Ernie Merrick coached Hong Kong, Frank Farina (not saying he is that fantastic) coached PNG and there is a long list of crappy small football nations with half decent coaches (better than Herbert). Yes it comes down to money but you need to spend a little to get a decent coach of the quality to get us into the confederations cup and the world cup where the prize money to qualify for these tournaments well outweighs the cost.
Ricki has done a good job for 7 years??? Really??? because since the last world cup I would think he has done a very poor job. Why does everyone seem to forget the disaster of the Oceania Cup. I don't care what excuses they had for that tournament. We were garbage and are still playing terribly. Ricki has not bought anything new to the table since the last world cup.
Its also pretty obvious that the last world cup came done to Ryan Nelsen not Ricki Herbert. Is anyone aware that while Herbert was coaching the Phoenix it wasnt uncommon for him to leave selection and tactics down to the experienced players in the team? And thats a fact.
Herbert has been carried by his experienced players for a number of years. Now he hasn't got the likes of Elliott, Brown and Nelsen to carry his ass he has become exposed and clueless.
Its going to take a miracle for us to qualify for the world cup and if we do it will not have anything to do with Herbert.
Now if Herbert has done such a good job with the Phoenix and the All Whites I am sure he will have lots of clubs chasing him. My prediction. He will never coach another professional team again.
This post has so much stoopid in it.
After Frank got dumped by Brisbane when the worst secret in AU football was let out, the only job Frank the boozer could get was in PNG. See him IRL, has all the visual signs of a hard core alcoholic. I would be surprised if he sees the year out at Sydney as well.
Please name these crappy small football nations ... that also have the same budget as NZF. Bet you can't. Hong Kong is very rich #redherring
No one has forgotten the OFC Nations Cup and from 2005 to mid 2012 is 7 years (as I said?) When was OFC Nations.... mid 2012???
The last two paragraphs.... well those are not exactly new or startling revelations now are they.
Malta is coached by the the ex assitant coach of Italy (population 30,000)
Iceland is coached by the former manager of Sweden (population 300,000)
Faroe Islands is coached by a former Danish Super League manager (population (30,000) - He has won 6 Danish Championships
Jamaica is coached Winfried Schafer, former coach of Cameroon - Cant say Jamaica has much financial clout
Trinidad and Tobago has a coach with loads more professional experience than Ricki Herbert has ever had
Alan Gillett who coached a number of Championship teams coached the Solomon Islands. Also coached England under 19s
and there a plenty of other examples.
Im not saying that good coaches grow on trees, but there is certainly a limited amount of professional coaching roles. Their is a lot more supply than there is demand and I get sick and tired of this old argument that their is nothing better and no one would want to go near the NZ national team. We heard the same arguments about finding a replacement for ricki Herbert for the Phoenix. The fact of the matter is to many people have accepted mediocre coaching and tried to defend why will never get any better.
Now we are hearing excuses saying no one would want to go the NZF role beacuse of the idiots in charge, or the fact we hardly ever play. Yeah we are right no coach would want a job where he isn't often tested and he has 2 month break in between games. The New Zealand football job would have to be one of the cruisiest national coaching roles around. Since the last world cup New Zealand football has barely been tested. Realistically New Zealand only plays 2 tough games to qualify for the World Cup. In between that we have the might of the Pacific islands. The only other test is the Confederations Cup which Herbert didn't even get close to qualifying for.
Mick Waitt didnt last past the disaster of 2004. The irony being Herbert was the one stabbing him in the back. Yet he has a similar result in 2012 and NZF barely bats an eye lid.