I saw a few days ago Wellington Phoenix were in discussions with him and a deal was pretty much done and were just trying to work out a deal to get his family over there as well.
That must have got sorted as he has now signed for them
"In the A-League of the Football Federation Australia, each team is allowed to designate two marquee players whose salaries are exempted from the league's salary cap."
It's anyones guess as to why they've used on of those slots on him
I saw a few days ago Wellington Phoenix were in discussions with him and a deal was pretty much done and were just trying to work out a deal to get his family over there as well.
That must have got sorted as he has now signed for them
"In the A-League of the Football Federation Australia, each team is allowed to designate two marquee players whose salaries are exempted from the league's salary cap."
It's anyones guess as to why they've used on of those slots on him
probably because they couldn't entice anybody better
Marquee signing? Fuck's sake I know Aussie 'soccer' is low rent but Jesus H Christ Wellington's whelm must be very underdone indeed. Is that marquee as in great flappy edifice with a massive heavy stick in the middle, that's too effing warm in good weather and porous as all hell when it rains a bit? On the subject of the weather, do you think wheezy old Tomer knows anything about the Aussie climate? He barely conjured up a canter on a mild spring afternoon in SE London - good luck seeing him run about in 40degree heat, or ever.
He huffed and puffed, didn't get lucky with the breaks that nick you goals - and by missing the pre-season, soon got injured again and was always playing fitness catch up.
He'd been a decent enough player in his time, capped at every level for his country, including 17 goals in 37 international appearances.
His struggles was one of the surprises of the season for me - hoped he'd be able to grab 5-10 goals for us but didn't work out. He was nowhere near the level of his previous years at Brighton and in La Liga unfortunately. He'll probably do very well against A-League defenders though.
Marquee signing? Fuck's sake I know Aussie 'soccer' is low rent but Jesus H Christ Wellington's whelm must be very underdone indeed. Is that marquee as in great flappy edifice with a massive heavy stick in the middle, that's too effing warm in good weather and porous as all hell when it rains a bit? On the subject of the weather, do you think wheezy old Tomer knows anything about the Aussie climate? He barely conjured up a canter on a mild spring afternoon in SE London - good luck seeing him run about in 40degree heat, or ever.
A measure of how good the Aussie league is, is that Andy Keogh who hardly tore up trees for Blackpool and Millwall a few years back and is now well into his 30s, is one of the leagues best strikers.
Jealous of him. Would disappear to NZ with the family in a shot for a couple of years if I could.
Why just a couple of years?
Until Covid is a distant memory; then I would likely move back here again. NZ is a wonderful country I once thought of moving to permanently but is so very remote from the rest of the world.
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I saw a few days ago Wellington Phoenix were in discussions with him and a deal was pretty much done and were just trying to work out a deal to get his family over there as well.
That must have got sorted as he has now signed for them
Shame he couldn't find one for us 🤣🤣
At 33 and with barely a goal to his name the last couple of years he’s more Gazebo than Marquee to be honest but each to their own.
It's anyones guess as to why they've used on of those slots on him
Hope for him it works out, but feel too many players are stealing a living. Agents prey on club bs desperate for success on or off the pitch.
Even a salary cap there is being exploited with a workaround for two players being exempt.
Is that marquee as in great flappy edifice with a massive heavy stick in the middle, that's too effing warm in good weather and porous as all hell when it rains a bit? On the subject of the weather, do you think wheezy old Tomer knows anything about the Aussie climate? He barely conjured up a canter on a mild spring afternoon in SE London - good luck seeing him run about in 40degree heat, or ever.
Tomer never showed much when the game got in tents intense
He huffed and puffed, didn't get lucky with the breaks that nick you goals - and by missing the pre-season, soon got injured again and was always playing fitness catch up.
He'd been a decent enough player in his time, capped at every level for his country, including 17 goals in 37 international appearances.
Hemed started on the bench
2-1 down at home to Sydney FC they called upon him for the final 30 minutes and on the 94th minute he equalised only to see it disallowed for offside