All the signings and team squads: ADELAIDE UNITED In: Michael Jakobsen (Melbourne City FC), Craig Goodwin (Sparta Rotterdam), Ken Ilso (Penang), Mirko Boland (Eintracht Braunschweig), Scott Galloway (Wellington Phoenix), Louis D'Arrigo, Ben Halloran Out: Tarek Elrich, Johan Absalonsen, Ben Garuccio, Dzengis Cavusevic, Mark Ochieng, Daniel Adlung, Jordan O'Doherty, Ersan Gulum (loan ends) Confirmed Squad: Paul Izzo, Daniel Margush, Isaac Richards; Ryan Strain, Michael Marrone, Taylor Regan, Jordan Elsey, Michael Jakobsen Scott Galloway; Isaias, Lachlan Brook, Kristin Konstandopoulos, Nathan Konstandopoulos, Vince Lia, Mirko Boland; George Blackwood, Baba Diawara, Nikola Mileusnic, Ryan Kitto, Pacifique Niyongabire, Craig Goodwin, Apostolos Stamatelopoulos, Ken Ilso, Ben Halloran https://www.a-league.com.au/news/squad-check-every-hyundai-a-league-out-squad
BRISBANE ROAR FC In: Adam Taggart (Perth Glory), Dylan Wenzel-Halls (Western Pride), Stefan Mauk (NEC Nijmegen), Tobias Mikkelsen (Nordsjaelland), Stefan Nigro (Melbourne Victory), Alex Lopez Out: Corey Gameiro, Mitchell Oxborrow, Jade North, Massimo Maccarone, Corey Brown, Fahid Ben Khalfallah (retired), Michael Theo, Ivan Franjic Confirmed Squad: Brendan White, Jamie Young; Daniel Bowles, Luke DeVere, Jack Hingert, Dane Ingham, Connor O'Toole, Avraam Papadopoulos, Stefan Nigro; Joe Caletti, Thomas Kristensen, Alex Lopez, Matt McKay, Jacob Pepper, Brett Holman, Stefan Mauk; Eric Bautheac, Shannon Brady, Henrique, Adam Taggart, Dylan Wenzel-Halls, Nicholas D’Agostino, Tobias Mikkelsen
CENTRAL COAST MARINERS In: Jack Clisby, Jonathan Aspropotamitis (both Western Sydney Wanderers), Corey Gameiro (Brisbane Roar), Matt Simon (Sydney FC), Mario Shabow (Newcastle Jets), Joe Gauci (West Torrens Birkalla), Michael McGlinchey (Wellington Phoenix), Kalifa Cisse (BEC Tero Sasana), Peter Kekeris, Jordan Murray (APIA Leichhardt), Josh Macdonald (Wollongong Wolves), Aiden O'Neill (Burnley - loan), Matt Millar (South Melbourne), Ross McCormack (Aston Villa - loan), Tommy Oar Out: Josh Rose (retired), Trent Buhagiar, Liam Rose, Storm Roux, Jacob Poscoliero, Josh Bingham, Blake Powell, Peter Skapetis, Tom Glover, Wout Brama, Alan Baro, Daniel De Silva (Sydney FC - loan) Confirmed Squad: Adam Pearce, Ben Kennedy, Joe Gauci; Antony Golec, Jake McGing, Kye Rowles, Jack Clisby, Jonathan Aspropotamitis, Kalifa Cisse, Matt Millar, Adam Berry, Tom Hiariej, Jacob Melling, Aiden O'Neill, Michael McGlinchey; Andrew Hoole, Connor Pain, Corey Gameiro, Matt Simon, Mario Shabow, Peter Kekeris, Tommy Oar, Jordan Murray, Josh Macdonald, Ross McCormack
MELBOURNE CITY FC In: Michael O'Halloran (Rangers), Riley McGree (Club Brugge, loan), Lachlan Wales (Central Coast Mariners), Anthony Caceres (Manchester City, loan), Rostyn Griffiths (Pakhtakor Tashkent), Florin Berenguer (Sochaux), Mark Birighitti (NAC Breda), Ritchie De Laet (Aston Villa - loan), Curtis Good Out: Nick Fitzgerald, Manny Muscat, Bruce Kamau, Ruon Tongyik, Christian Cavallo, Stefan Mauk (loan ends), Marcin Budzinski, Oliver Bozanic, Denis Genreau (loan to PEC Zwolle), Daniel Arzani (Manchester City), Dean Bouzanis (PEC Zwolle - on loan) Confirmed Squad: Mark Birighitti, Eugene Galekovic; James Delianov, Dylan Pierias, Harrison Delbridge, Ritchie De Laet, Iacopo La Rocca, Curtis Good, Bart Schenkeveld, Osama Malik, Scott Jamieson, Nathaniel Atkinson; Florin Berenguer, Connor Metcalfe, Ramy Najjarine, Moudi Najjar, Luke Brattan, Rostyn Griffiths; Bruno Fornaroli, Dario Vidosic, Michael O'Halloran, Riley McGree, Lachlan Wales, Anthony Caceres
