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Posted March 10, 2023 21:05 · last edited March 10, 2023 21:06

reg22
we need to sack everyone at NZF immediately. empty office, no problem.

we also need to commence an immediate rebuild with our most promising three year olds. there's no use playing anyone older as i heard they have all made a mistake or two.

#sackeveryone

but seriously, yeah, lots wrong. we're shizen

i see piney wrote an article today which may tell some harsh truths (paywalled)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/jason-pine-nz-football-staring-at-biggest-missed-opportunity-in-its-history/NYZUXNUV6FAT3O2DZKA6OAQMJI/
Piney's argument that Klimkova is improperly giving chance after chance to established players is utterly demolished by The Niche Cache:

there’s this idea that I keep seeing about senior players in the Ferns side keeping their spots without delivering performances and I honestly can’t even think who folks are talking about there. Maybe Erin Nayler... but she hasn’t kept her spot. She’s dropped to second maybe even third choice keeper status in recent times, it’s just that both Vic Esson and Anna Leat were injured for the last tour. ... On the contrary, it’s the ongoing injury-enforced absences of experienced players like Ria Percival, Rebekah Stott, and Annalie Longo that’s one of the biggest issues. It’s not that they’ve got too many vets, it’s that they don’t have enough. The veterans are, in most cases, the best players. It’s why they’ve hung around so long. The other thing about that narrative, apart from it not being true, is that it’s predicated on the assumption that this is a team stocked with veterans. And that’s not true either.



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reg22
we need to sack everyone at NZF immediately. empty office, no problem.

we also need to commence an immediate rebuild with our most promising three year olds. there's no use playing anyone older as i heard they have all made a mistake or two.

#sackeveryone

but seriously, yeah, lots wrong. we're shizen

i see piney wrote an article today which may tell some harsh truths (paywalled)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/jason-pine-nz-football-staring-at-biggest-missed-opportunity-in-its-history/NYZUXNUV6FAT3O2DZKA6OAQMJI/
Piney's argument that Klimkova is improperly giving chance after chance to established players is utterly demolished by The Niche Cache:

there’s this idea that I keep seeing about senior players in the Ferns side keeping their spots without delivering performances and I honestly can’t even think who folks are talking about there. Maybe Erin Nayler... but she hasn’t kept her spot. She’s dropped to second maybe even third choice keeper status in recent times, it’s just that both Vic Esson and Anna Leat were injured for the last tour. ...
On the contrary, it’s the ongoing injury-enforced absences of experienced players like Ria Percival, Rebekah Stott, and Annalie Longo that’s one of the biggest issues. It’s not that they’ve got too many vets, it’s that they don’t have enough. The veterans are, in most cases, the best players. It’s why they’ve hung around so long.
The other thing about that narrative, apart from it not being true, is that it’s predicated on the assumption that this is a team stocked with veterans. And that’s not true either.