Lia, Durante and Muscat all back on board

Lia, Durante and Muscat all back on board

Phone-nix just text and advised all three have re-signed, nothing on website as yet......

Great stuff, will be interested to see how long they re-signed for.

Awesome 

Next up McKain (Please)

Does that almost certainly mean that Mulligan and Ferrante are on the way out?

Mulligan will be.

Ricki seems to like Ferrante but I hope he is leaving.

Durante for 3 seasons and other two till end of 11/12. Good resignings. Durante is a big one. Now for McKain. It wont happen till end of season, and he's going to want to play cb so it is a big ask.

no we need a real number 10. thats a fact. I hope that any re signings we do make, are players who are starters. We can easily recruit bench warmers.

I reckon you can add Hearfield to that, probably Caceras and I'd be surprised if Costa chose to stay.

Diego was signed for two years, he'd have to choose to leave.

I think Diego has a future if he can sort his sh*t out.

I like him

Greece, Serie B or C, other A-League clubs might be keen.  He'd earn more and get on the radar if he went to the Aus state leagues than the NZFC but he's an age where he needs to be making a next step and currently that doesn't seem likely to happen here.

Resigned and re-signed have completely different meanings. Almost had a mini heart attack!

Good stuff though.

Interested to see what Mckain does, he'd probably be the biggest loss coming off contract.

TVNZ .."Skipper Andrew Durante, winner of the Joe Marston Medal with the championship-winning Newcastle Jets in 2007/08, has extended his deal for another three seasons, while club foundation member Vince Lia and Malta international Manny Muscat will remain in Wellington till at least the end of the 20011/12 campaign." wow 20012, thats a long contract

I will not be at all sad to see the back of Caceres, Chen, Mulligan, Ferrante, and Costa.

Caceres has shown glimpses of promise hasnt he? Give him a chance in my opinion.

I'd rather see Aaron Scott in the squad over Mulligan also because Scott seems like he would cost a lot less than Mulligan. If McKain does go then it will free up a lot of space to sign another attacking player. Please release Ferrante he's average at best! never rated the guy from the start. 

I wont be sorry if ferrante leaves...he's done nothing at all for two seasons now

Muscat and Lia were seriously the first players we needed to re-sign after Durante and Leo? Strange. I doubt any other A-League clubs would be that interested in Manny or Lia - they are adequate players at best, lets be honest. Good to have in the squad but not players who i'd like to see starting for the next couple of season if we can help it.

Very happy with Dura signing up again, though. He's been fantastic for the big part of this season.

I would be very, very suprised if McKain stays. When no one is injured I don't see how you can fit him, Dura and Siggy in.
valeo2009-10-20 21:28:25

Musact - hey Tony Pi wanna talk about my contract.  I'm enjoying my time here and are keen to stay.
TP- sorry not interested in talking until i've signed other players.

FFS

Yes, much better we re-signed Hooked On and Party all the time.

#1) Mark Paston (gk)
#4) Jon McKain
#10) Michael Ferrante
#13) Troy Hearfield
#14) Adrian Caceres
#16) David Mulligan
#20) Reece Crowther (gk)
#23) Costa Barbarouses (u21)

McKain is important but we all know he's going to have a think before doing it (although I get the impression he is not anti the idea).  Paston, maybe.

Who else is a priority assuming Costa will make his own mind up on where his future lies and Crowther is unlikely to be chased by any of the new sides, purely because he is unproven ?

Other than Paston these were the obvious three.
Hard News2009-10-20 21:55:19

Yeah, fair enough points. Didn't see who was actually coming off contract at the end of this season.

I guess the question is could we find better replacements for both Lia and Muscat? I guess Mulligan is pretty much definately going so that opens up a spot at right back/utility anyway.
valeo2009-10-20 23:07:42

As we all know NZ strength at right back is limited, and across the A-league has some challenges with a number of converted Centre backs and midfielders having to fill in there. 

So assuming the Aus sides can't find anyone to play there in Australia, and the fact that I can't think of anyone else in the league I'd rather have as a right back than Manny it comes down to whether you would use an import spot to find a better fullback.

Happy to see all three of those guys back. Manny is class. Easily one of the most consistent defenders in the entire league over the last two seasons. And I think he's going to get better.

And Manny is an International now too so his resale value has gone up!!!

I can't see how leaving him out of the team and just getting on the bench means he likes him. I'd call him our best option in the circumstances

                  Bashful

Greasy   Angry   Doc   Sleepy
 
          Weasy  Grumpy

Speedy                   Dopey

         Happy
                   Lumpy


             

  

Vince said  "There are only six foundation members left and I�m stoked that I can keep my career going here in Wellington."

Vinny, Paston, Lockhead, Timmy Brown, Ferrante, Daniel and Costa makes 7.  I was surprised at how much the squad had changed.  Plenty of midfielders in that 7.

I'd guess he meant six other foundaton members. But yeah, good spotting.

mjp22009-10-22 16:00:54

Actually Lumpy should be in the middle of park seen we have both Brown and Lia in there.