He's Finnished with the Fins and coming back to the Nix. Right man for the job? Explin in 50 words or less.HarryHotspur2008-03-18 18:14:01
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He looks adequate, but I think I'll need to se him in the preseason first (i don't get the Finnish leagues at my place)
He fills that link up spot but I'm still waiting in anticipation for our new striker
You know we belong together...
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he's quicker than a Chinese takeaway
Founder
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Anyone got any video's of him? All I've seen is a little shot of him beating his man and putting a blocked cross in, and that was in a Knights game highlights package. Looked impressive in that 4 second clip though.
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in four seconds he's gone one better than Tubbs Elrich
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Chant - GoGo Gaooooooooooooooo!
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
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The chants just keep coming.
would you guys rate him above Felipe?
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Yes! Fantastic News.
I credit Oi Oi for the constant lobbying...
Ricki stated something like - the most talented player he has ever coached
And remember..
- He'll shoot, he'll Score, he'll eat your Labrodor, Lei Lei Gao.
Respect.
Brewer2008-03-18 21:20:40
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The chants just keep coming.
would you guys rate him above Felipe?
umm from the knights performances i'd say quite possibly, he's pgot a lot of pace and great ball skill to burn, aswell as a mean free kick
Gao Daniel Bertos = ownage
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Free kicks sound good.
With Felipe and Elrich gone, only Daniel can take free kicks and corners, and who will take the right-footed ones?
With Felipe and Elrich gone, only Daniel can take free kicks and corners, and who will take the right-footed ones?
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Yet another great signing. It's gonna be a good season 
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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Free kicks sound good.
With Felipe and Elrich gone, only Daniel can take free kicks and corners, and who will take the right-footed ones?
With Felipe and Elrich gone, only Daniel can take free kicks and corners, and who will take the right-footed ones?
Gao can take them, and quite probably will take attacking free kicks, he's not the biggest of men i think, so would be better delivering
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As long as he has a better delivery than Malik Buari I will be happy.
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Yes. Its no coincidence Gao's arrival sparked a good run by us.
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50 words? Wow.
I can do it in One.
Yay.
I can do it in One.
Yay.
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The chants just keep coming.
would you guys rate him above Felipe?
Yes.
He is more consistent. A season footballer with plenty of experience. Stays on his feet. Has a cool head. He can use both feet and is much faster. Suitable for speed at 1.80m and is aged 27 with 8 season of professional football. Can't really complain at all.
He will have to complete with Leo Bertos for the right foot free kicks but he is known to be one of the key players that turned the last set of games that the Knights had into wins from the midfield.
It's just mouth watering to see him, Daniel and Leo smashing though the weaker A-League sides. Leo on the left, Daniel in the centre and Leilei on the right probing for that extra goal is going to be fun to see. The speed and skill factor in the midfield has jumped further than the previous season already.
Now we have yet to see the right back and forward as well as picking up Big Ben Sig.
As for the other positions
Right Back=?
Forward=?AllWhitebelievr2008-03-19 03:42:48
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This:
�Ricki�s a big fan of Leilei, having worked with him at the Knights, and he was keen to sign him up for season one. Unfortunately the circumstances weren�t right at the time.
So when the opportunity came up for us to sign him for our second season, we jumped at it."
So Ricki's a fan
plus:
More Wellingtonian Asians might come along and help boost our home attendances (and coffers)
means:
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Are there no trainspotters with their eye on the Finnish league? How did he do?
Mandarin (possibly); Finnish; New Zild: our own answer to Jose and Arsen?
Mandarin (possibly); Finnish; New Zild: our own answer to Jose and Arsen?
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Good signing - and with him being Chinese we already know he has Yellow Fever ... I'll get my coat
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Problem with signing Chinese players is that 3 hours later you want to sign another one
Coat's on, I'll shut the door on my way out....
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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Very pleased with this one, excellent signing.
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Diodn't see much of the end of last season, if this guy was influential in the wins then I'm way stoked to have him back with the team!!!! From th reports I've read he seems to have what we need - mind you anything will be better than Elrich!
Queenslander 3x a year.
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Amazingly quick going forward. Didn't get the support he needed at the Knights, no-one to pass to in the middle because he was so fast.
Zippy down the left.
He knows where the goal is.
Keeps the ball down.
Increased the crowd size by a couple of hundred.
Lots of red scarves and attractive/cool looking new Kiwis (I don't want to say ultra hot super lightening babes and their fit looking boy friends, but you get the picture)
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Created goals in those last couple of games too.
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Lei Lei. Some of our enemies are conspiring against us with evil thoughts (they think you were a bit of a 'diver' at the Knights). We will resist such untruths and will follow the great Mr Miyagi San's words to defend your honour:
"No good to fight...but if must fight...win!!!"
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Sorry, I posted this in another thread, but I enjoy it so much I'll post it here as well!
Jag2008-03-19 15:57:49
Not convinced about Lei Lei? Check this out:
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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"I tell you what Miyagi think! I think you *dance around* too much! I think you *talk* too much! I think you not concentrate enough! Lots of work to be done!"
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He looked very good for the knights so am very pleased to se him signed.
Didn't he cost Mypa a huge amount of money, like a million dollars???
If so do we have him on loan, or was he such a big flop there they cut their losses?
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"Ah, not everything is as seems..."
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Sorry, I posted this in another thread, but I enjoy it so much I'll post it here as well!
Not convinced about Lei Lei? Check this out:
classic Jag
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The chants just keep coming.
would you guys rate him above Felipe?
No where near
A dog with a bone :)
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think GAO will be a great signing but also eagerly waiting to find a striker that has pace and prefabaly can shoot with both feet.
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also think that if the wellington chinese community discover our latest signing who knows we could add a few thousand extra though the turnstiles. that would great and hopefully pull the average crowd close to 15,000
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What's with the Japanese karate coach? Gao is Chinese...
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also think that if the wellington chinese community� discover our latest signing who knows we could add a few thousand extra though the turnstiles. that would great and hopefully pull the average crowd close to 15,000
Which might be to our detriment, especially if we get labelled as Falung Gong sympathisers by Wellington City Council and are told to disperse as we are holding an 'illegal gathering'!
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What's with the Japanese karate coach? Gao is Chinese...
"Karate come from China, sixteenth century, called the, "hand." Hundred year later, Miyagi ancestor bring to Okinawa, call *kara*-te, "empty hand."
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The chants just keep coming.
would you guys rate him above Felipe?
No where near
Felipe at his best > Leilei Gao.
Leilei Gao > Felipe most of the time.
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