One in a million
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9.5K
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almost 17 years

 Keeping It "KIWI"

#NOT

Ehara ia i te kiwi, engari he pai ia ki te takaro whutuporo

Legend
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16K
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about 17 years
Trialist
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9
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over 16 years

 Keeping It "KIWI"

#NOT

Ehara ia i te kiwi, engari he pai ia ki te takaro whutuporo

100% This. 

First Team Squad
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1.7K
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over 15 years

Any ES news? Seems awfully quiet.

Getting paid to be here
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970
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over 6 years

Kelvin Kalua is back.

First Team Squad
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1.7K
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over 15 years

Went to Suburbs vs AFC on Sunday. Not a super exciting game, finished 0-0, but a very interesting tactical battle for the season ahead.

ACFC lined up with 5 at the back, 3 in the middle and 2 strikers. ES lined up with a midfield diamond, 2 strikers, and extremely high L/R back.

When I first saw the line-ups I expected Suburbs to get absolutely done. I was very wrong - ACFC barely made 5 passes in the first 20 minutes and went on to struggle  to get out of their half for the rest of the game.

While ES enjoyed possession, and in my opinion deserved to win, they were pretty toothless in attack as well.

I have this theory that New Zealand has bred a whole bunch of generally intelligent and technical footballers. However, for some reason we don't really have any with vision or the ability to play a through ball. That was evident on Sunday.

Left thinking that ES are my favourite for the season.

Woof Woof
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19K
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over 16 years

Who's playing for ES this season? And for ACFC for that matter?

Starting XI
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2.7K
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almost 9 years

el grapadura wrote:

Who's playing for ES this season? And for ACFC for that matter?

don't know about ES

this was the ACFC squad list for the friendly

AC (squad chosen from): Enaut ZUBIKARAI (GK), Adam MITCHELL, Brian KALTAK, Alfie ROGERS, Jordan VALE, Mario ILICH, Cam HOWIESON, Andrew BLAKE, Yousif ALI, Maro BONSU-MARO, Keegan LINDERBOOM, Luca TAYLOR (GK), Nick MILICICH, Nathan LOBO, Jackson WOODS, Bradley WILSON, Thomas DRILLIEN, Deandre VOLLEHOVEN.

add to that Myer Bevan and Logan Rogerson who were on their way back from Fiji also Mario Bilen, David Browne, Dylan Manickum , Angel Berlanga & Albert Rierra

First Team Squad
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1.7K
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over 15 years

el grapadura wrote:

Who's playing for ES this season? And for ACFC for that matter?

don't know about ES

this was the ACFC squad list for the friendly

AC (squad chosen from): Enaut ZUBIKARAI (GK), Adam MITCHELL, Brian KALTAK, Alfie ROGERS, Jordan VALE, Mario ILICH, Cam HOWIESON, Andrew BLAKE, Yousif ALI, Maro BONSU-MARO, Keegan LINDERBOOM, Luca TAYLOR (GK), Nick MILICICH, Nathan LOBO, Jackson WOODS, Bradley WILSON, Thomas DRILLIEN, Deandre VOLLEHOVEN.

add to that Myer Bevan and Logan Rogerson who were on their way back from Fiji also Mario Bilen, David Browne, Dylan Manickum , Angel Berlanga & Albert Rierra

Hm, forgot Myer, Logan and Browne weren't all there. That'll make them look much better and makes me think 5-3-2 won't be their preferred formation.

First Team Squad
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1.7K
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over 15 years

el grapadura wrote:

Who's playing for ES this season? And for ACFC for that matter?

Sorry - outside of the Eastern Suburbs winter fill-ins, I recognised the new "big" players but I couldn't recall their names off the top of my head.

Old Danyon Drake was in goal and Reid Drake was in CM though.

Starting XI
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4.1K
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about 17 years

drake, thomas, kalua, clissold, strong, drake, sinclair, hoyle, bueno, bowkett, gray

Getting paid to be here
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970
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over 6 years

20 Legend wrote:

el grapadura wrote:

Who's playing for ES this season? And for ACFC for that matter?

don't know about ES

this was the ACFC squad list for the friendly

AC (squad chosen from): Enaut ZUBIKARAI (GK), Adam MITCHELL, Brian KALTAK, Alfie ROGERS, Jordan VALE, Mario ILICH, Cam HOWIESON, Andrew BLAKE, Yousif ALI, Maro BONSU-MARO, Keegan LINDERBOOM, Luca TAYLOR (GK), Nick MILICICH, Nathan LOBO, Jackson WOODS, Bradley WILSON, Thomas DRILLIEN, Deandre VOLLEHOVEN.

add to that Myer Bevan and Logan Rogerson who were on their way back from Fiji also Mario Bilen, David Browne, Dylan Manickum , Angel Berlanga & Albert Rierra

Hm, forgot Myer, Logan and Browne weren't all there. That'll make them look much better and makes me think 5-3-2 won't be their preferred formation.

