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Michael McGlinchey (Weston FC | Australia)
Apparently WeeMac is our domestic marquee.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/a-league/mari...
He’s a marquee at Wellington, and I believe both Football New Zealand and Phoenix combined to make things happen.
that is from the mouth of Phil Moss the Mariners coach though. He would say something like that to make it seem like he left because of money rather than the fact that he can't stand him as a coach.
I don't see what NZF would have to do with any deal either. Sounds like a load of rubbish to me.
Next he'll be saying Wee Mac left him because he isn't greek.
Dome has also said that we have spent more on the squad this year. And previously they have said we have the full cap.
not saying he isn't our domestic marquee for sure. I'm just not trusting that information coming from Phil Moss.
Why would the club not advertise him as a marquee if he was one?
Dome has also said that we have spent more on the squad this year. And previously they have said we have the full cap.
Actually they've said the full cap has always been available. So we could have spend ore this season, and still be under the cap.
I don't get this secret marquee business, surely if he was the club would be promoting him to get some bums on seats.
apparently Ifill has been our marque in the past to get around the salary cap.
apparently Ifill has been our marque in the past to get around the salary cap.
He was? When?
apparently Ifill has been our marque in the past to get around the salary cap.
He was? When?
I keep having this thought that if Welnix are serious about pushing on with on-field performance they should fly Ifill back to the UK so he can tap up known (to him) talent before the Jan window. e.g. Ricardo Fuller as a proven striker/marquee? But then what do I know...
apparently Ifill has been our marque in the past to get around the salary cap.
He was? When?
apparently Ifill has been our marque in the past to get around the salary cap.
He was? When?
I guess 2009-2010 season. It was mentioned when the new owners took over that although the phoenix never had a marque that they had used it to move players like Ifill out of the cap.
How can you not have a marquee but use it to move players out of the cap? Surely a player is either a marquee or isn't?
Don't be obtuse.
They used the marquee rule by moving existing players into a marquee role to free up cap space, but not signing marquee players.
Don't be obtuse.
They used the marquee rule by moving existing players into a marquee role to free up cap space, but not signing marquee players.
I don't understand how Ifil doesn't meet your definition of marquee players is all. Ifill certainly played well enough to be a marquee. Is a "marquee player" by your definition only a new signing? I think that definition is a bit strange because wasn't Thomas Broich first signed as just a foreign player and has only moved to marquee status in later seasons. Therefore by your definition Broich is not a "marquee player" but has been the greatest ever player in the A-League.
Adelaide certainly uses the marquee player rule as Galekovic and Carrusca are marquees without being exceptional players. I just think it is fair to refer to any player with marquee status as a marquee player regardless of whether they were existing players or Del Piero.
I think what Ryan(without the numbers) is trying to say is that Ifil was never publicised or marketed as being a marquee player. I remember rumours that Jon McKain was technically our marquee at one point but the club never said anything about it. I think the MO under Terry was to place a player outside the cap but not make that widely known as the player wasn't a big name. I believe that the only marquee we've had in the full sense of the word was Pieman.
Yes, obviously a player needs to be of a certain quality because the FFA needs to approve your marquee, what happened though was the club moved players in and out of marquee spots to create cap space - they didn't go out to sign a marquee, and they never announced a player as a marquee.
One of the reasons he came here apparently was because he wanted to settle with his family, he was six months away from Australian Citizenship but because he went to Japan he had to start again. He is already a NZ citizen obviously so he can reasonably expect to be here settled for a few years.
Interesting how Mcglinchey has been overshadowed by Rolly, Burns and to some extent Rodriguez. In fact the general consensus here seems to be that WeeMac is under performing and has been quite quiet recently.
Pretty good bit of analysis below to dispute the prevailing thoughts. Maybe like Rodriguez he is doing more than we think, espeacially in drawing in defenders and creating space for Burns and Krishna.
http://www.australiascout.com/2015/mcglinchey-false-nine-wellington-phoenix/
If it looks like a pig .....
Interesting how Mcglinchey has been overshadowed by Rolly, Burns and to some extent Rodriguez. In fact the general consensus here seems to be that WeeMac is under performing and has been quite quiet recently.
Pretty good bit of analysis below to dispute the prevailing thoughts. Maybe like Rodriguez he is doing more than we think, espeacially in drawing in defenders and creating space for Burns and Krishna.
http://www.australiascout.com/2015/mcglinchey-false-nine-wellington-phoenix/
I think WeeMac is one of the only ones who can play good balls to Burns and Krishna consistently; also is just as good as Roly at skipping out of tackles.
I think WeeMac is one of the only ones who can play good balls to Burns and Krishna consistently; also is just as good as Roly at skipping out of tackles.
WeeMac is very good at it.
Vinnie Lia does it more than you might think.
Roly and Rodriquez do too.
Scored a brace for CCM to help them advance into the next round of the FFA Cup
First goal here
Heartbreak for @MaitlandFC with @ALeague side @CCMariners taking an early lead, before then going on to double their advantage!
