ex-Nix: Where/what are they now?

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newzealandpower
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RR wrote:

Sheridan scored a hatty recently, here are the goals.


https://extra.ie/2019/08/13/sport/soccernews/cillian-sheridan-hat-trick

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This news will definitely make it into the next podcast! The first goal was pure class!

However, Wikipedia tells me the Toto Cup isn't all that flash:

[quote] The Toto Cup is the third important competition in Israeli football after the Israeli Premier League and the Israeli State Cup and is considered as a negligible cup, and therefore the Israeli football teams are not investing in many of its games and uses the game to test the foreign players and to give a chance to the bench players and the youth players. However, the Israeli Sports Betting Council pays 1.25 million NIS for the winner, while the runner-up receive 950,000 NIS.[1]v 

Still, a hatty is a hatty, especially against another premier league opposition!

August 14, 2019 08:30
Napier Phoenix
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Can kick penalties too :(

August 14, 2019 09:27 · Edited August 14, 2019 09:27
newzealandpower
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I would have liked to see him here for at least another season - real shame it wasn't to be.

August 14, 2019 10:25
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August 16, 2019 11:10
Mainland FC
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A good interview with Tim Brown on Saturday Mornings with Kim Hill.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday...

Includes podcast of the 25' long interview about his Allbirds venture.

August 17, 2019 17:09
Big Pete 65
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A-Rod has signed for Oxford United in League One:

https://www.oufc.co.uk/news/2019/june/alex-rodriguez-gorrin/

Made his competitive debut in the first game of the season  a couple of weeks ago in a 1-1 draw away to Sunderland.

https://www.oufc.co.uk/matches/fixtures/first-team/201920/august/sunderland-vs-oxford-united-on-03-aug-19/

A busy schedule saw him start all four games in the space of two weeks - three league games and a League Cup win over Peterborough:

https://us.soccerway.com/players/alejandro-rodriguez-gorrin/367501/

A win, a draw and a loss in the league.

A yellow card for him in each of the league games already....te..he...he

A-Rod is building quite a useful career over in Britain....

August 19, 2019 12:37
Big Pete 65
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Steven Old (Nix 2007-08) - what an amazing game for him the other week in the League Cup win vs. Mansfield scoring two goals in regular time in a 2-2 draw and slotting Morecambe's winning penalty:

 https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/world-game/114992262/exall-white-steven-old-stars-in-dramatic-league-cup-win-in-england

The stuff central defenders dream of !!!

August 19, 2019 12:58
Big Pete 65
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Former Nix winger Gao Leilei from China (2008) has gone on to an interesting career with lots of ups and downs.

Never really settled at the Nix but seems to have matured and become a late bloomer.

Has settled as a veteran (now in his late 30's) in Spain's third tier (Segunda B) in recent years after five years away from football !!!:

From the Nix to Finland and China, then the USA, followed by:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gao_Leilei

Return to China

Gao returned to Beijing again and joined Beijing Baxy in July 2010. He scored his first goal on the first appearance, in a 3-0 home win against Anhui Jiufang. Gao announced his retirement from professional football due to problems with injuries on 6 March 2011.[8]

Spain

Gao made his return to football in January 2016, signing a half-year contract with Segunda División B side Cornellà.[9] On March 19, 2016, he made his debut for Cornellà in a 2–0 home victory against Espanyol B.[10] He extended his contract with Cornellà for one year in the summer of 2016. In August 2017, he extended contract against for another year.[11]On 9 January 2019, Gao joined FC Jumilla.[12]

Won the Catalan Cup with Cornella in 2018 (cup comp for teams from Catalonia)

Now 39, he played for Jumilla in Segunda B as recently as April this year.

https://int.soccerway.com/players/leilei-gao/8528/

August 19, 2019 13:24
JC
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Big Pete 65 wrote:

Former Nix winger Gao Leilei from China (2008) has gone on to an interesting career with lots of ups and downs.

