Dominik Frieser??

@LASK_Official Player Dominik Frieser is expected to move to @barnsleyfc stand. It would not be the first Austrian that coach Gerhard is #Struber brings to the island ... #sollbauer , #ritzmaier and #schmidt could help with settling in ... @SkySportAustria#inundaut

Lifted from Roland Streinz (Sky Sports Austria Reporter)

 

He's played for Struber at Wolfsberger AC.

26 year old midfielder. Around 200 career games, all in Austria.

 

Right winger of centre forward according to Transfermarket

 

Plays both wings according to this.
Stats for last season don’t look that bad

https://www.transfermarkt.com/dominik-frieser/leistungsdaten/spieler/273553

 

If he’s half as good as Ritzmare then I can’t wait

 

Replacement for Brown??, if Brentford are serious about him or just strengthening the squad??

 

Played in the last 16 of the Europa League against Man Utd the other season.

 

https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=103679

Started last season with a dozen games without a goal and still managed to reach double figures by the end. Good effort that.

 

It was a couple of weeks ago. He started against them.

 

Klauss record in same team doesn’t look too bad either, on loan from Hoffenheim

 

We need strength in depth, so he's not necessarily a replacement for anyone. It could mean that we're not going down the avenue of a big central striker though, if we're adding another wide striker, when we don't play a system with wingers in it.

 

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...42F44F0D0955FBEFAF1942F44F0D0955&&FORM=VRDGAR

 

Bloody hell, aye l forgot what year we were in it's that confusing with the late finish!

 

That first goal reminds me of Clint Marcelle v Bradford. A sign...?

One can dream

 

Not that many games behind him to say he turns 27 in a couple of weeks.

They’ve definitely torn up the s/s and method if we sign him. I’m not sure going that way is the right thing - we needed one or two older heads in key positions. I’m not sure we need to go and sign a nearly 27 year old right winger; we got Sollbauer who made the difference in that regard and he was definitely needed; but if he’s decent and the gaffer wants him, whatever - I just fear that means selling Brown, which again is fair, but there’s not likely to be much of a potential selling profit on a 27 year old and I’m not sure I support completely changing the approach, they just needed a bit of flexibility.

 

Does signing a 27 year old (assuming we do) mean we've tore up the spreadsheet and changed approach? Not sure it does tbh.

One swallow does not a summer make. We have to wait and see who we sign/sell before we can make decisions like that

 

The last four signings if this comes off will be three older players (Sollbauer, Ritzmaier, now Frieser, all from Austria, not that it matters), and a youngster (Ludewig) on a half season loan. Neither of these types of signings were considered before.

It isn’t only one swallow. Sollbauer was needed and they were very stubborn in not allowing any flexibility before. But they don’t need to completely change tack in my view - and the signs are there that they may be doing that. If they think it necessary to progress at this level, fine.

But we need to stay afloat and selling one or two a year is generally how we do it. They don’t all have to be kids when they come in, but I’m not sure a wide area is somewhere I’d look to flood with experience.

If this lad is signed I’ll support him, and I hope he’s brilliant, but I’d be more satisfied with a deeper lying midfield player (a cdm as the kids say) with a similar age and games played profile coming in and, if we need to bring in a right winger to replace Brown or add to the squad, a younger player with a fair few games behind him, be that from league one or two, Austria or anywhere else they want to look.

Not up to me ultimately.

 

3 last season, to try and stay in the league. Which we did.

We haven't signed or sold anyone for next season yet. So still too early to tell if we've ripped the spreadsheet up, if you ask me.

Feel free to bump this thread though when we sign another four 28 year olds with Championship experience before the transfer window closes

 

Hmm. I wonder if ????

 

Well they’ve not done that even once so I find that very unlikely!!