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I was browsing through the A- League sides and as much as a Phoenix fan i am, i must admit that our defenders and attackers look comparatively weak. Sure Daniel, Campos, Johnsen (if availiable), Tim Brown, Aloisi, Lia and Ferrante looks as good as any midfield.But our defenders:
Dodd (looks solid), O'Dor (inexperienced but talented), Christie (shocking!!), Lochhead (good player) and Old (crap)
Could we really compare these to:
McLaren, Packer,Griffen of Queensland. Costanzo, Valkanis, Rees, Cornwaite, Alaigh of Adeliede.
O'Grady, Vidmar, Wilkinson, Clarke of CCM. Milicevic, Keenan, Kemp, Leijer, etc of Melbourne.
Okon, Deans, Durante of the Jetz, Fyfe Rudan Timpano middleby of Sydney FC.
I THINK ITS CLEAR WE NEED 2 MORE GOOD DEFENDERS
Our strikers: Coveny, Barbourousas, Brownlie.
Compared to Allsop and Archie (MVFC), Lynch milicich reineldo (roar), Burns sarkies dodd(adeliede) Petrovski Kwasnik (CCM) Zdrilc, Glavas, Brosque(SFC)
WE NEED 2 MORE GOOD STRIKERS.
BUT WE HAVE 6 spots left. At least 2 need to be U20. so thats leaves us 4 spots. With the U20s likely to be Brockie and Spoonley. I really hope they fill these spots with quality. The names being thrown around like Smeltz(couldnt hack it in the conference) and Webster(who noone wants AND WE DONT NEED ANOTHER MIDFIELDER) dont inspire me with confidence. We are shaping up good but the next signings are crucial!We need quality so we can hack it in the A-League.
SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?
ARE WE 2 DEFENDERS AND 2 STRIKERS SHORT?
 
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Yes we are. We are shaping up for last place. 2 quality strikers needed. Another quality CB needed + a sub defender needed.

The U20 spot wont be filled up by Spoonley
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Oh ok i thought hed be snapped up for sure. As much as that simmonds coach annoyed me he knew how to recruit players. GAO MARCINA AND LI YAN these are the calibre of people we need. I just fail to see the point in signing Christie, Old and Brownlie.
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Me too. Anyone know if we can swoop for Marcina? That would be massive
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It would he was so classy for us last season. But he is under contract with Puerto Rico and they seem to love him over there.
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I think the Pheonix players have been signed to play a really structured team game, because we dont really have any players that can constantly make something happen out of nothing or any real pace. Maybe the Brazillians have been signed to add this side of the game. Chris James seems like he is doing a good job for the All Whites in that second attacker role. Also I think Jeremy Christie will surprise a few of you if he is played at Right Back this season. 
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Mate..thats just another way of saying we dont have the players. "Structured team game" was used at the Knights and that turned out well..
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Hahaha yeh I know what you mean, I suffered through listening to that garbage as well. What I meant by it was they seem to be solid players to fit a pattern. I've got a feeling we aren't going to be the most exciting team in the league (although I hope we are) but as long as we are successful I dont think that will matter much.
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With Marcina we could probably pick him up after the American season finishes. Which will be about 2 months into the A-League season and Ricki will probably have filled up the 4 foreign spots by then.
 
I say we buy him from Peurto Rico, Im sure if we offered them a decent fee they would accept.
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It has already been ackowledged by the bosses that we are a striker and a central defender short. We still have two import positions open and these will probably account for these positions. We will probably also pick up Brockie and Smeltz (two strikers). So don't panic yet.
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Sure brockie is under 20 but hes a total waste!!! There are some great Auckland players that are under 20. Sign someone around 18 for that spot so they can remain an under 20 player next season as well! Develop!! Smeltz is good. Tambouras for defence but looks like he ant getting signed for some reason. Marcina i dno hes good but hmm ye i dno about him. Still like to see a marquee signing like Zola or soemthing. Dion Dublin. I dno someone like that. But overall was looking good however i dno who this dodd is and that. Very happy with midfield and strikers reasonably happy. Coveny and costa shld be good. Brownlie was good at Qld but then couldnt cut it but u neva know he may hit form and is likely to. Defence is WEAKKKKK and it will leakk so get bob the builder so he can fix it!

