Phoenix Transfer Speculation 2012/13

Or maybe they don't see Rowe at a higher level in the short term. From the small bits I have seen of him he has been average, including when he was playing v Heart

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if we wanted to be taken seriously across the tassy, we'd splash the cash on eddie bosnar 

he has a point to prove to a few people there in terms of his ability and lack of socceroos selection and is a bit of a cult hero with his free kicks and all round character

sign a marquee alongside him to help attract better squad players

oh, and maybe our best market move could be to move the training base to somewhere less shit

 I would agree with reg22 that Eddie Bosnar is not past his best yet. The question of "why he hasn't been picked for the Socceroos then" is neither here nor there - there were many decent players who never got picked due to particular plan of any particular coach. He plays in a very demanding competition (J-League) which I rate higher in terms of individual skills and fitness higher than HAL is at now. However, he is also getting paid there way above what WelNix would offer, so he'd only consider coming over once he started getting slower and older, and saw the writing on the wall. For that reason, I am not holding my breath.

Because we were shit I can't expect them to go forward.. yeah okay. Hogg was the same in Auckland. He is no better than Lochhead. Are you his dad?

Yeah,he needs A League gametime under his belt - good to have competition for the spot

Player announcement coming on the Phoenix website soon.#Phoenixnews

I'm thinking we may have managed to sign Cernak.

Could also be a retirement, IIRC a similar statement was made by the club just before Tim Brown retired.

Date, February 9 2013

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For immediate release

PHOENIX SIGN YOUNG FULHAM STRIKER

Wellington Phoenix has signed young Fulham striker Corey Gameiro on loan till the end of the Hyundai A-League season.

Gameiro, 20, had an outstanding under-19 AFC championship for Australia, remarkably scoring all six of Australia’s goals at the tournament to help them qualify for the 2013 Fifa under-20 World Cup.

A hard-working speedy striker, Gameiro has recently been on loan with top Dutch club FC Eindhoven where he made eight appearances.

Phoenix coach Ricki Herbert said he was delighted to secure Gameiro’s services till the end of the season as his arrival will add pace and depth to the squad.

The coach also said the youngster’s signing was another step in the further development of the club.

“It is important to establish relationships with clubs around the world and it is exciting that we are now forming one with an English Premier League side,” Herbert said.

“Having players coming this way is good for the future of the club.”

The Phoenix will be seeking an international clearance for Gameiro on Monday and he should be available for the trip to Brisbane Roar next week.

Interesting.

 Some wiki page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Gameiro

Great. Some Aussie kid. We'll see I suppose....

@CoreyGameiro

Interesting. He may play well with the Stein way of football style.

Hope he provides us with something

Does that mean the writing is on the wall for Stein?

 That takes Boyd out of the lineup I reckon

Unknown, untried and he's already elbowing aside half our front line.

any videos of this kid?

Bit strange - I'd say striker is the area where we need the least additions right now.

Forming 'links with premiership clubs'...Knights-esque.

Doesnt seem to have scored a huge amount of goals prior

A 20 y.o striker. Probably the last thing we need. We just make signings for the sake of making signings. Hopefully he can make a difference.

 If this is really what Ricki said

Phoenix coach Ricki Herbert said he was delighted to secure Gameiro’s services till the end of the season as his arrival will add pace and depth to the squad.

The coach also said the youngster’s signing was another step in the further development of the club.

I would just love him to explain how signing a player till the end of the season is another step in the development of the club.Not sure how another striker is going to stop us leaking goals or help the midfield show that they are aware how to create something.

Looks like just another confused signing by the Phoenix my guess is we could see a few more of these in the coming months.

The next paragraph I think.

If this kid can fetch the ball from half way and dribble through the opposition and then score then great!  But at the moment our general play and in particular our midfield play is so dire that he might find himself as isolated as Brockie and Stein have been. 

Maybe this kid is good in the air...because that is probably the only area where someone could make a difference.

The real positives about this is it is an answer to those who have criticised Welnix for not trying to improve the side. We now have Cernak on board and he looks like he has something better than we had and then we get a striker on loan from Fulham (he must have some ability to be on the books of an EPL club)

It must be incredibly difficult to recruit someone to a club sitting at the arse end of the a-League

Things are at a low ebb when even signing a new player causes angst!

Yeah, a midfielder would have been more exciting but at least we're still trying things.

#dontstopbelievin

Brockie is out for the next game....isn`t he ??.........5th yellow !

The kids Bio says he is 5ft 9ish.........not exactly a target man !!

Could be promising addition but we never saw much of Ricardo when we had him. A couple of Ryan Nelsen clones would be more my cup of tea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vZ0QjAAaV60