On the subject of unsolicited rumours, I am curious about Macey Fraser pulling out of the Football Ferns and returning to her club Utah for personal reasons.
Curious as it seemed that annoucement was made about the same time, Natalie Lawrence was at short notice named the assistant coach for the Ferns.
Fraser actually travelled all the way to Spain, only leaving camp on the Thursday before the first game on the Saturday. It's a 14 hour trip from Salt Lake City to Spain, so not a decision to take lightly. Hopefully she is okay.
No idea when Nat Lawrence arrived in Spain, to assist interim coach Michael Mayne. But her appointment seemed a bit last minute??
No real strong views on Lawrence as a coach, but her and Gemma Lewis ignoring Fraser for the first 2 years of the Nix ALW team, has to rank as some of the worst talent ID ever. They also didn't give Fraser any mins at the 2022 U20 WC.
I'm most likely wide of the mark, getting 1 + 1 =3. But if not, and there is any ill feeling between Fraser and Lawrence, NZF need to sorry keep Lawrence away from the Ferns. Fraser is too important going forward.
Curious as it seemed that annoucement was made about the same time, Natalie Lawrence was at short notice named the assistant coach for the Ferns.
Fraser actually travelled all the way to Spain, only leaving camp on the Thursday before the first game on the Saturday. It's a 14 hour trip from Salt Lake City to Spain, so not a decision to take lightly. Hopefully she is okay.
No idea when Nat Lawrence arrived in Spain, to assist interim coach Michael Mayne. But her appointment seemed a bit last minute??
No real strong views on Lawrence as a coach, but her and Gemma Lewis ignoring Fraser for the first 2 years of the Nix ALW team, has to rank as some of the worst talent ID ever. They also didn't give Fraser any mins at the 2022 U20 WC.
I'm most likely wide of the mark, getting 1 + 1 =3. But if not, and there is any ill feeling between Fraser and Lawrence, NZF need to sorry keep Lawrence away from the Ferns. Fraser is too important going forward.