Considering this is Mulligan and Coombes 1st year at Waitakere.... They both start and so does he so I'm not sure how your point is valid. Can you tell me the midfielders that were tried and failed last year at Waitakere? Oh that would be Bale and Bullock, good Kiwi eligible midfielders...
Clapham is really the only one playing domestically. Feneridis? Well as least we agree on wanting.
I would ask you, in defence of your position, what he would bring to the team. He is not a DM or an AM, he is not a noted ball winner or distributor His noted aspect is that he has a good solid motor and can go all day. Box to box without being spectacular.