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Phoenix Transfer Speculation 2012/13

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
no to rigters....attitude not good

" If you only have a hammer you tend to see every problem as a nail" - maslow

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
AucklandPhoenix wrote:
If we signed a decent striker however we could be number one

I know we are not expected by gareth to win the league every year but if you have a pretty good chance (like now) why not strike?


Because A There has to be someone available and B they have to want to come here.
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
ShowUsYaNix wrote:
WPFC1 wrote:
Haha no thank you to Maceo Rigters - not enough value for money. Gareth uses his money wisely.

Don't be surprised to see Smith come back. He's productive for what he brings. Imports don't all have to be stars. We've got a decent mix - a key man, some flair and a couple of real hard-workers.


I agree actually. A hard working team-focussed player like Greeny and perhaps Smith would seem to fit in much better in Wellington than an inconsistent, individual, potentially selfish player like Rigters. I reckon we could even make Tevez look like sh*t haha.


Absolutely, we've done much better with their outcasts (Sanchez and Smith) than they've done with Righters the nix rejector.

We don't need his ego.


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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I would have loved Rigters at the Nix. I don't care about the ego, he's a striker, that's just how they are. Ifill and Rigters combining up front would have been epic.
 
Granted he hasn't fit at GCU, but Nix would have been a totally different environment.
 

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
...but he just doesn't seem that good, particularly for the money he wanted.Hard News2012-02-02 11:01:21

How's my driving? - Whine here

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Hard News wrote:
...but he just doesn't seem that good, particularly for the money he wanted.
 
agreed, for the kind of coin he was asking for you'd be expecting a smeltz like contribution, I think we made the best decision to not sign him

Queenslander 3x a year.

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
theprof wrote:
Hard News wrote:
...but he just doesn't seem that good, particularly for the money he wanted.
 
agreed, for the kind of coin he was asking for you'd be expecting a smeltz like contribution, I think we made the best decision to not sign him



Uhhh we made the decision to sign him though.....

He made the decision not to sign...........
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
homer_simpson wrote:

theprof wrote:
Hard News wrote:
...but he just doesn't seem that good, particularly for the money he wanted.

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agreed, for the kind of coin he was asking for you'd be expecting a smeltz like contribution, I think we made the best decision to not sign him
Uhhh we made the decision to sign him though.....He made the decision not to sign...........


Well we made the decision not to sign him for what he was asking, it's not like we offered him whatever he wanted and he still walked away.


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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
smith is quality

love to put lia at RB, and anchor the midfield with smith/muscat
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Watched Ritgers last night - no doubt he can play, when he wants to, but you do get a sense he comes with an attitude. I agree completely that the first hurdle potential Nix players must pass is the character test.
 
I was hugely impressed with Thwaite - seems to be the GCU version of Dura - in terms of leadership, commitment, passion and playing style. A couple of others also caught my eye - Junslager (sp?) and Halloran (sp?). It will be interesting to see what happens with GCU players with Palmer's contracting shenanigans.
 
He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
paulm wrote:
smith is quality

love to put lia at RB, and anchor the midfield with smith/muscat


So much THIS!

Yellow Whever Whanganui

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Doloras wrote:
Of course, it's much easier in hand-egg; witness Japan's fly-half at the recent World Cup who was about as Japanese as I am.
 
KONICHIWA DORORASU-CHAN!!!!
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Whitby boy wrote:
Watched Ritgers last night - no doubt he can play, when he wants to, but you do get a sense he comes with an attitude. I agree completely that the first hurdle potential Nix players must pass is the character test.
 
I was hugely impressed with Thwaite - seems to be the GCU version of Dura - in terms of leadership, commitment, passion and playing style. A couple of others also caught my eye - Junslager (sp?) and Halloran (sp?). It will be interesting to see what happens with GCU players with Palmer's contracting shenanigans.
 
 
Thwaite annoys the hell out of me, honestly. Don't compare him to Dura

a.haak

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Halloran would be a good get at the right sorta money - likely pretty cheap... a bit quicker than Pav and also knows how to finish, unlikely we'd have both though.
E + R + O

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Halloran looks like one of the most promising young players in the league to me - really good; bit like Rojas with us. Would be a great signing.valeo2012-02-02 17:14:55

a.haak

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Halloran is pretty highly rated, almost any HAL club would want him.

Rigters actually comes across as having a balanced head on his shoulders in interviews.

Anything happen with the young striker from NSW that had a trial recently?
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
valeo wrote:
Halloran looks like one of the most promising young players in the league to me - really good; bit like Rojas with us.


So atrocious next year then?
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
SC03 wrote:
Halloran is pretty highly rated, almost any HAL club would want him.Rigters actually comes across as having a balanced head on his shoulders in interviews.Anything happen with the young striker from NSW that had a trial recently?


Zucco?

Apparently signed to Team Wellington - our feeder team


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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I agree with what was said above about keeping an eye out of any of the decent GCU younguns on cheap one year contracts.
We need a decent non-foriegn RB unless we can groom Lia to into one...

"Yellow Fever are fantastic – I have to say that"

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I don't get this 'lets groom Lia into a RB' thing thats popped up over the last week. In all fairness I get that Manny wants to play as a DM but if he goes there, that means Lia has to move to RB/ fight for his spot or be dropped. I prefer them as they are. Its change for the sake of it when it works fine as it is.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Manny is the best right back we have ever had, it's not even a close contest to be honest. I know he want's to play DM again, but he is easier to replace in DM than he is at RB. For the sake of the team, keep Manny at RB.
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Ryan's Rovers wrote:
Manny is the best right back we have ever had, it's not even a close contest to be honest. I know he want's to play DM again, but he is easier to replace in DM than he is at RB. For the sake of the team, keep Manny at RB.
 