It's a Jose Figueira team. It'll be 3-4-3/3-5-2.

GK Zubikarai/Tracey/Brown

DF Mitchell/Kaltak/Berlanga/Blake/Rogers/Vale

MF Ilich/Howieson/Riera/Bilen/Ali

FW Bevan/Bonsu-Maro/Browne/Linderboom/Manickum/Rogerson

Won't be surprised if, from the youth teamers, Bradley Wilson (and maybe Nathan Lobo) work their way in.

They're shaping up to be the starting wingbacks for the NZ U17s.

These players were all involved for Eastern Suburbs on Sunday or will be.

GK Danyon Drake

DF Christian Gray/Alec Solomons/Kelvin Kalua/Adam Thomas/Dylan de Jong/Joel Clissold/Hayden Johns

MF Campbell Strong/Daniel Bowkett/Reid Drake/Leon van den Hoven/Ryan Verney

FW Stephen Hoyle/Martin Bueno/Kingsley Sinclair/Mohammed Awad

First Team Squad
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1.7K
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over 15 years

Thanks Andrew

Another interesting point was Kane Wintersgill was definitely in charge on the weekend. Not sure if someone was absent or that's it?

Pretty good achievement for someone in their early 20s.

Starting XI
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2.7K
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almost 9 years

These players were all involved for Eastern Suburbs on Sunday or will be.

GK Danyon Drake

DF Christian Gray/Alec Solomons/Kelvin Kalua/Adam Thomas/Dylan de Jong/Joel Clissold/Hayden Johns

MF Campbell Strong/Daniel Bowkett/Reid Drake/Leon van den Hoven/Ryan Verney

FW Stephen Hoyle/Martin Bueno/Kingsley Sinclair/Mohammed Awad

So only 4 (Kalua, Thomas, Johns & Awad) left from the Championship winning team last season?  

First Team Squad
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1.7K
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over 15 years

These players were all involved for Eastern Suburbs on Sunday or will be.

GK Danyon Drake

DF Christian Gray/Alec Solomons/Kelvin Kalua/Adam Thomas/Dylan de Jong/Joel Clissold/Hayden Johns

MF Campbell Strong/Daniel Bowkett/Reid Drake/Leon van den Hoven/Ryan Verney

FW Stephen Hoyle/Martin Bueno/Kingsley Sinclair/Mohammed Awad

So only 4 (Kalua, Thomas, Johns & Awad) left from the Championship winning team last season?  

Kingsley Sinclair had regular minutes too.

Can't quite remember their playing time last year but I'm pretty sure de Jong, Clissold, Strong, were all part of the squad as well.

Legend
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21K
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almost 9 years

Maybe some of Harry Edge, Withers, Wooldridge and Pijnaker are returning from the Swedish Experiment? 

Unless Torslanda end up in the relegation playoff spot, their season finishes this weekend.

OFC Champions League must be some sort of carrot.

Starting XI
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2.7K
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almost 9 years

20 Legend wrote:

These players were all involved for Eastern Suburbs on Sunday or will be.

GK Danyon Drake

DF Christian Gray/Alec Solomons/Kelvin Kalua/Adam Thomas/Dylan de Jong/Joel Clissold/Hayden Johns

MF Campbell Strong/Daniel Bowkett/Reid Drake/Leon van den Hoven/Ryan Verney

FW Stephen Hoyle/Martin Bueno/Kingsley Sinclair/Mohammed Awad

So only 4 (Kalua, Thomas, Johns & Awad) left from the Championship winning team last season?  

Kingsley Sinclair had regular minutes too.

Can't quite remember their playing time last year but I'm pretty sure de Jong, Clissold, Strong, were all part of the squad as well.

Oh yes Clissold was later in the season

de Jong is a different one no?, Andre was involved last season, is Dylan related? 

First Team Squad
1K
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1.7K
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over 15 years

20 Legend wrote:

These players were all involved for Eastern Suburbs on Sunday or will be.

GK Danyon Drake

DF Christian Gray/Alec Solomons/Kelvin Kalua/Adam Thomas/Dylan de Jong/Joel Clissold/Hayden Johns

MF Campbell Strong/Daniel Bowkett/Reid Drake/Leon van den Hoven/Ryan Verney

FW Stephen Hoyle/Martin Bueno/Kingsley Sinclair/Mohammed Awad

So only 4 (Kalua, Thomas, Johns & Awad) left from the Championship winning team last season?  

Kingsley Sinclair had regular minutes too.

Can't quite remember their playing time last year but I'm pretty sure de Jong, Clissold, Strong, were all part of the squad as well.

Oh yes Clissold was later in the season

de Jong is a different one no?, Andre was involved last season, is Dylan related? 

Yeah, it's not Andre. I don't know if they're related actually, but Dylan was involved in ES's NRFL squad this year. Maybe my memory has failed me but I thought he was in the Handa squad last year as well but I might be wrong. Either way, not significant first team minutes in Handa.

