manandoboy Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 hows he doing? He's played in 2 games so far in his comeback to LionsXII. They are now in the FA Cup finals of the Malaysia Super Leage (MSL). The LionsXII are basically a Singaporean side playing in their neighbours Malaysia's league, much like Wellington Phoenix. They're deploying him in a central midfield role now, which I feel makes him look like an average player. Sure he can win challenges, but not much apart from that. He excels best at centre defence imo. He should be playing in the final this coming Saturday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewConvert Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 I, for one, would like to see him at Melbourne City next season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilmi_official Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 (edited) If anyone is interested to watch Safuwan match tonight in the Malaysian FA Cup Final, here is the link: Malaysian FA Cup Final: Kelantan vs LionsXII LIVE STREAMING! - http://bit.ly/1Kb1JI9 kick off 8.45pm(singapore time +8GMT) Edited May 23, 2015 by hilmi_official 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted May 23, 2015 Report Share Posted May 23, 2015 If anyone is interested to watch Safuwan match tonight in the Malaysian FA Cup Final, here is the link: Malaysian FA Cup Final: Kelantan vs LionsXII LIVE STREAMING! - http://bit.ly/1Kb1JI9 kick off 8.45pm(singapore time +8GMT) cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manandoboy Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 As it happened, Safuwan and his club has won the Malaysia FA Cup, following a 3-1 victory over Kelantan FA. Safuwan once again played Central Midfield, and towards the end, operated almost like a third centre back. You can catch the game hightlights here: https://youtu.be/cvsw4tRhps8?t=11m56s but Saf doesnt appear much of course. You could catch the full game here https://youtu.be/5KI1FHIakz8 if you'd like. Abbas Saad is one of the commentators, a former Australian international, I believe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexDaGroza Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 On his instagram said goodbye to his wife who is flying to Melbourne....said he'd meet her up on the 17th. Anyone else drawing conclusions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 On his instagram said goodbye to his wife who is flying to Melbourne....said he'd meet her up on the 17th. Anyone else drawing conclusions? Maybe he's going to play football in Cambodia and Japan and she's doing her job as an Air Stewardess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexDaGroza Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 On his instagram said goodbye to his wife who is flying to Melbourne....said he'd meet her up on the 17th. Anyone else drawing conclusions? Maybe he's going to play football in Cambodia and Japan and she's doing her job as an Air Stewardess? Gotta love the off-season 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellydrum Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 He just says "See you on the 17th", not implying he will see her in Melbourne and refers to it as a "trip" i.e not permanent. Would be nice to have him back imo, but won't lose sleep if I never see him again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSeater Posted June 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 Would prefer Georgevski and Franjic anyway. No visa spots wasted on a full-back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 unluckiest bloke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 He's not a fullback. He's a centre back who can play as a full back. I'm actually surprised another club hasn't snapped him up. I think what's caused us to hesitate would be his injury and that if we signed him he would be a visa player as our backup centre back. Experience has shown that the top A League sides sign Visa players who are the finished product and are in their first XI. A guy like saf would need to be the 5th visa player I think and is basically competing with the cripple for that spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyboozeadams Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 I'd have saf over Germano. Unless he hurried up gains citizenship 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 He's not a fullback. He's a centre back who can play as a full back. I'm actually surprised another club hasn't snapped him up. I think what's caused us to hesitate would be his injury and that if we signed him he would be a visa player as our backup centre back. Experience has shown that the top A League sides sign Visa players who are the finished product and are in their first XI. A guy like saf would need to be the 5th visa player I think and is basically competing with the cripple for that spot. Injury concerns haven't stopped us signing players before, and we're still doing it. Unfortunately, Saf falls into the category of "nice to have" rather than "must have." He is a good player, no doubt about that in my mind, he proved it during a trial and in the league, but the visa player rule really makes it hard to fit him in. What's cruel is that we we have under-performing duds in the squad and yet Saf misses out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torn Asunder Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 He may be a last ditch signing, depending on cap space and who else we sign, as I reckon he would be happy to sign up on a low wage, purely for a second chance. May be the same deal with Germano Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jun Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Old