 
+1
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Greeny on radio this morning saying his future at the club is unclear i.e. what role the club sees for him; player, player / coach, coach, none .......
 
Next seasons reduction to four import spots puts added pressure on Herbert to think through the best use of those spots.
 
However they are used I would dearly love to see us sign that ever elusive, make a difference, striker. If the striker is an Australasian that would certainly takes a lot of pressure off the Greeny, Sanchez and Smith contract renewal decision e.g. we could resign all 3 and let Warner go.
 
 
 
 
He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Hard News wrote:
...but he just doesn't seem that good, particularly for the money he wanted.
 
You're right, he doesn't seem that good, this is at GCU though. How he would have slotted into the Nix we'll never know. I think he has a class that hasn't been able to be fulfilled at GCU which possibly we would have seen if he'd signed for the Nix, given the quality of football we have produced in the latter part of the season.
 

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Ryan's Rovers wrote:
Manny is the best right back we have ever had, it's not even a close contest to be honest. I know he want's to play DM again, but he is easier to replace in DM than he is at RB. For the sake of the team, keep Manny at RB.
 
cant argue with this +1

" If you only have a hammer you tend to see every problem as a nail" - maslow

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
And as much as Iike lia I can't see him charging up the flanks

Auckland will rise once more

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I can, but his footowrk getting into the box and his brilliance of the final pass won't be anywhere near as good. Funny, he's a midfielder too.

Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Ok pigeon amongst the cats time...
I see a certain C Payne,apparently a handy striker, was let go by the Jets yesterday.

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/payne-leaves-jets/45053


Would we..
A) welcome him with open arms ..and big plastic hands ..you KNOW you want to!
B) kiss and make up
C) begrudgingly accept the situation
D) sodd off noddy-on ya bike. Or
E)turn our backs ..bare our bums .. start a Payneless thread.

Thoughts?RedGed2012-02-04 14:39:21

  Improving,,on the up, a work in progress from Italiano and the Nix. Bring on the bathroom bling in '24! COYN!

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
IMO.The criteria with which we judge any potential signing are a) are they better than Paul Ifill?
                                                                                          

                                                                        COYN    

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
RedGed wrote:
Ok pigeon amongst the cats time...
I see a certain C Payne,apparently a handy striker, was let go by the Jets yesterday.

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/payne-leaves-jets/45053


Would we..
A) welcome him with open arms ..and big plastic hands ..you KNOW you want to!
B) kiss and make up
C) begrudgingly accept the situation
D) sodd off noddy-on ya bike. Or
E)turn our backs ..bare our bums .. start a Payneless thread.

Thoughts?
 
From the Rest of Aleague Transfer Speculation Thread
 
Originally posted by bwtcf

Oooh! We need a striker...

Oh wait. It's Chris Payne. No, let's buy him, and then burn him!
 
 
Originally Posted by Sthn.Jeff
 
 
Chop his Right hand of first, with a blunt, rusty Swiss Army knife
sthn.jeff2012-02-04 14:50:00
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Understandable really but could he settle in and put right his wrong, make up for his metacarpal misdemeanor in time?

There's a nifty little chant we could use if he did come btw.

"Who can make the sun rise.....?
Used to be in blue......"..
..the Handy Man can cos he mixes it with love and makes the Nix look good!

But back to topic ..he's a young Aussie striker and caste off, perfect putty in Ricki's hand would fit the bill in many respects.RedGed2012-02-04 15:15:12

  Improving,,on the up, a work in progress from Italiano and the Nix. Bring on the bathroom bling in '24! COYN!

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Better than ASB Premiership contenders?

Can't get a game at newcastle, even struggled to get one at North Queensland.  No.

How's my driving? - Whine here

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
What took you so long?

  Improving,,on the up, a work in progress from Italiano and the Nix. Bring on the bathroom bling in '24! COYN!

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
really sad it looks like nelsen will never wear the all whites shirt, especially after he was going to go back to states to coach there....

Calling all fans in Japan, come down and support the mighty nix in Osaka

http://www.facebook.com/WellingtonPhoenixClubMembersSupportersGroupOsaka

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
detoxin wrote:
really sad it looks like nelsen will never wear the all whites shirt, especially after he was going to go back to states to coach there....


Oh I get it, Detoxin..you fell asleep in here last night and just woke up.? NZers overseas or AWs thread perhaps?RedGed2012-02-04 15:32:10

  Improving,,on the up, a work in progress from Italiano and the Nix. Bring on the bathroom bling in '24! COYN!

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
GOLD Coast United will not enter contract talks with any player until the season is over, leaving all except one senior squad member without a club when the final siren sounds.

The Bulletin understands club owner Clive Palmer had earlier told the squad negotiations would begin in January, but that has now been pushed back to March.

http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2012/02/04/387955_gold-coast-soccer.html

Bring back Moss?
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
bring back d mac
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Ryan's Rovers wrote:
GOLD Coast United will not enter contract talks with any player until the season is over, leaving all except one senior squad member without a club when the final siren sounds.

The Bulletin understands club owner Clive Palmer had earlier told the squad negotiations would begin in January, but that has now been pushed back to March.

http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2012/02/04/387955_gold-coast-soccer.html

Bring back Moss?
 
"Ben Halloran is the only senior member who has a deal next year."
 
Pity - he'd be a good acquisition.
He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Before Moss tore his adductor muscle, the Kiwi international had been outstanding for Gold Coast and the Bulletin has learned that an offer had been tabled by a Europe-based club


Interesting, would like to see him here again though, better + younger than pasty imo

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