Red and Black Football

My predicted lineup for this afternoons clash against Auckland!
Bench:
Vidackovic
Simmons
Scicluna
Kuol
Hammond
Tongyik
Al-Taay
Thoughts and predictions? 🔴⚫️

This is my predicted lineup for tomorrow nights season opening against Melbourne City.
Bench:
Hammond
Al-Taay
Tongyik
Holmes
Brillante
Cancar
Simmons
Thoughts and predictions? 🔴⚫️

This is probably the lineup I would go with for round 2 based on the following:
Borello> Sapsford: unfortunately Sapsford didn’t get much of a chance against SFC and would probably benefit from less minutes from the bench
Kraev at 10: grew into the game and started to connect well with his teammates, needs to start and continue building into the team
Pelekanos> Scicluna: Scicluna did a good enough job at CM but you could tell he wasn’t used to the position. Of course if Priestman is available he should start but I think Pelekanos showed enough in his short stint to be given a go
Holiday> Clisby: I think he showed a lot when he came on and offered some great crosses
Thoughts?

This is my predicted lineup for tomorrow nights massive season opener against the smurfs! Of course a lot of the selections are guesses and it could look completely different but let’s hope we start strong nonetheless! I think he will opt for Pelekanos to start in midfield with Priestman not being available he really is our only other midfield option. I also think he will bench Mata to start, keep in mind he hasn’t played a lot of football in the last 18 months and despite training for the last few months he will still be underdone with his match fitness. I also think Staj prefers to give Sapsford a chance up front and he’s proven himself against the Sky blue with 2 goals from 3 matches. My final prediction is a 2-2 draw, I’m anticipating a lot of attack once the game opens up and this should bring the likes of Milanovic and Lolly into the spotlight. Predictions and thoughts in the comments everyone! 🔴⚫️
Bench:
Harper (GK)
Cleur
Scicluna
Antonsson
Beadling
Hammond
Holliday
Mata

Predicted lineup for tonight’s Australia Cup clash against Lions FC.
Expect a few inclusions from our last cup clash and hopefully some minutes for Kraev off the bench!
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Squad update as of 11th of August, currently we’ve only signed 2 players and both are foreigners in Kraev and Jeong leaving us with 2 available visa spots. Keep in mind too that we have only seen the boys in action once so far and I am judging off that game alone that the lineup looked as though the wingers did roam and become inverted 10s at times so I think once Kraev comes in it will suit the style more. What are your thoughts so far?

Predicted lineup for tomorrow night vs Brisbane City. Keep in mind we are yet to see how Staj wants us to play and we haven’t made any signings except for Kraev at this point.
How do you think we will go tomorrow night and who are you most looking forward to seeing?

Seeing as we have viewed a host of departures since the end of last season, I thought I’d try and do a quick update on the current team/ squad. A few quick notes, this is based off of the transfermarkt website and of course players could not be added yet. Also Milanovic is not apart of the team or squad as he rumoured to be going overseas after such a strong year last year, however it would have to be the right price for us.
Extra squad members:
Taiga Harper (GK)
Jack Gibson (GK)
Ruon Tongyik (CB- also not sure what’s happening with him)
Anthony Pantazopoulos (CB)
Nathan Barrie (CB)
Dylan Scicluna (LB/ RB/ CM)
Gabriel Cluer (RB/ CB/ CDM)
Oliver Bozanic (CM- Interested to see what happens with him considering he was on loan on Perth with Staj last season)
Luka Knezevic (CM)
Aydan Hammond (RW/ LW)
Zach Sapsford (ST)
Alex Badalato (RW/ CAM/ LW)

Seeing as the seasons over let’s have a look at who we should keep, sell and loan across the squad.
Part 1
Keepers-
Lawrence Thomas- KEEP
He’s an above average A league keeper and has proven himself as our first choice time and time again, locked in as far as I’m concerned.
Daniel Margush- SELL
Whenever he’s come in for Lawrence she’s shown what he can do. However if an offer came in for him I wouldn’t say no because we’ve got 2 young keepers coming through ready to fill in.
Jack Gibson- KEEP
He only got the 1 opportunity prior to injury, however the club and Rudan clearly rate him enough to pick him ahead of Margush.
Taiga Harper- LOAN
Did well enough in his short stint to show some potential but won’t get any game time with 2 keepers in front of him, better off keeping him as a backup for when Thomas leaves OR retires.

Predicted lineup for tomorrow nights clash against CCM.
Thomas has been named in the squad and if he is fit enough will start, however if he fails then Margush has returned from his concussion and is available.
Expect if Kittel doesn’t start to get more minutes then last week as he is only on loan for the remainder of the season.
Another positive addition is Bonetig however if he is not fit Grdic has been included as cover as well as Pantazopoulas.
If the coaches do not think Borello is right to start then expect either Badolato or Brook to start instead.
Apart from the suspensions the forward line is looking dangerous and if we can nab an early goal there is a massive chance to edge the gap on the mariners and other teams above us. Come on you Wanderers! 🔴⚫️

Predicted lineup for tomorrow nights clash against Western United 🔴⚫️
Bench:
Gibson
Grdic
Milanovic
Beadling
Scicluna
Priestman

Hopefully a more attacking performance this weekend from the boys and we get a first win of the season!