Ben Waine - New Zealand striker turns down Sky Blues offer (1 Viewer)

[skylark37]

Just noticed this on twitter - I don't know any details other than what's reported on these links.
Seem like legit sources.

 

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[Terry Gibson's perm]

Mid table team looks nice I was expecting to see championship strugglers at this stage.

 

[Evo1883]

Just noticed this on twitter - I don't know any details other than what's reported on these links.
Seem like legit sources.

Imagine having that little ambition

 

[rob9872]

His brother John has a better shot on him

 

[Evo1883]

His brother John has a better shot on him

 

[clint van damme]

Imagine having that little ambition

You on about him or us?!

 

[Evo1883]

You on about him or us?!

Him , what a whopper

 

[covcity4life]

Little twat his career is on the waine

 

[Tommo1993]

6 goals in 14 games in the brilliant A-League this season.

Would’ve been a great signing...

 

[Ccfcisparks]

6 goals in 14 games in the brilliant A-League this season.

Would’ve been a great signing...

To be fair, I dont think the A-League is an AWFUL AWFUL standard. Its certainly bad, but I remember Celtic signed Tom Rogic from there and he had a pretty decent career with them.

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

I mean, I would want to stay in the A-league too. Looks buzzin'.

 

[clint van damme]

Him , what a whopper

Who's a whopper, him or me?!

 

[Bugsy]

His brother John has a better shot on him

His uncle Bruce also ain't half batman, ermmm I mean bad man...PUSB

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

I was half expecting the unveiling of

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

His uncle Bruce also ain't half batman, ermmm I mean bad man...PUSB

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No-one's taking Kelly's role in the shorts department

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

No-one's taking Kelly's role in the shorts department

Yeag safe to say he’s already pitched his tent here.

 

[robbiekeane]

Hows our scouting team blagged they assignment worse than one of my work trips

 

[Evo1883]

Hows our scouting team blagged they assignment worse than one of my work trips

Yea , eh mark Il see if there's any good players in Australia and New Zealand

 

[Tommo1993]

To be fair, I dont think the A-League is an AWFUL AWFUL standard. Its certainly bad, but I remember Celtic signed Tom Rogic from there and he had a pretty decent career with them.

I suppose Millwall took Tim Cahill from Australia

 

[mrtrench]

I read a Jeremy Clarkson article in a newspaper recently. He wrote that he used to work with a chap called Wayne Bruce... and everyone called him Manbat.

As you were.

 

[rob9872]

Tbf simple humour is often the best imo

 

[Philosorapter]

Something I have been pondering lately with leagues. Is there anything out there that can weigh the playing strengths of different leagues?

Not the leagues themselves but put the leagues in order in strength of competition.

Genuine question.

 

[Evo1883]

Something I have been pondering lately with leagues. Is there anything out there that can weigh the playing strengths of different leagues?

Not the leagues themselves but put the leagues in order in strength of competition.

Genuine question.

I saw an article once that measured a leagues competitiveness by comparing the results of the bottom 6 teams v the top 6 teams , how many points they'd taken off them .

The Premier league faired pretty badly in that respect

 

[Silsden]

Something I have been pondering lately with leagues. Is there anything out there that can weigh the playing strengths of different leagues?

Not the leagues themselves but put the leagues in order in strength of competition.

Genuine question.

Doubt this is the statistical answer you’re looking for, but Football Manager has a system for ranking leagues based on reputation

 

[Philosorapter]

Doubt this is the statistical answer you’re looking for, but Football Manager has a system for ranking leagues based on reputation

The nearest thing I have found is this.

Don't think it is that good though.

UEFA coefficient - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[stay_up_skyblues]

Maybe he called Jack McBean for some advice and decided against uprooting his life to sit on the development squad’s bench?

 

[robbiekeane]

Maybe he called Jack McBean for some advice and decided against uprooting his life to sit on the development squad’s bench?

God that was a mystery

 

[oscillatewildly]

To be fair, I dont think the A-League is an AWFUL AWFUL standard. Its certainly bad, but I remember Celtic signed Tom Rogic from there and he had a pretty decent career with them.

Like for like then.

 

[Tomh111]

Something I have been pondering lately with leagues. Is there anything out there that can weigh the playing strengths of different leagues?

Not the leagues themselves but put the leagues in order in strength of competition.

Genuine question.

It exists but generally behind paywalls.

A chunk of Brentfords success in replacing players is that their owner is/was a professional gambler and pioneered expected goals and advanced statistics.

They have a European league table that ranks clubs, so they can highlight teams overperforming against their position and identify undervalued transfer targets.

 

[KG7]

Apparently McBean has been retired for three years!


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[Liquid Gold]

Apparently McBean has been retired for three years!


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Coke back to the McBean farm

 

[The Penguin]

Kid has talent, so I am mildly disappointed he said no, but I reckon he knows he would be swapping regular first team football (albeit in a weaker league) for sitting in an under-23 setup, so I don’t blame him.

I also think we’re better off signing players who can make an impact immediately, not potentially 2-3 years from now.