Hernandez still managed to find the net in the I-League with United even after becoming fat and while playing with a worse coach and players. Don't underestimate the impact of how a players teammates can effect him. He went back to the A-League the next season and with a rubbish Phoenix side did very well... what? Is the A-League not as good as the I-League now because Hernandez did not score as many goals in India as in Australia?
Meanwhile, I am sure Ranti Martins and Odafa Okolie would not score much over 5 goals in Australia.
Nah. If we were talking about the J. League then ya, Ranti and Odafa would never survive. They are not technical enough or skillful enough to survive in such a league but the A-League is a league where honestly I can see a guy like Ranti benefiting sometimes from random mistakes made by A-League defenses because they do have those moments... more often then they would like to admit.
Safuwan Baharudin went from the S. League to the A-League (via the Malaysian league) and has pretty much cemented himself as a part-time player for the Melbourne City (my club). I can see Ranti Martins being a substitute player in the A-League while Odafa would survive half a season to a full season before being released.
The kind of money Ranti gets here, he wont get it elsewhere. Thats one of the main reason you dont see him or his likes going elsewhere. Somehow, no coach or team in India and most of SEA knows how to stop him or other big burly Nigerians
Ranti Martins and Odafa and company were already figured out. Just look at the ISL. Ranti, Tolgay etc were nothing. Penn had his moments but he just took his chances when they came. All you need are defenders who are smart and tough and these guys will do nothing on the field. Australians are strong, athletic guys, thus Ranti, Odafa, Penn would be nothing there, just like Tolgay was nothing.
I think a good thing and a bad thing about BFC and Ashley is that they go for Long term contracts. It gives you team stability but also gets you stuck with certain players.
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they have good Defenders
And there top player in A-league doesn't score many goals like in India
top scorer Targgart had 15 goals from 26 matches I think
In India Ranty Odafa easily score 30 in 20 games