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seven figures? First marquee since Kosta correct?

Opinion Privileges revoked
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Nelfoos wrote:
 some acts like a bitch I'll call them a bitch irl too

Hmmm. So the goalkeeper slot at VUWAFC isn't open next year, then? :(

Starting XI
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over 8 years

Doloras wrote:

Nelfoos wrote:

 some acts like a bitch I'll call them a bitch irl too

Hmmm. So the goalkeeper slot at VUWAFC isn't open next year, then? :(

I'm not coaching next year, but we came 4th in Prems without one this season. Think the club takes all comers given how its run! 
Phoenix Academy
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160
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over 12 years


Huge signing!  just gotta get service to him and ball and they'll score.  Any word on if they club are going to sign lewis?  would be good to get him if it meant it relegated sauterio down the pecking order.  terrible signing that was!

Legend
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15K
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over 16 years

so so amped with this signing, says so much about how the club and Talay want this season to go......big cash spent on a big player with proven goal scoring ability.

valeo
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Legend
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18K
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about 17 years

LSA2SB wrote:

scribbler wrote:

How much do people on here think the Nix would have paid for a striker of his caliber? 

I'd say could be our first Million dollar man, but definitely our most expensive player ever!

Us leaving it late may have worked out, as he was likely a bit more desperate for a club after his Iran deal fell through

1 year deal just in time for Roy to return next season..

First Team Squad
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1K
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almost 11 years

valeo wrote:

LSA2SB wrote:

scribbler wrote:

How much do people on here think the Nix would have paid for a striker of his caliber? 

I'd say could be our first Million dollar man, but definitely our most expensive player ever!

Us leaving it late may have worked out, as he was likely a bit more desperate for a club after his Iran deal fell through

1 year deal just in time for Roy to return next season..

But imagine Roy and Hooper in our current formation.
WeeNix
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620
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almost 13 years

Great signing - time to fire up! 

Good experience for the likes of Waine and McCowatt to be in and around a striker of his caliber - will bring some much needed experience to the team up the field alongside Ball

First Team Squad
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over 13 years

Transfermarkt says that Hooper has hit 10/13 penalties he's taken in his career.

Must've always been a back-up option for PKs

https://www.transfermarkt.com/gary-hooper/elfmetertore/spieler/42513

Legend
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23K
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about 9 years

JC wrote:

valeo wrote:

Jag wrote:

So if it does turn out to be Hooper, which on paper is a great signing, I'm wondering if all the "We haven't got a decent striker. Dome, Morrison, the Club, Talay have all failed. It's an absolute disgrace. Shambles of a Club" brigade will be popping in to comment...

Not sure that's fair; there were legitimate concerns that we wouldn't get one over the line, and it looks we have lucked out with his Iran move falling through - I don't think we haven't tried hard, though, as it seems like we've been looking to get him since August.

Legitimate concerns or not, we should at least be big enough to say 'bloody well done' if and when a signing like this is confirmed. 

Well done Talay, Gill, Dome and Welnix.

First Team Squad
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1.4K
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over 16 years

mrsmiis wrote:

seven figures? First marquee since Kosta correct?

Will the Nix be entitled to $$ from the A-League marquee fund?

valeo
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Legend
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18K
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about 17 years

scribbler wrote:

mrsmiis wrote:

seven figures? First marquee since Kosta correct?

Will the Nix be entitled to $$ from the A-League marquee fund?

No, that's only for Tim Cahill and anyone Sydney signs

valeo
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Legend
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about 17 years

scribbler wrote:

mrsmiis wrote:

seven figures? First marquee since Kosta correct?

Will the Nix be entitled to $$ from the A-League marquee fund?

No, that's only for Tim Cahill and anyone Sydney signs

valeo
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Legend
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18K
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about 17 years

scribbler wrote:

mrsmiis wrote:

seven figures? First marquee since Kosta correct?

Will the Nix be entitled to $$ from the A-League marquee fund?

No, that's only for Tim Cahill and anyone Sydney signs

valeo
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Legend
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18K
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about 17 years

scribbler wrote:

mrsmiis wrote:

seven figures? First marquee since Kosta correct?

Will the Nix be entitled to $$ from the A-League marquee fund?

No, that's only for Tim Cahill and anyone Sydney signs

valeo
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Legend
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18K
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about 17 years

scribbler wrote:

mrsmiis wrote:

seven figures? First marquee since Kosta correct?

Will the Nix be entitled to $$ from the A-League marquee fund?

No, that's only for Tim Cahill and anyone Sydney signs

LG
Legend
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23K
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almost 17 years

BIG signing. Love the Super Hooper chant! New Nix half time entertainment - ABBA singing it!! If only they still looked that hot - The ladies, that is.

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almost 7 years

Lonegunmen wrote:

BIG signing. Love the Super Hooper chant! New Nix half time entertainment - ABBA singing it!! If only they still looked that hot - The ladies, that is.

Benny and Bjorn on the other hand have only got hotter
Legend
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23K
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about 9 years

Villanix wrote:

Not available this weekend for Sydney though, we have to wait till the following weekend against Perth

Serendipity? 

Glory at home (round 5?) was game that kick started Nix turnaround last season.

Starting XI
550
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2.4K
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over 14 years

Are you guys sure Hooper can take a pen?

