Nelfoos wrote:
Was last listed in a WeeNix squad on 20 June from what I can see on socials, so has missed a couple for whatever reason.
I recall YHM saying something about him being UK bound a while back?
Bradman99 wrote:Nelfoos wrote:Gone to MK Dons apparently. Lost Charlie Hale to AFC Reserves just recently as well.
Was last listed in a WeeNix squad on 20 June from what I can see on socials, so has missed a couple for whatever reason.
I recall YHM saying something about him being UK bound a while back?
YoungHeartHM wrote:Bradman99 wrote:Yeah, this. Looks like he left last week.Nelfoos wrote:Gone to MK Dons apparently. Lost Charlie Hale to AFC Reserves just recently as well.
Was last listed in a WeeNix squad on 20 June from what I can see on socials, so has missed a couple for whatever reason.
I recall YHM saying something about him being UK bound a while back?
Though you wouldn't think it going off the ressies squad list they posted up earlier today prior to their match with FC Western. Also includes Charlie Hale in there too ffs. 🙄
ballane wrote:YoungHeartHM wrote:Wouldnt trust what they post sadly its an area the Phoenix are really slack in,and despite errors being pointed out little effort is made to correct things. Just one of a number of things the Phoenix really need to lift their game in. Their fan engaement has become really sloppy and is lacking with some good effort.Bradman99 wrote:Yeah, this. Looks like he left last week.Nelfoos wrote:Gone to MK Dons apparently. Lost Charlie Hale to AFC Reserves just recently as well.
Was last listed in a WeeNix squad on 20 June from what I can see on socials, so has missed a couple for whatever reason.
I recall YHM saying something about him being UK bound a while back?
Though you wouldn't think it going off the ressies squad list they posted up earlier today prior to their match with FC Western. Also includes Charlie Hale in there too ffs. 🙄
austin111 wrote:
I think the Nix missed an opportunity to loan out some youngsters to the SIU Oceania pro league squad. It’s certainly a step up from local leagues and would have given the likes of Cassidy, Smith etc a decent exposure to the pro game.
Unfortunately I don’t think the Nix management were on their game with the OPL.
So far no rumors of an OPL expansion. If it’s not going to include the Nix next season then maybe time to reconsider loaning SIU some Nix youngsters.
austin111 wrote:
I think the Nix missed an opportunity to loan out some youngsters to the SIU Oceania pro league squad. It’s certainly a step up from local leagues and would have given the likes of Cassidy, Smith etc a decent exposure to the pro game.
Unfortunately I don’t think the Nix management were on their game with the OPL.
So far no rumors of an OPL expansion. If it’s not going to include the Nix next season then maybe time to reconsider loaning SIU some Nix youngsters.
Queenslander 3x a year.
austin111 wrote:
I think the Nix missed an opportunity to loan out some youngsters to the SIU Oceania pro league squad. It’s certainly a step up from local leagues and would have given the likes of Cassidy, Smith etc a decent exposure to the pro game.
Unfortunately I don’t think the Nix management were on their game with the OPL.
So far no rumors of an OPL expansion. If it’s not going to include the Nix next season then maybe time to reconsider loaning SIU some Nix youngsters.
Queenslander 3x a year.
Bradman99 wrote:
We have this obsession in NZ about scouring the pro leagues of Europe & to a lesser extent the US for players. Eze was a great find last year and who had even thought of the Iraqi league? What other gems are out there?
Or even closer to home...is someone like Monty Patterson worth a look.
NPL clubs are probably littered with players who developed in the A league academies but didn't get signed at age 20, so played NPL and developed a bit later.
Coaches just seem to have this obession that if they have signed somewhere once they must be good...it's certainly not always the case.
Big Pete 65, Christchurch
martinb wrote:
Outside Manny, and maybe Fox, none of those guys were hugely appreciated at the Nix either tbf.
They had some good games, but would never be in what we’d think of as a title challenging side.
Big Pete 65, Christchurch
Big Pete 65 wrote:martinb wrote:To be fair though, Josh Brindell-South took a while to break through in the A-League after leaving the Nix but did end up a pretty decent player.
Outside Manny, and maybe Fox, none of those guys were hugely appreciated at the Nix either tbf.
They had some good games, but would never be in what we’d think of as a title challenging side.
Made it back to the A-League five years after the leaving the Nix and had three good seasons with Brisbane Roar 2020-23.
I think he eventually opened up a few years after leaving the Nix about his mental health issues which had hampered his career.
I remember him having a ton of speed at left-back.
Being a "title challenging side" is something that has happened only very rarely in the Nix's history and more by accident than design.
