AW coach is the first big appointment on Andy's watch and it will have his stamp on it rather than freds. When he moved to London Irish (his first senior sporting job), he brought in the corporate suits and threw out experienced sports people, ie in a new environment he went for people that he knew. An ageing Brit might feel like a safer, more comfortable appointment to him, rather than a relatively inexperienced local. I hope it's wrong but I've heard Sanchez from one of my sauces.
I have heard too from some of my football contacts in the UK that Sanchez is on the short list. Don't know much about him except he did have a good run in WC qualifiers with Nth Ireland. However he has coached at some really low level clubs and his coaching win loss record is poor.
Of more concern is the fact that I have heard him described as an old school long ball merchant. If this is true then it is not the modern style of football that many of us were hoping for. We should have kept Ricki if that is the way NZF want to play the game FFS!
He did an awful job at Fulham, has coached Barnet in League 2 since and then in Greece where his side was relegated. He coached NI up until 2007 - 7 years ago. He's had 2 jobs since each for only a year. How he is even in the conversation I do not know, but this is really quite worrying.
And yes, he is a long ball merchant (at least he was at Fulham)