2014/15 Transfer Speculation

And if we're talking FBs he is clearly behind Boxall now as well. So #4 at best.

McDonald

http://www.fourfourtwo.com/au/news/mcdonald-open-l...

If Boxall decides to move on at the end of the season for more opportunity then I hope we look at this new Greek kiwi. Greek football is not awash with money at the moment and I would think we would be in the ball park terms wise. I think next season will be Siggys last and this guy has a lot going for him being a kiwi and also being able to play defensive midfield.

Know what  you mean about Tzimopoulos, but born in Greece and spent all his life there does  not really make him a kiwi. Does he speak English? I have no idea.

Does WeeMac?

Only just.

Whilst the no cocks may be a policy I never thought that English was one? Then again if he was a cock and couldn't speak English then one  would never know would we?

Who the hell are you to decide who is feels like a kiwi and who doesn't?

Feels like a kiwi.  Are you on drugs? Explain what feeling like a kiwi means?

Needs a full two year study into it.

Best not comment on matters if you have no idea. But I guess that would mean you giving up on this form all together ... 

Ok Leggy I'll bite. Also because this kind of thing is very interesting to me.

Do you feel like an Aussie or a Kiwi? I'm going to suspect you identify mostly Kiwi, but also somewhat Aussie.  What makes you feel that way? Is it down to length of time lived? Place of birth? Your network of friends and family? Where you really want to be? Does it matter if you have a passport or not?

For example I had a friend who went grew up in and went to school in NZ, played club rugby in NZ and has lived in NZ his whole life since he was very young, but has never applied for an NZ passport. He keeps his Samoan one. Not sure how he identifies, but he would have the right to feel as Kiwi as many.

Many migrants talk about 'feeling like a....' from their new homeland. Often the people with the biggest NZ flags are the most recent, the rest of us being reticent to show patriotic feeling, particularly in that way. 

Sometimes it is most real when coming home to your new country from your old or from overseas travel, you have the feeling of coming to somewhere that you belong, not somewhere that is foreign, but where your home and future is.

As for needing a study- I'm sure there has been a lot done already...

https://scholar.google.co.nz/scholar?q=National+id...

this is kinda interesting, haven't really read al lthe way through it yet...http://www.victoria.ac.nz/cacr/research/migration/...

Who's off contract at other A-League clubs this season that we'd want? I feel like we're in a good position to do a bit of cherry picking of quality players who want to play in a good system with a good coach and top blokes.

One I'd quite like is Castalen from WSW.

ADL - Elsey, Izzo, Palanca, Sanchez, Watson

BRI - Danning, Kaluderovic, Lambadaridis, Stefanutto

CCM - Anderson, Bosnar, Cernak, B Griffiths, Major, Morton, Nash, Simon

MCY - Baharudin, Dugandzic, Germano, Jaliens, Kisnorbo, Murdocca, Novillo, Ramsey, Retre, Velaphi, Wielaert

MVC - Coe, Delpierre, Georgievski, Ben Khalfallah, Makarounas, Nabbout, Thomas, Thompson

NEW - Alivodic, Caravella, Gallagher, Mullen, Regan, Virgili

PER - Duncan, Edwards, R Griffiths, Kramar, Maclaren, Paljic

SYD - Carle, Dimitrijevic, Faty, Gamiero, Gligor, Janko, Jurman, Necevski, Ognenovski, Smeltz, Stambolziev, Tavares, Triantis

WSW - Bulut, Covic, Gallaway, Golec, Hamill, Juric, Kalmar, La Rocca, Madaschi, Perkatis, Rukavytsya, Sotirio, Takahagi, Tanaka, J Trifiro

Was told years ago by the Dutch father of one of my friends that despite the fact he had lived here for many years he could never be a kiwi. His take on it was that he could become a New Zealander but not a Kiwi that tag was he felt reserved for those who were born here.He was mighty proud of the fact that he his two children were "Kiwis". It may not be PC but i rather like his way of thinking.

This started out I thought as pretty simple. All I wanted to know how a person who was born and brought up in Greece ( and I assume never been to NZ) could possibly feel like a kiwi.

As to your first question. I spent most of my life in NZ, and my best friends etc are still there. As far as I know I'm still a kiwi, but not as biased as most on here.

I only come on here to have a laugh at your comments.

http://www.yellowfever.co.nz/categories/kiwi-players-overseas/topics/themistoklis-tzimopoulos-pas-giannina-f-c?page=1#post_1043288

Cheers  for that Ryan.

Thanks mate. Very interesting list. Sydney teams  need to get signing players aye! Few from Victory may be after more cash. Can they afford to keep FBK and Delpierre?
Dimitrijevic would be handy as would Tanaka.
And maybe Georgievski from MVC?

Hope it's not the last we've seen of Joel. Looked like a nasty injury. Do we bring in one of the kids? Maybe even de Vries?

But he's out with a dislocated shoulder..

How much do the fans love Boyd now?

was boyd named on the sub bench?

no

Time for a marquee time for Janko?

I wouldn't mind at all us spending some cash on Georgievski. Melbourne are going to really struggle to keep everyone under the cap, especially if they try to keep BFK, so we might be in with a shot.

Manny has really started to worry me recently at FB, Fenton is possibly our best but still inconsistent defensively, Boxall appears to be gone at the end of the season and a bit of a makeshift option anyway, and Doyle & Shermy are both works in progress. We could definitely do with an upgrade there.

Definitely has close ties to NZ from a young age.

His mother was born and grew up in Wellington in a Greek family and she went off to live in Greece after high school.

Tzimopolous has been back to Wellington over the years to stay with relatives (has grandparents, uncles etc. there)

He even played a season for Wellington Olympic juniors as a kid. So he must have spent time at school in Wellington and speak pretty good English. 

See this Fever thread under "Kiwi players Overseas":

http://www.yellowfever.co.nz/categories/kiwi-playe...

That post is by a guy from Wellington Olympic who knows him and his family:

"Now the history...he played for the Olympic juniors for a season (obviously quite a few years ago...so yia we are claiming him...!!)...and his uncle was the probably one of the best defenders in the old days for Olympic..( he even played for the Olympic masters recently when they won the national title....( Baz your 5 min of fame starts now...!!!)."

NZ Football were told about Tzimopolous during Ricki Herbert's time but did nothing about it according to this guy.

The other debutant against Korea, Clayton Lewis is also from Wellington Olympic (not from a Greek family though - NZ u-20 rep).

After the last game I would say the no dicks policy should kick in to that suggestion

I think fullback is definitely the position where we are in most need.

This season? He lined Fenton up, a player with shoulder dislocation injury history, then put a hit on him. It was very cynical and dangerous play.

Manny certainly hasn't been worse this season. At times in the past he has done some rash things and been guilty of some dirty play, but I think in the past it has been a temperament issue, rather than a tactic. This looked like Georgievski got an opportunity to smash his opponent so he did so. 

So now you have to have a look and see what injuries a player has had and be nice to him ???.. Dont think so

He will be a big player for the rest of the season, I hope both sides can be mature about it and use him until he goes