Ljubo Milicevic: A star of season 5?
With Melbourne's Kevin Muscat on his last legs, should they have kept Milicevic.
What a player? He's played a couple of A-League games, a couple of Asian Champions League games but I'm desperate to see him sign for the full A-League season
Seeing him controlling the Newcastle back four in recent weeks, playing the ball from the back, surging forward is joyous to watch....and rare in our A-League.
He sets a standard on and off the field it seems. And why he couldn't fit in at Melbourne..well the personality clash was clearly too much.
But if he signs and performs for the Jets this season, with an ageing Melbourne star Kevin Muscat, the Victory will be kicking themselves.
Where you do you get such talent, in Australia, and he's still just 27.
He could be the star of the League next season, even bigger than Jason Culina, certainly more effective than Robbie Fowler.
And he, alone, through his style could bring a whole new dimension, to the Jets and to the league.
A giant of a man, his positional sense is awesome, but it's his ability to play the ball across the park which inspires, and dictates a pattern of play.
The A-League need Ljubo. To stay. To lead.
Fozzie thinks he could play for Australia...well maybe in time, if he remains fit, or gets fit.
He may have lost his ability to play at the International Level but for the A-League he could easily be the player of the year.
If Ljubo stays and remains fit, based on what I've seen he'll be as exciting to watch as Culina, Fowler even Denilson.
More influential than Muscat, Craig Moore, Ned Zelic, Paul Okon or Juninho ever were? Well let's wait and see.
On the field he's pure class and can only get better.
And anyone that can produce on the field and turn a headline off it is exactly what the League needs.
Can't wait to see him take on Muscat. That should pack them in!
