Was - Phoenix Transfer Speculation

Why does Ricki say stuff like "I should have progress on a new striker by the middle of next week" or something similar, if he can't deliver on it. Unless he's 100% sure its happening then he shouldn't say anything. Talk about giving a brother false hope!

Im sorry,
But without facts being accused of being someone is ridiculous.
phoenix1002011-09-22 19:45:18

it does get a little hard trying to fully believe the club when they say- "we will make an announcement about X in the X amount of days" OR " developments to do with X are ongoing and will hopefully be finalised by X"

It does get frustrating, but yeah in the current climate I guess its hard to hope for these promises to come true.
But the positive we have to take is: at least the club are aware of whatever the situation is, and have targets for those goals, even if they dont make them.

Im at least glad that RH is still stating he wants another striker.
Would be much much worse if he said he didnt need one or if he said nothing at all

There has been progress.  We've found out both who it is and who it isn't.

Tanner on twitter saying "the player is legit ... the video may not be ... may be our office mistake in Ghana".

This is what I suspected. Lets hope hes quality.

An Office in Ghana?!

This truly is a global conspiracy.

whatever sery is paying these guys, it's far too much.

"player does exist, but we believe previous agent (African) may have posted a false video - working with Nix to solve problem"

Is he a cousin of George Weah?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/5670910/Central-defender-set-to-head-Phoenixs-way

3 contracts offered to quality strikers, let the googling begin!!


"One has got an extremely good pedigree, he's played in the Premier League. One's played in the Champions League and one's played a long period of time in a decent European competition."

Asked what style of striker he was pursuing, Herbert said he was after pace, rather than size.

"Someone who can get in behind defenders, cause problems, so we can be a little bit more mobile at the front than what we've been. I'm not saying he's going to be a midget, but just slightly different characteristics."

Greenacre mark 2?

good signs- lets hope they are all into negotiations rather than just some players Ricki likes.

Interesting that he wants a more mobile forward. I guess the rationale is, if we wanted a big guy, we would have kept DMac or signed Mehmet. I have respect for Ricki here, he hasnt signed a big lump and is aiming high. Lets just hope he can get one of them.

sensing a change of playing style from Nix this season....if we manage to get some goals through the middle i'll be extremely impressed!!

the vid is about as real as his CV. I'm thinking the agencies Ghana office have a bit more to spend on friday drinks this week.

So is this Sery guy one of the three? At least it sounds like nothing has been signed.

coming to trial/do the runner unless Nix see sense beforehand

Do they realise that they are the ones who posted the video.

Strong Phoenix transfer news?

Best. Birthday. EVER.

If Sanchez can help steer the ship through the middle, then who knows.

My biggest issue with Ricki's pleasing aspiration for a more sleek attacking player, is the fact it WILL take time for them to gel and fit into the side, as the whole team are going to need to change their style if we are to make the most of having a quick guy up top.
We dont have much time left for this process.


Also on Griffiths, it seems like Ricki is pretty much sold on signing him. Which is strange because he doesnt seem to offer that much more than Bran. My only theory is that Ricki wants someone with A-League experience who could fill in when needed.

If signed, he would be part of the U21 players even though he already is 21?

Sery's youtube video has been taken down.

3 contracts offered to quality strikers, let the googling begin!!


"One has got an extremely good pedigree, he's played in the Premier League."

Florent Sinama-Pongolle

"One's played in the Champions League"

John Carew

"one's played a long period of time in a decent European competition."

Chris Killen

Good on ya

would be nice to get a bit more details on the strikers- purely from a speculation point- like are they all free agents? And what sort of age brackets they are in.

They will either be free agents or on the outer at clubs who will let them leave for free.

Yeah of course we wont be buying this new player- i was meaning for speculative purposes of course.

Nothing like a bit of player searching to procrastinate from doing something else.

I think this is our main clue :I'm not saying he's going to be a midget, but just slightly different characteristics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlatan_Muslimovic

Decent Pedigree, Free Agent, has a little bit of pace, not a midget. Aging, and injury prone however...

Congratulations to this forum, esp. playwithfire, for keen Internet detective skills.

Yeh Happy Birthday dunnix

Good news at last lets hope it comes to a good conclusion I was getting a bit disheartened with the negative situation but now upwards and onwards

Hopefully not short and round like Humpty Dumpty

Thanks. Detective 'fire at the rescue.

Wonder if I got someone fired???

Yes. You got Sery Elie fired:

This is Ricki playing the on-going YF speculation thread guessing game. Good to know he's enjoying the off season too.

Oh dear- I ruined that man's life didnt I? Maybe there is a price on my head in CIV?


Ahh well, it was fun, and hopefully saved some people a few blushes in the process

Tegal2011-09-23 11:19:44