Ernie Merrick - former Phoenix manager

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almost 13 years ago

Lonegunmen wrote:

tripvincent wrote:

I've got two degrees and no apology from JV

Really? How cool. I've got a Vodafone myself.

Wow that took someone ages...

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almost 13 years ago

RedGed wrote:

Junior82 wrote:

Lonegunmen wrote:

tripvincent wrote:

I've got two degrees and no apology from JV

Really? How cool. I've got a Vodafone myself.

TV is probably in a deadspot and JV is on Telecom so can't get through.

Close J82. T.V ' s portable hotspot is on the blink so he's on hold waiting for mobile faults, while JV got a bit angry with the rep who promptly transferred him to the far queue.........an overseas call centre, I believe....

Here ill come down to your level

....i just borrowed your mums phone!

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almost 13 years ago

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almost 13 years ago

A lot of tweets going round mentioning Ernie Merrick.

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almost 13 years ago

Sackofspuds wrote:

A lot of tweets going round mentioning Ernie Merrick.

What two?

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almost 13 years ago

Retweets.

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almost 13 years ago

Now people may start to believe me....

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almost 13 years ago

I have heard that Dowie has been interviewed, as well as Steve Coppell.

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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almost 13 years ago

I think we should have our own talent show called (Phoeni)X Factor where we get a panel of rubbish judges and select the best coaching talent NZ has to offer...

"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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almost 13 years ago

C-Diddy wrote:

I think we should have our own talent show called (Phoeni)X Factor where we get a panel of rubbish judges and select the best coaching talent NZ has to offer...

Isn't that what we're doing?

Allegedly

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almost 13 years ago

Tegal wrote:

C-Diddy wrote:

I think we should have our own talent show called (Phoeni)X Factor where we get a panel of rubbish judges and select the best coaching talent NZ has to offer...

Isn't that what we're doing?

We don't know what we're doing!

"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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almost 13 years ago

nufc_nz wrote:

Now people may start to believe me....

You were giving the opportunity to put up and you dropped your nuts. Best you pipe down.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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almost 13 years ago

Tegal wrote:

C-Diddy wrote:

I think we should have our own talent show called (Phoeni)X Factor where we get a panel of rubbish judges and select the best coaching talent NZ has to offer...

Isn't that what we're doing?

mad laughter

COYN

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almost 13 years ago

hamezilla wrote:

Tegal wrote:

C-Diddy wrote:

I think we should have our own talent show called (Phoeni)X Factor where we get a panel of rubbish judges and select the best coaching talent NZ has to offer...

Isn't that what we're doing?

mad laughter

Hosted by Terry Serepisos?

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almost 13 years ago

Stupid formatting. Take two.

Can someone please organise a Phoenix quiz night for Vader, Trip and NUFC.

Winner takes all type scenario, with the losers admitting that in the pale shadow of their conqueror and are a mere blemish on his backside.

Here's the first question: Name the first ever signing made by Wellington Phoenix.

*disclaimer: the person asking the question does not actually know the
answer and will accept the first entry as correct regardless of factual
accuracy.

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almost 13 years ago

MetalLegNZ wrote:

Here's the first question: Name the first ever signing made by Wellington Phoenix.

Cool game... Ross Aloisi? Don't actually think he was the first, but I know he was pretty early. Probably someone like Coveny, Old, Draper, Costa....

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almost 13 years ago · edited almost 13 years ago · History

Tim Brown

Grumpy old bastard alert

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almost 13 years ago

Jeff Vader wrote:

Tim Brown

Fixed. Embarrassing

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almost 13 years ago

And I will add that he signed but it was not ratified to later cause he had also signed with Newcastle. They released him as an act of good faith

Grumpy old bastard alert

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almost 13 years ago

There are no bonus points.

Actually the first official signing made by wellington was Rick Herbert, trick question.

But here's a harder one... who was the first player ever signed by the nix as an injury replacement.

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almost 13 years ago

Moosecat?

Allegedly

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almost 13 years ago

Muscat was start of season 2. I'm going with Phil Imray.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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almost 13 years ago

MetalLegNZ wrote:

There are no bonus points.

Actually the first official signing made by wellington was Rick Herbert, trick question.

But here's a harder one... who was the first player ever signed by the nix as an injury replacement.

That made my day ! Love it !

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almost 13 years ago

Jeff Vader wrote:

Muscat was start of season 2. I'm going with Phil Imray.

Nix had 3 keepers on the books in the first season, so that is unlikely. Was Rees an injury replacement? Or a 'Omg we signed a donkey called Cleberson' replacement?

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almost 13 years ago

lol, I forgot we had 3 keepers to begin with. What a waste of a spot that proved to be.

Does that count as Ricki's first inspired signing??

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almost 13 years ago

Yeah we had Moss, Paston and Spoonley but I seem to remember Imray coming in to sit on the bench.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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almost 13 years ago

Ryan's Rovers wrote:

Jeff Vader wrote:

Muscat was start of season 2. I'm going with Phil Imray.

Nix had 3 keepers on the books in the first season, so that is unlikely. Was Rees an injury replacement? Or a 'Omg we signed a donkey called Cleberson' replacement?

