Who's signed for next season

[sub007]

D'Arrigo signed a 1 year scholarship contract so we have 23 players in the squad.

https://www.adelaideunited.com.au/news/ ... nior-squad

Also a fair few players have changed numbers.

1.Daniel MARGUSH, 2.Michael MARRONE, 4.Ryan STRAIN, 5.Taylor REGAN, 6.Vince LIA, 7.Ryan KITTO, 8.ISAÍAS, 9.Baba DIAWARA, 10.Ken ILSØ, 11.Craig GOODWIN, 14.George BLACKWOOD, 16.Nathan KONSTANDOPOULOS, 17.Nikola MILEUSNIC, 18.Lachlan BROOK, 20.Paul IZZO, 22.Michael JAKOBSEN, 23.Jordan ELSEY, 24.PACIFIQUE NIYONGABIRE, 27.Louis D’ARRIGO, 28.Kristin KONSTANDOPOULOS, 30.Isaac RICHARDS, 31.Mirko BOLAND, 33.Apostolos STAMATELOPOULOS

[bpowell454]

D'Arrigo signed a 1 year scholarship contract so we have 23 players in the squad.

https://www.adelaideunited.com.au/news/ ... nior-squad

Also a fair few players have changed numbers.

1.Daniel MARGUSH, 2.Michael MARRONE, 4.Ryan STRAIN, 5.Taylor REGAN, 6.Vince LIA, 7.Ryan KITTO, 8.ISAÍAS, 9.Baba DIAWARA, 10.Ken ILSØ, 11.Craig GOODWIN, 14.George BLACKWOOD, 16.Nathan KONSTANDOPOULOS, 17.Nikola MILEUSNIC, 18.Lachlan BROOK, 20.Paul IZZO, 22.Michael JAKOBSEN, 23.Jordan ELSEY, 24.PACIFIQUE NIYONGABIRE, 27.Louis D’ARRIGO, 28.Kristin KONSTANDOPOULOS, 30.Isaac RICHARDS, 31.Mirko BOLAND, 33.Apostolos STAMATELOPOULOS

So do scholarship players count towards the 20 player minimum/23 player maximum? Does anyone know?

[sub007]

D'Arrigo signed a 1 year scholarship contract so we have 23 players in the squad.

https://www.adelaideunited.com.au/news/ ... nior-squad

Also a fair few players have changed numbers.

1.Daniel MARGUSH, 2.Michael MARRONE, 4.Ryan STRAIN, 5.Taylor REGAN, 6.Vince LIA, 7.Ryan KITTO, 8.ISAÍAS, 9.Baba DIAWARA, 10.Ken ILSØ, 11.Craig GOODWIN, 14.George BLACKWOOD, 16.Nathan KONSTANDOPOULOS, 17.Nikola MILEUSNIC, 18.Lachlan BROOK, 20.Paul IZZO, 22.Michael JAKOBSEN, 23.Jordan ELSEY, 24.PACIFIQUE NIYONGABIRE, 27.Louis D’ARRIGO, 28.Kristin KONSTANDOPOULOS, 30.Isaac RICHARDS, 31.Mirko BOLAND, 33.Apostolos STAMATELOPOULOS

So do scholarship players count towards the 20 player minimum/23 player maximum? Does anyone know?

No they don't. The mature age rookie also doesn't count.

[Stuckey]

Really excited to see the club sign up D'Arrigo. Letting a 16yo NYL player of the season slip thru their fingers would have been very frustrating to hear. Strangely he won that award on the national stage but didn't win the AU youth player of the season. I presume that award takes into account NPL matches. Charlie Deveraux and Isaac Richards jointly won that. If that's the case surely those two aren't far off a scholarship as well? Although I haven't heard Deveraux's name mentioned in any pre-season game line ups so maybe not.

[Stuckey]

Sounds like there is a fair bit of confusion around the cap system, from myself included. This is straight from the HAL site.

