Phoenix Transfer - speculation (Part 2)

Surely not having to pay a fee for him must be attractive and to be fair would we class him as a "back-up" player?

Its Elliottt.
Herbert said it wasnt him because he was wanting to go back and play football in  America, but if he hasnt picked up a contract he may be starting to think the time is right for a return to NZ for a year or two.
Other comments:
Current All White
Attacking midfielder wanted
Will fit straight into the side (alongside Brown again)
Home town
Was at the ROF on 14th November
Coming back to ride on the back of a truck down Courtenay Place on a winter day in Wgtn.

If there was a fee for any player I doubt we would sign them so the fact that he's a free agent isn't a big deal. Last season we offered Killen Marquee status and $1,000,000. He turned it down. Ofcourse he would start but Killen is adament he wants to stay in Europe. If he moves to the A-League I doubt he'd ever end up back there and he probably wants to pro-long his career in Europe as much as he can. I would prefer that Killen was picked up by another Championship, SPL or MLS team before coming back here purely for the All White's sake.

The current All White comment wasn't quoted by Ricki.

Is Elliottttt the only overseas based All White coming to the parade? - Surely has to be another reason behind coming all this way. Fingers crossed it's him.

Dom Post 14th July
Herbert was talking up the quality of the transfer targets, who include a current All White.

"There's a South American player, an Asian player, an Australian player and a New Zealander," Herbert said, while ruling out nabbing Simon Elliottt.

"Not for any other reason other than I think Simon's intentions are to stay abroad."

Sure, he is not quoted, but .....

Of course Elliottt's interests in the USA may be beyond playng football and if Herbert did infer that a current All White was one of them  and was excluding Elliottt when he made the statement, I may well be wrong.

Hard to imagine that though

not even sure if Elliottt has  locked in the parade yet

Just had lunch with a mate who had heard and was 100% sure it was Vicelich......hope not

But just saw the other thread that he is going to China!!! YIPPEEE

The radio advertising for the game referred to "six All Whites" turning out for the Phoenix against Boca.  Paston, Lochhead, Sigmund, Brown and Bertos and who else?  Unless they've just stuffed up I presume that the extra All White is scheduled to be announced by Friday. 

Stuffing up, or including Ricki.

whats the chance of it being cole peverley.

 This is more exciting than reading the West Ham Sites and I can pronounce the names here.

I hope its Malik Buari 

Peverleys a thrower

Oh man he'd be so so awesome i bet he'd slot right in to peeling oranges or washing shirts, cleaning boots...

Playing for 2 teams at the same time time surely gets a little bit of kudos, doesn't it?

This thread is getting pretty ridiculously long and hard for me to keep track of, is there anywhere I can find a reasonably up-to-date team roster?

Out: Barbarouses, McKain, Dadi, Caceres, Ferrante, Mulligan

In: Mcallister, Musa

cheers

since when did we get rid of AC?

Never re-signed him.

oh ok. Don't remember any fuss over it. Cheers news.

Caceres staying at a club for more than one season?! valeo2010-07-19 21:37:18

Anyone know why we didn't resign him (Caceres)? he was half bad. JJJJT2010-07-19 21:49:16

Aussie youth team named and theres a few free agents in there, one or 2 who'd no doubt be suitable...

https://au.fourfourtwo.com/News/172248,young-socceroos-full-of-heart.aspx

According to FFT, we've offered contracts to an Argentinian playmaker, Roberto Carlos Cornejo, and an English player at Milton Keynes, Jemal Johnson. Jade North has been offered a two-year contract.

Sauce: https://au.fourfourtwo.com/News/172258,phoenix-look-to-bolster-squad.aspx

These two don't sound well credentialled enough to be offered contracts without trials surely?

Johnson looks no mug, that is the level that A-League clubs have to recruit because of wages generally.  james dean2010-07-20 05:45:35

johnson has played for wolves, so it's fair to say ricki has watched him play before.....

(secretly, i believe wolves is still his number one team... )

Not too pleased about this to be honest. Ricki better know what he's doing.

Milton Keynes?!? As an AFC Wimbledon supporter, I consider this a bad move.

Is this him?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHYkTUswSzA

He looks very attack minded and not afraid to score some goals

And no All White... this mean perhaps we offered Vicelich a deal but he declined for China?

Johnson looks to easily be of A-League standard. He might struggle against the strongest defences, but in that video he looked capable of laying waste to the bottom-half teams. I would love to see him and Ifill switching wings and dribbling rings around A-League full-backs (apart from Jamieson I believe the whole league lacks in that position).