Never really settled at the Nix but seems to have matured and become a late bloomer.

Has settled as a veteran (now in his late 30's) in Spain's third tier (Segunda B) in recent years after five years away from football !!!:

From the Nix to Finland and China, then the USA, followed by:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gao_Leilei

Return to China

Gao returned to Beijing again and joined Beijing Baxy in July 2010. He scored his first goal on the first appearance, in a 3-0 home win against Anhui Jiufang. Gao announced his retirement from professional football due to problems with injuries on 6 March 2011.[8]

Spain

Gao made his return to football in January 2016, signing a half-year contract with Segunda División B side Cornellà.[9] On March 19, 2016, he made his debut for Cornellà in a 2–0 home victory against Espanyol B.[10] He extended his contract with Cornellà for one year in the summer of 2016. In August 2017, he extended contract against for another year.[11]On 9 January 2019, Gao joined FC Jumilla.[12]

Won the Catalan Cup with Cornella in 2018 (cup comp for teams from Catalonia)

Now 39, he played for Jumilla in Segunda B as recently as April this year.

https://int.soccerway.com/players/leilei-gao/8528/

Amazing. Gao was truly horrible for the Nix - we should know, as we've had a few. I still remember a home game v Sydney IIRC where he came on at about the 60 minute mark. He was absolute pants - gave almost every ball away, let several guys run past him, teammates were giving him a bollocking too. He must have been playing injured, he was so bad that day.

August 19, 2019 15:16
Oi Oi Edgecumbe
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Whereas Leilei Gao was actually quite exciting to watch when he played for the Knights, which was why Ricki brought him down to Welly I guess.

August 19, 2019 21:21
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Well this is rather freaky, Leilei Gao gets mentioned on here and a couple days later there is a news article about him.

https://www.diariodecadiz.es/cadizcf/chino-leilei-gao-ficha-ponferradina_0_1384062031.html

SD Ponferradina in Spain sign a sponsorship deal with a Chinese company which includes a 6 month contract for Leilei Gao to play for them for free.

August 21, 2019 10:56 · Edited August 21, 2019 11:00
Big Pete 65
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RR wrote:

Well this is rather freaky, Leilei Gao gets mentioned on here and a couple days later there is a news article about him.

https://www.diariodecadiz.es/cadizcf/chino-leilei-gao-ficha-ponferradina_0_1384062031.html

SD Ponferradina in Spain sign a sponsorship deal with a Chinese company which includes a 6 month contract for Leilei Gao to play for them for free.

SD Ponferradina are a Segunda Division side too (second tier) so that's a really decent level and the highest he's ever played at, aged 39.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SD_Ponferradina

August 21, 2019 12:02
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Rumours that Dylan Fox is gonna sign with CCM, I guess that harms the chances of Gianni Stensness picking up a deal with them.

August 21, 2019 14:28
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RR wrote:

Rumours that Dylan Fox is gonna sign with CCM, I guess that harms the chances of Gianni Stensness picking up a deal with them.

Stensness is more a defensive midfielder - that's where he played with us and the u20s.
August 21, 2019 14:34
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Bullion wrote:

RR wrote:

Rumours that Dylan Fox is gonna sign with CCM, I guess that harms the chances of Gianni Stensness picking up a deal with them.

Stensness is more a defensive midfielder - that's where he played with us and the u20s.

Played a half at RB and a half at CB for CCM in a trial for them. They were obviously looking at him as a defender.
August 21, 2019 14:39
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RR wrote:

Rumours that Dylan Fox is gonna sign with CCM, I guess that harms the chances of Gianni Stensness picking up a deal with them.

Fox has been announced by CCM, 1 year deal.
August 21, 2019 15:25
newzealandpower
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RR wrote:

RR wrote:

Rumours that Dylan Fox is gonna sign with CCM, I guess that harms the chances of Gianni Stensness picking up a deal with them.

Fox has been announced by CCM, 1 year deal.

