Posted March 07, 2017 05:36 · last edited March 07, 2017 05:38
[quote=Marto]
Pretty poor showing in Cyprus. Did Erceg's behaviour prior to the comp unsettle the whole team?
doubt it, probably more the first time the Ferns have played since the olympics last year, while Scotland & Austria have been playing regularly in qualifying for the European championships. Playing South Korea tonight (don't expect much from that)
...or maybe the NZF centralised \ closed team format isn't really working....
[quote=Marto]
Pretty poor showing in Cyprus. Did Erceg's behaviour prior to the comp unsettle the whole team?
doubt it, probably more the first time the Ferns have played since the olympics last year, while Scotland & Austria have been playing regularly in qualifying for the European championships. Playing South Korea tonight (don't expect much from that)
...or maybe the NZF centralised \ closed team format isn't really working....
what does "closed team" mean? I'm with ScouseKiwi - moving to New Zealand's only proper city to be in the mix for an international programme is a neccessary burden. it's like moving to Auckland to be at the top branch of any other company (something less true in the computer age, granted, but you can't play football on a computer)
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you can't play football at international level without speed either but that doesn't seem to stop NZ from picking sluggish players .