lots of goals. not much defendering. congrats to miramar. (How are NZ Football going to decide who goes to OFC CL/CWC?)
Pretty sure NZF said this won’t have any bearing, so possibly just nominating Olympic, for winning Central League and Auckland City, for winning Northern League, could be what ends up happening. Tough on teams like Miramar, Auckland United, Cashmere, Eastern Suburbs or Birko, but no one way will be truly fair to split them into two to be nominated.
Also noticed that the Selwyn keeper was awarded the best player of the series, following on from Alex Paulsen winning it last season. That makes two seasons in a row that the goalkeeper of the team that was well last and losing almost every game gets awarded best player, ahead of much more deserving guys, because the voting is done on a 1/2/3 weighting for each team after every game, so being a keeper in a team getting pumped is the best way to win it. I might be a bit harsh, but you’d be a tough judge not to give it to Ollie Whyte, or at least someone from the teams that were clearly the best and in the final .