Big fan of Andrew Durante, but not sure he has quite the breadth of significance or insight to be the person critiquing the administrative issues the national body faces in the media.
Not his fault... Smacks a little bit of a journo with a limited contact book who puts incongruous talent on the spot.
So as a media exercise I reversed the roles to see how it might read if we had the NZF chief executive suddenly coming out and similarly offering a personal memoir on something he was not qualified in.....
Andy Martin calls for change at Phoenix after a run of fiasco defending
Andy Martin says change is needed at the Wellington Phoenix after yet another defensive botch up.
The NZ Football chief executive vented his frustration at the Phoenix two days after they haplessly lost 3-1 in Christchurch with a dire performance against an equally duff Central Coast Mariners team.
The loss extended Wellington's winless streak to eight games, as they continued to leak some pretty crap goals.
"Such silly stuff-ups, it's unacceptable and probably one too many [losses] now," Martin said.
It was another embarrassing mess-up from the Phoenix back four after a string of earlier losses.
Martin said everyone in the New Zealand footballing community were growing tired of the errors from Phoenix defenders.
"I think everyone is extremely frustrated with them," he said
"It's not just Andrew Durante, it's everyone, and it's unacceptable in my eyes.
"One mistake you say OK, but when there are so many happening so often, it's time to stop."
Martin did not want to comment on what should change with the back four but agreed that something had to be done.
"It's plain to see that there's probably been one too many big stuff ups and I'm probably not the person to comment on what should happen, but it's clear that something does need to happen."
It come after All Whites coach Anthony Hudson hit out publicly last month around a soft culture among some the country's top young players, many of whom are with the Phoenix.....
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A former international player commenting on the national body's administration of the game is in no way comparable to the CEO of the national body commenting on on-field performances of a professional club.
I get your point that maybe there's people better positioned to be commenting on NZF than Dura but they are probably bound by codes of conduct or don't want to damage working relationships.
I'd rather hear from Dura than from one of the regular commenters from the class of 82