— FFA Cup (@FFACup) July 31, 2019
?: @FOXFOOTBALL #MAIvCCM #FFACup pic.twitter.com/jLo0qBvWap
PS: The thread needs to be moved.
yeh it does- thought we'd signed him back!
yeh it does- thought we'd signed him back!
CCM have fans?
Heading to Scotland on Thursday according to tonight's Commentary team.
New Zealand international, Michael McGlinchey has been training with the team, working on his fitness.
— Greenock Morton Fans Page (@gmfanspage) September 9, 2020
Former Rangers goalkeeper, Aidan McAdams has also been training as he looks to earn a deal. @greenocktele
From this week's Flying Kiwis. Mods please update to Unattached FC.
Morton CEO Davie MacKinnon: “Michael’s back in Scotland and living locally so we were happy to offer him facilities. He’s an experienced player who has a lot to offer but at the moment it’s no more than training. He’s fitted in well and seems to have enjoyed it so we’ll see how it develops.”
Michael McGlinchey on the Celtic 'kick in the teeth' that sparked prodigy's incredible globetrotting career | @scottmcdermott8https://t.co/V84hAjgIdc pic.twitter.com/7WMpMe8w1O
— Daily Record Sport (@Record_Sport) September 20, 2020
Michael McGlinchey on the Celtic 'kick in the teeth' that sparked prodigy's incredible globetrotting career
The 33-year-old is looking for a new club in Scotland as he targets the 2020 World Cup.
Michael McGlinchey can still hear the words coming out of Willie McStay’s mouth.
“What about going to play for East Stirling?”
It was the moment that changed the course of his career. Incredibly, just nine MONTHS after rejecting a move to the Shire, he was in the New Zealand team that qualified for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Since then McGlinchey hasn’t looked back. Now 33, the former Celtic kid has played football around the globe. He has represented his
country 55 times, played at the Olympic Games and earned a life-changing move to Japan.
That’s not to mention more than a decade’s worth of performances in Australia’s A League for Central Coast Mariners and Wellington Phoenix.
He has enjoyed a life experience most players can only dream about.
But now it’s time to come home. Family comes first and McGlinchey wants to get to the NEXT World Cup by performing on Scottish soil.
New Zealand have matches against Belgium and England next month as they prepare for their 2022 qualification campaign.
And if the midfielder shows the same kind of determination now that he did that day at
Celtic’s training ground, who would bet against him achieving it?
Either way, McGlinchey can look back with a sense of satisfaction at how his career has panned out since January 2009 when ex-Hoops coach McStay suggested he take a huge step down.
He told MailSport: “It’s a moment that always sticks in my head. I was trying to get out on loan from Celtic. Willie told me Ross County were interested – but it was wrong information.
“So his advice was to go to East Stirling where Jim McInally was manager. They were in the fourth tier. I was 22 and Willie sensed I’d fallen out of love with football. So he told me to go to part-timers East Stirling to get it back.
“That was THE moment for me. I thought: ‘You know, I’m better than that.’ It was a kick in the teeth for someone to say go to the fourth tier and see what you can do?
“I thought: ‘No.’ And for the next six months I knuckled down and
eventually went to Australia.
“I got a contract with Mariners and off the back of that played for New Zealand. We qualified for the World Cup in November 2009.
“So in the same calendar year, I’d been told to go to Shire – and also went to the World Cup! If I’d have just accepted it and gone to East Stirling, I don’t think I’d have had a football career at all.
“But I wasn’t prepared to go to that level. It has always stuck in my head, I remember every detail of it. It was a real trigger.”
Plenty of young Scottish
players would do well to listen to McGlinchey. Failing to make the grade at an Old Firm club can set many youngsters back.
But he’d encourage anyone to believe in their own ability and show a resilience to succeed.
He said: “When I left Celtic I was lost for a few months. I remember thinking: ‘What’s out there for me?’ I trained with Partick but wasn’t offered anything – I couldn’t get a trial anywhere.
“So when I look at my career now, I’m proud. To play 55 times for your country and to play in Japan, I’ve shown there’s life after not getting into Celtic’s first team.
“I’ve had an international career and I’m still trying to push that. My aim is to keep going for the next couple of years and play in another World Cup.
“So I’d say it has been a success so far. It has been a fantastic life experience as well,
completely different. I’ve spoken to young boys in Scotland who ask me: ‘How did you do it?’ But I tell them I just believed in what I could do.
“And I was prepared to go anywhere to do it. I once went to Toronto for a trial. I had to pay for my own flights. It didn’t work out but it didn’t put me off. As soon as I heard of the interest from Australia, I was on the flight over there.
“And the rest is history really. To do what I’ve done as a foreign player – because in the A League you’re only allowed five – is a big achievement.
“I can take pride that I’ve been successful in that environment. It’s been a different journey to a lot of players and now it’s brought me home.”
McGlinchey has always been technically gifted and he’s now looking for a Scottish club who will play to his strengths.
He believes that will keep him in the thoughts of New Zealand head coach Danny Hay.
He said: “It’s time to come home, for family reasons more than football. My wife has been travelling around the world with me for 12 years.
