Nix Transfer Speculation 2019-20

Payne's only 25?!? 3 year deal or more please!

From how much we hear about him, I honestly thought he was approaching 30

He spent time with original Phoenix school of excellence even before that when he was playing NZFC for Waitak.

Staff is reporting we signed TAHW. Good signing and hopefully he is over last season's injuries

Phoenix have confirmed it 

https://www.wellingtonphoenix.com/news/wellington-phoenix-sign-versatile-all-white

Signed him on my road to glory career mode in FIFA 19, put in a solid shift for me in League two and League one. 

Let’s hope that translates to real life in the A league. 

How long before we find out about our next visa player?

Nix seemed to imply another signing on twitter yesterday. We'll see I guess

Tim Payne has signed

Exciting!  Maybe we slightly lack a bit of X-Factor but keen to see what this squad can do, and there are still more visa players to come.  A lot rests on Davila I guess, and whether McCowatt can step up a level.  But to me this is the kind of Phoenix squad I've wanted to see for ages.

Presumably Louis is going to be our right back?  Possibly need another body there.  

Walter Scott also covers RB. Not sure if there's any more experienced players available there though. Callan Elliot obviously as well.

Louis was having trouble with his recovery from his foot injury last season. Hopefully he's back in training but I haven't had a chance to go down and see.

When I last saw him before his surgery he reckoned he'd be back in full training "ahead of the FFA cup game" so take that timeline as you will. Haven't heard an update since.

Used to see him at the barbers downstairs from work a lot but haven't seen him for awhile so I guess he's training hard rather than just hanging out with mates.

Intriguing looking squad so far. Kind of feels like a whole new team so it'll be interesting to see how it actually comes together but it has made me more excited about an upcoming season than I have been for ages

We could do with looking at Palermo's squad. Released pretty much all of their players after getting relegated two tiers from Serie B. Some fantastic guys in there with top tier experience in positions we could do with - like Ilija Nestorovski, Ivaylo Chochev, Radoslaw Murawski

Not sure if Brockie's name still being thrown around but would we rather want him or Bevan if we go for an import wide forward and midfielder.

If we are going for recycled Kiwis who trialled, why not give De Jong another shot? He was great in the Handy as well as the NSWPL. EDIT....just checked other thread. He's already got a job!

I've already said it, but if we re-sign Brockie I will refuse to watch a single game this year.

Not sure I'd go to that extreme, but I'm another who won't even crack a smile at any possibility of Brockie coming back to us

Experienced squaddie who could come good? I'm coming around to it

Get a grip Chops

He won't be coming back, he will stay in South Africa. 

Okay, but can you please keep posting? 

No reason. 

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No sign of Houtkoop or Molano at training by the looks of things (don't know if its been reported already that they're gone) 

Looks like the 17 signed, Waine and Semmy?

I've counted 19 people - makes me feel optimistic!

If we sign Brockie - that's the end - finito !!

Can't see any goal keepers there or Fenton.  So outfield squad + a few extras still

Looks like it might be Semmy obscured at the back. 

Ok L to R - people help me out here:

?, Aidan Wivall (S&C Coach), McCowatt, Taylor, Tom Scott (Lower Hutt player), Devlin, Elliot, Walter Scott, Ball, DeVere, Davila (obscured), McGing, Rufer, Semmy (obscured), Waine, TAHW, Sotirio, Payne, Cacace.

No sign of Sail or Marinovic, nor Fenton (still injured?).

I don't recognise the No. 3 far left, but think he's the only unknown to me there.

Fenton is injured, had another operation two weeks ago