Luke Klimek

[Stuckey]

After an unsuccessful trial with Warta Poznan, Luke Klimek is coming back to Adelaide and apparently training with AUFC for two weeks in the hope he will sign on. I think Kossie is a fan of his.

This is from the ever reliable football news so don't shoot the messenger!

[MartinAUFC]

What position is he ?

Last season's Super League stats = 17 games 2 goals and 5 yellow cards.

Not that flash if he's a forward.

[Stuckey]

From what I have heard he is a box to box midfielder. So something we have a lot of. But if you read about him on Football news no one has a bad thing to say about him, now that truely is saying something!

[Hammerzeit]

He's a very athletic left winger, properly two footed as well. Had a great year in the super league with Croydon despite their troubles. He's got the skills to make a good contribution given some patience.

Anyone else think the acl will be a chance for the club to finally make a decent fist at recruiting some local lads? Klimek is a stand out from the super league, but theres others like Papachamborous, Lastella and Kounavelis who could all do a job. Thoughts?

[Irish]

I went to high school with Luke at Hallett Cove, he was in my home group for a number of years and in my lunch-time social circle.

Nice enough guy, was very quiet. We used to play football every recess and lunch time for years. He was always a good footballer, but there were players of equal or better ability. From what I've heard (and seen during the pre-season trials) he's come on a long way in ability. He always had a very, very tidy first touch and a cheeky eye for goal. But ability is very hard to judge in a school yard kick about and there's no doubt he's a far better player from what he used to display.

Have barely seen him since then so it'll be interesting to see how much he's actually come on.

[Stuckey]

He's a very athletic left winger, properly two footed as well. Had a great year in the super league with Croydon despite their troubles. He's got the skills to make a good contribution given some patience.

Anyone else think the acl will be a chance for the club to finally make a decent fist at recruiting some local lads? Klimek is a stand out from the super league, but theres others like Papachamborous, Lastella and Kounavelis who could all do a job. Thoughts?

I imagine we would pick up a few NYL players.
I would say Nick Munro, Jake Monaco, The Mavromatis brothers, Joe Costa, Evan Kostopoulos, Ian Kamau and Liam Wooding would all be in the running for the 30 man squad. But I would hope we look at senior players as well.