Reckon there is a 95% chance people will be disappointed with the appointment.
I disagree. I think there's a 5% chance people on here will be satisfied with the appointment personally!
All Whites Coach Speculation
i assume it's danny hay then?
Don't think he would be sufficiently qualified.
Don't think he would be sufficiently qualified.
Do we not offer expert powerpoint courses here?
Will be announced Friday at a press conference.
Prepare to go 'meh'.
Reckon there is a 95% chance people will be disappointed with the appointment.
Inside knowledge or just general kiwi football fan pessimism?
do we have any decent rumors to report?
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And the winner is.......
I wonder if Hudson is regretting quiting his cushy NZF job.
Might be far fetched, but what about Ryan Nelsen, best NZ player ever and has coaching experience
Wynton Rufer is our best ever player
Rufer best then daylight to the next.
When I left the UK to move to NZ in 2003 the first time I heard the name 'Rufer' was when we moved here. No one in the UK had even heard of him and I have followed football all my life.
What a load of Bollocks that is. Rufer well known if you followed football and not just your pub team.
I take it you've only known Borussia Dortmund for the last 10 years as well.
Maybe never heard of Held or Emmerich but maybe Tikowski. All Stars of that club and Germany. Point is it doesn't make a player any less of a star on the euro or world stage because someone has no knowledge of them.
First things first I never said he wasnt a good player that just I had never heard of him until I came here!
Secondly you can ask anyone in the UK that follows football and I bet 99% will never have heard of him again, thats not to say he wasnt a good player!
But lets get one thing straight there is no way you can say Rufer was a star on the world stage. I dont know about watching pub football I think you have spent to mush time in the pub!!
Please.
Read what is written sunshine. I never mentioned anything about Rufer being a world star, just the fact he was known by people in the UK and Italy [he was on Milans wanted list but wouldn't move from Germany] but fine not by you.
Maybe you didn't have a local [UK} football paper /Echo worth reading other than The Scum available in your neck of the woods.
How about watching European Cup & CupWCup finals etc on TV in the UK they've been on since the days of Puskas & Gento etc
Rufer scored in the 1992 Final v Monaco shown on TV live in the UK so you can't think you know too much about the history other than the EPL.
Yes I mentioned the 3 German players as stars of that country but again had you ever heard of them? Remember 1966 if you English. Won't make them any less of a star if you haven't.
That are there to show what happens with time.
Good Football chat though beats listening to Rugby 24/7.
You need to grow up mate and stop getting so personal! Im 58 years old and have probably watched and read about more Football than you could ever dream about and Im just stating fact that the majority of Football Fans in the UK would never have heard of Wynton Rufer! Im not detracting from him as a player, just stating fact
Doubt it's a fact - he was Bundesliga Golden boot, 93-94 Champions League Golden boot shared with Ronald Koeman and scored the winner in the UEFA Cup final the year before that - plenty of people will have known who he was.
When I lived in England there was an interview with Wenger one time when he mentioned Wynton breaking his heart by scoring for Werder in that Cup Winners Cup Final when he was managing Monaco - that planted the name with a few football fans I knew there
Reckon there is a 95% chance people will be disappointed with the appointment.
Nonsense. Can't wait till we announce the signing Carlo Ancelotti!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but IIRC Hudson come to us with a recommendation from Ryan Nelsen? I wonder if NZF has had any suggestions from its 'old boys' network this time around. And who they might listen to, if anyone.
Si Elliot and Oughton appear to be well connected in the USA. Don't Nelsen has been involved in the game much in the last 2-3 years. Shame, I thought he'd kick on as a coach but he must be wanting a change after a long career in the sport.
I think Nelsen is now a players agent so should still have good contacts in the football world. He also did a law degree in the US before he went to the IPL so he's well qualified for his current gig. And one bad experience, coaching Toronto FC in the MLS, shouldn't rule him out from coming back to coaching at some stage if he wants to.
