Phoenix Transfer - speculation

Great suggestion RR.....I always admired Matty Jansen at Blackburn.....

Interesting article here - never knew this happened....

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/blackburn/article5158710.ece

have to agree I always liked matt jansen too

Only problem for him is that it will have to be among the lower grades as cannot see any a-league teams coming in for him.

Great article Coxey. I didn't realise all that had happened to the guy. Turned down Man United! What a decision.

TBH, I think Plodder did quite a good job coming off the bench. But I wouldnt be overly concerned if he wasnt re-signed.

Yep, he played for them before joining Rovers. Not quite the same since his accident, but mebbe worth the gamble if he was interested.

was checking on the all knowing wiki today.. check out the phoenix page..

 

NEVER trust Wikipedia 100% is all im going to say

Well RJ has retired. I heard Covs himself say he wasn't deciding anything yet, going back to South Melbourne was just a rumour. WRT JC and KD, the editor is either close to the camp or a cynic. Critical_Lemon2009-02-11 19:56:21

Covs to South Melbourne is confirmed according to the SMFC website

I want christie to get some more game time, think he has a lot more to offer. So if he can't get it with us, he should move on.

I removed some messages as I was being a self-important twat.

Sorry all.
Hard News2009-02-11 20:32:00

Felipe  to Nth Qland I think

a shame he probably won't be back here, but would be nice to see him playing in the A-League again

his brother's around in wellington?

Yes, played for the Fever at Beach football.

If we could get Felipe back would you have him?

Yes. A million times yes. 

No

1: The team has moved on since then. From what I remember from a year ago, negotiations started for him to come back but he priced himself out of our range.
2: After teams figured out to kick him, he was easy to shut out of the game. It means we are relying on referees to protect him for him to be effective.

Good luck with that !!

I'd have him back for sure. Along with George and the mighty Cleberson.

Yes I would have felipe back again...as long as he had a more positive atttitude.

I think the defensive side of the team has moved on and we have a much tighter back 4 and McKain did a good job as DM. However as an attacking force sadly we went backwards this year. Much harder to break down and we scraped out some good results but as an attacking force we were ordinary.

I'd have him back, fit and motivated he is a class act.

Fair call Whitby. I think we did lack a person that ran at the defense with ball at feet but the issue still remains and Zinidane touched on the point I made as well:

Players know to rough him up early on and he disappears from the game. For players like McFlynn, Tiatto and Muscat, they already have no issues sitting someone on their ass at the expense of a yellow card and whats more, those players know that because they saw him last year.
Bringing him back gives us a known quantity which is great, but also a known quantity for our opponents. Sure our whole team is now known but no one kicks McKain off the ball and watches him disappear. Felipe is a good finesse player but I don't have enough faith in the match officials to give him protection every single time he walks onto the park in the hope that he remains effective to the Phoenix because of that. Sure Muscat will clean him out the first time and do it right and get a yellow, but that first tackle will always be the one that stops Felipe from playing because the opposition know to make the first one a good one and take the yellow for the team to shut him down.

Juninho has already argued the case that the league is far too physical for ball players and that they are not afforded the protection from match officials they would get in other leagues. Agent 472009-02-12 23:29:16

also if kickings were handed out Brown and McKain built up a rep as tough midfield customers, and maybe we wouldn't be so easy to intimidate.

Depending on how much we can get him for, and if Ricki and co. can be sure he'll bring the right attitude. First off we'd need him to lower his demands from last year. Oska2009-02-13 08:06:56

Why are so many people transfixed on looking at the past in order to move forward?

Thats not how it works... he came, he flashed, he got squashed, he faded... he's now off to probably suffer the same fate with NQ (if we're to believe Feverish).

Some of you sound like your talking about an ex boy/girlfriend ffs... you remember the awesome times and the climax's... but forget all about the tantrums and the headaches


Move on already.

It is now a tradition at Spurs, introduced recently by Harry, that the best strategy is to get back the guys you let go previously. Harry is a visionary and the nix should not be scared to walk in his footsteps.

thats why he's taken them straight to the top of the table

The prosecution rests m'lord.

SurgeQld2009-02-13 09:41:43

I'd like to see the Nix cause the surprise signing of the season and sign Travis Dodd.

they did say they were looking at an attacking midfielder that was from brazil didnt they?? I thought Felipe was the star of the Phoenix last season and would love to see him back.. Daniel, Felipe, Diego and hearfield running at defences could be quite a sight...

Felipe was a star until Queensland kicked the sh*t out of him, he struggled after that.

Felipe to Fury confirmed.