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Posted November 02, 2013 22:45 · last edited November 02, 2013 22:46

Bluemagic wrote:

I see JV's point but unfortunately as you say, his facts are astray. The likes of Danko, Burfoot and Browne are long established NZ residents so to brand them foreigners is pushing the bile. Both Burfoot and Browne could well end up as All Whites like Durante. I too would like ACFC to be more of a pathway for young NZ talent and feel we've relied too much on imports. On the other hand I want to see good players and we need to be competitive in the O League and CWC. It's a balancing act.

You have touched on something rather interesting I think. You need to be successful to make CWC to get the money to pay players to get back to the CWC to get money to money to pay players.... 


I think there is a lot more glory in saying 'our club consistently churn out 4-5 (or whatever) AWs a year' vs 'we've got a team stacked of imports and we pay our players to go to CWC where we are consistently outclassed'. People still talk about that Mt Wellington side for the amount of AWs it generated.


You are right it is a balancing act but I honestly believe you would get a crazy amount more respect if you were churning out AWs vs the current set up. I think the only 4 worth keeping would be Berlanga, Bale, Tade (despite being really a 20min footballer) and not sure on the 4th. Krishna is a good striker for this level but I think his style and ACFCs style are opposite.

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Jeff Vader edited November 02, 2013 22:46
Bluemagic wrote:

I see JV's point but unfortunately as you say, his facts are astray. The likes of Danko, Burfoot and Browne are long established NZ residents so to brand them foreigners is pushing the bile. Both Burfoot and Browne could well end up as All Whites like Durante. I too would like ACFC to be more of a pathway for young NZ talent and feel we've relied too much on imports. On the other hand I want to see good players and we need to be competitive in the O League and CWC. It's a balancing act.

You have touched on something rather interesting I think. You need to be successful to make CWC to get the money to pay players to get back to the CWC to get money to money to pay players.... 

I think there is a lot more glory in saying 'our club consistently churn out 4-5 (or whatever) AWs a year' vs 'we've got a team stacked of imports and we pay our players to go to CWC where we are consistently outclassed'

You are right it is a balancing act but I honestly believe you would get a crazy amount more respect if you were churning out AWs vs the current set up. I think the only 4 worth keeping would be Berlanga, Bale, Tade (despite being really a 20min footballer) and not sure on the 4th. Krishna is a good striker for this level but I think his style and ACFCs style are opposite.