ex-Nix: Where/what are they now?

Have to say that was my first thought but decided not to check. Tried and exhausted technique by them. 

Stein Huysegems retired from pro football over the weekend

I really enjoyed Stein. Think he would have been remembered much more fondly by Nix fans if he'd played in a slightly different era.

Liked him... thought he did well in a system not really made for him, Ricki just couldn't make him into a target man!

@ultrafootballau Football Team of the Week for Round 5 #NPLNSW

— NPL New South Wales (@NPLNSW) April 8, 2019

Hah, Mirjan is still around. See that Mateo Poljak is at Marconi too (obviously not ex-Nix, but still ex-A league).

Mirjan Pavlovic is very much still around! He's in great form.

seems Parkhouse is too...

at NPL level.......

I rated him too. I fought for his ratings on the FIFA games back then when I edited Wellington - was a fan of his touch - hence his drastic ball control/dribbling stats between Fifa 15 and 17 lol Also had one of the best potential ratings of the league which was supposed to max out at 70.

Good on him!

https://www.futwiz.com/en/fifa17/career-mode/player/alex-rodriguez/7596

That's fantastic! Am currently editor now so let me know if you want to have input

Gameiro now a daddy to a little girl.

Congrats.

At least he has the time to be a full time dad, wonder if another a league team will take a chance in him or if he's spent the last few years since his string of injuries training for a life outside of football.

Just wondering if anyone else got an email from Reece Crowther about a horse racing prediction service? I'm assuming the NZ TAB was how they got my email.

I wonder if his Kickstarter backers ever got their money back from a previous get rich scheme he was involved in?

Roly off to Saudi team Al-Faisaly

Cha-ching!

Well it has 9000 people and an equestrian club, only 45 in summer.

She'll love it - quick flight to Dubai where she'll live like a queen while he plays in Saudi.

If it's closed to Dubai there will be lots of international schools surely

She didn't like wellington because if the earthquake i thought.

2 hour drive to the nearest airport... She'd probably just skip Saudi Arabia and head straight to Dubai.

Holy shark! I always thought Roly is a family man, why would you do this? This is a big mistake. It's Saudia Arabia, a country with politics anyone here should not agree without getting banned. But the quality of living, I prefer earthquakes over this:

My guess is the reason has several zeroes in it (that will ultimately enable him to better support his family).

there will be less wind and she will get a better tan there as well

She can probably get to the airport in less than 2 hours too. 

And they get to play in the sand and make Sandcastles.

It's a fair way to dig a channel to the sea to fill the moat though.

Expats in Saudi live very well - the gated communities are very social, having their own tennis, pool and golf clubs normally. The cost of a live in nanny is less that 250nz a month, so heaps of help if wanted so you can socialise etc.

Lived in Dubai for 6 years, the schools, shopping and nightlife leaves NZ and Australia for dead.

He's moving to a city smaller than Wainui though

Saw on Twitter that Cleberson is coaching Redlands FC in the Queensland NPL. Unsurprisingly his team has conceded 44 goals in 13 games. 

This post seems a bit arrogant. Like you know what is best for the Bonevacia family. Just because you think it's a mistake doesn't mean it is for them. Different people like/prefer different things. 

Pretty sure AWs had a game against Redlands as a warmup to ONC, in PNG a few years ago.

This post seems a bit arrogant. Like you know what is best for the Bonevacia family. Just because you think it's a mistake doesn't mean it is for them. Different people like/prefer different things. 

 Certainly not arrogant if one has a different opinion. 

Haha, since when are unfiltered comments here considered arrogant?

If Roly would be friend, I would told him exactly the same. This looks clearly about the money, football and quality of life can’t be the reason for the move.

I like the guy, and hope it turns out well for the Bonavacia family, we’ll see.

Questioning whether he is actually a family man seems off to me. And I don't think any of us really know anything about what their quality of life will be from this move unless someone somehow knows where they'll actually all be living etc. Yes, I'm sure we all agree a big part of the move is money, but money & quality of life aren't mutually exclusive. 

I'm sure she got out of Wellington quicker than that!

Anyway, I love Roly, even if I wish he'd stayed with us longer, so got to wish him nothing but good luck.

Money might be good, but lifestyle will take some getting used to. I think I'd rather live in Hamilton! 

Yeah, an economy based on slave labour offers a great lifestyle, if you're not a slave. That's why some people are still nostalgic for the Confederate States of America.