Hadn't he only just gone to Korea??

August 21, 2019 15:58
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Yes, but he had that bung knee so perhaps they agreed to separate. If he had stayed at the Nix he would have been seriously in the mix (that's if Talay wanted him). 

August 21, 2019 16:21
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Stensness came on for the last 20 minutes in a friendly for CCM vs WSW today

August 21, 2019 18:54
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Something I just noticed, Fox was signed by his Korean club Anyang to replace former ACFC defender Kim Dae-Wook

Yeah I'm stoked for Fox,  infectious guy who remains involved with the Nix today. Happy to see him further his career

August 22, 2019 11:45
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Just watched the mighty Manly United draw with Sydney FC 1-1

Wellington legends - Parkhouse with the assist on the goal, and mastermind Dylan Mccalister as the Assistant Coach for Manly

August 23, 2019 00:05
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Stensness named in CCM's FFA Cup squad for tomorrow night's clash with the Roar. Trialists are unable to play in the Cup, so he probably has signed a scholarship deal with them.

Meanwhile, there are loads of articles saying that Anthony Golec will be signing for a team in Indonesia

August 27, 2019 19:05
Jazzy Jeff
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RR wrote:

Stensness named in CCM's FFA Cup squad for tomorrow night's clash with the Roar. Trialists are unable to play in the Cup, so he probably has signed a scholarship deal with them.

Meanwhile, there are loads of articles saying that Anthony Golec will be signing for a team in Indonesia

not quite a pro contract with the nix, is it Gianni
August 28, 2019 09:09
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August 28, 2019 12:17
newzealandpower
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New Mr Sherry poddy out on Spotify

August 28, 2019 16:10
mrsmiis
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Mandi posted a vid of himself working out on a beach, still kitted out in Phoenix gear. Top man who loved the place (same with his wife!) and wish we could have kept him

August 31, 2019 13:38
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September 04, 2019 06:10
newzealandpower
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RR wrote:

[Insert surprised face emoticon here]!!!

September 04, 2019 08:25
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Ernie Merrick has joined the circus

September 04, 2019 11:59
newzealandpower
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That's actually quite funny - Ernie's a real character. Shame he didn't really take us to the next stage post-Ricky.

September 04, 2019 12:56
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Jacob Spoonley has branched into the Podcast arena

September 16, 2019 07:40
dunnix
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In the FFA Cup game vs Adelaide, Italiano has gotten himself sent off after 10 minutes, flapping at Mileusnic. Just when I was thinking he'd be taking the #1 spot off Moss, he goes and does something like this...

Link to the foul: https://twitter.com/FFACup/status/1173896532233310210

September 17, 2019 22:28
kwlap
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Mambo what the hell are you doing?!?!? 

September 18, 2019 07:33
newzealandpower
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Should've done it in the box - give away the penalty but with the new rules I think there's no more red card.

I'd rather be 1-0 down with 80 to go and a full squad than 0-0 with 10 v 11 for 80 minutes. 

What was the final score?

September 18, 2019 08:21
el grapadura
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1-0 to Adelaide. Mossy threw it in.

September 18, 2019 08:33
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Not a good night for Newcastle goalkeepers.

Not convinced on the red, Adeliade player was going away from  goal so not sure its DOGSO. Dumb challenge though.

September 18, 2019 08:38 · Edited September 18, 2019 09:43
LSA2SB
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newzealandpower wrote:

Should've done it in the box - give away the penalty but with the new rules I think there's no more red card.

I'd rather be 1-0 down with 80 to go and a full squad than 0-0 with 10 v 11 for 80 minutes. 

What was the final score?

Na would have still been a red in the box, got to make a genuine attempt for the ball. Here he just took out the player.

September 18, 2019 09:11
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Ljujic has signed for a club in Israel

September 21, 2019 01:41
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Krishna and Williams both score a brace in a pre-season friendly for ATK sigh

October 05, 2019 00:17
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