MELBOURNE VICTORY In: Corey Brown (Brisbane Roar), Storm Roux (Central Coast Mariners), Nick Ansell (C.D. Tondela), Georg Niedermeier (SC Freiburg), Keisuke Honda (Pachuca), Ola Toivonen (Toulouse), Raul Baena (Granada CF) Out: Stefan Nigro, Mitchell Austin, Matias Sanchez, Cameron McGilp, Christian Theoharous, Pierce Waring, James Donachie, Besart Berisha, Rhys Williams Confirmed Squad: Lawrence Thomas, Matthew Acton, Matthew Sutton, Thomas Deng, Georg Niedermeier, Nick Ansell, Corey Brown, Storm Roux; Raul Baena, Carl Valeri, Terry Antonis, Keisuke Honda, Leigh Broxham, Josh Hope, Birkan Kirdar, James Troisi, Ola Toivonen, Kenny Athiu, Kosta Barbarouses, Jai Ingham, Nicholas Sette
NEWCASTLE JETS In: Matthew Ridenton (Wellington Phoenix), Jair Eduardo (Yanbian Funde), Mitch Austin (Melbourne Victory), Lewis Italiano (Stirling Lions), Kaine Sheppard (Avondale) Out: Daniel Alessi, Devante Clut, Ivan Necevski, Riley McGree (loan ends), Pato Rodriguez, Mario Shabow, Wayne Brown, Jack Duncan Confirmed Squad: Glen Moss, Lewis Italiano; Nigel Boogaard, Ivan Vujica, Nick Cowburn, Daniel Georgievski, Johnny Koutroumbis, Lachlan Jackson, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Matthew Ridenton; Jason Hoffman, Ben Kantarovski, Steven Ugarkovic, Mitch Austin, Jake Adelson, Angus Thurgate, Ronald Vargas; Dimi Petratos, Roy O'Donovan, Joseph Champness, Jair Eduardo, Kosta Petratos, Kaine Sheppard
PERTH GLORY In: Ivan Franjic (Brisbane Roar), Tomislav Mrcela (unattached), Brendon Santalab (Western Sydney Wanderers), Matthew Spiranovic (unattached), Tando Velaphi (Wellington Phoenix), Jason Davidson (Rijeka), Fabio Ferreira (unattached), Juande (Spezia), Chris Ikonomidis (Lazio) Out: Adam Taggart, Joseph Mills, Andreu Guerao, Jeremy Walker, Joe Knowles Confirmed Squad: Liam Reddy, Tando Velaphi, Dino Djulbic, Alex Grant, Shane Lowry, Scott Neville, Jason Davidson, Jake Brimmer, Jacob Italiano, Neil Kilkenny, Juande, Joel Chianese, Chris Harold, Fabio Ferreira, Andy Keogh, Diego Castro, Ivan Franjic, Tomislav Mrcela, Brendon Santalab, Matthew Spiranovic, Chris Ikonomidis
SYDNEY FC In: Trent Buhagiar (Central Coast Mariners), Siem De Jong (Ajax), Daniel De Silva (Central Coast Mariners, loan), Jop van der Linden (AZ Alkmaar), Adam le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers) Out: Bobo, Adrian Mierzejewski, Jordy Buijs, Luke Wilkshire, Matt Simon, David Carney, Anthony Kalik, Fabio Ferreira Confirmed Squad: Andrew Redmayne, Alex Cisak, Thomas Heward-Belle; Aaron Calver, Rhyan Grant, Ben Warland, Alex Wilkinson, Jop van der Linden, Michael Zullo, Josh Brillante, Alex Brosque, Milos Ninkovic, Brandon O’Neill, Paulo Retre, Daniel De Silva, Chris Zuvela; Charles Lokolingoy, Trent Buhagiar, Adam le Fondre
WELLINGTON PHOENIX In: Steven Taylor (Peterborough United), Filip Kurto (Roda JC), David Williams (Haladas), Mitch Nichols (unattached), Michal Kopczyński (Legia Wasaw, loan) Out: Michael McGlinchey, Matthew Ridenton, Matija Ljucic, Andrija Kaluderovic, Goran Paracki Confirmed Squad: Filip Kurto; Andrew Durante, Steven Taylor, Liberato Cacace, Dylan Fox, Nathan Burns, Michal Kopczyński, Mitch Nichols, Roy Krishna, Oliver Sail, Thomas Doyle, Louis Fenton, Ryan Lowry, Sarpreet Singh, David Williams, Alex Rufer
WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS FC In: Nick Fitzgerald, Bruce Kamau, Ruon Tongyik (all from Melbourne City), Tarek Elrich, Jordan O'Doherty (both from Adelaide United), Tass Mourdoukoutas (youth team), Danijel Nizic (Morecambe), Nicholas Suman (youth team), Patrick Ziegler (1. FC Kaiserslautern), Alex Baumjohann (Vitoria), Rashid Mahazi (Moreland Zebras) Out: Jack Clisby, Alvaro Cejudo, Michael Thwaite, Chris Ikonomidis (loan ends), Jonathan Aspropotamitis, Brendon Santalab (Perth Glory), Steven Lustica (released) Confirmed Squad: Vedran Janjetovic, Danijel Nizic, Nicholas Suman; Keanu Baccus, Tarek Elrich, Patrick Ziegler, Brendan Hamill, Josh Risdon, Ruon Tongyik, Tass Mourdoukoutas, Tate Russell; Kearyn Baccus, Roly Bonevacia, Kosta Grozos, Marc Tokich, Jordan O'Doherty, Alex Baumjohann, Rashid Mahazi; Mark Bridge, Nick Fitzgerald, Bruce Kamau, Abraham Majok, Oriol Riera, John Roberts, Lachlan Scott, Jaushua Sotirio
Thanks for all this info el-capitano. We always have a lot of player turnover in our league and this year is no exception.
That's the result of a cap I guess. Its also a bit of a sad indication that a player can play at 4 or 5 clubs in one league during his career.
with 15 minutes to go in the season opener I suppose it can only get better from here. A very poor quality game with very little action. Adelaide have had two chances so far and scored one goal, and I don't think Sydney have created a chance at all. Lots of poor passing and poor control. The standard of A league football has never been very high, but at least it used to be entertaining. If this game is typical it wont be a great year PS As I was typing Sydney scored from their only chance so far.
Yep- Syd were very poor, but in the mark of a good team, they found a way to get a point away from home. Lets see if the derby next week can get them fired up!
And as a Rubens fan, here's good news: https://www.a-league.com.au/news/platinum-selling-artists-perform-sydney-derby
Adelaide was equally poor, but it wasn't the standard that so much annoyed me, I don't expect a lot of smooth silky play in the A League, its the fact that there didn't seem to be much urgency from either side until Sydney equalised. The quality didn't increase, but we did see more go forward in the last 15 minutes than we saw in the rest of the game.
Adelaide had an excuse though- no true striker, they played pretty much the only way they could- and it almost worked. Sydney have to find a replacement for the fast Bee, fast. Last year we were full of slow old men, and he was a breath of fresh air in the pre-season.
When is the league going to move the matchday squad up to 18? Having just 16 reeks of small time and I think hurts the league.
You can still only use three so I'm not quite sure what having two extra players kitted up sitting on the sidelines achieves. You have enough options with a well selected bench if you have a spare keeper and four outfield players to choose from. Maybe I just think that way as I'm old school and like to see a team play a whole match with only substitutes for injuries. I know those days will never return but I miss them.
You're right to some degree, though two extra subs would allow for some specialization and add some tactical nuance. However, I know from experience here that 18 is the norm the world over, and when MLS did the 16 thing, a lot of people turned their noses up at the league. Two extra travellers seems a small price to pay for what they would bring just as a marketing tool. The league is over a decade old, you would think they would be past this sort of thing by now.
Its only been 5 years since we went from a 4 man bench to 5. Give it some time to go up again! https://www.a-league.com.au/news/a-league-clubs-add-extra-seat-bench