough season for them tbh. matty, StringerBellend and Unlimited 3 Link to comment
StringerBellend Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Dreadful signings sort of crap foreign signings that were made in early days of a league. If you want to do anything now then your foreign players have to make the difference. A league 2 quality centre back is hardly going to do that, there would be better players in the NPL Link to comment
StringerBellend Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Erimus said: I bet this lass from Rochdale was a right goer though...and liked curry sauce n chips together Northern girls are ace Smoggy 1 Link to comment
Paul01 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 39 minutes ago, THEWANDERERSPOST said: The Roars signings are very overhyped and are very average. I reckon it'll be another tough season for them tbh. And their done going from Roarcelona to Hoofball Will it be our turn tomorrow? Link to comment
Edinburgh Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 3 hours ago, FCB said: Inman joins from Rochdale. Ah, Rochdale. In a different life I went out with a woman from Rochdale, and in that capacity went for visits to "grochie Rochie" a couple of times. At one occasion I went to a game of the local football club. The ground was a toilet, and the game (a derby against Halifax) was dour. The highlight was when a Halifax supporter, to celebrate the 1:0 away win, exposed his upper body despite the freezing temperatures, and did something like a big white whale impersonation. Something like that. It was impressive, and he didn't seem to mind that the home supporters threw cold beer at him. The "active support" consisted of people yelling "Come on, 'dale!" throughout the game. For a while I was wondering who this Dale guy was that they were cheering on, but I figured it out eventually what they meant... However, the real action happened elsewhere. Two trains with traveling Man United and Leeds supporters arrived at Rochdale train station, at the same time, at the same platform. The result was ugly. When the doors opened, and the two rivaling group set eye on each other, they poured out of their respective train carriages onto the platform and engaged in a physical mass brawl. Cold beer? JackDoff and LeeMarvin 2 Link to comment
Zelinsky Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 O'Neill confirmed. At least they are consistent. If Roar's are on a mission to show everyone that football is not just played by wogs with strange non-Anglo names then they sure are making a meal of it. An English manager. Irish, Scottish, English, Welsh as imports. The half Scott Inman, the half Irish O'Neill. Hingert, Mells and Young have English roots, soon to be joined by Neville, not doubt. O'Toole has an Irish father. Akbari must feel like being caught in a time warp, in a parallel universe. Link to comment
Zelinsky Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 And another League Two player for the Roar (even though he is camouflaged as someone with Premier League background). Needless to say, it's another one from the British Isles. https://www.a-league.com.au/news/signing-news-former-premier-league-midfielder-joins-fowlers-roar So, basically, Fowler has assembled a sack full of Steven-Taylor-grad players. Well, good luck with that. Link to comment
mack Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 15 goals from 44 apps in League 2 last year isn't that bad. The Roar were absolutely dreadful last year only barely beating the Mariners to the spoon and finishing 6 points behind us. Right now they look better than the Jets, Mariners, WU & Nix. I'd say 4 to 6 is their area right now, it's a solid looking squad with some hardened pros. League 1 & 2 aren't La Liga or B1 but you don't hang around there in that cutthroat environment without having something to offer. StringerBellend 1 Link to comment
Unlimited Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 League 2 has a FIFA rating average of around 60-65. I wouldn’t be holding my breath that these guys will produce anything good. Link to comment
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