WPM 2022/23 Squad Speculation, Confirmation and Mutual Termination
very happy with this squad, shows depth in most positions, so hopefully the players respond to that. Really pleased to see we have multiple ways of scoring, not just relying on the fast counter with our pacy inaccurate wingers, we have ball players, hard working journey men, and now a decent tall man to attract defenders and cause all sorts of issues at set pieces.
Defense looks solid if not flashy - but I think sail can manage them well and all things going well with fitnss and consitency we should be fine.
Defense looks solid if not flashy - but I think sail can manage them well and all things going well with fitnss and consitency we should be fine.
EXPIRES END OF 2022/23:
Callan ELLIOT
Joshua LAWS
Clayton LEWIS
Lucas MAURAGIS [Loan]
Nicolas PENNINGTON
Alex RUFER
Oliver SAIL
Yan SASSE [V] *
Steven UGARKOVIC
EXPIRES END OF 2023/24:
Kosta BARBAROUSES
Bozhidar KRAEV [V]
Ben OLD
Alex PAULSEN
Ben WAINE
Oskar ZAWADA [V]
EXPIRES END OF 2024/25:
Tim PAYNE
Finn SURMAN
Sam SUTTON
Oskar VAN HATTUM
Scott WOOTTON [V]
David BALL [V]
* Reportedly has triggers to extend contract by 1 season
Callan ELLIOT
Joshua LAWS
Clayton LEWIS
Lucas MAURAGIS [Loan]
Nicolas PENNINGTON
Alex RUFER
Oliver SAIL
Yan SASSE [V] *
Steven UGARKOVIC
EXPIRES END OF 2023/24:
Kosta BARBAROUSES
Bozhidar KRAEV [V]
Ben OLD
Alex PAULSEN
Ben WAINE
Oskar ZAWADA [V]
EXPIRES END OF 2024/25:
Tim PAYNE
Finn SURMAN
Sam SUTTON
Oskar VAN HATTUM
Scott WOOTTON [V]
David BALL [V]
* Reportedly has triggers to extend contract by 1 season
I feel like all of our imports are bigger punts than Uffie has taken previously. A guy like Davila had huge pedigree. Same with Hooper. Even Sandoval and Hemed had more plaudits in their careers than the guys we've signed.
Only Kraev really stands out at all in that regard.
I'm a little surprised, I get the feeling we had to go to the 3rd/4th options on our lists.
Only Kraev really stands out at all in that regard.
I'm a little surprised, I get the feeling we had to go to the 3rd/4th options on our lists.
Did Davila have huge pedigree? Aside from the 'once signed by chelsea' thing.
His stats in India before coming to the nix were pretty awful
EXPIRES END OF 2022/23:
Callan ELLIOT
Joshua LAWS
Clayton LEWIS
Lucas MAURAGIS [Loan]
Nicolas PENNINGTON
Alex RUFER
Oliver SAIL
Yan SASSE [V] *
Steven UGARKOVIC
EXPIRES END OF 2023/24:
Kosta BARBAROUSES
Bozhidar KRAEV [V]
Ben OLD
Alex PAULSEN
Ben WAINE
Oskar ZAWADA [V]
EXPIRES END OF 2024/25:
Tim PAYNE
Finn SURMAN
Sam SUTTON
Oskar VAN HATTUM
Scott WOOTTON [V]
David BALL [V]
* Reportedly has triggers to extend contract by 1 season
Callan ELLIOT
Joshua LAWS
Clayton LEWIS
Lucas MAURAGIS [Loan]
Nicolas PENNINGTON
Alex RUFER
Oliver SAIL
Yan SASSE [V] *
Steven UGARKOVIC
EXPIRES END OF 2023/24:
Kosta BARBAROUSES
Bozhidar KRAEV [V]
Ben OLD
Alex PAULSEN
Ben WAINE
Oskar ZAWADA [V]
EXPIRES END OF 2024/25:
Tim PAYNE
Finn SURMAN
Sam SUTTON
Oskar VAN HATTUM
Scott WOOTTON [V]
David BALL [V]
* Reportedly has triggers to extend contract by 1 season
Unheard of
EXPIRES END OF 2022/23:
Callan ELLIOT
Joshua LAWS
Clayton LEWIS
Lucas MAURAGIS [Loan]
Nicolas PENNINGTON
Alex RUFER
Oliver SAIL
Yan SASSE [V] *
Steven UGARKOVIC
EXPIRES END OF 2023/24:
Kosta BARBAROUSES
Bozhidar KRAEV [V]
Ben OLD
Alex PAULSEN
Ben WAINE
Oskar ZAWADA [V]
EXPIRES END OF 2024/25:
Tim PAYNE
Finn SURMAN
Sam SUTTON
Oskar VAN HATTUM
Scott WOOTTON [V]
David BALL [V]
* Reportedly has triggers to extend contract by 1 season
Callan ELLIOT
Joshua LAWS
Clayton LEWIS
Lucas MAURAGIS [Loan]
Nicolas PENNINGTON
Alex RUFER
Oliver SAIL
Yan SASSE [V] *
Steven UGARKOVIC
EXPIRES END OF 2023/24:
Kosta BARBAROUSES
Bozhidar KRAEV [V]
Ben OLD
Alex PAULSEN
Ben WAINE
Oskar ZAWADA [V]
EXPIRES END OF 2024/25:
Tim PAYNE
Finn SURMAN
Sam SUTTON
Oskar VAN HATTUM
Scott WOOTTON [V]
David BALL [V]
* Reportedly has triggers to extend contract by 1 season
Unheard of
The Ufuk Effect
EXPIRES END OF 2022/23:
Callan ELLIOT
Joshua LAWS
Clayton LEWIS
Lucas MAURAGIS [Loan]
