Ladies/Gents,
I'm from Australia and have been reading this thread and decided to clear up a few things about Rogic.
Firstly, the standard of the A-League is an interestring one and it's quite difficult to make a comparison to where it would sit amongst the English Football League structure.
Clubs like Brisbane and Melbourne play the best football in the league by far, much better than what I watched living in England for 2 and a half years from any bottom Championship/League One clubs. However, you also have clubs such as Perth and Wellington who sit deep are prone to the odd long-ball, horrible to watch.
Another thing is that due to each club being imposed with a salary cap, its hard for the bigger clubs such as Melbourne/Sydney/Brisbane to really go after good players in the transfer market, meaning that there is sometimes a big discrepancy in quality within clubs themselves. I'll use Sydney as an example - they have Alessandro Del Piero - however apart from Jason Culina (ex-PSV) and Brett Emerton (ex-Blackburn) the players around him are either coming out of the State Leagues (lower divisions) or just solid A-League players who obviously aren't on his level.
In terms of Rogic, he plays for the club that tops the league at current and has been by far their best player. He suffers a bit from the 'Del Piero syndrome' in that technically/tactically he is that far ahead of his peers that he is always one step ahead in terms of passing and receiving he becomes frustrated.
Now, in terms of his move to Reading, I don't think people here in Australia are saying that the is too good for you. Most of the conversation has been that if he were to move to there the style of football that usually comes along with a relegation battle wouldn't suit him at all, which in turn would have a negative effect on your own hopes to survive.
What I mean by it not suiting him is that he isn't a ball-winning midfielder who is going to give you 90 minutes of graft. Rogic has had a mostly futsal upbringing (only started playing the outdoor form of the game properly 3-4 years ago) and relies solely on his technical ability. Even here in the A-League he struggles to play out 90 minutes, but the 70-odd he generally plays are 70 minutes of quality. His ability to play out 90 will come in time, but he isn't ready for that yet, particularly in the Prem.
What's more is that IF Reading are to go down, the Championship would probably be worse for him at this stage of his career. Personally I think his first move to Europe should be in the Eredivisie/Bundesliga, where he can get the mix of 'technical football' with the touch of physicality, then if he wants (or is good enough) go to the Prem.
Anyway, good luck and hope you lads manage to stay up