Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Two football questions ...

The Wellington Phoenix side has made an encouraging start to the A-League season. The team currently sits in fourth place in the 11-team league, with a game in hand. The arrival of defender Jade North in a few weeks, and the signing of Socceroos goalkeeper Danny Vukovic for the remainder of the season can only strengthen the squad.

The guys hit the road for the next two matches, and we'll have a better guide on their form and prospects then. In the meantime, we have two questions:

  1. Is there a better player in the A-League than Paul Ifill?
  2. Will he score a better goal than this one this season?






Paul Ifill is a class act, and is a huge asset to the 'Nix. He played his 400th top level club match on Sunday in a career spanning 13 seasons. He reckons that he could be around for another four or five seasons, and hopes to bring up his 500 matches while still in the A-League. We guess that begs a third question; should the Phoenix be assembling a war chest to make sure that Ifill stays in Wellington?

That one's a no-brainer in our always-humble opinion. Abso-bloody-lutely!

2 comments:

James Stephenson said...

I assume you mean four or five *seasons*?

Anyway, answers: No, quite possibly and I hope so.

I'll be in Wellington for the next home match, 7.15 is a late kick off for James jr, but I think I'll take him along for his first football match.

Inventory2 said...

Sydney FC game? I'm coming down as well. Beer O'Clock?