Wellington Phoenix Men

2016/17 Transfer Speculation

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over 9 years ago

awesome


Auckland will rise once more

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over 9 years ago
Whhhhaaaattttt!?!? Why?
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over 9 years ago

I like this comment from the herald story re smeltz.

"My wife Nikki knows how important this is to me and is giving me her full support."

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over 9 years ago

Sanday wrote:

I like this comment from the herald story re smeltz.

"My wife Nikki knows how important this is to me and is giving me her full support."

she heard we have a David Jones shop.
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over 9 years ago · edited over 9 years ago · History

Sanday wrote:

I like this comment from the herald story re smeltz.

"My wife Nikki knows how important this is to me and is giving me her full support."

Thank you David Jones

Edit: Ha, great minds and all that

I know, I know, its serious!

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over 9 years ago

Exciting stuff.  Pretty happy to hear he's coming back, hopefully it makes the difference.

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over 9 years ago

Hahaha righto! Good for depth. Welcome back Smeltzy!

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over 9 years ago

Sanday wrote:

"My wife Nikki knows how important this is to me and is giving me her full support."

lol

A fan is a fan.

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over 9 years ago

But how does he fit into our system unless he takes Watson's role... which would be a little unfair on him IMO.

Adds depth... and I guess outside of Rogerson we do not have a back up striker.

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over 9 years ago

So coach to be announced today?

A fan is a fan.

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over 9 years ago

yellowsite wrote:

So coach to be announced today?

Interesting that Smeltz signing is before new coach announcement, unless it's ....

(Back to the Future - part 2)

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over 9 years ago

Was it just me or did Watson look deceptively fast on Saturday? I thought he covered a lot of ground and is starting to look the part.

Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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over 9 years ago

Ryan wrote:

Lia is a better footballer, I'm certainly no Lia hater, but Tuiloma is a better DM.

The A League is very physical and I would question his ability to deal with the physicality of the league.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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over 9 years ago

Jeff Vader wrote:

Ryan wrote:

Lia is a better footballer, I'm certainly no Lia hater, but Tuiloma is a better DM.

The A League is very physical and I would question his ability to deal with the physicality of the league.

You seen his old man? Built like Mike Tyson.

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I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...

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over 9 years ago

Did pretty well against the physicality of the Island teams as well.

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about 9 years ago

Erik Paartalu has left his Qatar club, we were rumoured to be chasing him in pre-season. Wonder if we still have cap space left to try for him in January?

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about 9 years ago
Gotta get him. He is a big upgrade on our current DMs And very useful on corners too
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about 9 years ago

So is Roly going or staying and what are the chances of someone coming knocking for Krishan... having a great season within a struggling team.

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about 9 years ago
Ben liftin has been released. Seemed like a nice guy, hope he can get another shot some time. What do we do with his spot? Another mid?
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about 9 years ago

kwlap wrote:
Ben liftin has been released. Seemed like a nice guy, hope he can get another shot some time.

What do we do with his spot? Another mid?

Might be better just to promote youngsters if we need them.



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about 9 years ago
Portaloo would be nice.



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about 9 years ago

Bullion wrote:

ConanTroutman wrote:

RR wrote:

EXCLUSIVE: @FFA will adopt AFC import rules for @ALeague via @Val61 https://t.co/tobwn70uMW pic.twitter.com/BpeDolvedM

— The Advertiser Sport (@TheTiserSport) January 15, 2017


I hope (but doubt) that OFC counts as AFC for us in this rule

3+1 ? One less import, likely to see a little bit more competition for Australian players.

with 12 exemptions for Melbourne City



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about 9 years ago

Bullion wrote:

ConanTroutman wrote:

RR wrote:

EXCLUSIVE: @FFA will adopt AFC import rules for @ALeague via @Val61 https://t.co/tobwn70uMW pic.twitter.com/BpeDolvedM

— The Advertiser Sport (@TheTiserSport) January 15, 2017


I hope (but doubt) that OFC counts as AFC for us in this rule

3+1 ? One less import, likely to see a little bit more competition for Australian players.

