Phoenix Transfer - speculation (Part 1)

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wikipedia has troy hearfield as ours.

Troy Hearfield (born October 31, 1987 in Tamworth, NSW) is an attacking football midfielder who currently plays for Wellington Phoenix in the A-League. He made the transfer on the 28 of March 2008 after a rif between his former club Newcastle Jets about his release.

good old wikip

are we supposed to add an "f" or a "t" to that "rif"?

did he and the Jets exchange a few powerchords on their Strats?

(and let's not even go near the fact that both a rift and the word "between" imply two participants)

aaarghh

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haha would be good if true eh??

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yeah GB he'd be a good acquisition I reckon (not as a guitarist though

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haha yea. i hear he is versitile. and is in the olympic squad for australia so must be good.

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i think we should look at australians rather than nzers we dont need milligan or whatever but we coudl do with some aussie talent. or greek

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good lord, our midfield is gonna be brutal this season if we land him.

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He'll be a squad player at best though. I don't really think we need him tbh.

a.haak

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muso wrote:

good lord, our midfield is gonna be brutal this season if we land him.

Absolutely agree going forward. The gap I think we have with the midfield is the hard-arse defensive midfielder - the role that Ross A was supposed to fill. People have mentioned Dodd as a possibility to fill this role but, for me, he is a center back not a defensive midfielder - he lacks the speed and close control ball skills for a midfielder.

The gaps we clearly have yet to fill are; RB, striker and defensive midfielder (unless Ross A can shake his injury problems).

Porter is hopefully the answer to the striker need.

Is Mulligan really the answer to the RB need - I don't know if he played against Vanuatu at the stadium but if he did he wasn't memorable. The 2 All Whites who stood out for me in that game were Lochhead and Leo B. Leo B I thought was the best player on the park that day by a mile - I'm so pleased we picked him up.

I'm sure we will fill the remaining gaps in the squad but we may have to go to plan B if Porter, Hadfield & Mulligan don't eventuate. Plan B I understand is Korean or ?? players.

He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)

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https://theherald.yourguide.com.au/news/sport/soccer/captain-may-join-departure-lounge-north-states-desire-to-try-luck-overseas/1212030.html

Seems like Hearfield is a certainty to come to us

"Also gone from the squad are fringe striker Scott Tunbridge and attacking midfielder Troy Hearfield, who have been released.

Tunbridge has returned to his home town of Adelaide and Hearfield is set to join the Wellington Phoenix. The Jets had originally refused to release Hearfield. The matter was headed to a grievance tribunal before yesterday's decision to let him go." valeo2008-03-29 15:05:11

a.haak

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any one got any news on plan b?

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Whitby boy wrote:

[QUOTE=muso]good lord, our midfield is gonna be brutal this season if we land him.

Porter is hopefully the answer to the striker need.

I'm sure we will fill the remaining gaps in the squad but we may have to go to plan B if Porter, Hadfield & Mulligan don't eventuate. Plan B I understand is Korean or ?? players.

Mulligan did play pretty well that day but was in the centre of midfield. Scored a cracker of a free kick I think.

I think if Ricki really rated him at RB he'd probably be a signing by now.
Critical_Lemon2008-03-29 15:11:29

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i think ricki and tony have more secrets up there sleeves. gao came outta no where so i wonder who will be next

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Exactly, it'll be some Asian full back we've never heard of.

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We could possibly get Killen on loan if we don't sign Porter. Or at least we possibly could have if the Celtic manager actually thought something of Australian football.

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valeo wrote:

The matter was headed to a grievance tribunal before yesterday's decision to let him go."

If true that's great news. Hearfield had obviously decided to move on and clearly there were problems between him and the coach - in those circumstances it's never in anyones interest to try and handcuff him to the club. He may not be a starter (initially) but he is a great aquisition for the club. I like what it says about how the Phoenix are viewed by players - talented young players want to come and play for us in front of the best supporters in the A-league.

And so they should !!

He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)

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i wish i knew what was happening

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i reckon we should get minnicon krue zullo as well eh??

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expect hearfiled announcment soon

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So can anyone actually put up a current total list of Phoenix players please.... not maybe or still in discussions but actual signed and boots on ready to go players....
thanks

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nieuwe wrote:

So can anyone actually put up a current total list of Phoenix players please.... not maybe or still in discussions but actual signed and boots on ready to go players....
thanks

I think it looks like this;

Wellington Phoenix

CONTRACT EXPIRES END OF SEASON THREE:
#7) Ross Aloisi
#12) Richard Johnson

CONTRACT EXPIRES END OF SEASON FOUR:
#1) Mark Paston
#2) Jeremy Christie
#3) Tony Lochhead
#5) Karl Dodd
#6) Tim Brown
#8) Vaughan Coveny
#9) Shane Smeltz
#10) Michael Ferrante
#11) Daniel
#13) Steven Old
#19) Greg Draper
#20) Glen Moss

#??) Gao Lei Lei

CONTRACT EXPIRES END OF SEASON FIVE:
#17) Vince Lia
#23) Costa Barbarouses
#??) Leo Bertos
#??) Andrew Durante
#??) Jon McKain

That's 20 players, if Hearfield is confirmed 21.

