Off-contract midfielder Cameron Devlin, a regular starter for Wellington Phoenix this season, looks set to join Ingham on the Hunter after previously being linked with Victory.
Why on earth would he go there?! Hope they're at least throwing a boatload of cash at him, or maybe playing back in NSW has made him realise he wants to be based in Aussie. Overall a bizarre move to trade down quality of football.
Off-contract midfielder Cameron Devlin, a regular starter for Wellington Phoenix this season, looks set to join Ingham on the Hunter after previously being linked with Victory.
Well there is the Jets link that was mentioned to me awhile back.
I'd be really disappointed if Devlin left us to go to The Jets.
Why on earth would he go there?! Hope they're at least throwing a boatload of cash at him, or maybe playing back in NSW has made him realise he wants to be based in Aussie. Overall a bizarre move to trade down quality of football.
would be interesting conspiracy theory around the throwing of heaps of cash given 3 current clubs "own" the jets. I read somewhere that the three were going to allow a massive amount of cash to be splashed on players. Perhaps getting Devlin away from us is a win/win, strengthens the Jets and severely weakens us.
Off-contract midfielder Cameron Devlin, a regular starter for Wellington Phoenix this season, looks set to join Ingham on the Hunter after previously being linked with Victory.
Well there is the Jets link that was mentioned to me awhile back.
I'd be really disappointed if Devlin left us to go to The Jets.
Why on earth would he go there?! Hope they're at least throwing a boatload of cash at him, or maybe playing back in NSW has made him realise he wants to be based in Aussie. Overall a bizarre move to trade down quality of football.
Things can change quickly in the a league. Ownership issues are still in the air but more settled now than past couple of seasons, but they bring a couple of players of Devlin ability in and some visa players that perform well and a decent coach and you're in finals contention.
Off-contract midfielder Cameron Devlin, a regular starter for Wellington Phoenix this season, looks set to join Ingham on the Hunter after previously being linked with Victory.
Well there is the Jets link that was mentioned to me awhile back.
I'd be really disappointed if Devlin left us to go to The Jets.
Why on earth would he go there?! Hope they're at least throwing a boatload of cash at him, or maybe playing back in NSW has made him realise he wants to be based in Aussie. Overall a bizarre move to trade down quality of football.
would be interesting conspiracy theory around the throwing of heaps of cash given 3 current clubs "own" the jets. I read somewhere that the three were going to allow a massive amount of cash to be splashed on players. Perhaps getting Devlin away from us is a win/win, strengthens the Jets and severely weakens us.
I saw an article that said the 'Nix owners were one of the 4 owners of the Jets:
Off-contract midfielder Cameron Devlin, a regular starter for Wellington Phoenix this season, looks set to join Ingham on the Hunter after previously being linked with Victory.
Well there is the Jets link that was mentioned to me awhile back.
I'd be really disappointed if Devlin left us to go to The Jets.
Why on earth would he go there?! Hope they're at least throwing a boatload of cash at him, or maybe playing back in NSW has made him realise he wants to be based in Aussie. Overall a bizarre move to trade down quality of football.
would be interesting conspiracy theory around the throwing of heaps of cash given 3 current clubs "own" the jets. I read somewhere that the three were going to allow a massive amount of cash to be splashed on players. Perhaps getting Devlin away from us is a win/win, strengthens the Jets and severely weakens us.
I saw an article that said the 'Nix owners were one of the 4 owners of the Jets:
With all these players moving on to bigger and better clubs we are surely heading for the spoon next season. Devlins move is just the icing on the cake
With all these players moving on to bigger and better clubs we are surely heading for the spoon next season. Devlins move is just the icing on the cake
Lmao, when i saw there was 1 new post on this thread and it was from Royz, I genuinely thought "this will be a waste of time". Do something productive bud, its so boring
Tbf he has done far better in terms of goals and assists than anywhere else. He's played about 1/5 of his games for the Phoenix, but almost half of his goals and assists were here. Screenshot_20210609_165055.jpg297.68 KB
Wowee, yeh. Domey, and quite possibly, Uffie pissed. Playing in India a bit of a harder sell for sure. Losing Uli, Tomer and Devlin a bit crap. Guna be frustrating if it takes half a season for our next striker to get match fitness. Would we look at someone like Mitch Duke or Juric? Also reckon Duke gave Tim Payne a finishing school with that embarrassment earlier in the season! Nowhere close to what Tomer showed at the end of the season, but can hit the ground running.
Wowee, yeh. Domey, and quite possibly, Uffie pissed. Playing in India a bit of a harder sell for sure. Losing Uli, Tomer and Devlin a bit crap. Guna be frustrating if it takes half a season for our next striker to get match fitness. Would we look at someone like Mitch Duke or Juric? Also reckon Duke gave Tim Payne a finishing school with that embarrassment earlier in the season! Nowhere close to what Tomer showed at the end of the season, but can hit the ground running.
