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Jonny McKain ‏@JonnyMcKain

Ex Wellington Phoenix player Cleberson's terrible tragedy. Plz help if u can. http://www.youcaring.com/memorial-fundraiser/bring-leila-home-/145509

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Wow. That's a bit shit bro. I feel for the guy.

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$25,990 raised of $25,000 goal - so, that's good at least.

Poor guy. Always had a smile on his face; didn't realise he was still living down here.


(edit: looks like he's been playing for Capalaba FC in Queensland)

LG
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He who did the first Phoenix two hand gesture. Might not have done the job but was 100 per cent enthusiastic.

WeeNix
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That is an awful tragedy. About the worst thing ever.

I see the appeal is closed now but wondered if YF and the Club could send a message  of condolence and support. Its well warranted as he was part of the original nix line up and very well liked at the time. It would make a difference for him and his family to know that we were thinking about him. 

a.k.a AJ13
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Phoenix posted it on their Facebook page, safe to say they sent their condolences.

Listen here Fudgeface
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Maceo Rigters: ex-Nix trialist who was snaffled by Gold Coast United before we got a chance to sign him. Wowsers.

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patrick478 wrote:

Maceo Rigters: ex-Nix trialist who was snaffled by Gold Coast United before we got a chance to sign him. Wowsers.

Would he fit into a Hobbit shirt I wonder?

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Maceo Rigters. The striker scored four goals at the competition and was signed afterwards by Blackburn Rovers.

But Rigters never truly came good at Blackburn. He failed to score a single goal in his three year spell at the club, during which he spent time on loan at Willem II, Norwich City and Barnsley.

Upon his release from Blackburn he joined Australian side Gold Coast United, but was released in 2012 and his whereabouts now, was fairly unknown.

To be fair to him he simply had a good summer back in 2007 and at Blackburn he never looked up to the task.

Now a photo has emerged of him, courtesy of photojournalist Jeroen de Kock from Het Amsterdamsche Voetbal, in action at amateur level in Dutch football. It is also fair to say he is no longer in the best of shape.

The picture has been confirmed by Algemeen Dagblad as the former Blackburn flop in action for his current team, Amsterdam ZSGOWMS - who play in the eighth tier of Dutch football.

http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2015/01/14/photo-in...

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Time to find some old posts screeching about what a disaster it was that we didn't grab Rigters.

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Just for the record, he wanted an obscene amount of money to come here.

Listen here Fudgeface
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2ndBest wrote:

Just for the record, he wanted an obscene amount of money to come here.

Probably so he could buy enough KFC to get him up to the size he is now...

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I remember being pretty gutted that he didn't sign for us.

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To be fair no one would look good in that gold coast team.

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I remember him scoring a goal vs Brisbane at Forsyth Barr Stadium in a 6-1 loss or something. He was playing up front with Billy Mehmet. I was so hopeful we would sign them both haha

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If Terry wasn't short of cash at that point I'm sure we would have signed him.

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I loved the excitement of all the preseason trialists under Ricki, it's even greater thinking back about them now. 

Another one was astroclaus(?!) The fastest footballer in Lithuania 

Anderson Potty

Eddy Putter

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Ryan wrote:

To be fair no one would look good in that gold coast team.

At the time, no but quite a few kicked on. Their squad that season included Moss, Brillante, Thwaite, Anderson, Halloran, Traore, Harold, Brown, Gol-Gol, Cooper, Tyson & McGowan with Mulvey taking the reigns at the end. If they had of kept going, GCU could have had a rather good squad.
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For memory Gold Coast had just signed Alex Smith, then released him to sign Rigters.

Then we signed Alex.

Listen here Fudgeface
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Sackofspuds wrote:

For memory Gold Coast had just signed Alex Smith, then released him to sign Rigters.

Then we signed Alex.

We got the better end of that deal.
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patrick478 wrote:

Sackofspuds wrote:

For memory Gold Coast had just signed Alex Smith, then released him to sign Rigters.

Then we signed Alex.

We got the better end of that deal.

And thats not saying much when you look at the players.
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Alex now captaining Far North Queensland Heat in the Queensland National Premier League.

Banging the goals in too apparently. Wiki has got him at 18 goals from 22 appearances.

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Sackofspuds wrote:

Alex now captaining Far North Queensland Heat in the Queensland National Premier League.

Banging the goals in too apparently. Wiki has got him at 18 goals from 22 appearances.

I look forward to the day he turns out for the resurrected Furries.

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Did score one good goal for us; think it was in a loss though. Was never quite sure if he was supposed to be a midfielder or striker.

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valeo wrote:

Did score one good goal for us; think it was in a loss though. Was never quite sure if he was supposed to be a midfielder or striker.

Not a striker. Much like McGlinchey, just less so.

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valeo wrote:

Did score one good goal for us; think it was in a loss though. Was never quite sure if he was supposed to be a midfielder or striker.

Scored a cracker with the outside of the boot against Victory in a 3-1 loss I think it was.

Signed at Gold Coast as a striker and had played striker prior to that.

Came to us and Ricki needed a midfielder.

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Wasn't Sanchez a midfielder but Ricki needed a striker?

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Roly's a centre back.

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and 4 others
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The Fort Lauderdale Strikers moved a step closer to a full roster on Thursday with the signing of veteran Spanish attacking midfielder Dani Sánchez.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/soccer/fort-lauderdale-strikers/fl-strikers-sign-dani-sanchez-0130-20150129-story.html

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Good on Dani, kinda miss him. Half expected him to pop up in Adelaide (due to his spanishness only)

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2ndBest wrote:

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers moved a step closer to a full roster on Thursday with the signing of veteran Spanish attacking midfielder Dani Sánchez.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/soccer/fort-lauderdale-strikers/fl-strikers-sign-dani-sanchez-0130-20150129-story.html

This link works http://www.strikers.com/news/detail/uuid/cai8al05d...

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Rumour has it Alex Smith has signed for the Jets...

newcastlefootball

@newyboys

@YellowFever_NZ @Dale_Warburton Jets apparently signing ex Wello player Alex Smith. Never really watched him - any feedback?

2:54am 31 Jan 2015

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bwtcf wrote:

Rumour has it Alex Smith has signed for the Jets...

newcastlefootball

@newyboys

@YellowFever_NZ @Dale_Warburton Jets apparently signing ex Wello player Alex Smith. Never really watched him - any feedback?

2:54am 31 Jan 2015

 

Top bloke Smithy. Vinnie Lia Lite on the park though.

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Better tackler and passer than Lia, much more attacking.

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Works hard, contributes well.

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Will only do something by default cause the jets have nothing else.

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Jeff Vader wrote:

Will only do something by default cause the jets have nothing else.

He was always a solid A-League player, just wasn't good enough to justify using a visa spot. It looks like he is about to get his Aussie passport finally, so as a non visa player its a decent pick up for the Jets imo.
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That I can agree on. If we were looking at a Jason Hicks, Ridenton or Rufer, Smith is more ready than they are so in that respects, he is an upgrade. The only thing is that he offers less upside and like you say, definitely not worth an import slot.

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