Phoenix Transfer Speculation 2012/13

 Unless Ifill is likely to play somewhere else (with these knees?), I reckon we should get him to apply for a Kiwi citizenship. Holding a dual citizenship does not require him to drop his UK passport (just like Durante does not have to relinquish Australian one). Correct me if I am wrong.

Ifill won't be eligible for NZ citizenship until at least winter 2014, so it doesn't really help us at all.

Doesn't he play for Trinidad anyway?

Barbados. But if he had NZ citizenship he wouldn't be classed as an import in the A-league, which would obviously help us.

by the time he gets citenzin ship I hope we aren't relying on him as our most influential player

By the time his application is approved his legs will have completely gone. Ifill ten years ago would have been a good move.

Shopping list:

Defensive midfielder. Like, a good one.

Striker

Left back ?

Right back ..

that's been the shopping list for some time now, we are yet to achieve either

we won't get a right back. manny will play there next year. theres noone else

No one else ?

There will be somebody in the world, surely ?

But I don't think we need a rb. We're sorted.

Will Manny stay with us do you think? Is he contracted?

 Yes he is contracted.

what if he gets injured tho ? then who shuffle back line add boxall in the middle lia rback fenton in .I dont think so we need a proper back up

All assuming he gets injured of course usually tho he is the one doing the injuring

I think Bertos is a good enough back up at RB for Manny so the need there is not as great.

Our biggest issues are through the middle of the field... we need to quality CM's / DM's to maintain and control possession.

Lia / Smith / Sanchez just don't compare to what other  teams have.

Two more central midfielders, and a centre-back.

 And Carlos Hernandez is not a natural defensive midfielder, plus he is more of a "lone artisan" than a central team-player.

Liam Miller is off contract. 

Well well well, I see that regular Forum fodder Aaron Clapham is heading to Kuala Lumpur for a 3 day trial.

thats worse than the i league isnt it?

I'd say so, I certainly have never heard of the Malaysian Super League that's for sure.
I think he's starting getting desperate.

^ We should pay for his flights and accommodation. Anything for him to sign elsewhere so we can stop talking about him!

Good on him though, would be a pretty sweet working holiday!

Note: bring heaps of sunscreen! 

Dominik Ritter, of jets fame is off contract. i dont know to much about him, but a jets fan i know has been saying hes pretty handy( tho he still is a jets fan, so what the fuck does he know), covers LB and CB. is an import slot tho. 

Stuart hogg

 I assumed he was a 12yo from Newcastle, didn't realise he was a comedy import.  Proves to me the impact he's had on the league.

/...if he's half as good as he says his brother is

Ian has the potential. In fairness he had hardly kicked a ball when he hit his game for us. A preseason and conditioning would make a difference. He seems to have his head sorted. Ton of gas, younger, cheaper. Tony shows he still has it and looks a completely different player under Greenie. I wonder if the pressure of playing for one coach at both club and country adds undue pressure. I.e don't perform at club and the country coach won't pick me (which sounds silly but hopefully my true meaning comes through being under constant scrutiny)

Not true.

 Designated scapegoat alert.

I'm surprised there hasn't been more hating on Vinnie. Who was higher up your flow chart News, Lochy or Vinnie?

dont get me started on that lumbering lumox....

....and news, framing player criticism as "scapegoating" is lame o.  Lockhead and Vincent are substandard players - its crystal.

You are bordering on breaking rule 4 there.  Take a read of http://forums.yellowfever.co.nz/categories/wellington-phoenix-discussion/topics/forum-rules-and-regulations

I was set up! :) (point taken tho patrick).  

Lochhead is a better A-League left back than Adam D'Apuzzo, Shane Steffanuto and Dean Heffernan. He's also less erratic than Fabio which all suggests that finding a better replacement that doesn't use an import spot is highly unlikely. 

He's not Premier League standard but he's a perfectly capable A-League left back and in a capped league and playing by the rules (ie not one of the Sydney clubs) a capable player is all you can ask for. in some spots.