Strange move, would have thought someone would have picked him up in the A-League to be honest.
Probably being a little too harsh here, but he is by far and away several levels above the HKPL.
Glory were reportedly interested, depending on his wage demands. Hong Kong might actually pay more right now tbh.
Hopefully he's on a fair wicket! Great city, but hellishly expensive.
Lee Man are apparently one of the wealthier clubs over their too, and with a quick Google (not reliable, but we take what we can get here) it says they can fork out between 10-20k NZD a month. Not too shabby.
AucklandPhoenix wrote: It’s becoming a little concerning for the league that these so called minor Asian leagues are now taking away A league players.
Japan, Korea and China, one could understand but Hong Kong.
A-League clubs are struggling financially (well most of them).
Short term, the quality of the league is gonna drop but long term, hopefully it means a lot more chances for younger players to stand out & move on to higher levels.
Poo, that's the opportunity to bring him home gone. I wish him well though, reuniting with Chiefy, discovering the HK culture, and sounds like he could still earn a decent amount despite playing in a league he's definitely too good for.
Another thing though is he unfortunately won't be in contention for the Bulgaria national team anymore, his most recent appearance was only towards the middle of last year.
On the surface of it, quite an oddball move. I appreciate Bulagria has had a bit of a fall from grace on the world footballing stage but surely they aren't going to be monitoring their players in the Hong Kong League? But then again, maybe he is just an oddball guy? I mean coming over to play for Wellington Phoenix age 25 after previosly being touted as a European kid "One to watch" in his youth would have ben an eyebrow raiser. I'm not sure what the highs and lows of his pre-Phoenix career were but perhaps he feels one of the highlights of his career to date was that finals run season under Chiefy and is open to trying to recapture some of that? I can imagine as a footballer there's nothing for your football quite like winning, and witnout going all the way, he did at least get his fair share of winning in that Chiefy Nix season.
Maybe Iraq qualifying for the World Cup, has rolled some cash into that league? I think Arnie and the national team players got a very handsome reward for qualification.
Oil prices are up and they are a big oil producer, if they negotiate with the Iranians to get it out by sea.
Luke Supyk scored against Newcastle United! End score 1:1 5th division National League team Gateshead got a draw against Premier League Newcastle United.
His South American fan base will continue to grow. Golazo! Even before the goal, his control of the ball down and the pass forward to the winger was so good. The 2nd ever NZ goal scorer in a South American pro league after Marco Rojas at Colo Colo Chile, as far as I know.
Maybe Luke Brooke Smith could do a season in Paraguay later on?
Saw on A Leagues reddit, Marko "Stigma" Rudan in China now. A kerfuffle between teams and there is a picture of him with his hand grabbed around Nick Montgomery's throat. Take the man out of the peak A League but you can't take the peak A League out of the man.
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PKB wrote: Saw on A Leagues reddit, Marko "Stigma" Rudan in China now. A kerfuffle between teams and there is a picture of him with his hand grabbed around Nick Montgomery's throat. Take the man out of the peak A League but you can't take the peak A League out of the man.
Pity Montgomery is in the same league as Rudan. Thought he was going to pick up a bigger gig. At CC and then at Spurs with Ange. Maybe fighting his way up in the UK pyramid didn’t appeal.
PKB wrote: Saw on A Leagues reddit, Marko "Stigma" Rudan in China now. A kerfuffle between teams and there is a picture of him with his hand grabbed around Nick Montgomery's throat. Take the man out of the peak A League but you can't take the peak A League out of the man.
PKB wrote: Saw on A Leagues reddit, Marko "Stigma" Rudan in China now. A kerfuffle between teams and there is a picture of him with his hand grabbed around Nick Montgomery's throat. Take the man out of the peak A League but you can't take the peak A League out of the man.
Copped a 3 match ban for his actions.
Yes, good. Now him being gone to China and never to return means people like Mark Milligan can get a chance back in the A League.
Carlo Armiento has landed at recently promoted Indonesian Super League club Garudayaksa FC.
I know he didn't really fit into Greenie's plans once Chiefy had left, but I still thought he was a mighty fine player for us during his time here, with one helluva left foot strike in him too!
Yup, I really enjoyed Armientos stay at the Nix. Thundering left boot and a really top bloke. He was a good club man too. He had lots of natural personality and seemed to be pleased to be at the club. I trust Greenies judgement to cut him but when you look at the current squad there are not too many natural goal scorers. He would have been a handy late sub when you needed a goal
YoungHeartHM wrote: Carlo Armiento has landed at recently promoted Indonesian Super League club Garudayaksa FC.
I know he didn't really fit into Greenie's plans once Chiefy had left, but I still thought he was a mighty fine player for us during his time here, with one helluva left foot strike in him too!
Good luck to him over there.
Could have played a 10 or one of the striking roles. And yeh it’s been a while since we had a striker who you thought ‘Blimey he’s hit that!’ and Carlo was definitely that.
Guess we’ll see who we can get. Shame for the A league if he’s lost to Oz. Maybe the other leagues are paying better?
While not knowing the contract situation, I wish he wasn't let go. I think he could have done a job in Greenies system or Greenie tweak the system to make it suit him. Nevertheless, hope he is successful in his new gig
I have an amazing ability to find my way out of mazes. I'm pathological.
Has Albert got the right badges for A League coaching?
Riera was sacked by Chch United mid August after their worst season in many years: https://www.odt.co.nz/canterbury/united-axe-coach-as-league-hopes-hang-in-balance-kvf6bwce To be fair, they were missing several of their best players for most of the season due to them being in the OFC Pro League side. United finished seventh in the Southern League in the end, failing to mke the National League round starting later this month but qualifying on results over the last four seasons for the play-offs against Central and Northern League opposition coming up to qualify for next season's new winter national league.
The Chief has won again with Lee Man! Another 3:0. Got 3 wins in a row and all these are 3:0. He is starting well in this league below A League level. Rebuilding his reputation now. Maybe he will stay in Asia for quite a while.
Alex Paulsen had his first clanger with Motherwell. he had been developing a big reputation there with a couple of MOM performances. But Rangers away in front of 50,000 - got caught in possession when playing out from the back. they lost 1-0. Reports do talk of a couple of excellent saves later, but we al know how it is
Walsall Boy wrote: Alex Paulsen had his first clanger with Motherwell. he had been developing a big reputation there with a couple of MOM performances. But Rangers away in front of 50,000 - got caught in possession when playing out from the back. they lost 1-0. Reports do talk of a couple of excellent saves later, but we al know how it is
Some of the reports i have seen say the score would have been higher if it wasnt for him. So i guess the fans might forgive him.