Rees was signed but not as an injury replacement.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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almost 13 years ago

What are the scores George Dawes?

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion.

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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almost 13 years ago

Jeff Vader wrote:

Yeah we had Moss, Paston and Spoonley but I seem to remember Imray coming in to sit on the bench.

His first time was Round 7 of 08/09 v Noocastle away

Founder

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almost 13 years ago · edited almost 13 years ago · History

Feverish wrote:

Jeff Vader wrote:

Yeah we had Moss, Paston and Spoonley but I seem to remember Imray coming in to sit on the bench.

His first time was Round 7 of 08/09 v Noocastle away

Did Spoonley have a deal in 08/09? He was the keeper on the bench in Rnd 6, so possibly was before Imray.

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almost 13 years ago

Move the quiz talk to the quiz thread: http://forums.yellowfever.co.nz/categories/wellington-phoenix-discussion/topics/offseason-fun-phoenix-quiz?page=4

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almost 13 years ago

Ryan's Rovers wrote:

Feverish wrote:

Jeff Vader wrote:

Yeah we had Moss, Paston and Spoonley but I seem to remember Imray coming in to sit on the bench.

His first time was Round 7 of 08/09 v Noocastle away

Did Spoonley have a deal in 08/09? He was the keeper on the bench in Rnd 6, so possibly was before Imray.

correct

Founder

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almost 13 years ago

Frankie Mac wrote:

I have heard that Dowie has been interviewed, as well as Steve Coppell.

Jeez I'm glad you are joking.

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almost 13 years ago

ForteanTimes wrote:

Frankie Mac wrote:

I have heard that Dowie has been interviewed, as well as Steve Coppell.

Jeez I'm glad you are joking.

not a joke. Dowie did pretty well at Palace (took them up via the play-offs after taking over when they were in the bottom 3 IIRC) but it all turned to custard at Charlton.

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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almost 13 years ago

tripvincent wrote:

RedGed wrote:

Junior82 wrote:

Lonegunmen wrote:

tripvincent wrote:

I've got two degrees and no apology from JV

Really? How cool. I've got a Vodafone myself.

TV is probably in a deadspot and JV is on Telecom so can't get through.

Here ill come down to your level

....i just borrowed your mums phone!

You worry me sometimes TV ......! My dear Mums long departed...the phone you're talking about would have had a crank handle and braided cord!! But seriously leave my Mum to rest please. If you check I wasn't having a go at you, just a dig at Telecom's service....

Improving,,on the up, a work in progress from Italiano and the Nix. Bring on the bathroom bling in '24! COYN!

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almost 13 years ago

MetalLegNZ wrote:

Crawely does appear to be a well run club that had moved forward in recent years. Not a bad sign if he's played a role in this.

Crawley was taken over by Arabs who bought themselves two promotions. They're the Manchester City of League One.

Ramming liberal dribble down your throat since 2009
This forum needs less angst and more Kate Bush threads

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almost 13 years ago

RedGed wrote:

tripvincent wrote:

RedGed wrote:

Junior82 wrote:

Lonegunmen wrote:

tripvincent wrote:

I've got two degrees and no apology from JV

Really? How cool. I've got a Vodafone myself.

TV is probably in a deadspot and JV is on Telecom so can't get through.

Here ill come down to your level

....i just borrowed your mums phone!

Well obviously I'm very spiritual...

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almost 13 years ago

Nix FB writes:

What's the biggest decision you've made for you and your family? We're in the middle of making one of those defining decisions for the Phoenix family and want to make sure we get this right. The finalists are in and the deliberations are underway but we're still a wee way off from an announcement on our new head coach. Rest assured, we'll tell you as soon we we've made the call!

Ramming liberal dribble down your throat since 2009
This forum needs less angst and more Kate Bush threads

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almost 13 years ago

Frankie Mac wrote:

ForteanTimes wrote:

Frankie Mac wrote:

I have heard that Dowie has been interviewed, as well as Steve Coppell.

Jeez I'm glad you are joking.

not a joke. Dowie did pretty well at Palace (took them up via the play-offs after taking over when they were in the bottom 3 IIRC) but it all turned to custard at Charlton.

I still can't quite believe we'd ever get Coppell. Dowie seems a more realistic target if we're talking about someone from the UK.

It's interesting to compare their management records. The main difference is the number of games they've coached. Coppell has coached nearly 1,000 games of pro football which is pretty significant.

Coppell - Games 988 - Won 395 - Drawn 261 - Lost 332 - Win 40% - Pts Per Game 1.46
Dowie - Games 295 - Won 115 - Drawn 74 - Lost 106 - Win 39% - Pts Per Game 1.42

For context, Ernie Merrick has coached 151 A-League games and won 70 for a 46% win percentage and Rickie Herbert has coached 214 A-League games and won 77 for a 36% win percentage. Both at a lower level than Coppell or Dowie of course.

Dowie should be considered at least as brainy as Coppell too. He has a Masters degree in Engineering from Southampton University.

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almost 13 years ago

Doloras wrote:

Nix FB writes:

Sounds like (phoeni)X factor to me.

Allegedly

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