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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
maynardf wrote:
Ricki's well known midfielder = Clapham ???



"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
For my first ever post I'm gonna throw some wild speculation out there and suggest this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Vennegoor_of_Hesselink  - as a potential Euro striker.I know he's probably out of the nix price range but you never know.

It would be interesting to see what chants YF could come up with with that surname though

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Hard News wrote:

Bevan wrote:
We could have signed Jess Van Strattan as an Aussie keeper ...

Why?He's injury prone, petulant and not that good.


Exactly.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

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BarryZuckerkorn wrote:
For my first ever post I'm gonna throw some wild speculation out there and suggest this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Vennegoor_of_Hesselink� - as a potential Euro striker.I know he's probably out of the nix price range but you never know.It would be interesting to see what chants YF could come up with with that surname though


Same player agent as a few current/former A-League players. May be right about his price tag though.

Also spent a lot of time over the past few seasons on the quacks table.

"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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C-Diddy wrote:
BarryZuckerkorn wrote:
For my first ever post I'm gonna throw some wild speculation out there and suggest this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Vennegoor_of_Hesselink� - as a potential Euro striker.I know he's probably out of the nix price range but you never know.It would be interesting to see what chants YF could come up with with that surname though


Same player agent as a few current/former A-League players. May be right about his price tag though.

Also spent a lot of time over the past few seasons on the quacks table.
I would be so down for Venegoor, especially being dutch myself.

Hes on the older side, but he is still pretty mobile. His injury record wasnt great, but thats always a hard factor to decide on with our shorter league.
Sign em up Ricki


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Hard News wrote:
No.



No as in its not clapham because:
  1. Hes not good enough in your eyes
  2. You know he isnt on his way up
  3. You know who it is and you can give us hints


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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
+1 for Vennegoor

Plus he has a connection with Killen so hopefully signing one may lead to the other or something....
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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Venegoor would be class. Would happily give him a marque signing. Maybe this is because he is an ex-hull player and I may share some bias, but he would be a top signing. Highly unlikely though I would think.
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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Like I said, wild speculation... but all the big European leagues have started and he's without a club. Plus he's got a flimsy NZ connection through Killen at Celtic, a not so flimsy a-league connection through his agent, and he used to play for a team with a similar stripey shirt (Hull). Also he played last season for Rapid Wein who came 5th in the Austrian Bundesliga so I don't think the a-league would be too much of a step down, or that he would have been getting that much money there either.

This is how I'm justifying my dreaming anyway

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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I dreamed that we were going to win 15-2 against GCU








so nobody panic
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playwithFire wrote:
Hard News wrote:
No.



No as in its not clapham because:
  1. Hes not good enough in your eyes
  2. You know he isnt on his way up
  3. You know who it is and you can give us hints


A little from column A, a little from column B and a little from column C. Actually not much from A. I'd like to see him get a chance.

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Therk wrote:
I dreamed that we were going to win 15-2 against GCU so nobody panic
Sweet Im off to the TAB then.

Any clues on goalscorers?


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Hard News wrote:
playwithFire wrote:
Hard News wrote:
No.



No as in its not clapham because:
  1. Hes not good enough in your eyes
  2. You know he isnt on his way up
  3. You know who it is and you can give us hints


A little from column A, a little from column B and a little from column C. Actually not much from A. I'd like to see him get a chance.


Ooo ok so any cryptic clues yet...


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playwithFire wrote:
Therk wrote:
I dreamed that we were going to win 15-2 against GCU so nobody panic
Sweet Im off to the TAB then.

Any clues on goalscorers?


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playwithFire wrote:
C-Diddy wrote:
Feverish wrote:


anyone found out what Nicky Ward is up to?



This...



Greece


Nope, this club has been relegated to non-professional football in Greece, they only have a handful of players on their books.
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BarryZuckerkorn wrote:
Also he played last season for Rapid Wein who came 5th in the Austrian Bundesliga so I don't think the a-league would be too much of a step down, or that he would have been getting that much money there either.This is how I'm justifying my dreaming anyway


Rapid Wien has in the past few seasons been knocking out English opposition in Europe (Aston Villa twice I believe) so if you think that's where the A-league level lies, then good for you.
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el grapadura wrote:
BarryZuckerkorn wrote:
Also he played last season for Rapid Wein who came 5th in the Austrian Bundesliga so I don't think the a-league would be too much of a step down, or that he would have been getting that much money there either.This is how I'm justifying my dreaming anyway


Rapid Wien has in the past few seasons been knocking out English opposition in Europe (Aston Villa twice I believe) so if you think that's where the A-league level lies, then good for you.


