you obviously never read what was written.
Over the course of the season they have more Nz eligible players and have thrown in youth products which is a big change for Acfc than using foreign players so much
On one hand, he's right, Kiwis are playing more minutes (though it's worth nothing that Papua New Guinea's David Browne, Spain's Albert Riera, and Mexico's Fabrizio Tavano, three players who figure to be starters in City's best XI, have all missed big chunks of time, which is probably the biggest contributing factor here).
2018-19: 53% (Howieson, Vale, Morgan, Drake, Hudson-Wihongi, Rogers in 11 most-used | Yousif Ali in 14 most-used)
2017-18: 40% (McCowatt, Howieson, Hudson-Wihongi, Morgan | de Vries)
2016-17: 30% (de Vries, Rogers | Lewis, Drake)
2015-16: 40% (de Vries, Hudson-Wihongi, Lewis, Edge | den Heijer)
2014-15: 34% (Williams, Vicelich, de Vries, Burfoot, Payne)
In 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, squad composition rules meant you could get away with 27% Kiwi minutes at a minimum (though sometimes those went to foreigners who have been here long enough to get citizenship, as City have done with Darren White, Fabrizio Tavano, Albert Riera, all not counted here)
In 2018-19, Kiwis had to play 36% of minutes at a minimum.
On the other hand, City's NYL > NL progression remains the worst of any team.
The only player who could conceivably be called a youth product is Maro Bonsu-Maro, who has played 20 minutes (and scored one winning goal). He was last eligible for the NYL in 2016.
None of last year's NYL squad have featured this year (though Cam Brown is the third-string keeper, as he has been for a while).
None of 2017's or 2016's have either, bar Bonsu-Maro.
Going back to 2015 you could claim Reid Drake as moving up, but he had played 900 NL minutes for Waikato/WaiBop before captaining City's NYL team that year.
This doesn't count the likes of Hudson-Wihongi/Lewis/The Ole kids last year who all came straight into the first team setup.