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WPM 2021/22 Squad Speculation, Confirmation and Mutual Termination

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Posted September 28, 2021 00:12 · last edited September 28, 2021 00:22

Ryan
mrsmiis
on the bright side, I can't see him leaving Welly any time soon! I'm hopeful he'll play a part in the landscape for years to come
One of the reasons he gave for leaving is he wants to see his family, so my guess is he's on the next plane back to the UK. Not to say he won't come back, because he seems to love the city, but that would depend on if there's any work for him here.

It's a huge blow for the club, they already said they can't get in foreigners through either NZ or AU MIQ and we were already going to have to manage until January with a threadbare squad.

Unless we can pull a rabbit out of the hat we're going to seriously struggle.

You can understand his reasoning, when he came back to Wellington for that game last season, he talked about his struggles with lockdown and how many times he'd gone through MIQ, but the end is also on the horizon. You'd have hoped the team could have come to some sort of deal with him where he could see it through those first six games and then make a call.

I think he's already done about 6 stretches of MIQ in the last 18 months, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone. Plus the whole 6 months in India sounded a bit suffocating. Don't forget this is a guy who got his non football kicks, out on Wellington Harbour on his jetski, in the great outdoors.

But frustrating in that after this 2 month/6 game phase in NSW, Nix could be looking at a pretty normal H&A season from Jan 2022.

Could be that just like a 34yr old Ryan Nelsen in a QPR dressing room after an upset win over Chelsea, he'd just lost the passion for it. Seems like it can come on all that sudden for some guys. Just wake up one day and lost the love, after 15-20 odd years as a pro, compounded by missing his UK family, and all this Covid shark.

Still the timing is really really shark for the club. Talay and some of the senior players esp have some right to be pissed with Taylor. Maybe he will be back at the club one day, when things are forgiven, but for the moment he's better to head off up north.

Sounds like he has some post football plans anyway.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2021/09/a-league-departing-captain-stephen-taylor-not-feeling-love-from-wellington-phoenix-over-contract-extension.html
His next move will likely see him relocate to Dubai, where he works as a strength and conditioning trainer during the off-season.

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Ryan
mrsmiis
on the bright side, I can't see him leaving Welly any time soon! I'm hopeful he'll play a part in the landscape for years to come
One of the reasons he gave for leaving is he wants to see his family, so my guess is he's on the next plane back to the UK. Not to say he won't come back, because he seems to love the city, but that would depend on if there's any work for him here.

It's a huge blow for the club, they already said they can't get in foreigners through either NZ or AU MIQ and we were already going to have to manage until January with a threadbare squad.

Unless we can pull a rabbit out of the hat we're going to seriously struggle.

You can understand his reasoning, when he came back to Wellington for that game last season, he talked about his struggles with lockdown and how many times he'd gone through MIQ, but the end is also on the horizon. You'd have hoped the team could have come to some sort of deal with him where he could see it through those first six games and then make a call.

I think he's already done about 6 stretches of MIQ in the last 18 months, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone. Plus the whole 6 months in India sounded a bit suffocating. Don't forget this is a guy who got his non football kicks, out on Wellington Harbour on his jetski, in the great outdoors.

But frustrating in that after this 2 month/6 game phase in NSW, Nix could be looking at a pretty normal H&A season from Jan 2022.

Could be that just like a mid 30s Ryan Nelsen in a QPR dressing room after an upset win over Chelsea, he'd just lost the passion for it. Seems like it can come on all that sudden for some guys. Just wake up one day and lost the love, after 15-20 odd years as a pro, compounded by missing his UK family, and all this Covid shark.

Still the timing is really really shark for the club. Talay and some of the senior players esp have some right to be pissed with Taylor. Maybe he will be back at the club one day, when things are forgiven, but for the moment he's better to head off up north.

Sounds like he has some post football plans anyway.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2021/09/a-league-departing-captain-stephen-taylor-not-feeling-love-from-wellington-phoenix-over-contract-extension.html
His next move will likely see him relocate to Dubai, where he works as a strength and conditioning trainer during the off-season.
Unknown editor edited September 28, 2021 00:15
Ryan
mrsmiis
on the bright side, I can't see him leaving Welly any time soon! I'm hopeful he'll play a part in the landscape for years to come
One of the reasons he gave for leaving is he wants to see his family, so my guess is he's on the next plane back to the UK. Not to say he won't come back, because he seems to love the city, but that would depend on if there's any work for him here.

It's a huge blow for the club, they already said they can't get in foreigners through either NZ or AU MIQ and we were already going to have to manage until January with a threadbare squad.

Unless we can pull a rabbit out of the hat we're going to seriously struggle.

You can understand his reasoning, when he came back to Wellington for that game last season, he talked about his struggles with lockdown and how many times he'd gone through MIQ, but the end is also on the horizon. You'd have hoped the team could have come to some sort of deal with him where he could see it through those first six games and then make a call.

I think he's already done about 6 stretches of MIQ in the last 18 months, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone. Plus the whole 6 months in India sounded a bit suffocating. Don't forget this is a guy who got his non football kicks, out on Wellington Harbour on his jetski, in the great outdoors.

But frustrating in that after this 2 month/6 game phase in NSW, Nix could be looking at a pretty normal H&A season from Jan 2022.

Could be that just like a mid 30s Ryan Nelsen in a QPR dressing room after an upset win over Chelsea, he'd just lost the passion for it. Seems like it can come on all that sudden for some guys. Just wake up one day and lost the love, after 15-20 odd years as a pro.

Still the timing is really shark for the club. Talay and some of the senior players esp have some right to be pissed with Taylor. Maybe he will be back at the club one day, when things are forgiven, but for the moment he's better to head off up north.

Sounds like he has some post football plans anyway.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2021/09/a-league-departing-captain-stephen-taylor-not-feeling-love-from-wellington-phoenix-over-contract-extension.html
His next move will likely see him relocate to Dubai, where he works as a strength and conditioning trainer during the off-season.