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ex-Nix: Where/what are they now?

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over 5 years ago

andrewvoerman wrote:

coochiee wrote:

Oi Oi Edgecumbe wrote:

I didn't think he still had 2 years on his contract

Was off contract at completion of last season. May have had an option for 2 more years, but with so much uncertainty around the A League coming from all angles, the Nix were hardly in a position to quickly offer a new deal/or take up any option if one existed.

With the amount the of ex A League players now in the ISL, you also obviously have to assume the money there is a lot better as well. But nice kudos to the current culture at the Nix that Taylor, Hooper and Steinmann have all talked very warmly about last season. Stupid virus.

Matti Steinmann seemingly signed a two-year extension earlier this year (this isn't just from that article, it's the word around town) but was then released to take up the ISL offer. Why it was never announced and why his release was never announced is a mystery.

You reckon if you asked the Nix they'd tell you, or do you have to route all requests through Piney now?

Valley FC til I die?

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over 5 years ago

Tom Doyle at Kiwitea yesterday with what I hope is a Movember slug on his top lip, absolute shocker of a tash.

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Fratton Park - Champion Hill - Kiwitea St

And all away grounds inbetween.

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over 5 years ago

Walter Scott has signed with Macarthur.

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over 5 years ago

Hooper vs Krishna, with Williams on the bench in today's ISL opener. Currently Hooper 0 - Krishna 1

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over 5 years ago

RR wrote:

Hooper vs Krishna, with Williams on the bench in today's ISL opener. Currently Hooper 0 - Krishna 1

Sheet, imagine if we had that front 3. 



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over 5 years ago

Abbas listed as a trialist in the Jets pre-season game today

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over 5 years ago

Wow - ex Phoenix Academy player Pizzuto on the bench for Lille in Ligue 1.

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over 5 years ago

Bootit wrote:

Wow - ex Phoenix Academy player Pizzuto on the bench for Lille in Ligue 1.

It's a pity he never became a kiwi while here.  Would be an awesome future All White I'm sure.

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over 5 years ago

Williams also started alongside Krishna

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over 5 years ago

Everytime I read that team's name for some reason I think the club is based in the USA... Just sounds like the name of a beach town in California...


VUW AFC - Victoria University Football for life

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over 5 years ago

Well Altona is by the beach in Melbourne, though there isn't much that's magic about it, especially as you move away from the playa.

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over 5 years ago

Blake Powell scores for APIA in a 1-3 loss to CCM in a pre-season game. Glad to see him back playing, I thought he had given it away after a failed stint in the Philippines.

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about 5 years ago

Oi Oi Edgecumbe wrote:

coochiee wrote:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/a-league/12...

Great to see Keegan written about. It seemed a crazy time when he was selected. I wish him well.

An aside Darije Kalezić is currently coaching MVV in the Eerste Divisie (Dutch 2nd tier that Michael Woud is playing in).

MVV are currently 17th (4th bottom). So another sacking may not be far away. Though looks like there is no relegation from the Eerste Divisie, this season??

https://us.soccerway.com/coaches/darije-kalezic/17...

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about 5 years ago

Marco Rojas. I was just reading an article about his hamstring injury and they said he is 29 which is true. How fast time flies. It seems like only yesterday when he was only 16(?) and the Fever sponsored him a scholarship with the Phoenix. 13 (?) years ago. Holy crap, where did that all go? I am suddenly feeling very old.

Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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about 5 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History

Lonegunmen wrote:

Marco Rojas. I was just reading an article about his hamstring injury and they said he is 29 which is true. How fast time flies. It seems like only yesterday when he was only 16(?) and the Fever sponsored him a scholarship with the Phoenix. 13 (?) years ago. Holy crap, where did that all go? I am suddenly feeling very old.

To me it feels the opposite, like he's been gone from the Nix for a long time now. 

He's had 6 different clubs since leaving (one of those he's been at on 3 different occasions), and he's barely set foot back in NZ in the intervening 8 years.

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about 5 years ago

FFS, I can't even "This Point" your post. It seemed like only yesterday.

Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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about 5 years ago

Matt Steinman with another goal in the Indian PL. Only goal in a 1-0 win for East Bengal.

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about 5 years ago

Ranix wrote:

Matt Steinman with another goal in the Indian PL. Only goal in a 1-0 win for East Bengal.

Both Taylor & Hooper were on the scoreboard in the same game the other day.
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about 5 years ago

Rado Vidosic, former Phoenix assistant and father of ex-Nix Dario is now head coach of Melbourne City Women in the W-League.

https://thewomensgame.com/rado-vidosic

His team got spanked 6-0 by Melbourne Victory featuring Football Ferns Annalie Longo and Claudia Bunge last weekend.

Big Pete 65, Christchurch

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about 5 years ago

Calvin Harris is the 2nd pick in the MLS draft to FC Cincinatti




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about 5 years ago

Wibblebutt wrote:

Calvin Harris is the 2nd pick in the MLS draft to FC Cincinatti

is there enough interest for him to have his own thread in the General football section like Krishna does?
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about 5 years ago

I'd appreciate it  ?

You know we belong together...

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about 5 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History

RR wrote:

Wibblebutt wrote:

Calvin Harris is the 2nd pick in the MLS draft to FC Cincinatti

is there enough interest for him to have his own thread in the General football section like Krishna does?

Yeah why not. He made a big impression in NZ, and read somewhere that he acknowledged his time at Welnix was a big part of his development.

Though from memory was as much about getting away from all the distractions of an exciting big city like Hong Kong!! and having a singular process on his football in NZ. Basically if he hadn't left Honkers it wouldn't have happened for him. And now he's a young 20 yr old English lad in the MLS.

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about 5 years ago

Moreland Zebras have signed Dario V

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about 5 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History

Cillian "The Sheriff" Sheridan. Now in Poland.

On 2 February 2020, Sheridan signed for Ekstraklasa club Wisła Płock.

Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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about 5 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History

RR wrote:

Moreland Zebras have signed Dario V

Still only 33. You'd think he could still offer something to a team in the league, he wasn't bad for city when he was last in the A-League 
Annual finals disappointment enthusiast.

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about 5 years ago

Mandi has a new club

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about 5 years ago
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about 5 years ago

This could be fun to watch.

Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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about 5 years ago

https://footballoceania.com/2021/02/20/football-in-oceania-podcast-episode-4-paul-ifill/

Great 30 min poddy with Paul Ifill. Really enjoy Football in Oceania. Wish there would be more episodes 


VUW AFC - Victoria University Football for life

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about 5 years ago

Does anyone have the goods on what Covs is like as a coach/manager?  Also has been involved in any NZ Rep teams?

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