WPW 2021/22 Squad Speculation, Confirmation and Mutual Termination
Sure it's gonna be a young and inexperienced squad with real learning to do, but there's some quality and potential in there. All three of these having repped age-group teams for Aus - and that's no easy task to do. Starting to get real excited about this season!
But the three other signings by other teams in the ALW this week are international imports. 2 straight out of the NWSL in USA and the other from the top flight Norway league. And we keep signing teenagers....
Average age of our squad must now be 18 or 19. With only 2 more to come.
Expecting other teams to announce NWSL imports soon as well as there league is just finishing up.
Am looking forward to supporting this team. We have a good core of players and heaps of potential but results expectations are in the lower range.
Jasnos signs with Wellington Phoenix for A League Women's season https://t.co/EFXszZU0DS
— The Area News (@TheAreaNews) November 3, 2021
LISTEN | Young Matildas coach Leah Blayney joined the show to give an insight into the young players the Phoenix have signed for their inaugural W-League season. @rikdog72 @SENZ_Radiohttps://t.co/KMwY0ei6v8
— SENZ Extra Time (@SENZExtraTime) November 3, 2021
But the three other signings by other teams in the ALW this week are international imports. 2 straight out of the NWSL in USA and the other from the top flight Norway league. And we keep signing teenagers....
Average age of our squad must now be 18 or 19. With only 2 more to come.
Expecting other teams to announce NWSL imports soon as well as there league is just finishing up.
Am looking forward to supporting this team. We have a good core of players and heaps of potential but results expectations are in the lower range.
Definitely will be fascinating! Imagine the start will be tough as they find their feet in the pro league but these players are the best of the new players coming through and its not as if there has been a legacy of success from the Ferns of recent years so good on NZ football giving the youngsters an opportunity!
But the three other signings by other teams in the ALW this week are international imports. 2 straight out of the NWSL in USA and the other from the top flight Norway league. And we keep signing teenagers....
Average age of our squad must now be 18 or 19. With only 2 more to come.
Expecting other teams to announce NWSL imports soon as well as there league is just finishing up.
Am looking forward to supporting this team. We have a good core of players and heaps of potential but results expectations are in the lower range.
Didn't Anna Green make herself unavailable? Perhaps Longo as well?
As mentioned by others, for older players getting 3-4 months leave from your job to up sticks to Aus, for pretty low wages in the ALW, could be unattractive.
But the three other signings by other teams in the ALW this week are international imports. 2 straight out of the NWSL in USA and the other from the top flight Norway league. And we keep signing teenagers....
Average age of our squad must now be 18 or 19. With only 2 more to come.
Expecting other teams to announce NWSL imports soon as well as there league is just finishing up.
Am looking forward to supporting this team. We have a good core of players and heaps of potential but results expectations are in the lower range.
Didn't Anna Green make herself unavailable? Perhaps Longo as well?
As mentioned by others, for older players getting 3-4 months leave from your job to up sticks to Aus, for pretty low wages in the ALW, could be unattractive.
Green definitely and Robertson declined.
They are contracted from end of October til early April so more like 6 months + so yep a decent stint!
👀 Check out some pics of our A-League Women's team at their first Wollongong training session yesterday! 🤩 pic.twitter.com/uQUuSmATsj
— Wellington Phoenix (@WgtnPhoenixFC) November 5, 2021
👀 Some more pics of our A-League Women's team at their first Wollongong training session yesterday! 🤩 pic.twitter.com/RnWBHI2QfZ
— Wellington Phoenix (@WgtnPhoenixFC) November 5, 2021
But the three other signings by other teams in the ALW this week are international imports. 2 straight out of the NWSL in USA and the other from the top flight Norway league. And we keep signing teenagers....
Average age of our squad must now be 18 or 19. With only 2 more to come.
Expecting other teams to announce NWSL imports soon as well as there league is just finishing up.
Am looking forward to supporting this team. We have a good core of players and heaps of potential but results expectations are in the lower range.
Definitely will be fascinating! Imagine the start will be tough as they find their feet in the pro league but these players are the best of the new players coming through and its not as if there has been a legacy of success from the Ferns of recent years so good on NZ football giving the youngsters an opportunity!
https://theniche-cache.com/football/2021/11/1/get-to-know-the-wellington-phoenix-womens-inaugural-kiwi-contingent
I'd forgotten how good some of these young players are.
This piece reminded me of how good striker Kelli Brown has been in national age group sides and the national league for a few years now.
