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Nikolai Topor-Stanley

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    • Date Of Birth: 11/03/85
    Nation: Australia
    Birthplace: Canberra, Australia
    Squad Number: 4
    Position: Central Defender
    Joined Wanderers: 30/06/12
    Contract Details: Two year initial contract. Signed 3 year extension on 12/6/2014.
    Contract Finish: 2016/17
    Previous Club: Newcastle Jets
    Wanderers Debut: 6th October 2012 vs Central Coast Mariners
    A-League Appearances: 104
    A-League Goals: 3
    ACL Appearances: 15
    ACL Goals: 1
    FFA Cup Appearances: 5
    FFA Cup Goals: 0
    Club World Cup Appearances: 1
    Club World Cup Goals: 0
    Total Appearances: 125
    Total Goals: 4
    Yearly Appearances & Goals: 2012/13: 29 (1), 2013/14: 31 (3), 2014/15: 34 (0), 2015/16: 28 (0)
    Individual Awards: PFA Team Of The Year (2012/13), A-League All Star (2012/13), Asian Champions League Dream Team (2013/14).
    Team Honours: A-League Premiership Winner (2012/13), Asian Champions League Winner (2014).
    Highlight: Scored his first goal for the Wanderers against Wellington Phoenix in Round 16, Season 2012/13 on 13/01/2013.
    Highlight: Topor-Stanley was the first Wanderers player to reach 100 competitive matches for the club, after playing in the Wanderers 2-1 win against Newcastle Jets in Round 5 of Season 2015/16.
    Highlight: Named the Captain of the Wanderers in Season 2014/15, leading the Wanderers to victory in the Asian Champions League.
    Description: A towering strong centre-back who lead the Wanderers to winning the Asian Champions League as captain. He was at the club until the start of Season 2016/17. His last appearance was against Melbourne City in the FFA Cup, being sent off after denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity.
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martinez83GK

I love NTS, he's probably been our most consistent player, so don't get me wrong here, but if he used his foot for that attempt on goal, it was sailing over the crossbar, out of the stadium and would have probably killed a bystander in the streets of Wellington haha!

 

Smart use of the head.

ROFL

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AEK

He has improved IMMENSELY since the start of the season, GREAT CB for Wanderers, hope they hold onto him for as long as possible :)

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chenko

Standard. Most improved player in the A-League and easily the best CB this season.

 

best australian CB right now.......Olsiek better be paying attention because if Topor is not in the Australian team this year he is kidding himself

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West13

 

 

 

Standard. Most improved player in the A-League and easily the best CB this season.

best australian CB right now.......Olsiek better be paying attention because if Topor is not in the Australian team this year he is kidding himself

Id rather Holger doesnt pay attention. Want NTS to play the derby!

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theguyyouwishyouwere

 

 

 

 

Standard. Most improved player in the A-League and easily the best CB this season.

best australian CB right now.......Olsiek better be paying attention because if Topor is not in the Australian team this year he is kidding himself

Id rather Holger doesnt pay attention. Want NTS to play the derby!

its a tough one innit. i want him soooo bad to were the green and gold and make neill watch from the sidelines thinking "well i aint playin for oz again", but i also want him for the derby to show neill how its done.

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Toffeestu

 

 

 

 

 

Standard. Most improved player in the A-League and easily the best CB this season.

best australian CB right now.......Olsiek better be paying attention because if Topor is not in the Australian team this year he is kidding himself

Id rather Holger doesnt pay attention. Want NTS to play the derby!

its a tough one innit. i want him soooo bad to were the green and gold and make neill watch from the sidelines thinking "well i aint playin for oz again", but i also want him for the derby to show neill how its done.

Definitely deserves a chance in the green & gold but WHEN is the almighty question, socceroos game is terrible timing. Been a great coup for the wanderers and if not the BEST CB in the league.

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chenko

name a CB that is playing better then him right now

 

that should make him automatic selection, good for him not so good for us and the derby but we can smash ESFC regardless 

 

i mean .....they have put that wanker milligan in numerous times 

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Jaggy

His awareness of where opposition players are and his anticipation of where the ball is going to be played is unbelievable, he reads the game so well and his aerial ability is second to none.

His understanding with Beauchamp makes them by far the best centre back combination in the league.

I can not fathom how he hasn't been included in the Socceroo squad?

"He is so tough he puts his head in places most players wouldn't  put their feet" This is how a wise old timer discribed him...Ha ha loved it. 

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GunnerWanderer

I've watched him at all his clubs sydney, Perth & Jets and he was never at the class he is now. Sure players can make improvements but his has just lifted his game so high. 

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Davo

I'm wondering how much of it is down to his fitness. He's lost a stack of weight compared to pre-season (along with pretty much the entire squad).

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chenko

I'm wondering how much of it is down to his fitness. He's lost a stack of weight compared to pre-season (along with pretty much the entire squad).

 

apparently all the squad get weighed on a monday morning and Popa is pretty strict on weight

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julyaugustreno

When we signed this bloke I thought '...****'. Thought he was useless at newcastle, a liability at best.

 

Great to see him prove even his biggest doubters wrong, he is having a blinder. NEVER thought I'd see him in contention for the socceroos, and now it's looking more likely than not

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TehSmileyBandit

I must have been the only person who rated him last season. I remember I put together my 2011/12 a-league team of the year the day of the WSW forum at Bankstown Sports and he was one of my starting CBs along with Bas van den Brink. When I heard we signed him I was ecstatic!

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MCHammer

couldnt help but think of the B-League segment everytime i saw him knocking a ball into touch on sunday. there was one that reached the top tier hahaha

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Montalbano

 

I must have been the only person who rated him last season. I remember I put together my 2011/12 a-league team of the year the day of the WSW forum at Bankstown Sports and he was one of my starting CBs along with Bas van den Brink. When I heard we signed him I was ecstatic!

 

Same here. I rated him last year for Newcastle. I think he was the butt of a lot of jokes, but people didn't actually watch him play. He was a tower of strength for them at the back. I had a quite smile on my face when I heard he had signed for us.

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Carns

couldnt help but think of the B-League segment everytime i saw him knocking a ball into touch on sunday. there was one that reached the top tier hahaha

Me too. I must say that he does the hoof much less regularly now then he did at the start of the season, and nowadays it's almost always justified.

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ManfredSchaefer

Watching the replay of the semi against the Meow and the commentators mentioned NTS is the only non-goalie to have played every minute of every game in the 12/13 A-League season. What a fuqking legend!

 

If he doesn't get the nod for the All-Stars game then I demand a Royal Commission...

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BP23

Watching the replay of the semi against the Meow and the commentators mentioned NTS is the only non-goalie to have played every minute of every game in the 12/13 A-League season. What a fuqking legend!

 

If he doesn't get the nod for the All-Stars game then I demand a Royal Commission...

Surely this showed he's ready for a Socceroos call up.

If his performance last night doesn't prove he's ready then I don't know what will.

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