Contracted Players - Return of the Long Pins

Agree he's not gonna cut it though.

Fenton made 5 starts and 1 sub appearance and missed 5 games for Team Wellington. I cannot recall if there was a reason for the 5 games he missed.

Does anyone know how many games he played/missed etc in Oz?

My impression was that he was part way through his recovery and that the second half of the season might see a return to some sort of form, at least by Handy standards. If he rode the pine in Oz, then unfortunately he's toast

Worth taking a chance on I reckon. Can provide decent backup anywhere down either flank from attack to defense, and does it better than a certain Adam Parkhouse who we should drop as soon as possible. Fits the Kiwi narrative too, who knows maybe he can fulfil the potential he had when he's not forced into defense

Worth a chance based on what... what he did 3 years ago.. 4 maybe?

What has Parkhouse done in the last 3 years?

Provided a clear benchmark (we learned that we want someone better)

Sorry but until Fenton can prove that he still isnt gun shy from his shoulder injuries there is no way he should be taking a spot with us. 

And just like that, Kaludjerović is off to the Champions League...

He’s signed for Slovenian champions Olimpia Ljubljana. FInished ahead of CL regulars Maribor, winning the double. Brilliant move for him... all these players moving to much bigger and better clubs reinforces the idea that we didn’t get anywhere near the best out of them

Scores 13 goals in 20 games across two A-league clubs. Has a bad run of form as his club implodes around him and is suddently not (and has never been) good enough...

"Wellington Phoenix - where Champions League players come from"

Worthy a YF t-shirt, if not a banner, IMHO.

Club history straight out of a Lonely Planet guidebook

Logan Rogerson to Germany? https://www.mdr.de/sport/fussball_3l/in-jena-wird-wieder-geschwitzt-100.html

Google translate:

With Logan Rogerson showed at the training start of the Thuringian an unknown face. The 20-year-old played last season in New Zealand's highest league, is current Under-20 international and knows as a striker, where the opposing goal is. In eleven inserts in the highest league, he scored five goals. Whether you have to remember it, will show the training impressions.

He is indeed training with Carl Zeiss Jena - I hope it works out for him.

Liga 3 mid table. He and Mcgarry released? 

He turned down a German club originally to sign for the NIX - not sure which one.

Seemed to stall at the club, but had a good run, albeit a little late. More attitude than anything I think (same with McGarry?)

At this point who even knows what mcgarry looks like, how many senior appearances did he get? 

Goran Paracki’s officially gone too - he’s signed for Azerbaijani club Neftçi Baku. Not a bad level, especially considering Azerbaijani champs Qarabag held their own against Atletico and Roma in the UCL.

http://neftchipfk.com/az/allnews/1693/

Interesting how his name is spelt on the shirt. More in line with how commentators here pronounced it. 

Good luck to the lad. Still reckon if he was arriving now with year's coach he would have become  one of our best ever imports. We never saw his true ability.

I'd say that has more to do with the Azerbaijani language not having a Č in their language.

Now I did not know that. Amazing what one can learn by joining a fan site

There is no Č in Paracki's surname.

But yiu have just put one in??

That's just a normal C.

Okay, I'll correct this. They've spelled it phonetically. No, he does not have a Č in his name, my bad. Though the regular 'C' in Croatian is a 'ts' sound, and because the Azerbaijani language does not have an equivalent letter to this, they have spelled it as they would say it. It's common in those Eastern languages to do this. I know in Greece they either have the English name or have a phonetic version based on our alphabet. So for the surname 'Banana' (yes, this player exists), they either have that spelling or Μπανανα (Mpanana), as 'mp' together makes a 'b' sound.

From wikipedia:

"The letter Цц, intended for the sound [ts] in loanwords, was used in Azerbaijani Cyrillic until 1951. In Azerbaijani, the sound [ts] generally becomes [s]".

Velaphi has been spotted at Perth Glory training today.

That's surprising... he was keen to stay and we don't have anyone better.

maybe rudes does?

He is back in NZ atm

The Academy players at Logan Park today enjoyed a facinating Q&A with Dunedin's New Zealand U17 and U20 international James McGarry about his own player pathway to being a professional at the Wellington Phoenix FC. pic.twitter.com/U7BFc1TFeQ

— Southern United FC (@southern_united) June 24, 2018

being not been - deliberate use of tense or a mistake... has he signed something and waiting to move once the off season is over, or is he back to the NZFC?

Shame as I thought he looked good at the u20s last year and wanted him to kick on.

According to Voerman, mcGarry has something lined up in Europe 

I feel like I've heard McGarry's name around the Nix for eons but have never actually seen the bloke.

Former @PerthGloryFC keeper Tando Velaphi has re-signed to return to the club former @Socceroos Jason Davidson is expected to undergo a medical on Monday after agreeing to join the club. ?@ALeague

— Tim Gossage ??? (@TimGossage) June 29, 2018

Given comments about keepers from Rudan, I think he told Tando to look for options elsewhere. 

Perth and Brisbane have recruited good a-league squads 

We have two decent young keepers, so the other needs to be a starter.  Not sure that Rudan saw Tando as that much of a step up.