China/Japan Squad Discussion

Oh yeah forgot him. How old will he be?

Tom this is this the Chinese squad with an eye to 2014, or some pointless 2014 world cup squad prediciton. For starters you've named Luke Rowe. Based on what? Ever seen him play? You don't have any of the Olympic squad, the likes who will have developed a heck of a lot in three years. Craig Henderson playing in Sweden. How about the young guys in the US? Might be MLS starters in three years. Michael Boxall, Dan Keat, Jake Gleeson. I would be very worried if no one comes in and overtakes Siggy in three years. Also, Boyens should not be there.

you have picked Rojas based on a few games in his debut season as a youngster. I wonder if someone will do that next year? or the following one? and add to the list.

And Daniel? You're having a laugh surely. More realistic to add Vince Lia in there, and that aint gonna happen!

I find it hard to listen to someone who only talks about players that have been through his academy.� Hardly a neutral opinion.

but at least it means he's seen him at close quarters

the guy was Oceania player of the century and if he says he's good then that's ok by me - especially when the next cab of the rank is spooney!

Someobf yet to emerge? An interesting strategy, gleeson is playing for a youth team in a division Christie plays. Spooner is hardly playing pro football.

Herbert said today in the herald there will be 5-6 new faces for the China/japan squad.

Come back for good please EG.

Herbert said today in the herald there will be 5-6 new faces for the China/japan squad.

So that's what your sign said.

FFS. I know I'm going to regret this, but at least a degree of sanity has to be restored here.

So let's see. Stefan Marinovic. 19 years old, contracted to SV Wehen Wiesbaden until 2012. Made only 2 appearances for the club's first team in the 3. Bundesliga in the season 2009/2010, conceding 7 goals. Most of his playing time comes from the club's second team, playing in the Regionalliga Sud (4th tier of German football). He played in 15 games (less than half the season) in this division in 2009/2010, conceding 23 goals. This season (2010/2011) he's played in 8 games in Regionalliga Sud (again, less than half the games the team's played so far) and conceded 18 goals. So his overall career at the club, playing for both first and second teams, includes 25 games played and 48 goals conceded at hardly a high level of football.

So in summary, the guy who fails to establish himself as a regular starter for the club's second team playing in the 4th tier of German football and who through his career gives up just under two goals a game is clearly the best goalkeeping talent NZ has had in the history of the universe and should be the automatic starter, captain, and penalty taker for the All Whites from tomorrow until the day he dies. Heck, he'll probably be the best keeper we have ever had even then. Rigor mortis and decomposition can't really do much to a talent like this.

Ye gods.


Over and out.

A nice well researched article.

For the sake of journalistic integrity can you however give us a dossier on the other contenders?

I suspect it will not make better reading

you did say you will likely regret it!!

it means the club has twice the budget