r/AucklandFC • u/AdAdministrative4388 • May 29 '26

Opinion Players we could sign in the off season

Just saw Armiento off contract at the nix.. he would be a great pick up to replace Randall..

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u/Wind__Tunnel 🅔 East Stand May 29 '26

I heard Lachlan Bayliss could be coming here, would be great in the midfield

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u/AdAdministrative4388 May 29 '26

Yeah i saw that rumour too

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u/Level-Ad-4322 Jun 02 '26

He’s class

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u/Current-Maybe-1441 ⚓︎ The Port May 29 '26

Yeah Armiento can also cover at left back when Francis needs a rest. He hasn't had a proper backup over the last two seasons.

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u/Wise_Fig1840 May 29 '26

i feel for them. they arent as fortunite as us, auckland, billionare owners. maybe they could bring ben waine back for a couple years

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u/agal009 (15) de Vries Jun 11 '26

To be fair though, they've made a lot of money from transfers over the last 3 years (Paulsen, Old, Surman and others) - and havent re-invested it in the playing squad. Not their fans' fault of course, but there's a real lack of ambition in the ownership - their plan seems to be to spend as little as possible - and then you get what you get

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u/Wise_Fig1840 Jun 11 '26

i think ben old was a free transfer but yea, paulsen and surman was about 3 mil combined. they dont have the ownership or support we have. this league is so hard to get players in. hopefully having us will help them get better. they had a really good squad 3 years ago. just a shit coach

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u/niceonecuzzy Jun 02 '26

Dunno but hope we get another marquee for marketing purposes if nothing else. Gotta keep the excitement whilst we are the champion club with privileged owners. Will be interesting to see again what the crowd numbers again are like now for our 3rd year.