Getting paid to be here
700
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970
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over 6 years

20 Legend wrote:

20 Legend wrote:

These players were all involved for Eastern Suburbs on Sunday or will be.

GK Danyon Drake

DF Christian Gray/Alec Solomons/Kelvin Kalua/Adam Thomas/Dylan de Jong/Joel Clissold/Hayden Johns

MF Campbell Strong/Daniel Bowkett/Reid Drake/Leon van den Hoven/Ryan Verney

FW Stephen Hoyle/Martin Bueno/Kingsley Sinclair/Mohammed Awad

So only 4 (Kalua, Thomas, Johns & Awad) left from the Championship winning team last season?  

Kingsley Sinclair had regular minutes too.

Can't quite remember their playing time last year but I'm pretty sure de Jong, Clissold, Strong, were all part of the squad as well.

Oh yes Clissold was later in the season

de Jong is a different one no?, Andre was involved last season, is Dylan related? 

Yeah, it's not Andre. I don't know if they're related actually, but Dylan was involved in ES's NRFL squad this year. Maybe my memory has failed me but I thought he was in the Handa squad last year as well but I might be wrong. Either way, not significant first team minutes in Handa.

They're unrelated. Dylan was training with the ES NL team at the end of the season, but wasn't registered to play.

Awad, Kalua and Strong the only ones returning who got decent playing time last season, plus Johns and Sinclair who were in the squad.

Starting XI
3K
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3K
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almost 7 years

Is Justin Biega still there, backup keeper?

Cock
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16K
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over 14 years

Kane Wintersgill?

Are things that bad that he is the/a coach of an NL side?

Marquee
970
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6.5K
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over 11 years

Jeff Vader wrote:

Kane Wintersgill?

Are things that bad that he is the/a coach of an NL side?

Hay's assistant according to his Linked In profile.

First Team Squad
1K
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1.7K
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over 15 years

Jeff Vader wrote:

Kane Wintersgill?

Are things that bad that he is the/a coach of an NL side?

If it's his team it was very well set up and the players seemed to respect him.

Never met the kid in person but I'd wager that he understands a lot more than a large crop of dinosaurs out there.

WeeNix
880
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960
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about 7 years

20 Legend wrote:

Jeff Vader wrote:

Kane Wintersgill?

Are things that bad that he is the/a coach of an NL side?

If it's his team it was very well set up and the players seemed to respect him.

Never met the kid in person but I'd wager that he understands a lot more than a large crop of dinosaurs out there.

Not great at talent spotting. When offered one of my boys on a platter, wasn't really interested.

Trialist
7
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25
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over 4 years

think thats James Dunne as backup keeper

Starting XI
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2.7K
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almost 9 years
Cock
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16K
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over 14 years

Wow....

I'm interested as to how he goes with a mens team

Starting XI
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3K
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almost 7 years

massive fan of him, ever since his Kristin days

tradition and history
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9.9K
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almost 17 years

Jeff Vader wrote:

Wow....

I'm interested as to how he goes with a mens team

He coached Birkenhead for 4 years.

Trialist
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18
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over 5 years

Leggy wrote:

Jeff Vader wrote:

Wow....

I'm interested as to how he goes with a mens team

He coached Birkenhead for 4 years.

I don't think he ever coached the Birkenhead First Team. Has assisted Paul Hobson on numerous occasions though

WeeNix
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570
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over 10 years

Game is currently on Sky Sports 7, whats up with that field it looks rather dry and we know Auckland gets plenty of rain throughout the year

Trialist
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100
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over 10 years

Sancho wrote:

Game is currently on Sky Sports 7, whats up with that field it looks rather dry and we know Auckland gets plenty of rain throughout the year

Field look in a pretty sad state for this time of the year. Disgusting that National League teams have to play on that!!  Surely this sort of standard should not be allowed.

Trialist
5
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68
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over 7 years

Mossimo wrote:

Sancho wrote:

Game is currently on Sky Sports 7, whats up with that field it looks rather dry and we know Auckland gets plenty of rain throughout the year

Field look in a pretty sad state for this time of the year. Disgusting that National League teams have to play on that!!  Surely this sort of standard should not be allowed.

Field is extremely dry, short and very bumpy!

Starting XI
880
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2.5K
·
about 12 years

field looked fine live.  

Woof Woof
2.7K
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19K
·
over 16 years

What was the score?

Starting XI
880
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2.5K
·
about 12 years
Phoenix Academy
130
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440
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over 16 years
Woof Woof
2.7K
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19K
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over 16 years
First Team Squad
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1.7K
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over 15 years

I actually walked round the pitch last night and was at the game today. I haven't seen it on TV, but the field actually was pretty decent. Would absolutely prefer that over turf. 

Phoenix Academy
130
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440
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over 16 years

I listened to someone kitted out in Suburbs gear saying they were disappointed with the Council in how it was prepared. Smelt a bit funny down there to me, like they had put manure down somewhere.

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