Nicolas PENNINGTON
Alex RUFER
Oliver SAIL
Yan SASSE [V] *
Steven UGARKOVIC
EXPIRES END OF 2023/24:
Kosta BARBAROUSES
Bozhidar KRAEV [V]
Ben OLD
Alex PAULSEN
Ben WAINE
Oskar ZAWADA [V]
EXPIRES END OF 2024/25:
Tim PAYNE
Finn SURMAN
Sam SUTTON
Oskar VAN HATTUM
Scott WOOTTON [V]
David BALL [V]
* Reportedly has triggers to extend contract by 1 season
Callan ELLIOT
Joshua LAWS
Clayton LEWIS
Lucas MAURAGIS [Loan]
Nicolas PENNINGTON
Alex RUFER
Oliver SAIL
Yan SASSE [V] *
Steven UGARKOVIC
EXPIRES END OF 2023/24:
Kosta BARBAROUSES
Bozhidar KRAEV [V]
Ben OLD
Alex PAULSEN
Ben WAINE
Oskar ZAWADA [V]
EXPIRES END OF 2024/25:
Tim PAYNE
Finn SURMAN
Sam SUTTON
Oskar VAN HATTUM
Scott WOOTTON [V]
David BALL [V]
* Reportedly has triggers to extend contract by 1 season
Looking a little light on the midfielder front after this season. 😅
Hopefully the wheels are already turning in that regard... Don't want to be replacing four midfielders from the squad come seasons end given how hard they are to replace as it is.
Now that our squad is completed and we have a brand new import number 9, I would personally like to wish Scepovic, Lasogga, and all the other free agents speculated and mentioned here good luck on their quests to find a new club. :)
LMAO FFS This season hasnt even kicked off and people are worried about next season. Gotta love the off season
LMAO FFS This season hasnt even kicked off and people are worried about next season. Gotta love the off season
To have your whole midfield coming off contract this season, ain't ideal.
Hopefully Nix are already in talks with Lewis about a new deal, and I wouldn't mind Pennington being offered one as well. Suspect if Ugarkovic goes well this campaign, he will be targeting a crack at Europe.
Rufer will need to show he's recovered well to be offered another Nix contract. Sadly many guys after a bad ACL are never the same player. Fingers crossed for him.
LMAO FFS This season hasnt even kicked off and people are worried about next season. Gotta love the off season
Merely a point mate.
Has been mentioned previously too on here as well. Can't hurt to keep an eye out for the longer term, given the clamour from people on here (myself included) for longer term deals for key players - which, for example is exactly what Clayton Lewis is.
Always the chance that Manuel signs a pro deal and breaks into the first team as well. Agree that I’d like to see Clayton and Pennington locked down for longer though.
With players that have moved on to other clubs in the AL recently and not performed as well as they have done with us (e.g. Hemed, Steinmann and to lesser extent Uli), I think that's an indication that Uffie is good coach that has a clear system of play that players can grasp fairly easily and thrive in. So I think our new signings shouldn't stink out the joint.
Nelfoos dunnix Press release says that this is our last signing too. Guess the Reids were just starting their property investment portfolio
Big vote of confidence in Finn Surman as he likely becomes first drop CB and Payne starting at RB. A opportunity he definitely earned in the back half of last season.- What did Elliot do to deserve to be dropped? Other than play magnificently 🙄.
- I hope that this is just a rumour.
Its not Elliot being dropped so much as not displacing the incumbent. I agree he's been good in the FFA Cup so far though and if he can recapture the best form he's shown (just before he went to Xanthi) then he'll push Payne for the starting spot all season.
This is just my opinion, not even a rumour, but the Nix themselves have confirmed there won't be a further signing if that's what you're talking about.
With players that have moved on to other clubs in the AL recently and not performed as well as they have done with us (e.g. Hemed, Steinmann and to lesser extent Uli), I think that's an indication that Uffie is good coach that has a clear system of play that players can grasp fairly easily and thrive in. So I think our new signings shouldn't stink out the joint.
