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You're the manager, now win the A-League

Roar Pro
29th April, 2010
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Everyone thinks they know best, everyone has their own opinion on everything from how to administer the game to how to recruit players and how to set up a team. So let’s give everyone a chance to voice their opinion.

Scenario:
You’ve been given control of a new A-League club: you need to sign the players, you select the manager, and you assemble a team who will REALISTICALLY fit under the salary cap. The players you sign must also be REALISTIC.

No Lionel Messi’s here.

If you want, give us some details about why you chose who you did and why it is a winning team.

Here’s mine:
GK: Langerak – he is good, no doubt about it. Best part is he is young and thus a bit cheaper than everyone else.

RB: Jamieson
CB: Moore – hardened veteran, also not the marquee IMO.
CB: Ognenovski – tall, strong, solid defender.
LB: Tiatto – I’ll re-sign the old bugger, he has a season left!

RM: Zullo – junior marquee, good player, provides a spark.
CM: Cullina – obvious reasons, Australian marquee man.
CM: A. Griffiths – the defensive man in a rather attacking midfield.
LM: T. Dodd – Adelaide’s go to man. Can play a variety of positions.

ST: Alan Smith – Great player for the league, international marquee.
ST: McBreen – Compliments greatly with Smith.

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I chose those players because the are all class, would compliment each other very well, and can play a range of formations.

Versatility is key. Speed out wide, hard workers in the middle, clinical finishers with pace, strength, and height. A defensive line with old heads and proven performers.

Can they all fit in the salary cap? Maybe, if a few took a pay cut.

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