[Albion] Aaron Mooy joins Shanghai SIPG

[Gully Forever]

You prat.

lol

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

He was GREAT for us before he signed permanently.. and then aside from the odd moment became very mediocre.

Still a good player, maybe confidence. If I had the call I’d keep him but ship out Gross or Davy instead.

I think he had two reasonable/good games in that period. I’d keep Gross and Propper every time.


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[Nixonator]

I may be in the minority, but if it happens I don’t think it’s a great loss.

Been disappointed since he joined as rated him for Huddersfield, very slow and looks like he’s running through treacle when he’s tracking.

If it helps his family time then good for him...


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This. Particularly after the break where he look spent after his first sprint (or as close to a sprint as he can manage).

 

[Swansman]

Seems Mooy wasnt on the squad list in June either so that part probably means nothing

https://web.archive.org/web/20200605123941/https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/teams/mens-team

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

1. They (Shanghai, not the twitterers) were after him in January.

2. Dude got a young kid and might not want to spend four days on an airplane every international break.

3. The club got a bunch of players in his position.

4. Money. For him and the club, probably has very little resale value anywhere but to China.

5. Not really killing his international career. Not like the Australian FA is going to say "nah he's just playing in the shite Chinese league, cant select him... better give... Harry Kewell some CPR and put him out there".

It all makes sense, confirmation bias or not.

You walked right into that one

It may or may not be true. I don't need reasons why it may be true before I know it is true in order to decide whether it is or isn't true, without any actual evidence. It's on stuff like this, me a scientist and you a nut case (a lovely nut case, but a nut case nonetheless) go our separate ways.

If it were something I could do something about then fair enough. Maybe. But if send him some flowers with a note begging him to not leave, kisses on the bottom, I doubt it would have much traction, even if it were all true. Which it may or may not be.

And if it is you don't win a prize.

And....hate to say this but it's not as if it's someone like Ben White who's being discussed, in the imminent departure context, here, is it.



ps, Has he gone yet? Ben White, I mean.

 

[SweatyMexican]

As long as we made our money back, it wouldn’t be terrible considering we’ve got Lallana in.

 

[Guinness Boy]

but also where every player is actually listed besides Mooy..?

Yep. I'm just pointing out that it's either not very up to date or it's very, very up to date

 

[peterward]

Highest amount of money possible?

Football player in show me the money shocker.

 

[whosthedaddy]

Would be sorry to see him leave but I must admit his levels have dropped off, basically since he signed for us, it left me wondering what had happened to him.

Presumed rightly or wrongly that he had a niggling injury or something that was curtailing his undoubted talent, nothing was said in that respect from what I recall.

We have a good amount of talent in the position where Mooy plays, so it could well be true that he's leaving us, thanks and good luck Aaron if that is the case.

 

[Justice]

He was GREAT for us before he signed permanently.. and then aside from the odd moment became very mediocre.

Still a good player, maybe confidence. If I had the call I’d keep him but ship out Gross or Davy instead.

You seriously think Mooy offers more than Propper? Honestly I don’t know what people watch when we play.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Why would they use a pic of myalbiontv seems pretty fake.

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More likely a farewell montage.

 

[peterward]

Seems Mooy wasnt on the squad list in June either so that part probably means nothing

https://web.archive.org/web/20200605123941/https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/teams/mens-team

NSC's detective ability is nuts, who needs a private investigator!

 

[peterward]

You seriously think Mooy offers more than Propper? Honestly I don’t know what people watch when we play.

From comments, i'm not sure Vagabond is Proppers biggest fan tbf.

 

[Goldstone64]

but also where every player is actually listed besides Mooy..?

So does that mean Alzate's on his way too

 

[phoenix]

Its one of the things that would make it very logical.

Australia play their games either in Australia (duh) or Asia. Flying from China takes ca 10 hours, from UK its what... around 48? For every international break this means a lot more time with the family and less on some airplane. It also means that it would be a lot easier to visit Grandma Mooy and other relatives in Australia, which is something a lot of parents value.

UK to China 10 hours (one way.)

UK to Australia 24 hours (one way Sydney)


The moon is about 48 hours.

 

[Gazwag]

To be fair I would have thought thats actually a pretty good time. Not having to take kids out of school now. He's 29, he could get a big pay out in China, and in a few years when his kids ready to go to school he could retire back to Australia.

His kids are already in school in Lewes

 

[Swansman]

You seriously think Mooy offers more than Propper? Honestly I don’t know what people watch when we play.

I'm agreeing with him on that one. If there's ever a civil war in Brighton, Davy Pröpper is likely to be the reason. People are divided on him, to say the least.

 

[hampshirebrightonboy]

Seems Mooy wasnt on the squad list in June either so that part probably means nothing

https://web.archive.org/web/20200605123941/https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/teams/mens-team

You would've thought it would be quite easy to keep up to date!
Must be harder than it looks.

 

[vagabond]

You seriously think Mooy offers more than Propper? Honestly I don’t know what people watch when we play.

Propper is a very average player in my opinion. Not bad, average.

 

[Nameless]

Hope it's not true, really rate him as one of our best players on his day. Has the ability to run the midfield, I think Potter has been misusing him a little though and if he wanted to go could completely understand the reasons why. Be a shame in my opinion.