What we could expect realistically is a coach who really shines and excels locally. Instead we get a coach who got a job initially at NZF because he used to play football and had an English accent, and then stuck around until this job came up. At least Hay won the nz national league with a very young side and he wasn't favourite to do so.
There is no reason to be optimistic or excited about his reign. If you've ever watched any of his u20 teams, you'll know exactly why we couldn't believe what we were seeing out of Des' u20s. The only hope is that the team can do a good job of coaching themselves.
I cannot believe he coached us to a 4-1 thumping against a completely second string Sweden, whose first team got soundly beaten by Austria a couple days later, and then gets given the job. It is going to be 3 years of losing to any team better than us (and forget rankings, China outranked us but were inferior) and then Darren whining about how we had no chance, they're better than us.
There is no reason to be optimistic or excited about his reign. If you've ever watched any of his u20 teams, you'll know exactly why we couldn't believe what we were seeing out of Des' u20s. The only hope is that the team can do a good job of coaching themselves.
I cannot believe he coached us to a 4-1 thumping against a completely second string Sweden, whose first team got soundly beaten by Austria a couple days later, and then gets given the job. It is going to be 3 years of losing to any team better than us (and forget rankings, China outranked us but were inferior) and then Darren whining about how we had no chance, they're better than us.