Banzai!...AIEEE!!! wrote:
Andrew Gourdie was right this morning. Ben Old was a bit naive. Analyse your ref (he was from the UAE - that part of the world plays/refs the game differently from us), so if you’re fouled/hurt, stay down/scream in agony, SCREAM BLOODY MURDER, to buy the foul or at least to stop the game to buy some time….
In 4 years time this group of players will be older and wiser. They will have hopefully played another 25-30 high quality games. With luck a few of them in some type of comp that means something like the Gold Cup, with all the tension and gamemenship that can occur. The experiences you don't gain from endless friendlies.
And then it's a question of do NZF go out and spend a $1 million per year on a quality coach who has good experience at international level.
Jon Herdman is on $US480K ($NZ840K) coaching Indonesia.
Arnie is reportedly on $US2M ($NZ3.5M) at Iraq.
That's the big question how much can NZF afford, and are they willing to spend that sort of coin? In some quarters there will be a backlash spending at that level on a coach, who may only have two meaningful tourneys/6 games in 4 years (Olympics & WC). That sort of money goes a long way in grass roots football.
Then rightly the Football Ferns players will be saying hey, where is our highly regarded expensive international coach!
And then it's a question of do NZF go out and spend a $1 million per year on a quality coach who has good experience at international level.
Jon Herdman is on $US480K ($NZ840K) coaching Indonesia.
Arnie is reportedly on $US2M ($NZ3.5M) at Iraq.
That's the big question how much can NZF afford, and are they willing to spend that sort of coin? In some quarters there will be a backlash spending at that level on a coach, who may only have two meaningful tourneys/6 games in 4 years (Olympics & WC). That sort of money goes a long way in grass roots football.
Then rightly the Football Ferns players will be saying hey, where is our highly regarded expensive international coach!