“We still have a house in Australia so we could go back one day. But we want to give the
grand-parents a chance to get to know our kids.
“And as much as I’m getting towards the end of my career, I still have a few years left in me.
“New Zealand’s World Cup campaign is giving me the drive to keep on playing at a good level.
“I’d love to find a team who suits my style of football but I definitely feel I can do a good job for someone here.
“We had a great lifestyle in Australia and could have stayed there. I had interest from a new Sydney franchise club over there. We had a home next to the beach, it was sunny most days and we’d be out having barbecues all the time.
“But our family wasn’t there. We didn’t have the grand-parents or cousins to share it with.
“It’s difficult with young kids. They don’t want to sit on FaceTime anymore so you get to a point where you think, ‘Maybe it’s time to go home.’
“We’ve all got New Zealand passports now so we can go back one day without needing visas.
“But for now we see our future in Scotland. It’s not about money for me any more.
“The New Zealand games coming up are
massive, like England at Wembley. The coach wants to play a specific way, which is really good for me, so I want to stay in the mix.”
Have to admire his determination, and he has always seemed a popular team man wherever he's been. That thick Glaswegian accent, will always endear him to many.
But by 2022 he will be 35. And he's had what 3-4 years now between Nix & Mariners where he has looked in decline really. Still he has a tonne of experience, and that always has some value in a squad. Most of the other AWs midfield contenders are pretty raw except Thomas.
Hudson had likes of Falloon & Smeltz back in 2017 really just as almost squad father figures, esp Rory.
If these Oct-Nov Euro friendlies happen, he'll probably make the squad, esp if Bell is ruled out. Maybe he'll get a new lease of life at the right club in Scotland. Not having to play in 30+ degree heat should help his aging legs.
Have to admire his determination, and he has always seemed a popular team man wherever he's been. That thick Glaswegian accent, will always endear him to many.
But by 2022 he will be 35. And he's had what 3-4 years now between Nix & Mariners where he has looked in decline really. Still he has a tonne of experience, and that always has some value in a squad. Most of other AWs midfield contenders are pretty raw except Thomas.
Hudson had likes of Falloon & Smeltz back in 2017 really just as almost squad father figures, esp Rory.
If these Oct-Nov Euro friendlies happen, he'll probably make the squad, esp if Bell is ruled out. Maybe he'll get a new lease of life at the right club in Scotland. Not having to play in 30+ degree heat should help his aging legs.
Not having heard much from Michael the past year and considering his lack of game time at the Mariners, I assumed he'd decided he'd gone to back to Scotland to call time on his career.
But not true at all.
I admire that determination aged 33 and hardly having played this year at all.
A great attitude that pro players of all ages could take inspiration from - and from that interview above, a determined attitude he's had his whole career.
Really hope Michael finds a club at a decent level and gets a few more games for the AW's.
Have to admire his determination, and he has always seemed a popular team man wherever he's been. That thick Glaswegian accent, will always endear him to many.
But by 2022 he will be 35. And he's had what 3-4 years now between Nix & Mariners where he has looked in decline really. Still he has a tonne of experience, and that always has some value in a squad. Most of the other AWs midfield contenders are pretty raw except Thomas.
Hudson had likes of Falloon & Smeltz back in 2017 really just as almost squad father figures, esp Rory.
If these Oct-Nov Euro friendlies happen, he'll probably make the squad, esp if Bell is ruled out. Maybe he'll get a new lease of life at the right club in Scotland. Not having to play in 30+ degree heat should help his aging legs.
I can see him making the squad for WC qualifiers if he gets picked up by a low-tiered Scottish Premiership team, or a Scottish Championship team (2nd division). Not sure how likely that is though.
If he signs on for Greenock Morton he's basically putting his career to bed. Sadly only a shadow of the player he was 6-7 years ago when we went out of our way to sign him on the dirty.
If he signs on for Greenock Morton he's basically putting his career to bed. Sadly only a shadow of the player he was 6-7 years ago when we went out of our way to sign him on the dirty.
Not necessarily. The Scottish Championship is certainly above the level of the NZ premiership (probably excluding ACFC). We have some good midfield players, but we are in need of squad depth (especially for OFC WC qualifiers), so he could play a role.
If he signs on for Greenock Morton he's basically putting his career to bed. Sadly only a shadow of the player he was 6-7 years ago when we went out of our way to sign him on the dirty.
Not necessarily. The Scottish Championship is certainly above the level of the NZ premiership (probably excluding ACFC). We have some good midfield players, but we are in need of squad depth (especially for OFC WC qualifiers), so he could play a role.
Although I agree, it's going to be hard with all the young talented players that we have coming through (Bell, Singh, etc), plus Thomas, Rojas..
I've watched games live from the Championship, and feel that TW, Eastern Suburbs and ACFC would do will in that division.
I've watched games live from the Championship, and feel that TW, Eastern Suburbs and ACFC would do will in that division.
Even the SPL is very variable from top to bottom. I've seen quite a few SPL games and the quality of some of them is absolutely dire.