[QUOTE=Napier Phoenix]One of the Sundays quoted Tony mentioning 1 English striker. If not a misquote, a long way off the 3. Suspect we'll have our 1 English striker and the other 2 imports will be Krishna and Corrales. Add Costa and it might not be too bad, at least as good as previous seasons but not as good as many are hoping for obviously.
God I hope you are wrong - last season we were the second lowest scoring team in the league - by a long way.
Not delivering on 2 proven strikers would be just not good enough - if we can't recruit to the standard of Melbourne, Adelaide and, I hate to say it, Gold Coast we will be just making up numbers.
I agree Whitby Boy. There needs to be a quantum leap in the quality of the squad from last season - at least two proven, quality strikers (and in my view they won't come from the NZFC), another good attacking midfielder/playmaker, and a quality goalkeeper. Also, if at all possible, we need to find a really good marquee player. Otherwise the Phoenix simply aren't going to have the necessary entertainment factor (and the club is in the entertainment business) and aren't going to produce results, which will all mean crowd numbers are going to keep falling and we will quickly head the way of the Knights. I don't feel confident that the Phoenix are doing enough to really turn things around to be a serious force in the A-League. I hope I'm wrong and that Terry S, Tony P and Ricki pleasantly surprise us, however, Tony P now seems to be commenting on the likelihood of obtaining only one English striker and the Brazil scouting mission seems to have gone off the radar screen. It would be disappointing if the Phoenix simply repeat the mistakes of the Kingz and the Knights and show the Australians that we're simply not up to that task of holding a place in a professional football league.
I think that goes without saying really.