2017/18 Transfer Speculation

So the most obvious transfer is a new head coach, on which, all other transfers depend.
Damned if I know who that might be though.

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/football/weve-got-real-solid-foundations-phoenix-thinking-positively-heading-into-offseason-rebuild

We've had solid foundations for the last three years... we need a big year this year, simple. 

We have to have bigger crowds, more tv viewers and better results.

This starts with a hiring a known quantity as a coach and the owners finally shelling out for a marquee - we need a rebrand of sorts to bring an air of positivity back to the club and build some excitement.

Didier Drogba joins the Phoenix!!!! (Rising FC :( ) http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39584158

Anyone know what's happened to Adam Sarota?

Wikipedia has his last club as Go Ahead Eagles in 2016.

Would be good to have him compete with Vinnie and wouldn't take up a visa spot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Sarota

Haven't we been there before when Ernie was appointed and we had Carlos Hernandez arriving? That didn't work out so well :)

feel like we should have a manager now and be thinking about new contracts and chasing top recruits a month ago

So big shake up for the Phoenix.

Any plans for a shake up at the Fever?

Shake it up baby now? Song sheets? 

This surely has to get sung.  Phoenix Fever Anthemby YellowFeverBoys

Would be wicked if we could get players that could do this sort of thing .... Flip throw to header assist sets up bicycle kick shot in goal of the year contender 

 - a new coaching staff, new team, new stadium and new fans. might do it

Also, new kit, new home city, new name and new league.

Glad to see we're all staying positive..

Obviously the only thing changing for next season is the new league.

Yep, it's been two years.

My other team Plymouth Argyle, let our Striker David Goodwillie go in January for personal reasons.  Big difference though being that everyone knows he left to defend his name after a Scottish judge held up a civil rape accusation against him with no firm evidence being produced.

Not a big loss for us but it does happen outside of the Nix.  Still feel that Tratt will be playing A-League next season.

off season. so, so long!

SACK ITALIANO

Did better than Reddy.

Media reports after Sat's game said Lia had played his last game for the Nix. Has that been confirmed?

Way past time they invested in making sure the team is successful then think about doing all the other bits.Does seem they have taken their focus on what should have been the main  thing they got right.Making sure your team is succesful everything else will hopefully follow.

Turning up sober isn't hard.

Selling all his stuff on Facebook group "Vic Deals" so if history of players selling TVs on Trade Me is anything to go by he is going!

Also Italiano is selling up all his stuff on the page as well.

I would be very sorry to see Vinnie go. He played with heaps of heart last night. We need someone to set that example.

Yeah, me too, he's the heart of this team now. Rightfully criticised for certain performances, but he's been the only one who has consistently got stuck in this season.

Pics!

It's on facebook. Doing a bit of face stalking it seems he sells stuff on Vic deals pretty regularly, although not so much at once.

He may have been given the keys to Smeltzy's flat now that he (Smeltz) left for SE Asia.

Disappointed Lia is selling his stuff. He should have been charitable and donated it to St Vinnie's...

I listen to an interview with Broich who said (with a smile) that he'd stay at Brisbane for as long as they're happy to keep him.

No. We already have one aging star who already had his best years at another A-League club.

Press release yesterday was that he had left the roar and was looking at other teams.

I actually didn't realise Finkler was 31, thought he was 2-3 years younger than that.

I have it on reasonably good authority that no offers are on the table for either Vinnie or Mossy, but they're not willing to sit on their hands and wait for new coaches to decide whether they're worth a new contract or not, so they're both looking further afield to get some certainty on their futures.

Same person also said that Moss to South Africa was 100% fabricated and there's no basis to it and that Tratt is home simply because he's "homesick" and is likely to join another A-League team ASAP.

I'm not convince this is true.

Yeah there may have been more to it that they didn't want to tell me but they certainly indicated that they didn't think he'd acted in good faith and said he hadn't enjoyed living in Wellington. There could well be more to it but the person definitely knows what they're talking about.

This is a tough area to comment on given there is a void of information and players should be allowed a right to privacy. Having said that, I've heard a completely different story and that the player and the club are both gutted about the circumstances (not criminal and anything behavioural).