Thankfully some of the younger players like Francou, Leech, Skapoulas, and Pope are starting to step up. In a funny way, our lack of squad depth primarily forced the coach to look at younger players to find solutions. To go on deep cup runs, you need depth and quality. Hopefully we sign...

I like to be positive and hope for the best. But with no striker, we would need a great performance from Brennan or Bonada to score.

Agree - we are about 2-3 signings short of being competitive against the likes of Avondale and Heidelberg. Menelaou coming is a positive and he’s not cup tied. Given the Japanese striker is cup tied, we need an interstate or ex-A League youth striker as back up. Ideally we require a...

Esteban should have finished after the MacArthur Australia Cup match. Bad decision to keep him on.

Thanks for that. It confirms that the new striker is unavailable. We are still a striker short for cup competitions. We in effect need 2 strikers.

Yes in the Dockerty Cup. Just asking whether it resets for Australia Cup as it’s a different competition.

Would he be available for the Australia Cup ?

That would be a good outcome. Football is built on rivalries. Having the Bergers in the Final will bring more of our supporters out for the big derby.

When do we find out when the Dockerty Cup semis draw is on ?

Let’s hope he can replicate that form in a South shirt.

I think he could be bit of a hidden gem. This will be proven when he actually plays. Anyone can be a YouTube superstar. At this point in the season, you won’t get much talent unless you import it from interstate or pay some mercenary English backpacker stupid money.

I’m hoping we can start to see some new signings be announced next week.

That was a massive win. Three points and a big win over a rival. Great crowd of 3-4K, plenty of noise and great atmosphere. Great celebration scenes at the end when Mikkola scored the winner. It was ridiculous what he did and he’s pulled off a memorable goal. Social club after the match was...

Sounds like we are strengthening our midfield. That was one weakness of the squad and this should hopefully see more of the ball played through the middle.

We’ve been lucky for a while that many results have gone our way. Our luck was bound to run out. Those results compound the 2 dropped points from last week.

What do we know about the kid? Is he any good? Hoping he’s an attacking option.

I would have preferred the club did a bit more marketing and promotion for this fixture.

Unfortunately not, even though I’d like us to be favourites. Preston would not want to lose 2 weeks in a row against Bergers and South. We come out hard and try and score an early goal. Then Preston will open up. My main concern is fitness. It’s the last 20 minutes of the match that concern me.

Preston over the last 5 matches have recorded 2 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw.