Very surprised noone has picked up Tratt
Very surprised noone has picked up Tratt
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.
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Tratt struck me as the classic "moneyball" player.
Does not look like a fullback at all with those gangly legs and awkward gait, but is actually very good. Surely a great cost-effective pick-up for someone.
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Has there been any rumours about where Ali Abbas will end up?
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Has there been any rumours about where Ali Abbas will end up?
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Tratt struck me as the classic "moneyball" player.
Does not look like a fullback at all with those gangly legs and awkward gait, but is actually very good. Surely a great cost-effective pick-up for someone.
A shoe in for the Jets
Peoples Republik of Aucklandia
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Anyone on this list that we might be able to entice and that would put in a good shift for us??
Any 'must-haves', or some worth a punt?
Aston Villa
Johan Abdoul, Riccardo Calder, Henry Cowans, Rory Hale, Libor Kozak, Thomas Leggett, Joseph Linley, Jerell Sellars, Joonas Sundman.
Barnsley
James Shaun Carvell, Jake Charles, Jack Nicholas, Jack Cowgill, Callum Evans, Lewis Nyatanga, Omari Patrick, George Proctor, Joshua Scowen, Matthew Templeton, Marley Watkins, Aidan White, Ryan William.
Birmingham City
Charlee Adams, Koby Arthur, Noe Baba, Reece Brown, Charlie Cooper, George O'Neill, Paul Robinson.
Blackburn Rovers
Hope Akpan, Joshua Askew, Wes Brown, Gordon Greer, Adam Henley, Ramirez Howarth, Jason Lowe.
Brentford
James Ferry, Seika Jatta, Dominic Kurasik, Dimitrios Kyriatzis, Alan McCormack, Daniel Parish.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Caspar Ankergren, Dylan Barnett, Thomas Bong, Thomas Cadman, Vegard Forren, Vahid Hambo, Chris O'Grady, Steve Sidwell, David Stockdale, Connor Tighe, Joseph Ward.
Bristol City
Osagi Bascombe, Jack Challis, James Difford, Mark Little, Kodi Lyons-Foster, Joseph Mcnulty, Harvey Moss, Aaron Wilbraham.
Burton Albion
Shaun Barker, Christopher Beardsley, Stephen Bywater, Lloyd Dyer, Philip Edwards, Thomas Flanagan, Charlie Gatter, Jonathan McLaughlin, John Mousinho, Callum Reilly, Marvin Sordell, Ben Turner, Lee Williamson.
Cardiff City
Thomas Adeyemi, Jamie Bird, Jordan Blaise, Adam Le Fondre, Bruno Manga, Kadeem Mathurin-Harris, Luke O'Reilly, Abdul-Yussuf Oshilaja, Robbie Patten, Macauley Southam, Theo Wharton, Peter Whittingham.
Derby County
Thomas Mellors, D'Abadia Santos.
Fulham
Larnell Cole, Jack Grimmer, Jesse Joronen, Scott Parker, Ryheem Sheckleford, Joshua Smile, Jake Soutter, Ryan Tunnicliffe, Joshua Walker.
Ipswich Town
Christophe Berra, Leon Best, Giles Coke, Paul Digby, Jonathan Douglas, Jacob Marsden, Joe Robinson, Steven Taylor.
Leeds United
Jordan Botaka, Alex Purver, Michael Taylor, Ross Turnbull, Jack Vann, Billy Whitehouse.
Newcastle United
Sammy Ameobi, Vurnon Anita, Stefan Broccoli, Yoan Gouffran, Lubomir Satka, Haris Vuckic.
Norwich City
Sebastian Bassong, Ryan Bennett, Jamie Eaton-Collins, Raymond Grant, Ben Killip, Conor McGrandles, Youssouf Mulumbu, John Ruddy, Michael Turner, Steven Whittaker.
Nottingham Forest
Matthew Fryatt, Christopher Marques, Ferderik Nielsen, Gonzales Pinillos, James Thorne, Robert Worrall.
Preston North End
Jermaine Beckford, Anders Lindegaard, Clive Smith.
QPR
Darnell Goather-Braithwaite, Karl Henry.
