I think he'd be a great signing for us if we got him. Don't forget it's the norm here in Blighty to play twice a week so to play 32 games last season in a promotion playoff winning team at a level far higher then the A League shows he's more then fit enough for us.
A shame the emotional draw wasn’t enough and money talked. Guess you can’t blame him.
It was announced as a 1 year deal but there are reports that it is actually a 1+1 deal. It could be that the option of a second year might have been the deciding factor rather than money as people are assuming.
A shame the emotional draw wasn’t enough and money talked. Guess you can’t blame him.
It was announced as a 1 year deal but there are reports that it is actually a 1+1 deal. It could be that the option of a second year might have been the deciding factor rather than money as people are assuming.
I mean that's still money talking. More security, but as I said, who could really blame him. A shame, but I was on the fence about him returning anyway so it keeps it clear for uffie to provide a visa striker that will offer something different and help Waine develop.
I have said it earlier in this thread (more of a hint to be fair) that re-signing Roy would have been a mistake. We have had zero success in bringing back 30 plus strikers who had been great before they left:
Smeltz (in the 99 shirt) Burns Hooper last season
Let us hope that Kosta changes the trend.
Roy has gone, time for all of us to move on and hope that whoever comes in is the answer
I have said it earlier in this thread (more of a hint to be fair) that re-signing Roy would have been a mistake. We have had zero success in bringing back 30 plus strikers who had been great before they left:
Smeltz (in the 99 shirt) Burns Hooper last season
Let us hope that Kosta changes the trend.
Roy has gone, time for all of us to move on and hope that whoever comes in is the answer
Third time's a charm hopefully for Kosta, let's see if he can finally impress for us like he has for the likes of Roar, Victory, and Sydney.
I have said it earlier in this thread (more of a hint to be fair) that re-signing Roy would have been a mistake. We have had zero success in bringing back 30 plus strikers who had been great before they left:
Smeltz (in the 99 shirt) Burns Hooper last season
Let us hope that Kosta changes the trend.
Roy has gone, time for all of us to move on and hope that whoever comes in is the answer
If you look at Hoopers stats dont think you could say he was zero success. The problem with Hopper was injuries where as with others it was they were actually contributing little.
I wonder what his long-term plans would be if he ended up playing for the Nix? Maybe 2 years at the Phoenix before retiring, and then setting up an academy or something? Maybe entering into coaching. Although the coaching opportunities in New Zealand are pretty abysmal for a top ex-premier league player (in terms of $).
I wonder what his long-term plans would be if he ended up playing for the Nix? Maybe 2 years at the Phoenix before retiring, and then setting up an academy or something? Maybe entering into coaching. Although the coaching opportunities in New Zealand are pretty abysmal for a top ex-premier league player (in terms of $).
Pretty sure he's not going to have to worry about money given he was getting paid weekly what most people earn over 1-2 years.
Wouldn't it be fantastic if he came in for a couple of years, retired, and then decided he wanted to put into the club? Imagine the amount of contacts he's got back over in the UK/Europe!
I wonder what his long-term plans would be if he ended up playing for the Nix? Maybe 2 years at the Phoenix before retiring, and then setting up an academy or something? Maybe entering into coaching. Although the coaching opportunities in New Zealand are pretty abysmal for a top ex-premier league player (in terms of $).
Pretty sure he's not going to have to worry about money given he was getting paid weekly what most people earn over 1-2 years.
Wouldn't it be fantastic if he came in for a couple of years, retired, and then decided he wanted to put into the club? Imagine the amount of contacts he's got back over in the UK/Europe!
Oh what it is to dream.
You'd be surprised at how many ex high level athletes end up broke not too long after retiring. The problem is when you have significant lifestyle inflation - say spending several million per year - to having no income after retiring, it is very easy to end up broke. It's a cash flow game.
And then there's the other thing most people don't realise. Once you have money, it's never enough.
I have no idea whether that shout was legit or not, but it very much gives off 1+1=3 vibes. Oh, we have a high-profile unattached New Zealander, oh we have a New Zealand team, they must go together. He hasn't started a club game since March 20th last year (556 days by the time the league starts). He probably wouldn't be that cheap, and given his injury record, it's a big risk. He's played 10 international matches in the last year, only managing to get through 90 minutes three times (against South Korea U23, Tahiti and PNG), and gone off injured four times (against Honduras U23, Japan U23, Peru and Costa Rica).
Even though he's never played for the Phoenix, I'd still categorise it alongside Burns, Smeltz and Hooper as signings you wouldn't make had they not had the sentimental value of past performances.
I wonder what his long-term plans would be if he ended up playing for the Nix? Maybe 2 years at the Phoenix before retiring, and then setting up an academy or something? Maybe entering into coaching. Although the coaching opportunities in New Zealand are pretty abysmal for a top ex-premier league player (in terms of $).
Pretty sure he's not going to have to worry about money given he was getting paid weekly what most people earn over 1-2 years.
Wouldn't it be fantastic if he came in for a couple of years, retired, and then decided he wanted to put into the club? Imagine the amount of contacts he's got back over in the UK/Europe!
Oh what it is to dream.
You'd be surprised at how many ex high level athletes end up broke not too long after retiring. The problem is when you have significant lifestyle inflation - say spending several million per year - to having no income after retiring, it is very easy to end up broke. It's a cash flow game.
And then there's the other thing most people don't realise. Once you have money, it's never enough.
If he's *supposedly* buying in Wellington, I'd hazard a guess he's doing just fine. 😉
And yes I'm not oblivious to well paid sports players pissing their money against a wall. It'd be a blight on most top level sports, on at least a weekly basis.
Let's just wait and see on this Winnie signing though. Absolutely massive if he comes on board for the Nix.
That article was a year ago so I feel times have changed it wouldn't make much sense for Winston to join during our season away from home as I'm sure he'll wanna settle down somewhere. If he wants to settle down in NZ and start some sort of coaching down here post-playing moving to the nix would be a real possibility and even if his body is not fully up to it we do have a lot of cover in the CB area so it wouldn't be a huge issue as long as hes on reasonable wages maybe pay as you play?
I don't think prolific is the word you want to use there.
What is wrong with the word 'prolific'? He was too prolific.
Grab a dictionary/thesaurus. Prolific doesn't equate to expensive.
Semantics. He was too prolific - as a premier league defender, to be a realistic target for an A-league side. Yes, too expensive is one of those reasons.
No need to pick on Wusty mate, he made a fair point.