Was - Phoenix Transfer Speculation

Be careful what you wish for.

I do have a man crush on Siggy but it doesn't vhange that Vargas is abit sh*t.  He's no right back.

Not saying Vargas isn't a bit sh*t, just saying he's better than Siggy.

Ouch!

I agree no vargas.... someone mentioned north... i would rather musa

I'd like a Vargas Dura CB partnership. As much as I love Siggy.

i would be okay with it, but his age is a concern.

Siggy to RB!!! Best after muscat

Please NO!!

New short term reserve keeper on bench today.

+ 1

Not keen on balls just being hoofed up the field

Who is it? Im guessing they dont have a stand down period if they dont get on?

Imray

Not sure if its been mentioned on here but for those who wanted LuaLua, he signed for Blackpool and debuted against West Ham over night.

That went well for him then :P

Sign Vargas and put him in a Vargas - Durante - Sigmund back three. Griffiths as cover.

Lochhead and Bertos in the wide midfield slots with Tsattalios and Downey as cover.

Manny at DM where he belongs. No cover required as he will never break down.

Sanchez and Ward competing for a single creative midfield role depending on form and tactics.

Lia and Brown competing for a single midfield tough guy role depending on form and tactics.

Ifill and Greenacre up top somewhere. Maybe get Allsop over here as well and rotate them around depending on form and tactics.

That would be a championship winning team right there boyeee!

We played a back 3 last season in one game, and abandoned it at HT because we were horrible.

back 3 reminds me of the early days - and some of it was less than pleasant

no

Time to open the cheque book and fill our quota. Today's game has highlighted the inevitable disaster that was always going to occur with a couple of injuries and or bookings. As it stands we have no central midfield for next week and 13, maximum 14 available players.

Warner

Downey  Sigmund  Durante Lochhead

Bertos  Sanchez  Muscat  Daniel

Smith

Greenacre

Subs:
Imray
Lindsay
Griffiths
Tsattalios




Anyone else I forgot!??!

Once again Paston goes and the Team wins, B4 you gun me down, stats would be interesting.

Rubbish, I could have played in goal today and not conceded any, they were toothless upfront...

How about Paul Reid (ex Adelaide) for a injury replacement for Lia? Unattached and experienced.

+1. Definately.

Can't pick Downey. Didnt play because of a hamstring injury so you have to work on the assumption that at the moment, he is injured and not fit to be picked unless something changes mid week. So effectively you can't fill you bench because Nick the Greek would need to play RB.
Jeff Vader2011-10-16 23:04:46

lindsay could also play rb. Think Downey might be ok for next week, not Ifill though.

The flight makes me anxious though, not the best option for guys trying to heal up. I would consider leaving for perth a few days early, link up with aus based free agents

We do not need wide players or attacking players at this point in time.

Isn't Lindsay a left peg?

We need another striker!!

Possibly, but not right now. We have Smith as cover. We need a DM that is going to be picked to start, or alternatively, a RB that is going to be picked to start otherwise why bring anyone in on short term? You may as well run with what you got and play 2 subs. We are that thin, and it seems Ricki has no faith in Downey or Greek so anyone coming in needs to be able to start/make a big contirubtion immediately.

Not suggesting he is a like for like swap, just that he is injured. We had Ward sitting in front of the back 4 trying to do a play makers role, Reid could slot into that position quite well I feel.

Sorry there is no evidence for saying that at present, Downey was sub last week and got on the pitch and would have been sub yesterday had he not got injured, so why say Ricki has no faith in him??

Reid would definitely be a decent short-term pick up

Won't set the world on fire but will fill in for Lia - only problem is that he'll probably get injured too

Reid = champion.

Hungry for vindication.

Well we either need a right back or a defensive midfelder don't we? So what about Michael Fitzgerald? I must confess I haven't seen much of him but I'm going on the logic (or lack thereof) that he's in the All Whites.

im available to play RB so muscat go go into the DM role

Reid definitely i would say, short term replacement for Lia won't do any harm to us!

If that happens, are we allowed to pick up an injury replacement for our injury replacement?

Reid would be a great option and free's Manny up to play Right Back if Downey is still knacked.

Sean Douglas is head of development over in Victoria - must be worth a call