Hmm pass on Juric, I think Adelaide fans were less than happy with him from this season and preferred Yengi/Toures. I’d also expect he’d ask for reasonable wages given his rep, and that it’d be better spent elsewhere. Duke would be better, but can’t see him coming here, he’s only on loan at Wanderers and is contracted at Al-Taawoun (Saudi) until end of next season, and Domey wouldn’t be desperate to sign a 30 year old who’s only ‘above-average’ at A League level.
A wag posting a player is leaving a club on social media both sucks, lacks class and is disrespectful to a club who has expressed an interest in wanting the player to stay.
Obviously we need to assess the wags attitude and class along with the husbands next time
A wag posting a player is leaving a club on social media both sucks, lacks class and is disrespectful to a club who has expressed an interest in wanting the player to stay.
Obviously we need to assess the wags attitude and class along with the husbands next time
Ambitious partners= good footballers? Good for Smeltzy, Hemed and Roly iirc...
Wowee, yeh. Domey, and quite possibly, Uffie pissed. Playing in India a bit of a harder sell for sure. Losing Uli, Tomer and Devlin a bit crap. Guna be frustrating if it takes half a season for our next striker to get match fitness. Would we look at someone like Mitch Duke or Juric? Also reckon Duke gave Tim Payne a finishing school with that embarrassment earlier in the season! Nowhere close to what Tomer showed at the end of the season, but can hit the ground running.
Hmm pass on Juric, I think Adelaide fans were less than happy with him from this season and preferred Yengi/Toures. I’d also expect he’d ask for reasonable wages given his rep, and that it’d be better spent elsewhere. Duke would be better, but can’t see him coming here, he’s only on loan at Wanderers and is contracted at Al-Taawoun (Saudi) until end of next season, and Domey wouldn’t be desperate to sign a 30 year old who’s only ‘above-average’ at A League level.
Someone localish with pedigree who Uffie could get possibly get more out of. Those were the two who we’ve recently played against who came to mind as operating in a Tomer-adjacent kind of mode. Someone did say Watto! Just an idea if we’d rather not wait for the European window. Any better ideas then? Also: apparently Tomer’s post is down? Counter offer?
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With the 'record-setting' attempts I wonder how close it was to McArthurs offer or if was even more?
Interesting indeed. If it was somewhat close in terms of $ value, you'd think he'd be slightly better off in Wellington in terms of living costs. I mean the cost of living in many major cities in Australasia is astronomical - Sydney/Greater Western Sydney would be right up near the top though.
Perhaps him and his young family just wanted to expand their horizons and see a bit more of the world - Can't really begrudge him for that. That and probably the fact it'll be his last big $$$ contract. Take it while you can get it I guess.
Good luck to him though, he's been fantastic for us in what has been a trying 18 month period for the club.
Also, Devlin to the Jets!? 😂 They must be throwing some serious money at him to try and resurrect that train wreck of a club. Undoubtedly a step backward if it eventuates.
I am not hearing Dura saying that he regretted going to Western Sydney, so even half-decent players can choose to play for an unknown quality club if the offer is right.
Dura said that he Ufuk wanted to transition him out of the starting line up and that he didn't think he would suit the system that Ufuk wanted to play so he felt that going to western prolonged his career. Might not have anything to do with money.
Let's be real, international or Aussie stars might just not like living in Wellington. It appeals to some (Ifill, Greenacre), but lifestyle/environment, even weather is a factor (thoughI don't think anyone who's lived most of their life in the UK will mind the weather, honestly.)
If Tomer is going somewhere there are more Jews, maybe Uli likes it somewhere where there are more Mexicans.
Let's be real, international or Aussie stars might just not like living in Wellington. It appeals to some (Ifill, Greenacre), but lifestyle/environment, even weather is a factor (thoughI don't think anyone who's lived most of their life in the UK will mind the weather, honestly.)
If Tomer is going somewhere there are more Jews, maybe Uli likes it somewhere where there are more Mexicans.
Should just stick to the Englishmen then, Iffy & Greenacre have stayed after retiring, Taylor loves it here.
An Auckland A-League team would be interesting if it could attract foreigners with a climate/lifestyle more 'competitive" with smaller Australian cities (always assuming all the disastrous experience of the Kingz/Knights are taken into account). Imagine an Argentian gun attracted by the Waiheke Island Latino community.
Let's be real, international or Aussie stars might just not like living in Wellington. It appeals to some (Ifill, Greenacre), but lifestyle/environment, even weather is a factor (thoughI don't think anyone who's lived most of their life in the UK will mind the weather, honestly.)
If Tomer is going somewhere there are more Jews, maybe Uli likes it somewhere where there are more Mexicans.
I know very wealth people can enjoy a good quality of life where ever, but to make us feel a bit better The Economist ranks Wellington higher than most Aussie cities at least.E3b4NW5WQAEosjL.jpg38.67 KB