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Username wrote:
Originally posted by BarryZuckerkorn

Also he played last season for Rapid Wein who came 5th in the Austrian Bundesliga so I don't think the a-league would be too much of a step down, or that he would have been getting that much money there either.This is how I'm justifying my dreaming anyway


Rapid Wien has in the past few seasons been knocking out English opposition in Europe (Aston Villa twice I believe) so if you think that's where the A-league level lies, then good for you.


tbh I wasn't aware of that fact which does put a different light on things - although I am aware they are a club with a fine pedigree. I was simply going off their 5th place finish in the Austrian league which is 28th in the UEFA coefficients rankings, below such leagues as Bulgaria, Finland, and Northern Ireland

although the Northern Irish league did have this goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzAZTdyOXcA so maybe its not too bad

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BarryZuckerkorn wrote:
Username wrote:
Originally posted by BarryZuckerkornAlso
he played last season for Rapid Wein who came 5th in the Austrian
Bundesliga so I don't think the a-league would be too much of a step
down, or that he would have been getting that much money there
either.This is how I'm justifying my dreaming anyway


Rapid Wien has in the past few seasons been knocking out English
opposition in Europe (Aston Villa twice I believe) so if you think
that's where the A-league level lies, then good for you.
   
tbh I wasn't aware of that fact which does put a different light on things - although I am aware they are a club with a fine pedigree. I was simply going off their 5th place finish in the Austrian league which is 28th in the UEFA coefficients rankings, below such leagues as Bulgaria, Finland, and Northern Irelandalthough the Northern Irish league did have this goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzAZTdyOXcA so maybe its not too bad


Aston Villa v Rapid Wien 26 August 2010
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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
and now I just realised I was looking at 2009 rankings and Austria is in fact 15th now

time to go eat some humble pie methinks

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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

HOME RUN!!

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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Sasho Petrovski ?

Jets are idiots for letting him leave.
phoenix1002011-10-02 15:00:13
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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Would not take him.


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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
playwithFire wrote:
Would not take him.


Is it because he would take up a foreign spot ?
I think that rule should be scrapped, Aussies should not take up a foreign spot in a New Zealand team.   
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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Hard News wrote:
They don't...


Oh my mistake,
He is old but still a good player.
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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
phoenix100 wrote:

Hard News wrote:
They don't...
Oh my mistake, He is old but still a good player.


"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Oh Noes...

Should we be worried about this???

"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Not a worry for me, he was in the reserves last year. Mistakes are always made.
Lovemore is listed as a nix player on fantasy A-League
Musa, Mulligan, Diego still listed as nix players on Fifa12

Its all good with me.


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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
phoenix100 wrote:

playwithFire wrote:
Would not take him.
Is it because he would take up a foreign spot ? I think that rule should be scrapped, Aussies should not take up a foreign spot in a New Zealand team.� �

I dont mind him as a player, and could do a role off the bench for most A-League sides.

However, what we are looking for is a guy who can start every game of the season for us.

We have greenacre for that role, and personally I would rather see an 18 year old striker on the bench for the nix than a 36 year old. No offence to the guy, but he is the one type of striker I wouldnt take (well one of the types)


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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Dakota Lucas to get a run for the injured Pav.
 
Quick striker - has done alright at a NZFC level, has moved to Welly if i remember correctly so is there and has more potential than Lovemore.
 
Be quite happy to see this.
 
Dissapointed we got Griffiths for a under 20 spot when Branch is available - his performances against quality teams (albeit at u20 level a couple of these guys are already valued more than the nix squad collectively) were excellent.
 
 
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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Don't know if this has been mentioned..but just came back from Europe and on my plane from Melbourne to Wgtn guess who I saw??
Nick Ward!
He had his boots and everything (we cleared customs pretty much at the same time)..
happy with the signing!!

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newzealandpower wrote:
Don't know if this has been mentioned..but just came back from Europe and on my plane from Melbourne to Wgtn guess who I saw??Nick Ward!He had his boots and everything (we cleared customs pretty much at the same time)..happy with the signing!!



OMG!!!



"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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newzealandpower wrote:
Don't know if this has been mentioned..but just came back from Europe and on my plane from Melbourne to Wgtn guess who I saw??Nick Ward!He had his boots and everything (we cleared customs pretty much at the same time)..happy with the signing!!



Well there we go- Ricki knows him well. He a midfielder. And his club has just been in trouble, we bail him out. Love it.

Plus it means we still have import spots for some sweet foreign signings!!

Imagine if we get Ward, Killen and a Euro striker. That would put us back in contention imo!


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C-Diddy wrote:
newzealandpower wrote:
Don't know if this has been mentioned..but just came back from Europe and on my plane from Melbourne to Wgtn guess who I saw??Nick Ward!He had his boots and everything (we cleared customs pretty much at the same time)..happy with the signing!!



OMG!!!



Club sandwich starting to look good now C-Diddy?

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Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

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newzealandpower wrote:
Don't know if this has been mentioned..but just came back from Europe and on my plane from Melbourne to Wgtn guess who I saw??
Nick Ward!
He had his boots and everything (we cleared customs pretty much at the same time)..
happy with the signing!!
spoilsport

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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Junior82 wrote:
C-Diddy wrote:
newzealandpower wrote:
Don't know if this has been mentioned..but just came back from Europe and on my plane from Melbourne to Wgtn guess who I saw??Nick Ward!He had his boots and everything (we cleared customs pretty much at the same time)..happy with the signing!!
OMG!!!


Club sandwich starting to look good now C-Diddy?


May need some herbal ignite...

"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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