The owners have never really funded the team to the required level either in the early days or more recently to hang on to their best players or recruit decent new ones.
ballane wrote:
Apparantly staff returning this week. Player medicals next week and team assembling shortly after that.
I get Kiwi participation is over but wouldnt expect a lot to be happening with signings till after World Cup is finished,persoal opinion.
Would imagine signings will depend on what Rufer and Singh decide to do.
Mens draw apparrantly close to beng released with Womans to follow.
Friar Tuck wrote:Big Pete 65 wrote:Jacob Tratt was the ginger aussie defender from the NPL who struggled with mental healthmartinb wrote:To be fair though, Josh Brindell-South took a while to break through in the A-League after leaving the Nix but did end up a pretty decent player.
Outside Manny, and maybe Fox, none of those guys were hugely appreciated at the Nix either tbf.
They had some good games, but would never be in what we’d think of as a title challenging side.
Made it back to the A-League five years after the leaving the Nix and had three good seasons with Brisbane Roar 2020-23.
I think he eventually opened up a few years after leaving the Nix about his mental health issues which had hampered his career.
I remember him having a ton of speed at left-back.
Being a "title challenging side" is something that has happened only very rarely in the Nix's history and more by accident than design.
The owners have never really funded the team to the required level either in the early days or more recently to hang on to their best players or recruit decent new ones.
Friar Tuck wrote:Big Pete 65 wrote:Jacob Tratt was the ginger aussie defender from the NPL who struggled with mental healthmartinb wrote:To be fair though, Josh Brindell-South took a while to break through in the A-League after leaving the Nix but did end up a pretty decent player.
Outside Manny, and maybe Fox, none of those guys were hugely appreciated at the Nix either tbf.
They had some good games, but would never be in what we’d think of as a title challenging side.
Made it back to the A-League five years after the leaving the Nix and had three good seasons with Brisbane Roar 2020-23.
I think he eventually opened up a few years after leaving the Nix about his mental health issues which had hampered his career.
I remember him having a ton of speed at left-back.
Being a "title challenging side" is something that has happened only very rarely in the Nix's history and more by accident than design.
The owners have never really funded the team to the required level either in the early days or more recently to hang on to their best players or recruit decent new ones.
PKB wrote:ballane wrote:Righto. Well they should at least get a new main goalkeeper for Chris Greenacre very soon, so they can start training. Then get other new players next.
Apparantly staff returning this week. Player medicals next week and team assembling shortly after that.
I get Kiwi participation is over but wouldnt expect a lot to be happening with signings till after World Cup is finished,persoal opinion.
Would imagine signings will depend on what Rufer and Singh decide to do.
Mens draw apparrantly close to beng released with Womans to follow.
coochiee wrote:PKB wrote:Nix have AKH and McCarron on ALM deals, plus Kiwi-Aussie 18 yr old Liam McMaster has now come over from APIA Leichhardt to join the Nix Reserves.ballane wrote:Righto. Well they should at least get a new main goalkeeper for Chris Greenacre very soon, so they can start training. Then get other new players next.
Apparantly staff returning this week. Player medicals next week and team assembling shortly after that.
I get Kiwi participation is over but wouldnt expect a lot to be happening with signings till after World Cup is finished,persoal opinion.
Would imagine signings will depend on what Rufer and Singh decide to do.
Mens draw apparrantly close to beng released with Womans to follow.
I'm not sure they will be signing another GK.
martinb wrote:
Outside Manny, and maybe Fox, none of those guys were hugely appreciated at the Nix either tbf.
They had some good games, but would never be in what we’d think of as a title challenging side.
RR wrote:martinb wrote:
Outside Manny, and maybe Fox, none of those guys were hugely appreciated at the Nix either tbf.
They had some good games, but would never be in what we’d think of as a title challenging side.
Looking thru the all time NIx players list, these are the guys that I can recall coming to us from an NPL club. Some of them were released by ALM clubs the previous season, so weren't back in the NPL long before we came calling.
Reuben Way
Ben Litfin
Gianni Stensness
Josh Brindell-South
Nikolas Tsattalios
Shaun Timmins
Troy Danaskos
Jimmy Downey
Charles Lokoli-Ngoy
Kristian Rees
Dan Edwards
Liam McGing
Lewis Italiano
Jacob Tratt
Blake Powell
Max Burgess
Adam Parkhouse
Dylan Fox
Alex Smith
Manny Muscat
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Nelfoos wrote:
Would probably add Fox and Stensness to that list
Big Pete 65 wrote:Bradman99 wrote:
We have this obsession in NZ about scouring the pro leagues of Europe & to a lesser extent the US for players. Eze was a great find last year and who had even thought of the Iraqi league? What other gems are out there?
