2017/18 Transfer Speculation

Cautiously optimistic about this one, but that part of the world has produced good technical footballers for a long time so I'm hoping it works out

Nothing's confirmed until it's confirmed

#jackhingert #alexjones

Yeh assuming he is a good footballer, it's more the personal qualities that will make him a winner for us. Can he cope with new environment, playing in the heat of summer, will he fit in with the staff & players, can he cope with the odd earthquake...

You're obviously referring to when we have away games in Aussie :)

Nothing's confirmed until it's confirmed

#jackhingert #alexjones

You're obviously referring to when we have away games in Aussie :)

Relying on an opinion of a guy that played for Sydney United fifteen years ago for his move to Wellington marks him as precisely the kind of a defensive midfielder we have been missing. I expect him to be uncompromising, tough, and earn a head bandage every few games.

Believe the croatian is arriving from Wellington today from a good annonamous source.

To Wellington? We've pulled out a deceptively gorgeous winter's day just for him today.

To be fair, apart from a few days of severe weather warnings this winter has been stunning, as was last.

Cristian Zaccardo

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2017/07/18/...

To be fair, apart from a few days of severe weather warnings this winter has been stunning, as was last.

I would think that the one area we are fully stocked up on is CBs

While I really liked Tratt, I think Boxall might hopefully play here again one day.

I should add that i was absolutely gobsmacked at the running speed of Boxall.

At 1.88 m height it ain't easy to run this fast, yet he is exceptional in that department, given that he is 28 now.

Actually, as someone who is 1.96 metres tall ("I ain't called Big Pete for nothing!") I know that being taller is a big help in running faster, as Usain Bolt at 6' 5" shows. I was always one of the fastest kids at school in running races.

Research backs this up:

https://www.livescience.com/7819-taller-athletes-f...

"World record sprinters have gained an average of 6.4 inches in height since 1900, while champion swimmers have shot up 4.5 inches, compared to the mere mortal average height gain of 1.9 inches."

“The trends revealed by our analysis suggest that speed records will continue to be dominated by heavier and taller athletes.”

As long as you're slender as well as tall and heavy, you have a better chance of running faster - biology and physics dictate this (longer legs give greater strength in overcoming gravity and air resistance plus it takes fewer strides to cover a distance). 

"While most top runners need about 45 strides to cover 100 meters, Usain Bolt does it in about 40."

Carl Lewis (5 Olympic gold medals in 100m, 200m & 100m relay) was also 1.88 m like Boxall.

Boxall also has an excellent build for a sprinter and looks like somebody who keeps very fit and is careful about his diet.

Also a vegan like me, Carl Lewis credits his record World Championship haul for an athlete his age (30 in 1991) of gold in the 100m & 100m relay while setting a new 100m world record to his change to a vegan diet.

Lewis attained his personal bests in 100m sprint and 100m and 200m relay in the last years of his career in his 30's after becoming vegan.

Usain Bolt: Recently said he has cut down on meat consumption to prolong his career: "The older you get, the better you have to eat..

My coach wants me to eat a lot of vegetables, so I do eat more of that than anything else. I’ll eat broccoli, but I’m not a big fan.”

http://www.gq.com/story/the-real-life-diet-of-usai...

The veggies and grudging broccoli go with yams, meat, and Jamaican dumplings. When Bolt first started running, he was much less regimented. “In the past three years I’ve really focused on my diet. Initially I just had anything I feel like, but I’ve adjusted my diet to eat more vegetables and protein.”

Secret food edge in Bolt's diet = yams, a "superfood" (only 177 cals per cup) packs 34 percent of your daily vitamin C requirement (which fights post-workout muscle inflammation), 40 percent of vitamin B6 (a natural energy booster), and 26 percent of daily potassium requirements (a key electrolyte).

Actually, as someone who is 1.96 metres tall ("I ain't called Big Pete for nothing!") I know that being taller is a big help in running faster, as Usain Bolt at 6' 5" shows. I was always one of the fastest kids at school in running races.

Research backs this up:

https://www.livescience.com/7819-taller-athletes-f...

"World record sprinters have gained an average of 6.4 inches in height since 1900, while champion swimmers have shot up 4.5 inches, compared to the mere mortal average height gain of 1.9 inches."

“The trends revealed by our analysis suggest that speed records will continue to be dominated by heavier and taller athletes.”

As long as you're slender as well as tall and heavy, you have a better chance of running faster - biology and physics dictate this (longer legs give greater strength in overcoming gravity and air resistance plus it takes fewer strides to cover a distance). 

"While most top runners need about 45 strides to cover 100 meters, Usain Bolt does it in about 40."

Carl Lewis (5 Olympic gold medals in 100m, 200m & 100m relay) was also 1.88 m like Boxall.

Boxall also has an excellent build for a sprinter and looks like somebody who keeps very fit and is careful about his diet.

Also a vegan like me, Carl Lewis credits his record World Championship haul for an athlete his age (30 in 1991) of gold in the 100m & 100m relay while setting a new 100m world record to his change to a vegan diet.

Lewis attained his personal bests in 100m sprint and 100m and 200m relay in the last years of his career in his 30's after becoming vegan.

Usain Bolt: Recently said he has cut down on meat consumption to prolong his career: "The older you get, the better you have to eat..

My coach wants me to eat a lot of vegetables, so I do eat more of that than anything else. I’ll eat broccoli, but I’m not a big fan.”

http://www.gq.com/story/the-real-life-diet-of-usai...

The veggies and grudging broccoli go with yams, meat, and Jamaican dumplings. When Bolt first started running, he was much less regimented. “In the past three years I’ve really focused on my diet. Initially I just had anything I feel like, but I’ve adjusted my diet to eat more vegetables and protein.”

Secret food edge in Bolt's diet = yams, a "superfood" (only 177 cals per cup) packs 34 percent of your daily vitamin C requirement (which fights post-workout muscle inflammation), 40 percent of vitamin B6 (a natural energy booster), and 26 percent of daily potassium requirements (a key electrolyte).

good stat chat Big Pete. 

my takeaways from it are:

Since we cant sign Boxall, should we look at this Usain guy? he sounds handy. 

And only sign old players who eat their veggies

Carl Lewis also tested positive three times for banned stimulents at the 1988 Olympic trials, so maybe it wasn't just down to the broccoli.

Defoe is old and vegan let's nab him.

Dietary choice is totally irrelevant. 

He scored equivalent to every 3 matches at the top level last season and has been scoring consistently throughout his career. 

Great to see Goran is here in Wellington. Excited to see what he can offer us. First eastern european signing for the nix?

Let's sign Jay Emmanual Thomas. He's available and I think as a striker, this is his level and he could do a decent job.

i feel like it does when a footballer is aging.

Why would a footballer not just adopt the vegan diet immediately in that case? 

For the record I'm pro-vegan diet, I just think the comment pointing out he was vegan had nothing to do with whehter he was a good player or not. 

Until it's officially confirmed ... https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/a-league/94914311/new-wellington-phoenix-midfielder-goran-paracki-touches-down-in-wellington

I must say this is a little bit of an underwhelming signing, I'm sure he'll be decent but he just doesn't have the pedigree of other imports who have done really well in the league. hope we've got someone really decent lined up for that final import slot

Pedigree like Albert Riera?