The following discretionary payments are outside the Salary Cap:

- Designated Players – A Club can spend an unlimited amount on two Players (Foreign or Australian) it nominates as Designated Players;
- Guest Player – A Club can spend an unlimited amount on one Guest Player who must satisfy the prescribed marketability criteria as approved by FFA. A Guest Player is restricted to a maximum of 14 Hyundai A-League matches;
- Homegrown Players – A Club can spend up to a collective $200,000 on 4 Australian Players aged 23 or younger that have come through the Club’s youth system. Any payments to such Players above the $200,000 allowance are included in the Club’s Salary Cap;
- Loyalty Players – A Club can spend up to a collective $200,000 across any number of Players that have given 5 or more consecutive seasons of service to the Club. A portion of a Loyalty Player’s contract value is excluded from the Salary Cap based on a progressive scale from 25% (5th continuous season) to 50% (10th continuous season onwards);
- Mature Age Rookie – A Club can register an Australian Player that is aged 21 or older who last played in an Australian competition (eg. PlayStation4 National Premier Leagues) and has not played in a fully professional league for at least 18 months;
- Scholarship Players – Each Club can contract up to 6 under 20 Australian Players on the national minimum wage. Any payments above the national minimum wage (about $37k) to these Players are included in the Club’s Salary Cap;
- Salary Cap Banking – A Club can access any underspend from the previous two Seasons to be utilised in the current Season, up to a maximum of 105% of the Salary Cap for that Season; and
- Relocation Expenses – Clubs can reimburse Players for bona fide relocation expenses (eg. airfares, temporary accommodation, storage) outside the Salary Cap up to prescribed amounts in order to assist a Player relocating to a new region for football employment.

https://www.a-league.com.au/salary-cap-system

The homegrown player ruling sounds very close to what I've been advocating for. Really happy to hear this is in place. I hope we see a club take advantage of this and that translates into on field success or financial success thru the transfer market soon!

[Obarizk]

Really excited to see the club sign up D'Arrigo. Letting a 16yo NYL player of the season slip thru their fingers would have been very frustrating to hear. Strangely he won that award on the national stage but didn't win the AU youth player of the season. I presume that award takes into account NPL matches. Charlie Deveraux and Isaac Richards jointly won that. If that's the case surely those two aren't far off a scholarship as well? Although I haven't heard Deveraux's name mentioned in any pre-season game line ups so maybe not.

Richards is already on a scholarship.

[Stuckey]

The homegrown and loyalty player rule could work hand in hand as well. A youth player could be classed as home grown then when they hit 23 chances are they've been with the club 5 seasons so then count as a loyalty player. It's entirely possible that a player like D'Arrigo could play his entire career with AU and never have his entire salary counted in the cap.

[shinAUFC]

If baba Is not in the team on wednesday i doubt he will still be here come round 1.

[bpowell454]

If baba Is not in the team on wednesday i doubt he will still be here come round 1.

Marco said in an interview that Baba will not be ready but that Ilso may be ready. Both are a couple of weeks away from match fit.

https://youtu.be/fIPe2ZFMLIQ

[Jessesdad]

Baba was a couple of weeks away from being match fit for the whole of last season. Maybe his entire time with us. If we ever see him play even four matches in a row for us I'll - hopefully - be a happy man.

[spaceCowboy]

Carrusca is a free agent. Would love him back in red to fill a void when necessary. Surely we could try and sign him on a smallish wage.

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[Reds4Life]

No thanks, almost totally cooked

[Stuckey]

No thanks, almost totally cooked

As a bit part player (if he was willing to be one) I'm sure he'd be decent. But he'd just be playing at the expense of someone like Brook or Konstandopoulos. The club has more to gain from playing them in that bit part role than Carrusca IMO.

[Obarizk]

No Carrusca YES BROOK!!!!!!!!!!

[salmonfc]

MV are reportedly signing Keisuke Honda AND Jamie Maclaren.

We HAVE to show more ambition. Top quality marquee is a must.