"...I think that's an indication that Uffie is good coach..."
Totally. It is great to see him turning us into a serious contender (bar any injuries etc) this season.
Honestly feel like this team is capable of a top 4 finish this season.
NZPhoenixFan - Honestly. It was obvious. If his place in the starting 11 came under pressure again then he'd leave. So sad.
Ok. To be fair, Talay says that it'll be up to other players to take Waines spot and not the other way round 👍
With a day left in the European market can’t seem him leaving this window, maybe if he continues this form into January a club will make an official bid but I think it’ll be more likely he moves on next season.
wilbaker NZPhoenixFan
With a day left in the European market can’t seem him leaving this window, maybe if he continues this form into January a club will make an official bid but I think it’ll be more likely he moves on next season.- I think we'll know in the next couple of hours. If he's leaving then he won't start today.
Not quite a like for like replacement but if we did sell Waine, I wouldn't mind Champness as a replacement. He could play the wide #10 role & Ball go back up front where he is at his best.
Reportedly it was millwall who were interested, but this is coming from @tedsterling who is kind of shaky on the reliability scale
Great interview with Zawada on Nix youtube. His English is excellent and sounds very positive on wanting to play well for us and impove as a player. He played with Jake McGing and saw him at the game last night.
His comments about himself were giving me Ibrahimović vibes 😂
Great interview with Zawada on Nix youtube. His English is excellent and sounds very positive on wanting to play well for us and impove as a player. He played with Jake McGing and saw him at the game last night.
If he can finish chances like Kosta missed last night, I'll be happy.
Understand that it's a League One club that has tabled a concrete offer to sign Ben Waine, but time is running out with the transfer window closing tomorrow.
— Phillip Rollo (@ByPhillipRollo) September 1, 2022
Ufuk Talay said on Tuesday "at this stage it has got to work for both parties if it does happen." https://t.co/n8b2h6xNEh
League One is a good place to start, so long as he is seeing first team action this season.
Understand that it's a League One club that has tabled a concrete offer to sign Ben Waine, but time is running out with the transfer window closing tomorrow.
— Phillip Rollo (@ByPhillipRollo) September 1, 2022
Ufuk Talay said on Tuesday "at this stage it has got to work for both parties if it does happen." https://t.co/n8b2h6xNEh
League One is a good place to start, so long as he is seeing first team action this season.
If Waine does leave it might be quite hard for us to follow his progress considering Sky Sport and Bein Sports Connect usually only show the League One and Two promotion playoffs rather than regular season matches.
Understand that it's a League One club that has tabled a concrete offer to sign Ben Waine, but time is running out with the transfer window closing tomorrow.
— Phillip Rollo (@ByPhillipRollo) September 1, 2022
Ufuk Talay said on Tuesday "at this stage it has got to work for both parties if it does happen." https://t.co/n8b2h6xNEh
League One is a good place to start, so long as he is seeing first team action this season.
If Waine does leave it might be quite hard for us to follow his progress considering Sky Sport usually only show the League One and Two promotion playoffs rather than regular season matches.
Why would he turn down a championship club last year to play league one this year?
Why would he turn down a championship club last year to play league one this year?
If Coventry wanted him for their Academy, he was right to stay and play another A-League season. At his age he should be playing senior football pretty much every week & is more likely to get that at a League One club.
Why would he turn down a championship club last year to play league one this year?
Waine is playing senior international football. We should have no concerns about his strength.
I would argue his physicality and his ability to use his body is one of his strengths. Game awareness is where I believe he needs to grow... get rid of those avoidable offsides etc.
I would argue his physicality and his ability to use his body is one of his strengths. Game awareness is where I believe he needs to grow... get rid of those avoidable offsides etc.
Understand that it's a League One club that has tabled a concrete offer to sign Ben Waine, but time is running out with the transfer window closing tomorrow.
— Phillip Rollo (@ByPhillipRollo) September 1, 2022
Ufuk Talay said on Tuesday "at this stage it has got to work for both parties if it does happen." https://t.co/n8b2h6xNEh
League One is a good place to start, so long as he is seeing first team action this season.
Stay and help us win the A League Waineo, then the world is your oyster
Understand that it's a League One club that has tabled a concrete offer to sign Ben Waine, but time is running out with the transfer window closing tomorrow.
— Phillip Rollo (@ByPhillipRollo) September 1, 2022
Ufuk Talay said on Tuesday "at this stage it has got to work for both parties if it does happen." https://t.co/n8b2h6xNEh
League One is a good place to start, so long as he is seeing first team action this season.
His comments about himself were giving me Ibrahimović vibes 😂
He said the right things and has a good attitude.
No move for Waine then? Window is closed in Europe now.
No move for Waine then? Window is closed in Europe now.
Hopefully he ages like a fine Waine and we can sell him for more in the New Year
No move for Waine then? Window is closed in Europe now.