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Gigi Galli posted:Does anyone in here watch the Asian CL? I wonder if these teams are actually any good, even if just in the frame of their continental opponents. Like, are they as good as the top Japanese or Korean teams? A lot of Australians go there because the level is a lot lower than the money on offer, and since there's a 3+1 foreigner rule (the +1 being 'an Asian player) in the ACL and CSL, they often just get whatever above-average A-League defender they can find. Annoyingly they occasionally pluck Australian players from decent European competitions, so we have like 5-6 regular internationals playing there. Whenever interviewed they seem to agree that the league is a terrible, unprofessional farce but some of the individuals on offer are just leagues above, doing whatever the hell they want. But for all the big-name foreign coaches, tactically the level is abject, and though the Evergrandes/etc average out to being decent the worst teams are utter garbage. tl;dr - they have a few teams that are decent, the individuals they can attract are enough to uplift their best teams into relative powerhouses, but the league as a whole is terrible and the J-/K-Leagues are still universally regarded as the best in the region. oh i got beaten to the effortpost
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Speaking of China, Bayer Leverkusen permacrock Robbie Kruse is apparently headed to Lianong Whowin. Kruse was probably good once but he's more recently been shown reminding us all of how important match sharpness is by managing to be a liability against Thailand.
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Bogan Krkic posted:Are you sure you aren't thinking of Fulham? Also the Wanderers absolutely robbed that Saudi team and it owned, they had like 5 genuine penalty shouts turned down
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John Obi Mikel/Mikel John Obi's the next one off to China. Is he seriously only 29? Feels like he's been around forever.
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shut up blegum posted:Teeth supposedly are a good sign of overall fitness etc?
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Journeyman Eredivisie defender Jordy Buijs has signed for Sydney FC for the rest of the season, after the club he was at went bankrupt a few months after signing him. Don't suppose anyone here's seen him play?
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oliwan posted:he's bad op
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The Chinese FA is reportedly going to reduce the Chinese foreigner quota to three in any matchday squad, rather than four (with one needing to be Asian). Midway through the transfer window, a couple of months before the season starts. That probably brings an end to their quest to sign the entire Australian national team, then.
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'An undisclosed Chinese club' missed the memo about the AFC foreigner slot being removed and is apparently going to sign Milos Degenek of 1860 Munich/managing to look routinely outclassed at rightback against Thailand/the guy who IIRC made the cross that Dier turned into his own net that one time fame.
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Speaking of Belgium, Mat Ryan's apparently escaped the car fire that was once known as Valencia to sign for Genk on loan 'til the end of the season.
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Andre Le Fuckface posted:Reading have brought in a few players and hell, I'm happy but would have liked a striker And yeah echoing the thoughts above, Sainsbury is a good defender and was only squeezed out by the removal of a foreign place after (apparently) excelling last year, but I'd imagine he's very much a squad player. IIRC he missed the 2014 World Cup when he accidentally kicked a sprinkler while warming up for PEC Zwolle and fractured his foot.
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