Joy in the Kirwan household, and a nice little redemption story after his error against Curacao.
Two very good wins. True seems neither Curacao or Bahrain offered much (I only saw highlights of each game), but add these results to Olywhites campaign and you have to say Hay is doing all he can. Credit to him.
Though in defence of Hudson, he had nowhere near the young talent that Hay has at his disposal.
And nice to see pretty much the whole group given a chance in Bahrain. Only Tzanev and Nikko Boxall didn't get mins?? Though limited time for Smith & de Jong.
Two very good wins. True seems neither Curacao or Bahrain offered much (I only saw highlights of each game), but add these results to Olywhites campaign and you have to say Hay is doing all he can. Credit to him.
Though in defence of Hudson, he had nowhere near the young talent that Hay has at his disposal.
And nice to see pretty much the whole group given a chance in Bahrain. Only Tzanev and Nikko Boxall didn't get mins?? Though limited time for Smith & de Jong.
Nikko was subbed on vs. Curacao, though I'm pretty miffed Tzanev got no gametime. Been a standout in a similar quality league to Woud, who's seriously struggled so far.
Also, to answer a few of the pronunciation questions - Woud is pronounced like "Vode", similar to "road", and Pijnaker is pronounced similar to "Pain-aker". The commentators usually got Pijnaker somewhat right, but I'm yet to hear many pronounce Woud's name.
sidenote: it's a little confusing with a Nik, Niko and Nikko in the squad