Jonathan Aspropotamitis

Spoke with Aspro's father over the weekend. 

He's very exicted with the way the squad are progressing this year & I expect he'll be with WSW for at least another couple of years before heading OS. 

He was never going anywhere, despite the interest from Melbourne Heartless 

Imagine being able to buy Scott Neville's boots and put in better crosses than he does in them.

 

Spoke with Aspro's father over the weekend. 

He's very exicted with the way the squad are progressing this year & I expect he'll be with WSW for at least another couple of years before heading OS.

 

He was never going anywhere, despite the interest from Melbourne Heartless

Aspro will follow the lead of Trent Sainsbury, learn his craft here before heading to Europe. 

http://www.wswanderersfc.com.au/article/aspro-inks-two-year-extension-in-red--black/f6lw5y1e20r31htxyt9xrwnmo

Imagine being able to buy Scott Neville's boots and put in better crosses than he does in them.

wow, this post is actually as accurate as a Scott Neville cross - I'm sure you started it in the Neville thread but it ended up in the Aspro thread

Another great article on Australia's young talent Aspro.

http://m.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/western-sydney-wanderers/aspro-ready-to-solve-defensive-headaches-20160213-gmth9i.html

Unlucky for Aspro to get sent off today.

Shame he will miss the derby next week

I mind that he got sent off, but it wasn't his foul that annoyed me.

It was the fact that that airhead of a referee didn't call the same infringement against Santa just minutes earlier.

**** me.

I mind that he got sent off, but it wasn't his foul that annoyed me.

 

It was the fact that that airhead of a referee didn't call the same infringement against Santa just minutes earlier.

 

**** me.

said exactly the same thing to those around us. he got a yellow straight after the Santa foul. it was a deserved yellow but the scenario shouldn't have occured as we should have been taking a pen instead. 

Its not right, but my thought was the ref was not keen on giving the pen as Santa was heading away from goal. So in that case it would have been seen as "soft" (read stupid from roly). Santa didn't help things by going down too easily once or twice earlier in the game too. Anyway. not Aspros best game but don't think much (if any) of the blame lays with him. Was let down badly by the DM's and fullbacks around him. 

I'm a referee and I don't think the foul on Santa was a pen.

That probably means it was a pen though 

It would have a soft as butter pen to Santa.

I'm a referee and I don't think the foul on Santa was a pen.

 

That probably means it was a pen though

You're probably correct, it was just a **** day lol

saw him at yiro yiro at belmore today Lol

MOM..... put his body in the line of fire a number of times.

How good is this guy?? My 2nd fave WSW player, as long as Shannon is still sticking around.

if something good comes of this season it may be that we have helped develop a possible future NT player.

Possible is right Gunner

He had a good game, but too many talking like those fox commentators who call for a player to be in the national team after they have a month of good games

He has come a long way this year, and looks like he's becoming the organiser at the back, but he still has deficiencies in his game if he's going to be spoken about as a potential Socceroo.

Possible ? Yes. Thats all it is right now .

Hopefully we've seen the last of Borda. Cornflakes coming on seemed to help Aspro

Aspro was very good but he is still a kid and will need time.

Possible is right Gunner

 

He had a good game, but too many talking like those fox commentators who call for a player to be in the national team after they have a month of good games

 

He has come a long way this year, and looks like he's becoming the organiser at the back, but he still has deficiencies in his game if he's going to be spoken about as a potential Socceroo.

 

Possible ? Yes. Thats all it is right now .

 

Hopefully we've seen the last of Borda. Cornflakes coming on seemed to help Aspro

To be fair, I was calling him "future Socceroo" in 2015. Also last week. And this morning.

He's boss and getting better each week the one bright spot of the season

Possible is right Gunner

He had a good game, but too many talking like those fox commentators who call for a player to be in the national team after they have a month of good games

He has come a long way this year, and looks like he's becoming the organiser at the back, but he still has deficiencies in his game if he's going to be spoken about as a potential Socceroo.

Possible ? Yes. Thats all it is right now .

Hopefully we've seen the last of Borda. Cornflakes coming on seemed to help Aspro

Exactly. Look back a few posts in this thread and you realise how new Aspro is. He needs to keep developing, but has the potential. First thing is that he needs to consolidate his position in our squad.

Aspro is proving to be very solid, but JFC he looks slow when he runs. I'd love to see some more speed in his legs.

Aspro is proving to be very solid, but JFC he looks slow when he runs. I'd love to see some more speed in his legs.

Yep.

I too had him pinned as future Socceroo every early on in his Wanderers time. But now, seeing his pace, I think he'll be a squad Socceroo his whole career. I think that the coach will always be looking at faster CBs, but Aspro's calmness and steadiness will mean he will always be there or thereabouts.

 

Aspro is proving to be very solid, but JFC he looks slow when he runs. I'd love to see some more speed in his legs.

Yep.

 

I too had him pinned as future Socceroo every early on in his Wanderers time. But now, seeing his pace, I think he'll be a squad Socceroo his whole career. I think that the coach will always be looking at faster CBs, but Aspro's calmness and steadiness will mean he will always be there or thereabouts.

 

I don't see him as someone that's much slower than Spira and surely at his age he can work on some speed?

 

 

Aspro is proving to be very solid, but JFC he looks slow when he runs. I'd love to see some more speed in his legs.

 

Yep.

 

I too had him pinned as future Socceroo every early on in his Wanderers time. But now, seeing his pace, I think he'll be a squad Socceroo his whole career. I think that the coach will always be looking at faster CBs, but Aspro's calmness and steadiness will mean he will always be there or thereabouts.

 

I don't see him as someone that's much slower than Spira and surely at his age he can work on some speed?

He -looks- slower. You'd need to be standing there during drills holding a stopwatch to know if he actually is slower. I've played with blokes who look off the pace from the sideline, but when you're with them on the pitch you don't notice at all. Aspro looks off the pace from the sideline, but he is so unbelievably ******* calm and self-assured. It's amazing from someone so young. He will go far, regardless of perceived pace based on this alone.

As for adding speed, sure he can work on it, but so can every other kid in the frame. I,m more than happy to be proved wrong on his speed, to be honest. I'd delight in having this post thrown back in my face in years to come, because I have so much time for the lad and I really want him to succeed.

he has made mistakes but has improved a lot, i could see him as a leader one day

this might be going too far but how could he be a worse captain than Dimas?

he has made mistakes but has improved a lot, i could see him as a leader one day

 

this might be going too far but how could he be a worse captain than Dimas?

Sorry, Goat, gonna have to call you on that one. You've been Cpt. Negative on here for a while now, but you need to back this one up - what makes Dimas a bad captain?