Rufer has passion and seems to be popular with the media, but he isn't what we need as coach.
We have just got the wooden spoon despite 'having our best ever squad'. It is not the time for a manager light on experience. We need someone who can recognise the issues and fix them. That comes with experience.
If we were going for someone light on experience, I would rather go for Greenacre instead.
Rufer has passion and seems to be popular with the media, but he isn't what we need as coach.
We have just got the wooden spoon despite 'having our best ever squad'. It is not the time for a manager light on experience. We need someone who can recognise the issues and fix them. That comes with experience.
If we were going for someone light on experience, I would rather go for Greenacre instead.
Just read the article that said Milne, Fitzgerald and Marinovic should have been at WC2010. Made me seriously go 'da fuqq?' Milne is a modified LB (and not a standout) at City and Fitzgerald has shown his form... Makes me wonder what type of players he would bring in...
Grumpy old bastard alert
Wynton`s record as coach with the Kingz wasn`t that bad !!!!???
Mid table finishes in the old Australian NFL. He may well bring his brother Shane in too as assistant if he's selected.
I look forward to Yellow Fever's hymn singing before games should Wynton get the job. I think our boy goes for the more fervent evangelical stuff and I think the shirts-off episodes will have to end.
Wynton's first job as coach: an exorcism! The reason Totori has been shit is possession by Island demons.
My source tells me Welnix are close to signing a new coach.
"Ye shall (soon) know the Truth, and the Truth shall set you free."
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
I was talking to Noah Hickey last week and we got on the subject of new Nix coach and also Wynton Rufer (not in the same conversation topic) Noah said that they have tried to bend over backwards to work with Wynton but he is set in his ways and won't change. Basically said he is very difficult to deal with.
Did no one read this? I was talking to Noah on 11 April and he had been on a phone conference with three English based coaches that day. The impression I got from his comments about Wynton was that there is no way in hell that he will be coaching the Nix.
I don't really think anyone seriously believes he has a shot. More the 'what if' scenario...
Grumpy old bastard alert
I was talking to Noah Hickey last week and we got on the subject of new Nix coach and also Wynton Rufer (not in the same conversation topic) Noah said that they have tried to bend over backwards to work with Wynton but he is set in his ways and won't change. Basically said he is very difficult to deal with.
Did no one read this? I was talking to Noah on 11 April and he had been on a phone conference with three English based coaches that day. The impression I got from his comments about Wynton was that there is no way in hell that he will be coaching the Nix.
Are you implying that the likely new coach is going to be one currently English-based?
I was talking to Noah Hickey last week and we got on the subject of new Nix coach and also Wynton Rufer (not in the same conversation topic) Noah said that they have tried to bend over backwards to work with Wynton but he is set in his ways and won't change. Basically said he is very difficult to deal with.
Did no one read this? I was talking to Noah on 11 April and he had been on a phone conference with three English based coaches that day. The impression I got from his comments about Wynton was that there is no way in hell that he will be coaching the Nix.
Are you implying that the likely new coach is going to be one currently English-based?
Please be Kevin Keegan!
"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
Star Time article says no kiwi in the mix. But Merrick is (yuck)
I have heard that there are currently interviews happening in the UK
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
Lee Norfolk.
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
And not forgetting Neil Warlock.
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
"The identity of the former Man U player is not known but he has apparently held coaching positions in the UK and abroad." D Richardson, NZ Herald. Bryan Robson coached Sheffield Utd, West Brom - and was Thailand manager 2009 - 2011
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
And not forgetting Neil Warlock.
"The identity of the former Man U player is not known but he has apparently held coaching positions in the UK and abroad." D Richardson, NZ Herald. Bryan Robson coached Sheffield Utd, West Brom - and was Thailand manager 2009 - 2011
And not forgetting Neil Warlock.
I can't imagine we can afford any of those names. But out of all of them I'd love Coyle.
"The identity of the former Man U player is not known but he has apparently held coaching positions in the UK and abroad." D Richardson, NZ Herald. Bryan Robson coached Sheffield Utd, West Brom - and was Thailand manager 2009 - 2011
"The identity of the former Man U player is not known but he has apparently held coaching positions in the UK and abroad." D Richardson, NZ Herald. Bryan Robson coached Sheffield Utd, West Brom - and was Thailand manager 2009 - 2011
Gah, can someone please suggest another person that meets the articles criteria please. Really don't like the thought of it being Berg.
Star Time article says no kiwi in the mix. But Merrick is (yuck)
I realise that many on this forum are no fans of Merrick and would rather see a local (Kiwi) coach or a UK import. But Merrick ticks some of the boxes on WelNix list and should not be ignored. He is a winning coach (got the A-League double of minor premiership and GF win twice with Melbourne Victory), knows the local scene, travel times and money cap limits etc., very well.