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1 striker? We need 2. Need another CB.
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We need a right back, cb is ok, but so far christie is our number 1 rb and thats not good.
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um...Buncy, no, Tambo, no, Deano? no, Embers, no, Koracokovjevech, no, Danny Hay? no... um...
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What so smeltz is all of a sudden a a-league class striker? Couldnt score for Halifax in the conference league, and gets released. Because he gets two goals vs wales hes good enough? We need a proven striker, not a one game wonder.

Xcellent2007-05-31 22:09:12
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Yeah but I think he's good enough, even for Backup. We need a Marcina type player if Covs or Smeltz will start.
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I don't see why you're all bagging Smeltz. You'd all take Bertos in a heartbeat and where was he playing prior to Perth? Worksop Town, Scarborough...both Conference teams.

If Smeltz can score against Wales he can score in the A-League. Give him some decent service, he'll be fine.

Wellington need probably two decent central defenders (Dodd can play RB if needed) and I think one option you really should look at is Mark Byrnes. You also need at least one top quality striker. Herbert will most likely go for an import (another Brazilian perhaps?) but I think Smeltz would be good for you guys.

A line up like this would be hard to beat:

-----------------------Paston-------------------------
Dodd----------Byrnes-----Bunce----------Lochead
Campos-------Brown------Aloisi--------------Daniel
------------------Smeltz---Brazilian striker----------
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...and Campos is a 10, not wide right.
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There is a sensational LB ont he market at the moment, Iba, who plays for Persik.  He carved up Sydney in the ACL and gives the defence attacking momentum.  Very fast, very difficult to deal with and very much on the market (Japanese & Chinese clubs are also apparently in the hunt for him).  Hails from West Papua.  Sydney wanted to pick him up but couldn't fit him under their cap.
 
On the subject of Melanesians I still think Benjamin Totori is worth a punt. 
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Can he play RB ?  We've got one and a half LB options.
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Whats happened to Dean Gordan I really liked him, he was good. And obviously Miyazawa would be nice to have back as well.

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Haha i remember in Season one of the Knights. Hay quoted "If Danny Milosevic is not the best keeper in the A-League, I'll eat my hat". He was abismal

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Ben Sigmund anyone? Solid CB with a bit of pace and capable of playing the ball out of defence.
We are short at right back I think Plodder is back up at both RB and holding mid so we have 6 slots left open.
2 x CB
2 X Strikers
1 X RB
1 X 3rd Keeper
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Xcellent wrote:

Haha i remember in Season one of the Knights. Hay quoted "If Danny Milosevic is not the best keeper in the A-League, I'll eat my hat". He was abismal



Did Danny Hay really say that? I didn't see much of season 1, but from what I saw of season 2 Danny Milosevic was not the best keeper in the A-League.
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Danny Milosovich was the worst keeper in any league
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I wanna see a experianced striker than knows the ins and outs of football be signed for a spot on this team, MLS, SPAIN, ENLGAND, im sure theres one cardiff city or leeds reject we can scoop up thatll be a good addition.
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Neil Emblen fits your description Steve
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Did Danny Hay really say that? I didn't see much of season 1, but from what I saw of season 2 Danny Milosevic was not the best keeper in the A-League.


He was the busiest, made the most saves in the league as well as conceding the most goals (by a huge margin).
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Yeah he sure did. i tried to track down the article but maybe  dont remember the quote word for word, but the points the same. I thought Milosevic was terrible too. Emblen wasnt too bad at all. I think we need to aim for something a little higher than emblen to be serious contenders. I mean lets be honest two 35 year olds, as much as i respect both of them, it wouldnt exactly set the a-league alight. We need someone with the x-factor. If these next few players aren't class, i would be shocked (because we have the whole salary cap to work with) and i cant imagine many of our current squad costing too much at all.
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Daniel and Campos will be costing us a bit I'd imagine and Aloisi wont be cheap either.
 
What do you think the chances are of getting Wellington Taxi's on board as a personal sponsor for Paris Johnson?
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with Zinzan Brooke in an advisory role
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Ha ha nice - hopefully he's now qualified to teach Paris the correct procedure for leaving a cab.

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