Reading
Harrison Bennett, Harry Cardwell, Dominic Hyam, Aaron Kuhl, Sean Long, Stuart Moore, Craig Tanner, Joe Tupper, Terence Vancooten, Daniel Williams.
Rotherham United
Fabian Bailey, Lee Camp, Christopher Dawson, Lars Ekstrand, Stephen Kelly, Joe Mattock, Thomas Rose, Richard Smallwood, Thomas Thorpe, Kelvin Wilson, Richard Wood.
Sheffield Wednesday
Franck Betra, Claude Dielna, Urby Emanuelson, Charlie Hayford, Darryl Lachman, Jose Semedo, Elliot Percival, Vincent Sasso, Modou Sougou.
Wigan Athletic
Adam Anson, Arnold Baxendale, James Boyd, Sam Cosgrove, Juusi Jaaskelainen, Liam Langford, Alex Lingard, Gabriel Obertan, David Perkins, Andrew Taylor, Stephen Warnock.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Joseph Delacoe, James Henry, Ben O'Hanlon, Bradley Reid, Regan Upton, Michael Williamson.
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
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Wes Brown, Gabriel Obertan, Sebastian Bassong, Karl Henry. Obertan is still young, others less so.
Nix, Leyton Orient and Alloa Athletic supporting schmuck.
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Nick Montgomery is an Australian citizen now, so I assume wouldn't count towards any import cap.
35yo now but could be a useful squad player in the Lia mould - you might scoff, but we could probably do a lot worse. I really rated him in the title winning Mariners squad (although that was a while ago now). Always seemed like a good competitor, good player to have alongside you.
A bit sad though that this is where I'm aiming...
As cultured as Che Bunce's left foot and as profilic as John Lammers
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Giles Coke (get Tommy Smith to have a word with him), Adam Henley and maybe Hope Akpan
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Nick Montgomery is an Australian citizen now, so I assume wouldn't count towards any import cap.
35yo now but could be a useful squad player in the Lia mould - you might scoff, but we could probably do a lot worse. I really rated him in the title winning Mariners squad (although that was a while ago now). Always seemed like a good competitor, good player to have alongside you.
A bit sad though that this is where I'm aiming...
Montgomery retired at the end of last season didn't he?
Peoples Republik of Aucklandia
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You'd think that if anyone could drop a hook Rado could.Must be some news on the way soon surely
COYN
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Who:
ADELAIDE UNITED: Outs - Dylan McGowan (Pacos Ferreira, Portugal), George Mells (released), Sergio Cirio (released), John Hall (released), Jesse Makarounas (released)
BRISBANE ROAR: Outs - Thomas Broich (released), Jamie Maclaren, Manuel Arana (released), Cameron Crestani (released), Joey Katebian (released) and Nathan Konstandopoulos (released)
CENTRAL COAST MARINERS: Outs - Paul Izzo (Adelaide), Roy O’Donovan (Jets), Fabio Ferreira (PKNS), Ivan Necevski (released), Nick Montgomery (released), Jacob Poscoliero (Glory), Jacques Faty (released), Mickael Tavares (released), Scott Galloway (released)
MELBOURNE CITY: Outs - Corey Gameiro (released), Steve Kuzmanovski (released), Josh Rose (released), Nicolas Colazo (loan ends), Thomas Sorensen (released)
MELBOURNE VICTORY: Outs - Daniel Georgievski (Jets), Rashid Mahazi (retired), Fahid Ben Khalfallah (released), Nick Ansell (released), Alan Baro (released), Alastair Bray (released), George Howard (released), Lucas Spinella (released)
NEWCASTLE JETS: Outs - Andrew Hoole (released), Morten Nordstrand (released), Joel Allwright (Adelaide City), Labinot Haliti (released), Ben Kennedy (released), Ma Lei Lei (released), Daniel Mullen (released), Mateo Poljak (released), Tomislav Arcaba (released)
PERTH GLORY: Outs - Dino Djulbic (released), Kosta Petratos (Jets), Richard Garcia (retired), Josh Risdon (Wanderers), Aryn Williams (released), Rhys Williams (Victory), Lucian Goian (released), Nebojsa Marinkovic (released), Mitchell Oxborrow (released), Jordan Thurtell (released)
SYDNEY FC: Outs - Riley Woodcock (Sydney United), Bernie Ibini (Vancouver Whitecaps), Filip Holosko (released), George Blackwood (released)
WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS: Outs - Dimas (released), Mitch Nichols (released), Scott Neville (Glory), Bruno Piñatares (released), Ryan Griffiths (released), Liam Youlley (released), Stefan Zinni (released), Emilio Martinez (released), Nicolás Martinez (end of loan), Terry Antonis (end of loan), Shannon Cole (released), Mario Shabow (Jets)