Or even closer to home...is someone like Monty Patterson worth a look.
There certainly have always been some good players in the Aussie state leagues capable of stepping up to the A-League or higher whose ability was never spotted by A-League clubs.
One of the most prominent examples is current Scotland international striker Lyndon Dykes who appeared in the World Cup, who is basically an Aussie.
Born on the Gold Coast to Scottish immigrant parents but he never played above Queensland state league level though Brisbane Roar had ample opportunity to scout him, he left for Scotland aged 20 and was instantly snapped up by Queen of the South, soon moving on to Premier League Livingstone, then QPR, Birmingham City and Charlton in the Championship.
The Nix have signed some good players from the Aussie state leagues in the past who were neglected by their local A-League sides, principally club legend Manny Muscat.
Another was striker Mirjan Pavlovic signed from Sydney United.
Dylan Fox, Josh Brindell-South, Adam Parkhouse, Blake Powell, Lewis Italiano are other players picked up by the Nix from state league clubs whose talent wasn't appreciated by their local A-League sides.
nixin wrote:Big Pete 65 wrote:Burgess would be the best Nix state leagues recruit no?Bradman99 wrote:
We have this obsession in NZ about scouring the pro leagues of Europe & to a lesser extent the US for players. Eze was a great find last year and who had even thought of the Iraqi league? What other gems are out there?
Or even closer to home...is someone like Monty Patterson worth a look.
There certainly have always been some good players in the Aussie state leagues capable of stepping up to the A-League or higher whose ability was never spotted by A-League clubs.
One of the most prominent examples is current Scotland international striker Lyndon Dykes who appeared in the World Cup, who is basically an Aussie.
Born on the Gold Coast to Scottish immigrant parents but he never played above Queensland state league level though Brisbane Roar had ample opportunity to scout him, he left for Scotland aged 20 and was instantly snapped up by Queen of the South, soon moving on to Premier League Livingstone, then QPR, Birmingham City and Charlton in the Championship.
The Nix have signed some good players from the Aussie state leagues in the past who were neglected by their local A-League sides, principally club legend Manny Muscat.
Another was striker Mirjan Pavlovic signed from Sydney United.
Dylan Fox, Josh Brindell-South, Adam Parkhouse, Blake Powell, Lewis Italiano are other players picked up by the Nix from state league clubs whose talent wasn't appreciated by their local A-League sides.
Bullion wrote:nixin wrote:NoBig Pete 65 wBurgess would be the best Nix state leagues recruit no?
There certainly have always been some good players in the Aussie state leagues capable of stepping up to the A-League or higher whose ability was never spotted by A-League clubs.
One of the most prominent examples is current Scotland international striker Lyndon Dykes who appeared in the World Cup, who is basically an Aussie.
Born on the Gold Coast to Scottish immigrant parents but he never played above Queensland state league level though Brisbane Roar had ample opportunity to scout him, he left for Scotland aged 20 and was instantly snapped up by Queen of the South, soon moving on to Premier League Livingstone, then QPR, Birmingham City and Charlton in the Championship.
The Nix have signed some good players from the Aussie state leagues in the past who were neglected by their local A-League sides, principally club legend Manny Muscat.
Another was striker Mirjan Pavlovic signed from Sydney United.
Dylan Fox, Josh Brindell-South, Adam Parkhouse, Blake Powell, Lewis Italiano are other players picked up by the Nix from state league clubs whose talent wasn't appreciated by their local A-League sides.
nixin wrote:Bullion wrote:Yes.nixin wrote:NoBig Pete 65 wBurgess would be the best Nix state leagues recruit no?
There certainly have always been some good players in the Aussie state leagues capable of stepping up to the A-League or higher whose ability was never spotted by A-League clubs.
One of the most prominent examples is current Scotland international striker Lyndon Dykes who appeared in the World Cup, who is basically an Aussie.
Born on the Gold Coast to Scottish immigrant parents but he never played above Queensland state league level though Brisbane Roar had ample opportunity to scout him, he left for Scotland aged 20 and was instantly snapped up by Queen of the South, soon moving on to Premier League Livingstone, then QPR, Birmingham City and Charlton in the Championship.
The Nix have signed some good players from the Aussie state leagues in the past who were neglected by their local A-League sides, principally club legend Manny Muscat.
Another was striker Mirjan Pavlovic signed from Sydney United.
Dylan Fox, Josh Brindell-South, Adam Parkhouse, Blake Powell, Lewis Italiano are other players picked up by the Nix from state league clubs whose talent wasn't appreciated by their local A-League sides.
Kept Singh on the bench at times. Longish A league career. Outstanding for Newcastle last year. At or near the top of this list for me. Your mileage obviously varies.
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