Leaves 2 spots (max is 23) for a RB and Striker.

Whitby boy2008-03-29 16:02:18

He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)

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The A-League has a list of comings and goings.

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does anyone have video of hearfield?

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Whitby boy wrote:

muso wrote:

good lord, our midfield is gonna be brutal this season if we land him.

The gaps we clearly have yet to fill are; RB, striker and defensive midfielder (unless Ross A can shake his injury problems).

Porter is hopefully the answer to the striker need.

I'm sure we will fill the remaining gaps in the squad but we may have to go to plan B if Porter, Hadfield & Mulligan don't eventuate. Plan B I understand is Korean or ?? players.

that player is mckain is it not? in all the reports i've read about him they talked about him being a holding midfielder or centre back, and played holding for soccerros, so we could see durante and dodd in the centre back with mckain infront of them

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[/QUOTE]that player is mckain is it not? in all the reports i've read about him they talked about him being a holding midfielder or centre back, and played holding for soccerros, so we could see durante and dodd in the centre back with mckain infront of them
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If McKain does play holding midfielder with Dodd and Durante as centre backs we are very light in injury / bench cover for all three positions which is maybe why Christie, Old and ?? will be moved on - too many midfielders not enough backs (e.g. Old out Sigmund in).

Whitby boy2008-03-29 18:17:56

He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)

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Whitby boy wrote:

simple, re-sign johnson as mckain's cover, siggy in for old as centre cover, Lia is cover for whatever right back we end up with, Daniel can play for lochy as we have enough attacking midfield should something hapen to lochy.

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Whitby boy wrote:

Is Mulliganï¿½really the answer to the RB need - I don't know if he played against Vanuatu at the stadium but if he did he wasn't memorable.

He did - he hit the far post from a corner kick (!) and some of his dead ball work was OK by memory.

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yeah but is does he have constinsistecey or whatever

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im still thinking richie johnson could give us the mongrel in midfield. i think he could step up to fill that holding role consistently.

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could do it and he can score bloody good goal soo

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Whitby boy wrote:

nieuwe wrote:

So can anyone actually put up a current total list of Phoenix players please.... not maybe or still in discussions but actual signed and boots on ready to go players....
thanks

I think it looks like this;

#??) Gao Lei Lei

CONTRACT EXPIRES END OF SEASON FIVE:
#17) Vince Lia
#23) Costa Barbarouses
#??) Leo Bertos
#??) Andrew Durante
#??) Jon McKain

That's 20 players, if Hearfield is confirmed 21.

Leaves 2 spots (max is 23) for a RB and Striker.

Richard is contracted for season 4 as well.

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that's sweet news! i'm a fan of Johnno

I like tautologies because I like them.

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Were the contracts always like this or have they recently been extended

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there is a player named awnyl sada or sometihng. bloodey amazing he is 16 iraqian lives in wellignton would be fair to give him a trial or something.

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""there is a player named awnyl sada or sometihng. bloodey amazing he is 16 iraqian lives in wellignton would be fair to give him a trial or something""

How is that related to the topic of this thread?

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transfer speculation
meaning the signing of youth players aswell as big names

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Another comment by the Sunday News today that Old will be released this week.

I can't find the comment on the website but it is in today's paper.

He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)

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Cosimo wrote:

that's sweet news! i'm a fan of Johnno

If you are a fan of Johnno why is it "sweet news" that is contact is nearly up?

This is the end of season 3 you know.

A dog with a bone :)

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nightz wrote:

Cosimo wrote:

that's sweet news! i'm a fan of Johnno

If you are a fan of Johnno why is it "sweet news" that is contact is nearly up?

This is the end of season 3 you know.

And he's contracted for season 4 whereas we thought he was only contracted to the end of v3

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nightz wrote:

Cosimo wrote:

that's sweet news! i'm a fan of Johnno

If you are a fan of Johnno why is it "sweet news" that is contact is nearly up?

This is the end of season 3 you know.

Seriously?

Do you just argue for the sake of arguing? We didn't know whether Johnson would be kept or be released. It's good news to hear he has anothr season in him.

valeo2008-03-30 12:03:54

a.haak

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what they said.

I like tautologies because I like them.

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