Marquee Poll

Marquee Poll

What Type Of Marquee Player Would You Like To See Play For The Phoenix?

Tugay from Blackburn. He's an outstanding creative midfielder.

.. somebody whose name goes beyond the football in-crowd .... and that will get the 'mildly interested thru the turnstile.

And if he's a 'name' and affordable  then he's going to have to be a certain age .... Stan Matthews was playing for Stoke City well into his mid forties; he was slower than in his prime but still showed good skills and pulled in the crowds.

Now, if only Maradona would lose a bit of weight ......

being a blackburn fan i agree with tugay another name that should be looked at is alexandersson he is and outstanding creative technical midfielder.both of these players are in their mid 30's which would be a good age to be brought over here

Agree with phoenix rising. If their signing is publicised in mediums that usually wouldn't care about the Phoenix or the A-League, it will get more bums on seats at Westpac. That's only doing good for the club. If he performs well, then hey, that's a bonus.

Biggest example being Romario, who equated for 2-3,000 extra seats filled just to see him donning an Adelaide strip. He played quite poorly, but the club benefited in the end.

Actually Sir Stan played his last game for Stoke aged 50, but I'm not sure that would work in the modern game!

What about the big Duncan F. He's stated he's interested in the league, would give the team a hard nosed edge and a genuine target man to use.

If there has to be one then it should be someone who is known outside football otherwise it will get no press coverage. He doesn't have to play particularly well as we are not talking about the most discerning set of football watchers

Teddy Sherringham would be OK if he renounces "The Raving Irons" 

Get Alan Shearer out of retirement.

What's Eric Cantona up to these days?

Zidane to debut in first game for Pheonix...Now theres a headline!

Not big Dunc. I don't like the idea of a Marquee player just for monetary purposes, he needs to be a good footballer too. I'd rather good player before a marquee 'name'

Henrik Larsson

Wynton Rufer

ANGELOS CHARASTEAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jokes he'll get murdered in the A-league

THEODORIS ZAGORAKIS!!!!!!!!!!!!

or

ANGELOS BASINAS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On a more serious note. Simon Elliot.

do we really want nz players to be our marquees thow. yes elliot would be a good acquisition for the club he could even take up the role as captain but the marquee player should be one of a non australian or nz player a player bringing different qualities to the phoenix and the league itself.

How stupid. Marquee players are players that are otherwise unaffordable due to salary cap.

its just my opinion i was just stating that there are players similar to elliot in the a league even thow elliot is probably better quality then and that players from over countries would bring different qualities to the a league

The pope

I think ageing stars is the way to go or those that might be a bit more family minded coming over to NZ:

you know the above poll isnt gonna be accurate cos you can vote more than once.

Here is a possible marquee team.

 

Goalkeeper:

 

Rene Higuita (Aug 28, 1966). Utting has nothing on this guy. This crazy Colombian will set the Cake Tin alight with his scorpion kicks. Could also do a job up front. Keepers can generally play well into their sixties.

 

Defenders:

 

Lorenzo Amoruso (Jun 28, 1971) This Italian rock is currently without a club after being released by Blackburn in 2006.

 

Gary Kelly (Jul 9, 1974) Irish right back who is retiring from Leeds United at the end of the season. Lethal on dead balls.

 

Dion Dublin (Apr 22, 1969) (bracketed with Chris Sutton) This mercenary could surely be coaxed to go anywhere.

 

 

Midfield:

 

Alan Thompson (Dec 22, 1973). Once you go from the English league to the Scottish league and then get loaned to an English Championship team � you know you career is coming to an end.

 

Eyal Berkovic (Apr 2, 1972) The Israeli with the bad temperament retired in 2006 but would still have what it takes. Would get a kick out of playing with Hartson again.

 

Jari Litmanen (Feb 20, 1971) The greatest ever Finnish footballer plays foe Malmo in the Swedish league. Surely this attacking midfield would enjoy the climate down-under.

 

Oyvind Leonhardsen (Aug 17, 1970) Capped 86 times for Norway, Oyvind is coming to the end of his contract with Norwegian side Stromsgodset IF.