WELLINGTON PHOENIX: Outs - Roly Bonevacia (Wanderers), Shane Smeltz (Pusamania Borneo), Jacob Tratt (released), Ben Liftin (released), Glen Moss (Jets), Kosta Barbarouses (released), Alex Rodriguez (Boavista)
Supporter For Ever - Keep The Faith - Foundation Member - Never Lets FAX Get In The Way Of A Good Yarn
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To be honest I am stoked that Rado decided to sign as Assistant with us; almost more than I am stoked about Prince Khaleesi signing up as the coach. Rado is probably the only one at the level of Tony Pignata as the best "right hand" men in the comp and I have high hopes for us over the next few seasons.
Actually, getting outplayed quite a bit these days
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Nick Montgomery is an Australian citizen now, so I assume wouldn't count towards any import cap.
35yo now but could be a useful squad player in the Lia mould - you might scoff, but we could probably do a lot worse. I really rated him in the title winning Mariners squad (although that was a while ago now). Always seemed like a good competitor, good player to have alongside you.
A bit sad though that this is where I'm aiming...
Montgomery retired at the end of last season didn't he?
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Nick Montgomery is an Australian citizen now, so I assume wouldn't count towards any import cap.
35yo now but could be a useful squad player in the Lia mould - you might scoff, but we could probably do a lot worse. I really rated him in the title winning Mariners squad (although that was a while ago now). Always seemed like a good competitor, good player to have alongside you.
A bit sad though that this is where I'm aiming...
Montgomery retired at the end of last season didn't he?
Bah ok cheers. Last I had heard he had got Aussie citizenship, left Mariners, playing for Wolves, and saying he wanted to play at least 1 more year! Oh well.
As cultured as Che Bunce's left foot and as profilic as John Lammers
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To be honest I am stoked that Rado decided to sign as Assistant with us; almost more than I am stoked about Prince Khaleesi signing up as the coach. Rado is probably the only one at the level of Tony Pignata as the best "right hand" men in the comp and I have high hopes for us over the next few seasons.
Crashed and burned at MV and with the head coach at Brissy though, so hardly an unblemished record there.
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I heard there's some bloke in Spain who wants out of his club according to BBC, calls himself Cristiano Ronaldo, could be a good player to bring in as a squaddie to give Krishna some competition.
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I heard there's some bloke in Spain who wants out of his club according to BBC, calls himself Cristiano Ronaldo, could be a good player to bring in as a squaddie to give Krishna some competition.
LaLiga is a whole different kettle of fish. He'll never make it down here.
Adelaide's resident Nix supporter
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I heard there's some bloke in Spain who wants out of his club according to BBC, calls himself Cristiano Ronaldo, could be a good player to bring in as a squaddie to give Krishna some competition.
#NoCockPolicy
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We could suggest to Ronaldo that we will pay him via a Cook Islands bank account with their tax policies. Isn't that where major businesses in NZ dump their wealth just before Tax time??
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
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Twenty years ago maybe, now New Zealand is the place where people funnel dodgy money through.
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I heard there's some bloke in Spain who wants out of his club according to BBC, calls himself Cristiano Ronaldo, could be a good player to bring in as a squaddie to give Krishna some competition.
#NoCockPolicy
Says the man with that avatar!
Peoples Republik of Aucklandia
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I heard there's some bloke in Spain who wants out of his club according to BBC, calls himself Cristiano Ronaldo, could be a good player to bring in as a squaddie to give Krishna some competition.
#NoCockPolicy
Says the man with that avatar!
