we need a goalscorer

 

Exactly.

 

Why is it that it now appears he does NOT have the entire salary cap to work with?

 

We've barely heard a peep from the new owners since day 1, bar about 1 article in the Dom Post from Morgan talking about big plans...

lol my "slam" was in the plural - Term just happened to be the last poster on the theme

 

meh

 

OK we lost a couple of games we should arguably have won

OK it would be nice to have a star striker

 

but we have played well in both games

+ we have indications Welnix is planning with Ricki a decent signing post Xmas

+ if the boyos hadn't gone berserk with cards we would have a second striking option up there with greeny

we've got midfielders to burn as soon as ifill is back

if we are planning a big striker signing post xmas and we get Pav back we are pretty loaded there

if there is anywhere that we probably do need cover its at FB

 

I suspect Ricki has agreed with Welnix it is better to get a strong frontman signing in the next window and maybe the targets he had in mind on a TS restricted budget don't match up to marquee

and as a consequence I suspect Ricki is frustrated that his current players are doing everything well

except butcher good chances

and getting themselves suspended from games, every game

 

but slinging mud at the new owners right now just seems to me to be petulant

 

no great offence meant, but blaming the guys that have rescued the club seems mighty uncivil to me

just giving a few a hard blast of their own medicine

 

as you were, rant over

 

Nathan has final say.

This would fit in with the theory that they're going to sign Killen or someone in January and make a big pitch out of it. Which would be a scenario I could live with (assuming the current squad keep picking up points until then).
Losing Pantellis was also a big blow I reckon. Did that (+ Pav) happen before or after they pulled the pin on the Euro options?

 

I'm very happy with the Welnix as owners and the financial security that they bring. However, given that financial security is an absolute non-negotiable pre-condition for ownership (and in this case the only compelling driver for a change in ownership at all) I think it is fair to ask "what else?" or "what kind of owners will Welnix be?".

 

There is also absolutely no doubt that many of the criticisms that Terry faced over the last year were about more than just baseline financial viability. They were also about what kind of squad was being assembled, our ability to challenge for the play-offs and the strength of the backroom operation. I think that some of you are not being consistent around this and that this betrays the fact that you have other issues with Terry that are not actually relevant to his ownership of the Nix.

 

It is not just the lack of new player signings that is worth questioning but the lack of progress on other well documented issues at the club. For instance, how else are we meant to interpret this statement by Mark Paston about the lack of a goal-keeping coach:

 

 

The lack of a goal-keeping coach was used time and time again as a stick to beat Terry with but it's hardly been mentioned since Welnix took over.

 

Look, I'm not trying to bag on Welnix too much but they admitted when they took over that they are not football experts. I am a football expert so I am merely offering them the benefit of my expertise for free. That's all.

 

I will say that this season despite all the preseason angst and the lack of a decent recruiting drive due to forces beyond Ricki's control the NIx have played some great football!  its true that that we dont have a gun striker but we certainly have the players who have scored previously and lady luck idoesnt appear to be with us currently. I am really enjoying the way the Nix are playing.more through the middle, less defensive type football. Certainly we could have had several goals against the Tards and if just one of those had gone in the result may have weel been different. I for one am prepared to wait a while and give things a chance to settle in with the new owners and see what the team can produce, bearing in mind that just prior to this season the upset that was unfolding was in danger of derailing us altogether and im sure that a lot of us were just glad that we would be watching the Nix at the Westpac ( the team not moved to auckland)and been happy with that...for me everything else is a bonus, and people may say that I have low expectations and maybe I have ( also a birmingham city supporter) but as I said earlier we are playing better football than we have for a couple of years and when all the finances are sorted there may be a little cash for new players....it would be a most welcome bonus

 

.....and Leo...108 matches in the A-LEAGUE  for a return of  8 goals, super goalscoring effort from a attacking midfield player..0.074074 goals per match.

 We just need people to start finshing....3-1 win on Friday!!!

 

Contracts in front of 3 european strikers?  How would we have paid for that?  I'd believe it when I saw it.

 

Asking the owners to dip into their pockets for significant funding for new players - has anyone considered that if that was what was required they might not have invested? 

 

I've no doubt the club still loses money - although it would be good if members were shown the accounts so that we had some idea of the level of losses and so that the  owners could be held to some level of accountability.  E.g. when we sold John McKain why weren't we the fans told how much we got for our best player?  The point of that deal hinged on the value of the fee that we received.

 

Yay, that's at least one doom merchant prepared to stick to his guns!!

 

When you've got Mark Paston, a model professional, openly challenging the club's new owners to open their wallets in the press it is not the time to be saying "let's all cut Welnix some slack".

 

We disagree on the striker issue though JD. We've needed something more up front for a long time. Much as I wish it weren't true, waiting for Pavlovic to get fit ain't the answer.

 

 

Quote from Morrison in the paper today - tells me that welnix are in this for the long haul, this season may be less than we expected but the future looks bright.

 

God knows what sort of club might be left by the time they finally have an academy player ready to join the first team.

 

Look, it's a great long-term strategy and I'm not asking them throw millions down the drain in the short-term but at least give us something. And the back-room and coaching staff need to be brought up to speed now.

 

"In terms of tangible developments this season, Morrison said there would be a boost to the currently skinny staffing numbers, both on the footballing and administration sides."

 

If he's only taliking about sometime this season then not only are we not on the same page we're not even reading the same book.