The fact preseason has started and there has been NO solid rumours, leaks or speculation worries me quite a bit, I can see 2 youth's getting contracts but that still leaves how many places? Like 5 spots open and preseason has started???
To be fair, there is normally some kind of a rumour that pops up by now. Perhaps Ernie is just keeping a tighter ship.
Jamie Maclaren.
No but even one reasonable signing up to now would give me some confidence the fact is there has not been any yet when other Club have been very active. I'm still hoping for the best as I have faith in the ernie magic but I hate long off seasons for this reason!!
Yeah, but a lot of the other teams have lost half of their squads. We have probably 2 - 3 spaces to fill, and only one of those is an import.
Alex Morgan
Alex Rufer
Both got good skills. Morgan got marketingfactor X 10. (X100)
NB In 15 years you'll be wishing you'd listened.
Gareth Morgan
Morgan Freeman:
How cool is he?
Or is Morgan Fairchild a better fit?
Gareth Morgan
Dear God, no...
It would be his hand wouldn't it?
zach anderson
Relax - Ernie knows his shark.He will take care of business.COYN
You have to assume that the club has known the very very high probability of Burns leaving for a long time and is well down the road of succession planning. Unfortunately, there are not that many Kiwis or Aussies with his skills available!
The fact preseason has started and there has been NO solid rumours, leaks or speculation worries me quite a bit, I can see 2 youth's getting contracts but that still leaves how many places? Like 5 spots open and preseason has started???
To be fair, there is normally some kind of a rumour that pops up by now. Perhaps Ernie is just keeping a tighter ship.
I see 5-6 player signings/movements from other a-league clubs weekly. None from ours except on leaving which was always on the cards anyway. I certainly hope there's loads happening in the board room. I would safely assume there is
FFA Cup in 23 days time. What sort of squad do we currently have for this?
FFA Cup in 23 days time. What sort of squad do we currently have for this?
Muscat Siggy Dura Doyle
Roly Riera A-Rod
Appiah Krishna WeeMac
Bench: Mambo Lia Fenton Rufer Ridenton
Cheers RR.
Yoof reprezent!
Well we're going to get at least four more players right? And possibly one visa player.
We're hoping Rodriguez has had a good pre-season and McG's form turns it up a notch. (interesting A-Rod listed as a forward on the website, but that probably is ...)
We'll likely bring in some of the Wee-Nix...well, we have to bring in a minimum of 3 NZ/Aus players. Surely there has to be some better guesswork going on in the Fever?
Jamie Maclaren.
well fudge
Signing for the Roar? He's obviously batshark crazy.
Knew this would happen. Very sad to see him go - I just hope we got some serious cash for him. Very eager to hear of a good replacement being brought into the squad soon.
I would think that a high-profile player like Burns (Johnny Warren medal winner, current regular for Australia ,the Asian champs) would command a decent transfer fee - I'm thinking about one million $NZ minimum.
FC Tokyo are cashed-up after selling Japan international Yoshinoro Muto to Mainz for supposedly about 3 million Euros.
Like Burns he is a forward who likes to play out wide - so it's adirect replacement.
Also Ernie hints here that the transfer fee will be decent:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/a-league/699...
While it would be a loss for the team, the transfer would fill the coffers as they search for an out-and-out goal-scorer.
"We've got an import spot and now we've got some money, so we might even go for two players but we've got to sign a key player out of those two and maybe a backup player."
This augurs well too:
Merrick said the team's form last season had made New Zealand's capital a more attractive option for overseas players.
"We have found that that has improved out of sight this off-season, judging by the number of agents talking to us about Australian players that want to come here as well as overseas players.
"Roly Bonevacia, Michael McGlinchey, Alex Rodriguez, all of a sudden people are realising the Phoenix are a well-organised team financially, with a stable board and building for the future after finishing fourth and reaching the top of the table."
eli babalj and nikita rukavytsya still available
Signing for the Roar? He's obviously batshark crazy.
Blake, McGary and Rogerson to get our youth contracts.
Gulley to miss out again just.... Has he ever tried Europe to get a gig?
I'd take Rukavitsa, he'd be affordable and could turn out like Burns.
Knew this would happen. Very sad to see him go - I just hope we got some serious cash for him. Very eager to hear of a good replacement being brought into the squad soon.
I would think that a high-profile player like Burns (Johnny Warren medal winner, current regular for Australia ,the Asian champs) would command a decent transfer fee - I'm thinking about one million $NZ minimum.
FC Tokyo are cashed-up after selling Japan international Yoshinoro Muto to Mainz for supposedly about 3 million Euros.
Like Burns he is a forward who likes to play out wide - so it's adirect replacement.
Also Ernie hints here that the transfer fee will be decent:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/a-league/699...
While it would be a loss for the team, the transfer would fill the coffers as they search for an out-and-out goal-scorer.
"We've got an import spot and now we've got some money, so we might even go for two players but we've got to sign a key player out of those two and maybe a backup player."
This augurs well too:
Merrick said the team's form last season had made New Zealand's capital a more attractive option for overseas players.
"We have found that that has improved out of sight this off-season, judging by the number of agents talking to us about Australian players that want to come here as well as overseas players.
"Roly Bonevacia, Michael McGlinchey, Alex Rodriguez, all of a sudden people are realising the Phoenix are a well-organised team financially, with a stable board and building for the future after finishing fourth and reaching the top of the table."
Burns has been over there for a few days but they have yet to confirm the transfer, something holding it up maybe?
Blake, McGary and Rogerson to get our youth contracts.
Gulley to miss out again just.... Has he ever tried Europe to get a gig?
I'd take Rukavitsa, he'd be affordable and could turn out like Burns.
Burns has been over there for a few days but they have yet to confirm the transfer, something holding it up maybe?
Blake, McGary and Rogerson to get our youth contracts.
Gulley to miss out again just.... Has he ever tried Europe to get a gig?
I'd take Rukavitsa, he'd be affordable and could turn out like Burns.
Blake, McGary and Rogerson to get our youth contracts.
Gulley to miss out again just.... Has he ever tried Europe to get a gig?
I'd take Rukavitsa, he'd be affordable and could turn out like Burns.
Blake is 1996 (18 /19 this year), McGarry and Rogerson 1998 (16/17 this year). Does anyone have the stats on how many minutes Ridenton and Rufer player last season?
Less than the season before in Ridenton's case.
Feel like Rogerson is probably too young to be coming in? Guess Ernie sees something special.
He's made the U-23 squad so clearly not just Ernie.
He's made the U-23 squad so clearly not just Ernie.
True that. He looked alright from what I saw at the Hong Kong 7's, though hard to judge in that format obviously.
http://www.transfermarkt.com/matthew-ridenton/leis...
http://www.transfermarkt.com/alex-rufer/leistungsd...
So Rufer has played 34 minutes of first team football in 2 years?
Yeah surprised me too - Ridenton's looked more like it but it's pretty bang on usually that site
Feel like Rogerson is probably too young to be coming in? Guess Ernie sees something special.
