Hearfield to leave Phoenix
Troy Hearfield has announced he will leave the Wellington Phoenix at the end of this season to take up a deal with the Central Coast Mariners.


Troy Hearfield will leave the Wellington Phoenix at the end of the club's playoff campaign.

Hearfield has signed a deal with fellow A-League side the Central Coast Mariners.

He says he's never had a better bunch of teammates than the ones at the Phoenix.

However he says there comes a time when you have to look after yourself and your future.

Hearfield has played 69 games in his three seasons with the Phoenix.

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These are great moves by the club. Doig was on a big wage and was also taking up a visa spot and he wasn't even playing. With him gone it will free up a lot of cap space.

We have now signed Hearfield who can play at both RB and RM which is great cover for Bojic and McGlinchey. I don't know where this leaves Brad Porter though.

I am very happy with this series of events. Forza Mariners!

Doig's is a loan deal? He'll be back for the start of next season won't he? Or will his CCM deal expire by that time?


Edited by absent_doz_2259: 17/2/2011 10:45:36 AM

These are great moves by the club. Doig was on a big wage and was also taking up a visa spot and he wasn't even playing. With him gone it will free up a lot of cap space.

We have now signed Hearfield who can play at both RB and RM which is great cover for Bojic and McGlinchey. I don't know where this leaves Brad Porter though.

I am very happy with this series of events. Forza Mariners!

so do you reckon Hearfield can step in as a back up centre back as well ?

if Doigy goes then who will best fill the hole if Wilko or Dutchy fall over ? I dont reckon the weakness is in our left and right sides - but would rather have some insurance in the middle.

Rostyn or Pedj maybe?

GRAHAM Arnold promised he would give youth its head when he took over the Mariners, and now the Central Coast's own Brat Pack is reaping the benefits.

Close-knit on and off the field, a core of the club's youth squad have graduated spectacularly into the first team this season.

Helped by the fact many of them live a stone's throw apart in the north-west of Sydney, the likes of goalkeeper Matt Ryan (18), Mustafa Amini (17), Matthew Lewis (20) and Bernie Ibini-Isei (17) will all have some role to play in the finals campaign, starting with Brisbane on Saturday night.

Ryan is the most spectacular success story, given his break in the wake of an injury to first choice Jess Vanstrattan and responding with a dozen clean sheets in 27 games.

Amini hasn't been far behind, stepping up to cover for the injuries to playmaker Patricio Perez, and Ibini-Isei scored on his full debut a fortnight ago.

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"Me and Matty Lewis and Musti all played for the same club as kids, and there's a few of us went to Westfield Sports High, so we all know each other pretty well," Ryan said.

"It does help to have the understanding. There's even a couple of guys in the youth team who I played with at another club so it's quite funny that we've all ended up at the Mariners. It's been been really good being so involved, not just for myself but to see Musti play such a part and now Bernie too. When Patricio [Perez] arrived we thought he was going to set the world on fire but he had a few injury problems and then Musti stepped up. He's been so good I think everyone wants to see them play together."

Ryan's ascent has been remarkable, with Arnold content to give him the opportunity after Danny Vukovic had moved to Turkey and replacement Vanstrattan suffered a cruciate injury.

"When I joined the club, Danny Vukovic was No. 1 and there was no hint he was going anywhere," Ryan said.

"When he did obviously Jess Vanstrattan came in, and I thought maybe I would get the odd game. But the way it's worked out has amazed me, and when you think the level that Arnie has coached at, to have someone of that calibre express his confidence in me has been fantastic."

Anyone heard if anything is happening to trip playing strip for next season ?

Edited by go you yellow: 19/2/2011 01:21:50 PM

Word on the street is it's going to be Yellow home, White away. A bit too similar to GCU for my liking. It's definitely going to be Hummel.

mmmm I quite like the stripes , yellow sounds boring

Let's not talk about GC when discussing kits. we were yellow a long time before they even existed.

----------Ryan----------
-Bojic----Wilko----Rose
---------Dutchy---------
-Glinch---Amini---Bozanic
-Perez---Simon---Bernie

Or something like that

I was worried as soon as i saw hutch run out onto the field last night, why would arnie mess with what has served us so well, he screwed around in the first game v bris and we got smashed, and i thought we should have started with rostyn g , which makes me wonder should we just change players rather than the formation.

I would leave the four at the back with rosty in holding midfield, and shift bernie onto the bench and bring him on for matt simon with 25 to go.

Perhaps doig might be needed , wilko looked a bit poorly at one stage last night , i wasnt convinced he was 100%