Interesting that Piney says that Marco has been looking sharp in preseason, because I think if he gets back to close to his best that he might be our best option for the left side of our front 3. He looked electric on the left vs Qatar last year. McCowatt/Singh to be the other player in our front 3 (or both, if we play a 4-2-3-1). Old hasn't looked particularly good as a left winger for the All Whites, I think his best position might actually be on the left of a midfield 3, but he's a bit of a luxury player in that position, hard to do that against a superior international side. And while Just has been solid and looks classy, he just hasn't shown the end product to be starting for us.
Hope we see Roux in the coming windows, I don't mind Payne at RB, he is defensively sound enough, but doesn't seem to offer much going forward internationally. We know him well enough by now that it isn't likely he is going to get any better at this stage in his career, and it is one of the obvious places in the side that would be nice to upgrade. Would be good to see if Roux can do better, or maybe we will be lucky and Elliot or Sheridan will really step up over the next two years and make that position theirs.
Hope we see Roux in the coming windows, I don't mind Payne at RB, he is defensively sound enough, but doesn't seem to offer much going forward internationally. We know him well enough by now that it isn't likely he is going to get any better at this stage in his career, and it is one of the obvious places in the side that would be nice to upgrade. Would be good to see if Roux can do better, or maybe we will be lucky and Elliot or Sheridan will really step up over the next two years and make that position theirs.