Phoenix Transfer - speculation

why  not sign the barron as an all round utility? at least swap him for mulligan anyway haha

Wouldn't be opposed to that at all.  Get rid of Mulligan, Diego, and Ferrante and bring in Barron and one or two others.

Is McKain our secret Marquee player?

Last time people from the club spoke about him he had been moved under the cap for this season.  Not sure if that has changed to included Dadi.

This may sound a little harsh but I actually don't think he is crucial to our team . I would absolutely love him to stay and am not a hater but we have  Durante and Siggy and they did a great job playing together at the back when McKain was injured. We also have enough defensive centre midfields.  

sigmund for mckain....not for me....sigmund  at the peak of his game isnt a patch on mckain....also i doubt we would see mckain punching an opposition player as sigmund did....mckain is class siggy is really enthusiastic...thats a big difference in my book...doubt ricki is in any hurry to rid himself of mckain as i seem to recall he went to pretty big lengths to get him initially

McKain is a key player to re-sign IMO. There's a reason why Siggy hasn't just walked back into the starting 11. I'm not saying to make McKain marquee etc., but keeping him would really help us. The fact we have a really solid core of players bodes well for the rest of the season and into the next.

Haha, if I was him I'd leave, I saw them going into their hotel after we tonked them and he had to drag the kitbag with a sad look on his face. Gave me a laugh and a half.

Would like to keep J-Mac he's just so composed at the back and relaxed on the ball, and not a bad goal threat either these days.

Good link to the Nix article on the homepage (Paston et al re-signing for next season)

I've edited this from one earlier in this topic (changing todays three plus Ifill). any corrections to this?

Contracts expire at end of this season:
Jon McKain, David Mulligan, Costa Barbarouses,  Michael Ferrante,  Adrian Caceres, Eugene Dadi, Liam Reddy.
Contracts expire at end of next season:
 Chris Greenacre, Diego, Marco Rojas, Ben Sigmund, Daniel, Tony Lochhead, Tim Brown, Troy Hearfield, Mark Paston, Reece Crowther.
Contract expires at end of 11/12:
Manny Muscat, Vince Lia. Paul Ifill.
Contract expires at end of 12/13:
 Leo Bertos, Andrew Durante,S.O.N2010-01-19 11:24:19

Junior822010-01-19 11:31:20

What is the go wit ADRIAN? Are we looking to re-sign him? I havent heard anything about that in a while.

Remind me please when does our existing A league licence run out ????

End of next year. Good moves by the club and the players, only signing on for as long as we are guaranteed in the league. Once that mess is cleared up, we can sign them on for longer.

Just wondering.....if Paston has only signed for a year does that mean he may retire after next season. He will be in his early thirties....has just started a family and admits the traveling and being away from home is a drag.

I am very pleased by all 3 signings - the squad is looking very solid for 10/11 - four observations; Whitby boy2010-01-19 15:39:39

Particularly pleased with Hearfield re-signing, and now just really hope we keep McKain as well.

The fact that so many are resigned so early bodes very well for next season.

agree next season looking good as we will have the majority of the same squad with maybe a couple of awesome new signings. Oh and bring on the youth team!!!!!

Very happy Hearfield is staying on. Very happy indeed.

It could really work out. Good playoff run this season, we keep the core of this season's roster together, we add a couple of key players, and we look good for next season.

The uncertainty with our license is sure to be a sticking point in contract negotiations, but it's nice to see Pasty/Reece/Troy stay on anyway. McKain/Caceres/Reddy are also re-sign candidates.

This team is very well run. Players have no problem coming over to Wellington and staying here. It's good signs.

Ah, my greatest (and only) scoop lives on (credit also goes to HN for being dumb enough to tell me about it =P).

Reddy agreed a deal with Sydney not so long ago, did he not?

no, he expects to move to any SYD club next season. His Family is moving there you see

400 pages. Woot woot.

Reddy's going to Sydney. Done deal. He's from there, and his family is there.

He says he's not but in truth we all know he is

In a recent article Paston was saying how he just wants to take it one season at a time and if he's enjoying himself he'll keep playing, if not he'll retire.

And if Moss was to come back I don't think it'd be for a long time (not long enough to be under Ricki's nose ahead of the build-up for the next world cup anyway) as he's said he's wanting another crack at Europe.

if Reddy has a "done deal" with SYD as you say el g, then why are the nix in talks with him ?

that makes no sense what-so-ever.

They're not, it's just a convenient way to keep the pressure off.

If Nix admit he's gone to us, media pressure piles up in the finals about loyalty and other such nonsense. What then happens if SFC get WPFC in the finals? (very likely since we're both likely to finish in that 3-6 bracket IMO).

Best kept under wraps. That way Reddy (and Bolton for us) get to go through to year's end relatively unscathed by the media talk. When the season's done, Reddy can announce he's going home and Bolton can announce he's off to Heart. Meanwhile Paston takes back over as #1 next year when fit.

The fact that we resigned both Paston and Crowther should give you a hint as to whether keeping Reddy is a realistic possibility.

It's really as about a big hint as you can get.

I don't want 3 keepers - makes no sense to sign someone extra and give them no game time.

Problem is that Paston is comparitively injury-prone for a keeper, and Crowther has potential, but not the ability of, say Moss, or Reddy.

It would be great to sign McKain again, but if I was him I would be disappointed at missing out on the Socceroos squads that are comprised of A-League players. It seems the Aussie league clubs are chosen before us. Therefore he may want to move across the ditch.
Remember Farina had said publicly he wanted McKain at the Roar, but the new coach Postecoglou has signed other defenders instead.

Will Verbeek ever call up a Nix player?

Yeah when we get Cahill as marquee next season

If we have some sort of reserve/youth/NZFC/Masters team it'll be an easy sell to have three keepers... otherwise not so much

 

mckain not likely to be picked for socceroos as hewas  injured for most of season

One game?  5, actually.  Last group game, round of 16 game, quarter-final, semi-final, final.  Like I said, that's 5, not 1.

Ahhhhh... the oh-so-sweet aroma of complete and total delusion... gotta luv it!
SurgeQld2010-01-21 09:11:10