I think Nelsen is now a players agent so should still have good contacts in the football world. He also did a law degree in the US before he went to the IPL so he's well qualified for his current gig. And one bad experience, coaching Toronto FC in the MLS, shouldn't rule him out from coming back to coaching at some stage if he wants to.
except he doesn't as he has stated before he only did it as a favour for his mate that was running the club at the time and they both got sacked.
When Hudson applied for the job, don't know if Nelsen gave him a recommendation but given Hudson worked for Redknapp and Redknapp was the one that took Nelsen to Spurs and then QPR I wouldn't be surprised.
The interview panel last time included Ivan Vicelich (who sat out the Ramon interview due to conflict of interest) but don't think they have asked any players this time
It was mentioned at the time that Nelsen recommended Hudson and brought him to NZFs attention.
Rumour is Fritz Schmid. Anyone else heard this?
Rumour is Fritz Schmid. Anyone else heard this?
Rumour is Fritz Schmid. Anyone else heard this?
Had a long career with a few highlights. Assistant manager at Basel for 8 seasons, assistant manager at Austria NT for 2, current technical director for Malaysia (a team a lot worse than us). His only full managerial jobs have been in the Austrian lower/youth leagues.
Make of that what you will, he's insanely experienced and seems like a talented guy but hasn't been proven at a very high level
Can't be, not British.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/101681176/s...
According to the above he followed NZF on twitter then tweeted that he's leaving Malaysia so seems fairly likely.
just read his CV and he's Swiss, and started coaching there in the 80s so at least he'll know who Wynton Rufer is!
just read his CV and he's Swiss, and started coaching there in the 80s so at least he'll know who Wynton Rufer is!
Oddly, I knew who Wynton Rufer was when I lived in the UK and before I moved to NZ 20 years ago, but I've never heard of Fritz Schmid!
Swings and roundabouts. :-)
Rumour is Fritz Schmid. Anyone else heard this?
Wonder if he will enter NZ on a "Specific Purpose Work Visa" - "examples of people who may be able to apply include professional coaches. If coaching at a National Level you can stay up to 3 years... "
Sure NZF know he might be gone just before the next World Cup ;-)
What a lot of Schmid.
Don't think our expectations can be too high; seems to have some pedigree at the Assitant Coach/Technical director level.
I'm pretty happy about this; experienced, not a pom, not a kiwi
I'm pretty happy about this; experienced, not a pom, not a kiwi
Experienced at what?
He's managed one senior side, some absolute nobodies from Switzerland.
Not bad considering where we sit in the grand scheme of things. He also isn't Danny Hay, which is a plus.
Graham Arnold would have been fine with me
Not bad considering where we sit in the grand scheme of things. He also isn't Danny Hay, which is a plus.
Agree with you! Danny has a long way to go to to be at this level, given what we hear around the traps, and is used to kids more than adults.
Interestingly his LinkedIn says he is both ex Malaysia and looking for new opportunities. Why would he write the second bit after updating his profile to ex-Malaysia if he had signed with NZ?
In saying that he probably is the guy, meh.
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Interestingly his LinkedIn says he is both ex Malaysia and looking for new opportunities. Why would he write the second bit after updating his profile to ex-Malaysia if he had signed with NZ?
In saying that he probably is the guy, meh.
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I can answer this one - his role as Malaysia technical director ended early/mid last year. Has been based there since, doing AFC stuff.
I'm pretty happy about this; experienced, not a pom, not a kiwi
Experienced at what?
He's managed one senior side, some absolute nobodies from Switzerland.
experienced at coaching football silly
just read his CV and he's Swiss, and started coaching there in the 80s so at least he'll know who Wynton Rufer is!
Looks like they were at Grasshopper at the same time 88/89. Schmid as U20 coach.
how old is this guy? I guess he's not going to be a Hudson in tight pants and leather pointy shoes picking up the locals in bars?