He may want to return to coaching in A-League but is wary of taking the only other job on offer (the one with Pissant Reds). He'd be cheaper than a UK trained coach of good calibre, although way more expensive than a local Kiwi product. I do not think we have good enough local coaches at the moment here in NZ to take the Phoenix further than where we are now, because the A-League has improved massively this year. I think Greenacre would do just as good if not better job than other local candidates (OK, I have no more than a gut feeling to support this statement). Although Merrick would not be as good as some top level UK coaches, he'd be good enough for the current A-League level. Player retention / recruitment would also be better because he'd know where to look and who to ask, either here or in Oz.
Actually, getting outplayed quite a bit these days
What exactly is wrong with Merrick ?
The most successful A league coach I believe. Or is he past it now ?
What exactly is wrong with Merrick ?
Heh. You may be shocked to learn that Merrick plays pretty much the same kind of game as Herbert did.
What exactly is wrong with Merrick ?
The most successful A league coach I believe. Or is he past it now ?
What exactly is wrong with Merrick ?
Heh. You may be shocked to learn that Merrick plays pretty much the same kind of game as Herbert did.
"The identity of the former Man U player is not known but he has apparently held coaching positions in the UK and abroad." D Richardson, NZ Herald. Bryan Robson coached Sheffield Utd, West Brom - and was Thailand manager 2009 - 2011
Ole Gunnar Solksjaer...
"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
Solksjaer would be fairly cool, though surely Greenie is the same kind of player??
man in a pub was talking up Phil Neville too as a player-coach...would be great in our midfield...
unhappy that there are no Kiwi coaches in the mix. Is there really no NZ coach who could make the step up or is trying to make the step up? Should be a pathway for coaches and players...
On that note- where is Ricki next looking for a job? Can he get a decent gig somewhere? Perhaps as an assistant in a decent club somewhere to build on?
What does NZ gain from picking up Merrick? Merrick had Thompson and Muscat, handy players...
"The identity of the former Man U player is not known but he has apparently held coaching positions in the UK and abroad." D Richardson, NZ Herald. Bryan Robson coached Sheffield Utd, West Brom - and was Thailand manager 2009 - 2011
Ole Gunnar Solksjaer...
Or maybe even Jesper Olsen who is Asst Manager at the Jam Tards?
"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
"The identity of the former Man U player is not known but he has apparently held coaching positions in the UK and abroad." D Richardson, NZ Herald. Bryan Robson coached Sheffield Utd, West Brom - and was Thailand manager 2009 - 2011
Ole Gunnar Solksjaer...
Or maybe even Jesper Olsen who is Asst Manager at the Jam Tards?
It's quite obvious the anti Rufer squad do not actually realise what he achieved in Football in at the top level, sadly it is also obvious the Phoenix decision makers don't either.
It's quite obvious the anti Rufer squad do not actually realise what he achieved in Football in at the top level, sadly it is also obvious the Phoenix decision makers don't either.
What exactly is wrong with Merrick ?
Heh. You may be shocked to learn that Merrick plays pretty much the same kind of game as Herbert did.
It's quite obvious the anti Rufer squad do not actually realise what he achieved in Football in at the top level, sadly it is also obvious the Phoenix decision makers don't either.
It's quite obvious the anti Rufer squad do not actually realise what he achieved in Football in at the top level, sadly it is also obvious the Phoenix decision makers don't either.
Grumpy old bastard alert
It's quite obvious the anti Rufer squad do not actually realise what he achieved in Football in at the top level, sadly it is also obvious the Phoenix decision makers don't either.
Grumpy old bastard alert
Solksjaer would be fairly cool, though surely Greenie is the same kind of player??
man in a pub was talking up Phil Neville too as a player-coach...would be great in our midfield...
unhappy that there are no Kiwi coaches in the mix. Is there really no NZ coach who could make the step up or is trying to make the step up? Should be a pathway for coaches and players...
On that note- where is Ricki next looking for a job? Can he get a decent gig somewhere? Perhaps as an assistant in a decent club somewhere to build on?
What does NZ gain from picking up Merrick? Merrick had Thompson and Muscat, handy players...
Grumpy old bastard alert
Solksjaer would be fairly cool, though surely Greenie is the same kind of player??
man in a pub was talking up Phil Neville too as a player-coach...would be great in our midfield...
unhappy that there are no Kiwi coaches in the mix. Is there really no NZ coach who could make the step up or is trying to make the step up? Should be a pathway for coaches and players...
On that note- where is Ricki next looking for a job? Can he get a decent gig somewhere? Perhaps as an assistant in a decent club somewhere to build on?
What does NZ gain from picking up Merrick? Merrick had Thompson and Muscat, handy players...
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
Mark Hughes Coached in England........and Welsh National Team.......Kinda overseas
Gordan Strachan England and Scotland
Sammy McIlroy England and Northern Island National Team
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