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Has anyone got footage of Yan Sasse open goal miss at the end? The paramount mini match and highlights don't include it for some reason.........

Murphy’s law

Has anyone got footage of Yan Sasse open goal miss at the end? The paramount mini match and highlights don't include it for some reason.........

In some ways I am happy we cannot re-watch that one.

People are slamming Sasse for his open goal miss, but Zawada also had a near miss in the second half (not an open goal though) and he was fuming. The mike clearly picked up his very Polish outburst in frustration.

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coochiee

Would be interesting to know what the fans of the other Australian ALM cubs (the other 11) think of our squad on paper. I don't think they would be that impressed and at season start, likely would have predicted us to finish mid table at best. Apart from Zawada (and maybe Ball) I suspect most couldn't name our visa players, who the Pole apart are all pretty average for the ALM.

I still scratch my head how this is the most expensive Nix squad ever. Of course recruitment is on Uffie & Gill, but on paper I think this is a pretty mediocre dull Nix squad and the table position reflects that.

Having a proper H&A season, after the Covid years I was optimistic Talay could finally have a fair proper crack at the title, but the squad just doesn't have the quality to match Melb City & Adelaide. Not even close in reality.

I think most of the pre season predictions I saw had us coming in at about 5th. You yeah, pretty middle of the pack.

Which meant they secretly thought we'd win it because normally the predict we'll come last and we usually come mid pack...

Mainland FC

People are slamming Sasse for his open goal miss, but Zawada also had a near miss in the second half (not an open goal though) and he was fuming. The mike clearly picked up his very Polish outburst in frustration.

His backheel attempt was ridiculous, had an easy layoff to elliott. Got a bit carried away although who can blame him !

I do laugh when the hierarchy have the nerve to say it’s the most expensive squad ever assembled with no other details.

If you are going to say something like that you need to back it up or else it’s just BS. 

I’m actually struggling to even think who would be our highest wage earner. Most clubs it would be apparent 

I mean I can sort of see how it’s the most expensive squad most years we haven’t filled all visa spots. 

Ball might’ve got paid more after signing his new deal, Zawanda and Kraev being at a good age and decent Europe pedigree more so Kraev. 

and then I’d say Rufer would be on his most expensive contract at the nix and then players like Sutton, Payne, Sail and Lewis and Waine would be on increases from their first contract and then Kosta is probs on more than we’d want. But if it is the most expensive, definitely on paper doesn’t look like it would be massively more than other teams prior.

I'd imagine Wooten's on a good wage too, when we signed him we were pretty desperate. But, yeah, mainly our imports are in the prime of their careers rather than the twilight and will be expecting more than our usual import players.

Given its been acknowledged how difficult it can be to convince players to come here i dont think there should be any surprise that its been said this is one of our most expensive squads.

ballane

Given its been acknowledged how difficult it can be to convince players to come here i dont think there should be any surprise that its been said this is one of our most expensive squads.

It would be harder to convince them to come here than for other A-League clubs. At least I think that is the case for decent players from Continental leagues, and also from Latin American countries.  This might be behind the fact that some will end up moving to an A-League club in Australia after playing for the Nix, and I do not need to list the past examples.  
In contrast I cannot remember any players from UK that moved to Australia after playing for the Nix. For that reason alone I suspect (with no real evidence) that we would pay more for Zawada or Kraev that we would need to pay Wooten or Ball to come here.  
I may of course be wrong, for example how come we were the first club to have a Mexican player in A-league?  Although to be fair there were not one but two Cost Rican players in the A-League well before then.  It may have to do with opportunities available to the players and their overall mindset, rather than just the money / conditions / being offered to them.

ballane

Given its been acknowledged how difficult it can be to convince players to come here i dont think there should be any surprise that its been said this is one of our most expensive squads.

I think Gill just said we struggle to attract Australians, not players in general.

Ryan

ballane

Given its been acknowledged how difficult it can be to convince players to come here i dont think there should be any surprise that its been said this is one of our most expensive squads.

I think Gill just said we struggle to attract Australians, not players in general.

No its been defiantly said before that they have had difficulty in trying to convince some players to come who wernt Australian. We have even been able to convince a couple to come who them preferred a move across the ditch.

ballane

Ryan

ballane

Given its been acknowledged how difficult it can be to convince players to come here i dont think there should be any surprise that its been said this is one of our most expensive squads.

I think Gill just said we struggle to attract Australians, not players in general.

No its been defiantly said before that they have had difficulty in trying to convince some players to come who wernt Australian. We have even been able to convince a couple to come who them preferred a move across the ditch.

that was my understanding as well

we're a gateway nation! which is interesting, because there are plenty of unemployed pros at any given time and also plenty of pros playing in places much worse than wellington. i would have though the league and the city would be quite attractive

still, hopefully in the future we will beable to take a transfer fee if we sign imports for long enough. the current rules are odd.

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ballane

Ryan

ballane

Given its been acknowledged how difficult it can be to convince players to come here i dont think there should be any surprise that its been said this is one of our most expensive squads.

I think Gill just said we struggle to attract Australians, not players in general.

No its been defiantly said before that they have had difficulty in trying to convince some players to come who wernt Australian. We have even been able to convince a couple to come who them preferred a move across the ditch.

that was my understanding as well

we're a gateway nation! which is interesting, because there are plenty of unemployed pros at any given time and also plenty of pros playing in places much worse than wellington. i would have though the league and the city would be quite attractive

still, hopefully in the future we will beable to take a transfer fee if we sign imports for long enough. the current rules are odd.

for some pros playing in an arse league in Europe is still playing in Europe with the opportunity to be seen and potentially move to a bigger league globally. Whilst the Aleague is probably been scouted by bigger players from the lague need to meet the requirements to play in Europe before a move is possible. If you're already there then it's an easier option for clubs.

Maybe with global warming Australia like Rhodes will disappear, then with some tectonic plate movement Albania will float down to a Sth Pacific position. Should help the Nix with player retention and bonus they can still call it the A League.