mate with a goal against Cambodia in WCQ, Singapore up 2-0 first half Edit: and another Edit: 0 - 4 FT Edited June 11, 2015 by Jun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 sign him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiji19 Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 sign him up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilmi_official Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Safuwan scores two goals as Singapore beat Cambodia 4-0 for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Match goals can be see here -> http://bit.ly/1JI2aNA Safuwan scores Singapore 2nd & 3rd goal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Still think he's worth a place in our squad even as a visa player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriente Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Utility who can score 4-5 goals a season. Sign him up on the cheap and fuck off Hoffman. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Still think he's worth a place in our squad even as a visa player. The first criteria of any Visa player must be that he is a definite starter. We cannot afford to sign/retain players on potential. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewmac Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Still think he's worth a place in our squad even as a visa player. The first criteria of any Visa player must be that he is a definite starter. We cannot afford to sign/retain players on potential. Koren looks like retained , Saf offered way more in his short time with the club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartinHobart Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Still think he's worth a place in our squad even as a visa player. The first criteria of any Visa player must be that he is a definite starter. We cannot afford to sign/retain players on potential. Don't agree with this. If Visa players were so critical there is no way CFG would have only had 4 Visa players for much of our season. That's with Germano who was largely injured and Wielaert who was rarely seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Still think he's worth a place in our squad even as a visa player. The first criteria of any Visa player must be that he is a definite starter. We cannot afford to sign/retain players on potential. I agree, but only to a point. We have a number of players who are signed on their "potential" but who rarely if ever deliver. Safuwan is a utility player who actually delivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Still think he's worth a place in our squad even as a visa player. The first criteria of any Visa player must be that he is a definite starter. We cannot afford to sign/retain players on potential. I agree, but only to a point. We have a number of players who are signed on their "potential" but who rarely if ever deliver. Safuwan is a utility player who actually delivers. So where does he start. CB ? Does he replace Chapman or Kisnorbo. RB we now have Franjic. LB ??? Unless we sign Georgevski maybe or DM replacing Paartalu. My point is that if we want the best possible side we must have all our VISA players commanding starting positions abd the only time it's not the case is due to injury or form. In the case of form then that will be when the backup player takes his chance and out performs his replacement and the Visa player has to push himself to get back into the team. I think we need to spend the major portion of the cap on 11 starters and the rest on minimum budget youngsters and not on servicable journeyman squadfillers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiro Kompiro Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 (edited) Eric has another 3 years to run on his deal. I'm having nightmares about how slow he will be by the time he is in his 3 rd year with us, let alone his final year. I think if given the chance Safuwan could replace Paartalu, who has looked slow and barely capable of playing 70 minutes. Edited June 12, 2015 by Kiro Kompiro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Still think he's worth a place in our squad even as a visa player. The first criteria of any Visa player must be that he is a definite starter. We cannot afford to sign/retain players on potential. I agree, but only to a point. We have a number of players who are signed on their "potential" but who rarely if ever deliver. Safuwan is a utility player who actually delivers. So where does he start. CB ? Does he replace Chapman or Kisnorbo. RB we now have Franjic. LB ??? Unless we sign Georgevski maybe or DM replacing Paartalu. My point is that if we want the best possible side we must have all our VISA players commanding starting positions abd the only time it's not the case is due to injury or form. In the case of form then that will be when the backup player takes his chance and out performs his replacement and the Visa player has to push himself to get back into the team. I think we need to spend the major portion of the cap on 11 starters and the rest on minimum budget youngsters and not on servicable journeyman squadfillers. You make some good points, but you're looking at the squad only as it exists now. Many of our players are on contracts that expire at the end of next season - on 31st May 2016. I wouldn't rate Franjic as a certain starter in all 27 matches - he played only a handful of matches last season and has injury concerns. Chapman had some good matches and some shockers, and still has glandular fever hanging over him. Kisnorbo is now 34. I'd rate Saf as good as Mauk. Safuwan is a versatile player. Sometimes IMO we have to look at the future, and I reckon he is worth a two-year contract. We'll probably have to agree to disagree on this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeming Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 You also have to look at how often your ideal team will play. Realistically with injuries, suspensions and hopefully international duties, it is at best 70% so you need someone to be able to cover that. A good utility is very important in a capped league. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthheart Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 I think we can sign saf whenever we want if need be or as an injury replacement again. Would be stupid to tie up a visa space so early when so many international players have just become available. sign up some other starting XI visa players, see what they cost us and if we are tight up for cap space he'd be a decent defensive utility pick up but we need to concentrate on signing the guys that will win us titles first. IMO the areas we should look at for visas are another starting CB, LB and LW, if we can get rid of Koren use his spot for an AM or striker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronAV11 Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 My preferred way of using our visa spots would be: Visa 1: Novillo Visa 2: Germano Visa 3: Left back (Or centre back if we sign Georgevski) Visa 4: Right winger Visa 5: Striker (International marquee And as PerthHeart mentioned, Saf can be a handy injury replacement player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisphantomfortress Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 My preferred way of using our visa spots would be: Visa 1: Novillo Visa 2: Germano Visa 3: Left back (Or centre back if we sign Georgevski) Visa 4: Right winger Visa 5: Striker (International marquee And as PerthHeart mentioned, Saf can be a handy injury replacement player Not really fair to use the dude as injury replacement more than once. He worked hard last time and seemed pretty passionate about the club. Either reward him with a visa spot or thats the end of it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 My preferred way of using our visa spots would be: Visa 1: Novillo Visa 2: Germano Visa 3: Left back (Or centre back if we sign Georgevski) Visa 4: Right winger Visa 5: Striker (International marquee And as PerthHeart mentioned, Saf can be a handy injury replacement player Jeez, Saf is way better than Germano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronAV11 Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 My preferred way of using our visa spots would be: Visa 1: Novillo Visa 2: Germano Visa 3: Left back (Or centre back if we sign Georgevski) Visa 4: Right winger Visa 5: Striker (International marquee And as PerthHeart mentioned, Saf can be a handy injury replacement player Jeez, Saf is way better than Germano. Disagree. Don't get me wrong Saf impressed me and I would sign him in a heartbeat if he didn't require a visa player, but Germano is a lot better. The last 6? or so games he played he was always our second best player on the pitch behind Mooy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jun Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 So basically Safuwan or this cunt? Tough choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthheart Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Would take that cunt on account of him being a better footballer. Also Germano is a better footballer than saf by a distance imo. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronAV11 Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 My preferred way of using our visa spots would be: Visa 1: Novillo Visa 2: Germano Visa 3: Left back (Or centre back if we sign Georgevski) Visa 4: Right winger Visa 5: Striker (International marquee And as PerthHeart mentioned, Saf can be a handy injury replacement player Not really fair to use the dude as injury replacement more than once. He worked hard last time and seemed pretty passionate about the club. Either reward him with a visa spot or thats the end of it. But it would be his choice? If City wanted him and offered Saf the contract then Saf obviously has the choice to say no if he feels it's unfair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellydrum Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Give me Saf over Germano any day of the week. Better and cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewmac Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Germano good on his day invariably not often enough to b a visa player based on that , cheerio !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewConvert Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 I think we can sign saf whenever we want if need be or as an injury replacement again. Would be stupid to tie up a visa space so early when so many international players have just become available. sign up some other starting XI visa players, see what they cost us and if we are tight up for cap space he'd be a decent defensive utility pick up but we need to concentrate on signing the guys that will win us titles first. IMO the areas we should look at for visas are another starting CB, LB and LW, if we can get rid of Koren use his spot for an AM or striker. yes there are plenty of visa players available world wide. Last season a certain Robbie Koren became available and look how that turned out. With Safuwan we have a player who has played in teh A-League and delivered; with everyone else its a wild guess how successful they will be. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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