NZFC Problems (now with answers - Page10)

 

Begs the question why they didn't sell the league to a company run by the clubs when they had a chance?

 

I've alway said based on the winter season Otago should be one of the top 4 clubs in the country.

 

Dunedin Technical made the cup final while finishimg 3rd in the soccersouth league.

Caversham won the the league and roslyn came 2nd and those two teams represented us in the south island champioship semi finals where cavey beat nomads and roslyn travelled to Nelson and beat a team who had not lost at home in three years and whose only loss this season was to ECB, final score 2-0. So to get to the point Dunedin football is strong, Otago United Football is badly, badly weak.

 

There are good players that are more than capable of playing nat league but you'll never see at least 1/2 of them.

 

Add to them a few GOOD imports and you've got a resonable team.

 

Painful thing is (like otago winning the log) it's never gonna happen

 

Hopefully if this is the case they will have put one of the interested Auckland parties on stand-by to replace them. But I bet they haven't and it will become a seven team league.

And again I'll say, if it is Wellington, give the franchise to Terry and let them be the Nix reserve side.

Cavvie made a few of the Roslyn players look like journeymen.

If Otago Utd have a new coach this year please make it Fleming, the style and fluid nature of the football his teams play is worth the ticket price.

 

Wish there was at least some news? 

 

Sorry, missed the sarcasm on Sean

 

In my view the problem with the Otago Franchise is that they are determined to do everything on the cheap, and almost pride themselves on doing things without spending the money "those flash Norf Island clubs do" (or at least that was the attitude inherent when the franchise was being established when I was involved peripherally as a club representative).  There are good players in the league but to attract good players down and supplement them there which is necessary to compete there needs to be a more professional attitude.  And Terry needs to step up and look outside the states as that little experiment has not worked. 

 

i heard dave wilson is throwing away western suburbs to put his money into team wellington? huge accusations - but thats whats being said out there. and no, no source.

 

 

From what i gather the Otago franchise have invested a lot more money this year and have more than trippled the weekly wage of last season.  They are getting in imports from germany, iceland and norway and the team is going to be a strong mix of local players and overseas imports.  Otago will do well this season - Watch this space

 

Couldn't agree more. To hear that Hawke's Bay have been training for a few weeks doesn't surprise me; they are a club that does things properly. And we know that Manawatu have been doing something - OK they got whipped in one friendly but at least they are active.

Really? Otago haven't even started training? well, if that's true then they can't really expect to hit the ground running, can they?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good to see smooth sailing for clubs in NZFC!!!!  And NZ football in general I suppose.

 

could be one to watch this space!!!

 

but intresting rumors

 

Hope he doesn't go with that stupid f**king name tho'

Ranks right up ther with the shambles around how teams qualified for the OCL which was decided upon after the competition had begun and Auckland's court action which delayed the playoffs - both from a couple of seasons ago.

It must have other codes just falling about laughing (although on reflection, probably not as most of them aren't any better!)