"Key Reds playmaker Flores in demand" - Will he leave?

[Adrian]

I'd rather we never get another marque player tbh.

[King_Billy]

yeah, but the problem is if that facing star does not show the form that their career hi light real shows then interest falls away very quickly when people realise "oh he is human after all"

IMO the idea/goal behind marquees and guest players is that they boost crowds from our 11-12k up to maybe 14-15k for a few weeks and once the hype dies down hopefully we are left with an extra 1000 regulars.

If they provide anything on the field it is really just a bonus.

[Stuckey]

What about someone like Leckie or Flores as a marquee. Sure we would be holding their career back. But Flores next season would have as much pulling power as most players

[Stuckey]

yeah, but the problem is if that facing star does not show the form that their career hi light real shows then interest falls away very quickly when people realise "oh he is human after all"

IMO the idea/goal behind marquees and guest players is that they boost crowds from our 11-12k up to maybe 14-15k for a few weeks and once the hype dies down hopefully we are left with an extra 1000 regulars.

If they provide anything on the field it is really just a bonus.

Yes

[Dermot]

As we all get older you suddenly realise that players come and go whether we as fans like it or not. Having said that I don't want to debate whether he will stay or not, but like most passionate Adelaide United supporters, I want him to stay as long as possible.
This young lad has brought style to our game, so long may it last.

[General Ashnak]

As we all get older you suddenly realise that players come and go whether we as fans like it or not. Having said that I don't want to debate whether he will stay or not, but like most passionate Adelaide United supporters, I want him to stay as long as possible.
This young lad has brought style to our game, so long may it last.

QFT

It will be sad when they leave, but what is more important is that we have our eyes on the next prospect. TBF Ramsay could be our next Leckie equivalent (and on a longer contract) and we need to be looking at bringing in a replacement for Flores as well. If we can turn over 3-4 players a season via transfers (i.e. cash in AUFC's wallet) then the club is doing the right thing.

With regard to a marquee, I neither want no need one - bbut if we look at picking up a mid season guest player with a high profile I wont complain as it can help with getting a few capacity crowds. The key is to have them timed for our home game runs - not away games.

[shinAUFC]

As we all get older you suddenly realise that players come and go whether we as fans like it or not. Having said that I don't want to debate whether he will stay or not, but like most passionate Adelaide United supporters, I want him to stay as long as possible.
This young lad has brought style to our game, so long may it last.

QFT

It will be sad when they leave, but what is more important is that we have our eyes on the next prospect. TBF Ramsay could be our next Leckie equivalent (and on a longer contract) and we need to be looking at bringing in a replacement for Flores as well. If we can turn over 3-4 players a season via transfers (i.e. cash in AUFC's wallet) then the club is doing the right thing.

With regard to a marquee, I neither want no need one - bbut if we look at picking up a mid season guest player with a high profile I wont complain as it can help with getting a few capacity crowds. The key is to have them timed for our home game runs - not away games.

yep very true, players come and go, but lets hope its not in the niddle of the season!

Im sure Rini can find us another number 10 if we need to, It would not suprise me if we end up with 5 dutch players next season ( including sergio ) if cassio is naturalised in time.

[Dermot]

Just because I said that I realise that players come and go, doesn't mean that I agree that it should happen, whether it is mid season or end of season. Personally I hope that we can hang onto players in general, just that bit longer than we do.However reality is, that we have to do as a club what is best for the club as well as the player.

[General Ashnak]

Just because I said that I realise that players come and go, doesn't mean that I agree that it should happen, whether it is mid season or end of season. Personally I hope that we can hang onto players in general, just that bit longer than we do.However reality is, that we have to do as a club what is best for the club as well as the player.

Keeping players for a long time is very difficult - even for the biggest clubs in the world. Honestly, how many Giggs are there in the world of football today?

[Mr. Happy]

Just because I said that I realise that players come and go, doesn't mean that I agree that it should happen, whether it is mid season or end of season. Personally I hope that we can hang onto players in general, just that bit longer than we do.However reality is, that we have to do as a club what is best for the club as well as the player.

Keeping players for a long time is very difficult - even for the biggest clubs in the world. Honestly, how many Giggs are there in the world of football today?

It helps that he plays for a massive club with a huge wage budget too.

[General Ashnak]

It helps, but isn't the only reason he is there - definately a club before country sort of man.

[King_Billy]

As we all get older you suddenly realise that players come and go whether we as fans like it or not. Having said that I don't want to debate whether he will stay or not, but like most passionate Adelaide United supporters, I want him to stay as long as possible.
This young lad has brought style to our game, so long may it last.

QFT

It will be sad when they leave, but what is more important is that we have our eyes on the next prospect. TBF Ramsay could be our next Leckie equivalent (and on a longer contract) and we need to be looking at bringing in a replacement for Flores as well. If we can turn over 3-4 players a season via transfers (i.e. cash in AUFC's wallet) then the club is doing the right thing.

With regard to a marquee, I neither want no need one - bbut if we look at picking up a mid season guest player with a high profile I wont complain as it can help with getting a few capacity crowds. The key is to have them timed for our home game runs - not away games.

+ 0.5

If we get a marquee I want a big name who will improve our side and raise the profile of the club and game in Adelaide e.g Ljungberg, Kewell etc

Or we follow the Melbourne Victory model and just move the 2 highest earners outside of the salary cap. (SVD and EG perhaps)

No players who weren't good enough to play for bottom half championship sides (sterjovski, Carle etc)

[General Ashnak]

Hugene is already a marquee player.

[King_Billy]

Hugene is already a marquee player.

really?

[Nash]

Hugene is already a marquee player.

i think you mean Eugene should be a marquee player

i totally agree. has been our most outstanding player for seasons. has saved (cough) our bacon so many times it's not funny. a great goal stopper. he's another player i do want to see travel overseas and reach his full potentual though.