WeeNix
390
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960
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almost 11 years

Wouldnt mind seeing a front three of McCowatt-Hooper-Waine/Ball with Davila playing as a CAM.

Opinion Privileges revoked
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over 14 years

Royz wrote:

Are you guys sure Hooper can take a pen?

Third goal here

Starting XI
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3.1K
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about 7 years

coochiee wrote:

Villanix wrote:

Not available this weekend for Sydney though, we have to wait till the following weekend against Perth

Serendipity? 

Glory at home (round 5?) was game that kick started Nix turnaround last season.

Yeah that was mad. We'll never forget you Reuben Way

HZA
Marquee
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5.9K
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over 14 years

man i'm exhausted after reading the thread and watching him play

how awesome for us 8)

COYN

WeeNix
170
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550
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about 11 years

5 years and we have Chris woods best friend up front - never repped ingerland 

Marquee
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almost 14 years

He'll be so heavily marked and kicked about, that all our many goals this season will be scored by unmarked Waine.

WeeNix
170
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550
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about 11 years

missed Dave mulligan at Scodhorpe by the skin of his teeth 

Legend
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23K
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about 9 years

robmm1976 wrote:

5 years and we have Chris woods best friend up front - never repped ingerland 

Have I missed something, Hooper is a mate of Chris Wood?

I see he was first at Celtic in 2010/2011. Chris Killen left after 2009/2010.

I presume Hooper would have played with Scott MacDonald in Glasgow?  If so wonder if he gave him any feedback on the A League.

WeeNix
170
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550
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about 11 years

coochiee wrote:

robmm1976 wrote:

5 years and we have Chris woods best friend up front - never repped ingerland 

Have I missed something, Hooper is a mate of Chris Wood?

I see he was first at Celtic in 2010/2011. Chris Killen left after 2009/2010.

I presume Hooper would have played with Scott MacDonald in Glasgow?  If so wonder if he gave him any feedback on the A League.

As in keep him for 5 years and get him in the all whites 

Legend
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23K
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about 9 years

robmm1976 wrote:

coochiee wrote:

robmm1976 wrote:

5 years and we have Chris woods best friend up front - never repped ingerland 

Have I missed something, Hooper is a mate of Chris Wood?

I see he was first at Celtic in 2010/2011. Chris Killen left after 2009/2010.

I presume Hooper would have played with Scott MacDonald in Glasgow?  If so wonder if he gave him any feedback on the A League.

As in keep him for 5 years and get him in the all whites 

Ahhhhhhh. Might be past it by age 36 though. 

Plus it's a 1 year deal. Be surprised if he's still at the Nix (in a playing capacity) in 5 years.

Good news is the UK imports seem to settle best in Nui Ziiland. Coro St in prime time and all that.

Marquee
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6.3K
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almost 17 years
Trialist
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2
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over 9 years

Perhaps an ex Nix striker put in a good word, I think they played together a bit....just saying

Starting XI
550
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2.4K
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over 14 years

So Wellington was last on the list of clubs he wanted to go to.  He came here because he had no choice does that mean he will perform well?

Marquee
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9.5K
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over 13 years

Royz wrote:

So Wellington was last on the list of clubs he wanted to go to.  He came here because he had no choice does that mean he will perform well?

He had offers from the championship that he turned down. I doubt we were anywhere near the last club. Apparently he pulled the plug on the iran deal so maybe we're the first club.

Lawyerish
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4.9K
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over 13 years

Fantastic signing and well done NIx owners and management 

I have been one of their harshest critics but tonight I will swallow my pride and say we have now showed true ambition

JC
Phoenix Academy
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240
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almost 10 years

Royz wrote:

So Wellington was last on the list of clubs he wanted to go to.  He came here because he had no choice does that mean he will perform well?

Not sure where you got your first bit of intel from - where has he or anyone else said that?

There's no guarantee that any player will perform well, regardless of how or when they sign. That's football and part of why we all hang around these parts. We get a bit excited when someone with Hooper's pedigree decides he wants to get on our bus. And, rightly so.

Starting XI
460
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2.3K
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about 17 years

woah, this sounds like good news. How can I turn this around into bad news? Here goes ... 

Royz wrote:

So Wellington was last on the list of clubs he wanted to go to.  He came here because he had no choice does that mean he will perform well?

First Team Squad
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1.2K
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over 5 years

Royz wrote:

So Wellington was last on the list of clubs he wanted to go to.  He came here because he had no choice does that mean he will perform well?

Actually no. The deal fell through previously for other reasons. 

Anyway.  I used to hate this guy when he played for the dhims, well, any non-jags weegie tbh. Scored a good few against the Dons but very pleased to have him down here. 

And no, he never played with MacDonald, they were years apart apparently.

Life and death
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5.5K
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about 17 years

Doloras wrote:

The wording doesn't sound like a player signing to me, but fingers crossed. 

Am I the only one who thinks there's a non-zero chance that this will be Welnix pulling out of the club? Either with a sale or surrendering the licence? An announcement regarding the club may well be... the end of the club.

Listen to yourself....
Life and death
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5.5K
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about 17 years

A month or so ago The Covert Agent tweeted that we were gonna sign another ENGLISH striker to partner Ball. Could have been Hooper but fell through. And now that his Iran move also fell through maybe he came back and asked if we were still interested? 

But the covert agent is never right

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