Eek what a disaster of a process..
Think we've actually been playing ok these last few games but jeez the whole selection process has been ridiculous.
Think we've actually been playing ok these last few games but jeez the whole selection process has been ridiculous.
Yes, I feel for some of the players in the current All Whites squad as I see this appointment as an easy option for NZF who have no forward thinking. It looks like the UK-expats have the upper hand in NZF. Why do we still select coaches who lack experience. He was an assistant coach under Hay only a few years ago. Would NZR select a coach for the All Blacks with the same experience? I think not. I have also heard the current U20 team suffered from baffling decision making and bad player selections. I can only wonder if NZF actually did a review after the U20 WC and felt that he did a good job. In all his interviews after the losses he always said the other team was better and that it was a learning experience for the boys. Not once did he say, we should have done this or done that. His tactical knowledge is questionable, as we saw nothing in the WC.
Do you think Pragnell will resign if NZ do not qualify for the next WC?
This is just frustrating and incompetence NZF
I mean come on. You can’t compare this to NZ Rugby. An organization with a product in international demand. And even they appointed Ian Foster.
If there was no NZ football team tomorrow almost no one outside NZ would bat an eyelid, which is not the case with the rugby.
We have very low pulling power. In terms of aspiring coaches Des is about where we should be attracting coaching talent. But we couldn’t land him so we’ve got Bazeley. It’s not the worst possible outcome.
What I really wanna know is where’s our Ange? That’s our best chance of getting a top quality coach- producing one.
Appointing Talay would’ve been interesting, but you feel he and some of the players had walked as far as their respective roads would take them together. Talay would have had something of an unknown factor.
Let’s see how Bazeball goes. It’ll be great just to have some AW footy.