 

Strikers:

 

Chris Sutton (Mar 10, 1973) (bracketed with Dion Dublin). This Aston Villa player has the versatility of  Neil Emlen.

 

Neil Shipperley (Oct 30, 1974) Just finished a four month contract at Brentford, and could be talked into not hanging up the boots just yet.

 

John Hartson (Apr 5, 1975) Currently with West Brom, John would love to be reunited with his old mate Eyal Berkovic at the Phoenix.

 

Reserves:

 

Graham Le Saux (Oct 17, 1968) This educated left back could be lured out of his recent retirement.

 

Frank Leboeuf (Jan 11, 1968). Although he finished out his career in Qatar in 2005, surely this long ball specialist can be lured to play for the Phoenix.

 

Tony Daley (Oct 18, 1967) This speedster retired far too early. He is now a fitness coach at Sheffield United so could fill the same role at Phoenix if he turned out to be a dud.

 

Lee Sharpe (May 27, 1971) Although he last played in 2005 in the minor leagues, Sharpy is youthful enough to do a job out left.

 

Cristophe Duggary (Mar 24, 1972) Played in Qatar in 2005, so is not against the concept of new challenges. He kept Birmingham City in the Premiership in 2004 by scoring 6 goals in 5 games � so could be a good guest player option.

 

Tor Andre Flo (Jun 15, 1973)  Is currently signed with Leeds, but is battling injury. This one would probably break the bank, but would be worth it.

 

Coach:

Sir Bobby Robson (Feb 18, 1933) The Godfather of English managers. The only logical choice.

Shipperly gets every team he plays for relegated.

yeah i think i was actually. What's he up to then?

Nat Lofthouse????  turns out he is in his mid 80's, so might not be suitable any more. 

Who will be the Phoenix marquee player? Are we going to do a sydney and buy a Dwight Yorke. Or go one better and buy Robbie Fowler

Go one better and get Nathan Blake. If my memory serves me correctly, he got relegated from the Premiership 4 times in his career. Neil Redfearn and Ashley Ward were both up there too.


some names being mentioned are ridiculous - someone like scholes would never even play for the phoenix in his worst nightmares, and if we think that getting a john hartson or chris sutton will get non-footballers interested in football, again as alf stewart would have you know "you're flamin' dreamin!"

we need to be realistic in both senses. someone who could realistically come to new zealand to play for the phoenix, yet still be a bankable name and, most importantly, effective on the pitch.

Feverish mentioned Litmanen, actually a player i thought of as well. despite his age he's still class. and if he still sports his famous mullet, surely that would get non-footballers talking about the phoenix!

how about rigobert song, or abel xavier? both established players with a bit of x-factor. or stern john, paulo wanchope, savo milosovic, franny jeffers, or the korean striker ahn? darren anderton, nick barmby... ok, i have no idea exactly what any of these guys are up to at the moment, but for mind they are the type of player we could be realistically targetting.

John Aloisi!! Class and is already seriously considering a return to the A-League!

i think nigel quashie, pretty sure he's been relegated with every club he has played at, he may go down with the hammers this year as well.  in fact he's the type of import we've been signing the last few years

phil_style2007-05-03 16:21:03

I hope the signing of the 4 midfielders doesn't mean that if Phoenix does get a marquee player that it will be someone who only plays striker...We ave seen in past in the A-league i.e Queenland, Adelaide..That it has not panned out..You can ave a great striker but if you do not have anyone in the team who can give him the ball in good position he is as good as useless...

it would be good to see coveny and a import striker with mabye felipe if we get him just behind and with daniel going down the wings then well be pretty lethal

i would like to see costa and brockie on the bench alongside ferrante lia o'dor and moss not that bad of a bench certainly better than perth glorys current starting line up

The one and only Gianfranco Zola....to set the A-League alight with his magical wizardry......?

Ye definetely. Some of those other names u said like Quashie will neva come yet hes still playing highly in England. Zola however i believe would play. Karembeu? He is apart of promotiing football in Oceania and im sure he still good. Dno but Zola would be awesome. We really do need a good striker this year or where f****d.