Christie....goooooonnnnneee

Christie....goooooonnnnneee

Reported in the Herald just now under the signing of Rojas is this...

"Meanwhile, utility player Jeremy Christie has not had his contract with the Phoenix renewed.

The 26-year-old New Zealand representative was a foundation player for the Phoenix and departs after two years with the club.

" Unfortunately, we had to make some tough decisions around the squad and our focus was on other areas in terms of recruitment," Pignata said."

Can't help thinking he might still have been a useful squad member, but clearly the mgmt are looking elsewhere...

surprised?

The same article in the herald is also on the Phoenix website so must be true.
Any chance we will be picked up by another A-League team?

Fury?  They like our rejects.

Fury only have 1 (maybe 2 depending on Robinson and OZ citizenship?) import slot, and probably won't want to use it on a squad player

I'd say he will head back to the UK and try his luck there.

I guess they need the money for 2 strikers.Its a shame for Christie,but strikers are a priority.

Can't say I'm too disappointed.

Was a solid utility player, never gunna be much more than that.

Good luck to him.

All the best to him , he served the club well. Might struggle to play for the All Whites now, if not picked up and playing regularly. Hope he gets something good going

Good utility player and I will miss him. His enthusiasm off the field towards fans and the Nix was excellent.

Football Mum is gonna be gutted.

Agreed, was a versatile guy but not what we were needing right now.

Hope he secures a professional contract somewhere.

Just his bad luck that we signed Mulligan for two years. Think if we'd signed Mulligan for just 1 year, Plodder would probably have been re-signed.

I'd rather have Plodder at right back than Mulligan at this stage, even though Plodder was way out of position. At least he gave it a good go regardless of where he was played when given the few games he got.

out with the old and in with the new. Didn't think he was needed to be honest. hope he can do well somewhere else

Maybe Perth might be interested again?

I heard on Radio Sport that he was possibly trying India - seems weird.

Ricki "Jeremy I think you're good enough to be playing against the worlds best, Spain"

Thank god for that!!!!!!! So long!!! Cherio cherio cherio!!

Christie's stats, just for the record...

cya....good luck but tbh nowhere near the quality we need. same for the all whites

enthusiastic enough to get booked whilst on the bench - i was impressed

Good luck to him, but in reality he was not good enough.

Nice guy, clearly interested in the fans and the club and enjoyed playing in Wellington.

...Hey J.C,J.C. you're alright by me...........

not a Superstar, Jeremy Christie, but always showed the commitment needed.
A Wellington Phoenix original.Thank you and all the best for the future.

Brewer2009-07-01 21:25:45

If memory serves me correct that was at the game against Adelaide, the night before the LA Galaxy game?

I heaved with laughter seeing that and my respect for him increased ten-fold.

There are at least two other players still on the books who aren't as good as Christie. Why haven't they let them go? matty.j2009-07-01 22:28:28

Because they don't have contracts that finished at the end of March.

it certainly was memorable loyalgunner,

No suprise.

Well good luck to him.

You know after all he has done, I don't think that he actually made any terrible blunders on the field. Just lacking that X factor. So I would think that he was more like a good link team player like that former All Black flanker James Carter.

I dunno about India, they are weak as a national team, although they have a professional league called the I-league that has two seasons and expected to expand from 12 to 14 teams in 2009-10. It is classified as a Grade C league by AFC. (A-League is ranked Grade B, however if it has a Promotion/Relegation that can change to a Grade A. Only Japan has Grade A)

Has he thought about going for League 1 or League 2 in the UK now? He should looked at the Chinese Super League or Indonesian Super League which are both graded as B. He could chance his arm at J-league 2 as he can offer something different as a player and upgrade his football skills, he may even spin a chance at a lower/middle J-league 1 team. His physical NZ nature does give him something different. Like I have said, he hasn't done any terrible blunders and is reasonably solid team player and so a team need that journeyman type player.

Anyway good luck.AllWhitebelievr2009-07-02 01:15:32

Yeah good luck to him. Wonder where he could be off to??? Not an A-League team i guess

I'm still not throwing away my cardboard cutout...

Shame we couldn't keep him, he's a class bloke and a decent utility player, much better than Mulligan (I wish they could just swap contracts...) All the best Jeza.

All the best and good luck Plodinho