The Herald Sun indicated last week that the Central Coast’s Tom Pondeljak is currently in negotiations with the Melbourne Victory.
Responses on the Melbourne Victory forum have been quite mixed. Pondeljak is a technically gifted player, but one who, at 32, is in the twilight of his career. In short, signing him would be risky and potentially wasteful if he should succumb to injury.
Sydney FC signed 34-year old Juninho but were unable to reap the benefits of their investment for much of the season. And Pondeljak is no Juninho.
On the other hand, if Pondeljak were to avoid injury, he would certainly be a valuable asset for the Victory. Granted, he has some competition in the attacking midfielder role, but with Kaz Patafta and Nick Ward both doubtful members of the squad for next season, Pondeljak may be a useful player to have on hand.
How do you rate Tom Pondeljak? Should the Victory sign him?
6 responses so far ↓
1 chris // Feb 12, 2008 at 5:42 pm
why do we need so many attacking midfielders?
2 Campbell // Feb 12, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Why do we need so many CENTRAL midfielders?
3 brenton skipsey // Feb 12, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Pondeljak is a 50/50 for me, i think he’s a good signing but could go either way?
you know what we need though, more wingers……perhaps we could sigh adrian caceres from the mariners?
4 andy // Feb 12, 2008 at 8:56 pm
it’s too late Tommy……. stay where you are , son
5 Astri // Feb 12, 2008 at 9:58 pm
There doesn’t seem to be too much method in our recruiting lately…..maybe we should just have a bit of blind faith in Ernie and Gary.
6 zokzek // Feb 13, 2008 at 11:33 am
i dont see how we are improving here? Caseres is better than Celeski and Pondeljak together.
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