Hey, Ricki is a gentleman and a scholar.
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I probably need my head examined for suggesting this but I kinda think we should look at Mitch Nichols.
His best form in recent seasons was when he was playing the #8 role for the Victory behind Finkler. Given our lack of established midfielders, he is probably the most talented Aussie one on the market & can provide a scoring threat from further back. His off field issues have probably driven his wage demands to an all time low, so could be a bargain signing. I admit he is a bit of a dickhead but unless we want to go into the season with a midfield core of Ridenton/Rufer/McGarry, we might have to take the chance.
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I probably need my head examined for suggesting this but I kinda think we should look at Mitch Nichols.
His best form in recent seasons was when he was playing the #8 role for the Victory behind Finkler. Given our lack of established midfielders, he is probably the most talented Aussie one on the market & can provide a scoring threat from further back. His off field issues have probably driven his wage demands to an all time low, so could be a bargain signing. I admit he is a bit of a dickhead but unless we want to go into the season with a midfield core of Ridenton/Rufer/McGarry, we might have to take the chance.
As with all players, it doesn't matter if he's a dickhead - what matters is whether he is OUR dickhead
Normo's coming home
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I probably need my head examined for suggesting this but I kinda think we should look at Mitch Nichols.
His best form in recent seasons was when he was playing the #8 role for the Victory behind Finkler. Given our lack of established midfielders, he is probably the most talented Aussie one on the market & can provide a scoring threat from further back. His off field issues have probably driven his wage demands to an all time low, so could be a bargain signing. I admit he is a bit of a dickhead but unless we want to go into the season with a midfield core of Ridenton/Rufer/McGarry, we might have to take the chance.
As with all players, it doesn't matter if he's a dickhead - what matters is whether he is OUR dickhead
Diego Costa epitomises this. If he's on your team he's en route to becoming a club legend. If he's not on your team you're hoping someone goes full Sigmund vs Kruse on him.
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I probably need my head examined for suggesting this but I kinda think we should look at Mitch Nichols.
His best form in recent seasons was when he was playing the #8 role for the Victory behind Finkler. Given our lack of established midfielders, he is probably the most talented Aussie one on the market & can provide a scoring threat from further back. His off field issues have probably driven his wage demands to an all time low, so could be a bargain signing. I admit he is a bit of a dickhead but unless we want to go into the season with a midfield core of Ridenton/Rufer/McGarry, we might have to take the chance.
I would wholeheartedly agree with this...good engine
" If you only have a hammer you tend to see every problem as a nail" - maslow
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Ugh, Nichols. Every club he has been at he has put in effort for about half of the season and then never put in any effort again.
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Ugh, Nichols. Every club he has been at he has put in effort for about half of the season and then never put in any effort again.
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Ugh, Nichols. Every club he has been at he has put in effort for about half of the season and then never put in any effort again.
Finally a natural replacement for Roly who will be sorely missed.
Actually, getting outplayed quite a bit these days
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Of the kiwi/oz players off contract he'd definitely be near the best of the bunch. Worth a look. Always thought he had a pretty good engine.
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The no cocks policy hasn't worked too well recently, unless maybe the cock detectors of the no cock policy committee have become a bit cockeyed recently
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I probably need my head examined for suggesting this but I kinda think we should look at Mitch Nichols.
His best form in recent seasons was when he was playing the #8 role for the Victory behind Finkler. Given our lack of established midfielders, he is probably the most talented Aussie one on the market & can provide a scoring threat from further back. His off field issues have probably driven his wage demands to an all time low, so could be a bargain signing. I admit he is a bit of a dickhead but unless we want to go into the season with a midfield core of Ridenton/Rufer/McGarry, we might have to take the chance.
As with all players, it doesn't matter if he's a dickhead - what matters is whether he is OUR dickhead
see: Griffiths, Joel. esp. interview Corica, Steve re: fouls
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The no cocks policy hasn't worked too well recently, unless maybe the cock detectors of the no cock policy committee have become a bit cockeyed recently
Don't let Olympic fans know that Welnix have a cock detector.
Ramming liberal dribble down your throat since 2009
This forum needs less angst and more Kate Bush threads
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