Kelli Brown's contender for "Goal of the Tournament" at the 2018 FIFA u-17 Women's World Cup.
https://twitter.com/WgtnPhoenixFC/status/1450294425742036992
Also Grace Wisnewski from the same u-17 national side & Brown's teammate at WaiBOP, with her two goals clinching third place vs. Canada:.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIMDOU6VcwI
And I'm looking forward to seeing striker Te Reremoana Walker for the first time, having scored some crackers for the Newcastle Jets youth side:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuZdZT2cbC8&feature=emb_logo
Also, Kate Taylor from my local team, the Pride proved a reliable centre-back playing every game last season in the national league aged only 17.
Fellow Pride player Alyssa Whinham had a breakthrough season last summer, starting most games, including the Final, in central midfield where she was a key player, although only 17 at the time.
She wouldn't have been on the radar of the Aussie sides but now she gets a great chance to fulfill her potential and make her case for Ferns selection in a postion they are short of depth in.
She always impressed me when I saw her playing against the Pride.
Can non Australian citizens (fully vaccinated) fly into Australia from say Sth Korea, without having to quarantine? Not sure they can yet. Maybe with NSW they can, but unsure with the other states.
Certainly doubt is the case with WA, QLD & SA.
Of course most NZ ALW players will be based now in NSW, with the Nix in The Gong.
Wilkinson, Stott, Van Der Meer and Bunge are in Victoria.
Anton is in WA. So no chance there.
Don't think any of the current Nix players are quite ready for a call up to NT.
Wilkinson, Stott, Van Der Meer and Bunge are in Victoria.
Anton is in WA. So no chance there.
Don't think any of the current Nix players are quite ready for a call up to NT.
IMO for the next 18 months they will look at blooding new talent ahead of 2023.
It would be awesome to see some younger ones get a go!
Wellington Phoenix have injected some much-needed experience into their A-League Women team by signing former Melbourne Victory defender Annabel Martin. The 23-year-old has 40 league appearances to her name. Was a Victory regular at 17. pic.twitter.com/OjV0UBMNYq
— Phillip Rollo (@ByPhillipRollo) November 9, 2021
Wellington Phoenix have injected some much-needed experience into their A-League Women team by signing former Melbourne Victory defender Annabel Martin. The 23-year-old has 40 league appearances to her name. Was a Victory regular at 17. pic.twitter.com/OjV0UBMNYq
— Phillip Rollo (@ByPhillipRollo) November 9, 2021
Wellington Phoenix @aleaguewomen have three young Australian players training with the squad in Wollongong; Gemma Ferris, Sienna Saveska and Aimee Hall. Gemma Lewis wanted to sign Ferris but international transfer rules prevent signing foreign players under the age of 18.
— Phillip Rollo (@ByPhillipRollo) November 11, 2021
Never really thought about this, we can't sign Aussies under the age of 18 cuz FIFA doesn't allow u18s to make international transfers even tho we are in the same league.
Wellington Phoenix @aleaguewomen have three young Australian players training with the squad in Wollongong; Gemma Ferris, Sienna Saveska and Aimee Hall. Gemma Lewis wanted to sign Ferris but international transfer rules prevent signing foreign players under the age of 18.
— Phillip Rollo (@ByPhillipRollo) November 11, 2021
Never really thought about this, we can't sign Aussies under the age of 18 cuz FIFA doesn't allow u18s to make international transfers even tho we are in the same league.
Even odder when that team is based in the country she calls home!
Wellington Phoenix women play their first pre-season game this weekend, against a local boys team in Wollongong.
— Phillip Rollo (@ByPhillipRollo) November 11, 2021
Sounds like it ended up in a 1-1 draw
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-25/a-league-women-lisa-de-vanna-signs-with-perth-glory/100651848
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-25/a-league-women-lisa-de-vanna-signs-with-perth-glory/100651848
As a result, the Phoenix are set to have the youngest and least-experienced squad in A-League Women by some distance, and the bar will be set very low. A Perth Glory side in a similar position finished last without a win last summer, and if the Phoenix can better that effort, it will be regarded as impressive.
Good wee article on Lewis.
I really rate her, she’s definitely putting it all on the line!
Wellington Phoenix will name their first-ever women's captain tomorrow afternoon.
— Phillip Rollo (@ByPhillipRollo) November 29, 2021
Wellington Phoenix will name their first-ever women's captain tomorrow afternoon.
— Phillip Rollo (@ByPhillipRollo) November 29, 2021
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/women-in-sport/127131767/lily-alfeld-to-captain-wellington-phoenix-during-debut-aleague-women-season
See Nix have a min 2 yr partnership deal with NZF, and surely as 2023 WWC draws near commercial opportunities will pop up. But for the now, opportunity for some company to be a hero.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/women-in-sport/127144791/renewed-interest-as-wellington-phoenixs-search-for-a-sponsorship-hero-continues