Canterbury United

When is this game?

Hey All Whites, you're in the loop on the Dragons. Any idea when will squad be announced?

All ASB squads have to be named by late October so one would assume that likely after the second pre-season game next weekend.

I think squads had to finalised and with NZF by today

Hear Canterbury United went down 2 - 1 today to Nelson Suburbs. Danny Boys put the Dragons in front woth two late goals to Suburbs. Ben Wright and ???. Coey kept Suburbs in the game with some great saves to Canterbury wasting some clear chances.

Canterbury United should have Ben Wright, Sam Ayers, Omar Guardiola, Mark Johnston and Coey Turipa in their squad. Crazy that they don't have any of the five.

Luis is Omar Guardiola releted to Johnny Guardiola the former keeper, who was banned for striking a ref (Warren Potter) in the old Southern League.

Only 16 players travelled up, from last years team there was only Dan Terris, Tom Schwarz, Chris Murphy

http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/sport/9306747/Nelson-wins-pre-season-workout

Sounds like Turipa was good

So who is Luke Marsland?

Have not taken much notice of southern teams. But son has said ChCh looking very strong.

Luke Marsland is a fella from Manchester. Seems to play up front somewhere, some say looks alright some say looks average. Still the bulk of the players were there Tuesday night but still no mention of squad. Clapham and Kamo trained as did everyone but Ede (Appeared injured)

Big test for the Dragons with the game v ACFC on Saturday kick off 2pm in Auckland.

Will Stu Kelly travel up? 

Kelly trained Thursday night.

so it sounds like a canterbury are playing spot the kiwi this year?  just thought i'd mention this as many have had a go at auckland in the past

yip, good point

but if you look at auckland's current squad, krishna, bale, berlanga have  all been here for 3-5 years

i think you're being a bit generous to tom schwarz, correct me if i'm wrong but isn't he a relatively recent arrival?

by the sounds of it, canterbury will have the following foreign accents in their dressing room this season: terris, schwarz, schwarz, marsland, kelly, morrison, marquez, boys.  2 of them are naturalised kiwis.

i'm surprised braithwaite has gone down this path, last year's team just needed a tweak to make sure they challenged again

i've said the same about auckland in the past, we need quotas

With the squad still not announced I don't know if all mentioned will be in there. But Tom Schwarz has been here 3 and a half years therefore fits in with the Auckland boys who have been for 3-5 years.   

i don't have a major problem with it, but where's the next clapham going to come from if 8 of the team are foreigners and another one is clapham and another one's a keeper?  everyone seems pretty excited about o'brien and mitchell and there are some other decent young players down there, but what chance do they have other than picking up the scraps?

last year they had hulbert filling a spot unnecessarily so i hope marsland (super name btw) is of more use than him.  if he's better than marquez and kamo, i guess he'll be worth having, but he doesn't seem to have any pedigree whatsoever

Highfield. Terris. Boys. T Schwarz. D Schwarz. Boys. Collett. Murphy. White. Clapham. Kelly. Kamo. O'Niell. Pablo Moya. Steve Morrison. Federico Marquez.  15 players have been named. Not named at the moment are Marsland, O'Brien, Mitchell, Ede, Price, keeper, Sullivan

On MPL form would expect O'Brien and Mitchell to be added  - Ede injuried at the moment unsure how serious with other keeper to added likely to be the young lad from FC Twenty, with 5 (I think it is five) Academy players to be named, so who else likely to be added. 

Of thosed names so far means the following squad members from last season 'missing': Barton, Bayrev brothers, Bush, Fifi, Knox, Mitchell, Pitman, Josh Smith, Spain, Wellbourn, Darren White, Wortelboer, Yamamoto - I think that is them all.

One's on bold will not be back this year for various reasons: retired, no longer in Christchurch, having a break etc.

If Ken Yamamoto back in Christchurch over sumner then you would surely add him in.

How is Ash the Flash injury comimg along?

I'm guessing this could be the squad for weekend as it includes no youth players who will be away at Napier and tsunami tournament. Louis Bush seems to be another of the academy but unsure on the fifth. Ede is out 1-2 weeks with an injured ankle from last weeks game.

Today's line-up against Auckland City.

CAN: 22- Adam HIGHFIELD (GK), 2- Dan TERRIS, 3- Dan BOYS, 4- Julyan COLLETT, 5- Tom SCHWARZ, 7- Michael WHITE, 8- Aaron CLAPHAM, 9- Russell KAMO, 10- Stu KELLY, 11- Federico MARQUEZ, 14- Steve MORRISON.

SUBS: 6- Chris MURPHY, 12- Pablo MOYA, 13- Kris O'NEILL, 15- Dan SCHWARZ, 16- Luke MARSLAND.

Auckland City leading Canty 1 - 0 after 25 mins.

Now Auckland leading 2 -nil after 30mins. (Update via Auckland City FC Facebook page)

After Auckland go 3 up Clapham pulls a goal back with a great strike in the 39 minute.

Now 4 - 1 to Auckland after 50 minutes.

10 minutes to play now Auckland 5 Canty 1.

FT: Auckland City 5 Canterbury United 1

The Dragon now play Southern United (formerly Otago United) next weekend in Timaru in final pre-season game.

i know they got done today, but that's an impressive looking canterbury lineup

playing 4-2-3-1 im guessing the wide players would be marquez and who else? white?

haha canterbury goes down big time

White is an Auck City player.