[Abe Sargent]

The 18th has arrived, and brought with it our youth intake. I take a quick gander. Anyone appeal to us? We have a good recruiting ranks, because we are one of the Big Three, and hopefully we’ve re-energized folks with the good season we’ve had.


Our entire 7 years with Nacional we had precisely one 5 star player come through our ranks, but a few 4.5 stars. Get ready!

Several I like:


4.5 star – AMC/MC Joao Borges, 15, looks really nice. Could be the next “Paulo Bento”

Physical – 15, 12, 9, 7, 8, 14, 10, 6

Mental – 6, 11, 10, 8, 8, 11, 10, 19, 13, 12, 12, 6, 10, 13

Technical – 8, 12, 9, 8, 10, 7, 12, 11, 3, 9, 11, 9, 7, 14

Great stuff to begin with, and looks to have strong potential. But, is the high rating due to us being in a lower league? (What might be a 3 or 3.5 star recruit in the Liga could be a 4 or 4.5 star one here, perhaps..)

And then…


4 star – DC Huga Araujo, 16, looks good too.

Physical – 10, 10, 11, 14, 8, 9, 10, 11

Mental – 6, 10, 12, 7, 8, 7, 12, 4, 7, 3, 10, 13, 14

Technical – 5, 5, 2, 3, 9, 2, 13, 5 ,3, 14, 7, 3, 10, 9

Again, strong stuff.

4 Star – ST Pedro Santos, 15, Sporting Supporter, has some decent stuff too:

Physical – 15, 10, 10, 13, 17, 14, 8, 9

Mental - 7, 8, 6, 13, 3, 6, 8, 12, 16, 9, 11, 2, 12, 12

Technical – 5, 2, 9, 11, 11, 7, 11, 4, 3, 1, 6, 7, 7, 9

Some potential there too I suppose.


But they are not all.

3 star Colombian recruit, MC Elkin Granados, 15

3 star recruit DM Roberto Gomes, Take a look at his mentals – 20 determination, 17 bravery, 15 work rate, 14 leadership, etc.

3.5 star recruit, AML/ ML Ashley Solomons, South African and Portuguese


3.5 star recruit – DL Paulo Baltazar


So that’s 7 recruits with a 3 star ranking or better.