“FFA has determined to move to a 4 plus 1 structure for the 2018/19 season but will prudently review the implementation to consider all relevant factors and impacts at the end of the 17/18 season,’’ said Gallop.

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about 9 years ago · edited about 9 years ago · History

"The new ruling means the A-league can still have five imports but one must come from within the confines of the AFC’s members federations."

So with Roly, Roy, Rod, Rossi and the Finkler we'd have to replace one of them with an AFC import. 

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about 9 years ago

mjp2 wrote:

"The new ruling means the A-league can still have five imports but one must come from within the confines of the AFC’s members federations."

So with Roly, Roy, Rod, Rossi and the Finkler we'd have to replace one of them with an AFC import. 

Roly and A-Rod contract expire end of this season. Krishna, Rossi and Finkler end of 17/18. So at least one of them will be gone by then and will have to be replaced by an AFC import.

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about 9 years ago · edited about 9 years ago · History

I wonder how far away Krishnas NZ citizenship is. 

Also, the biggest wave of Indian migration to Fiji was in the 70s and 80s so he might be eligible for Indian citizenship by descent. Although India doesn't allow dual citizenship there is an exception if you got the second citizenship by birth rather than choice.

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about 9 years ago

Ryan wrote:

I wonder how far away Krishnas NZ citizenship is. 

Also, the biggest wave of Indian migration to Fiji was in the 70s and 80s so he might be eligible for Indian citizenship by descent. Although India doesn't allow dual citizenship there is an exception if you got the second citizenship by birth rather than choice.

This is Krishna's 4th season with us, the proposed change is in 18/19. By then he will have been at the Nix for 5 seasons, surely he would have got his citizenship by then!
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about 9 years ago

RR wrote:

Ryan wrote:

I wonder how far away Krishnas NZ citizenship is. 

Also, the biggest wave of Indian migration to Fiji was in the 70s and 80s so he might be eligible for Indian citizenship by descent. Although India doesn't allow dual citizenship there is an exception if you got the second citizenship by birth rather than choice.

This is Krishna's 4th season with us, the proposed change is in 18/19. By then he will have been at the Nix for 5 seasons, surely he would have got his citizenship by then!

Depends on what visa he is on. Has to hold a residence visa for 5 years, and being on fixed term contracts here he might only be on a series of temporary work visas. All that could be waived if he wanted to play for NZ but he can't so he would have to meet the standard requirements.

Personally I can't see Rossi or Finkler being around in that season anyway.

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about 9 years ago

Yakcall wrote:

mjp2 wrote:

"The new ruling means the A-league can still have five imports but one must come from within the confines of the AFC’s members federations."

So with Roly, Roy, Rod, Rossi and the Finkler we'd have to replace one of them with an AFC import. 

Roly and A-Rod contract expire end of this season. Krishna, Rossi and Finkler end of 17/18. So at least one of them will be gone by then and will have to be replaced by an AFC import.

I'd say all of them will be gone by 17/18 except for Krishna, so we'll be ok.

a.haak

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about 9 years ago

valeo wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

mjp2 wrote:

"The new ruling means the A-league can still have five imports but one must come from within the confines of the AFC’s members federations."

So with Roly, Roy, Rod, Rossi and the Finkler we'd have to replace one of them with an AFC import. 

Roly and A-Rod contract expire end of this season. Krishna, Rossi and Finkler end of 17/18. So at least one of them will be gone by then and will have to be replaced by an AFC import.

I'd say all of them will be gone by 17/18 except for Krishna, so we'll be ok.

I hope A-Rod sticks around, gets fast-tracked citizenship and becomes an All White

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about 9 years ago
This. And Rossi.
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about 9 years ago

kwlap wrote:
This.

And Rossi.

Rossi played for Italy U21s so couldn't play for the AWs :(

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about 9 years ago
Ahh. Did not know that. Well he will be on the wrong side of 30 by then anyway...
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