Gillion seems too good for this league. I feel like he'd suit the Nix as we lack speedy, technical, exciting players and he would at least be good off the bench. Isn't he from Wellington?
Faulds a bit disappointing despite scoring and haven't noticed Van Hattum do much sadly.
He just needs to practice on his finishing. Runs a lot, has close ball skills but the end product or lack of, is holding him back.
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Gillion does look that bit more classy then the rest. Saying that Norman and Drake look decent midfielders who potentially could do a job at A league level.
i really rate drake. pretty sure he trialled / trained with AFC last season?
Drake has yes impressed. If Rufer moves on, might be worth a trial at the Nix.
David Yoo I feel like has been pretty decent for SUI. He tends to hold onto the ball longer than he should at times but he's causing some problems for Auckland
Gillion does look that bit more classy then the rest. Saying that Norman and Drake look decent midfielders who potentially could do a job at A league level.
i really rate drake. pretty sure he trialled / trained with AFC last season?
Drake has yes impressed. If Rufer moves on, might be worth a trial at the Nix.
A reoccurring problem for South is that they're noticeably slower than Auckland and it's not even just play style, the Auckland players just look faster on average. It's really hindering their build-up especially on the counter where Auckland players keeping hunting them down.
A reoccurring problem for South is that they're noticeably slower than Auckland and it's not even just play style, the Auckland players just look faster on average. It's really hindering their build-up especially on the counter where Auckland players keeping hunting them down.
It's surprising too because they have a younger team that should be fitter
am i correct in assuming they're looking at this handball because it deflected off his foot instead of his body? surely otherwise it's a close range deflection.
Gillion seems too good for this league. I feel like he'd suit the Nix as we lack speedy, technical, exciting players and he would at least be good off the bench. Isn't he from Wellington?
Faulds a bit disappointing despite scoring and haven't noticed Van Hattum do much sadly.
He just needs to practice on his finishing. Runs a lot, has close ball skills but the end product or lack of, is holding him back.
I feel Gillion is in a similar situation to Piper where they both have big upsides and passion, but very obvious, exploitable flaws which overshadow their talent.
Piper has improved his flaws a lot the more game time/experience he has gotten in a pro environment where his flaws are exploited more than the NZ league.
I feel Gillion in a Nix environment where he gets consistent game time/experience and is more of a "star" player, would improve his flaws significantly and be a valuable player like Piper is/will be for us.
i know south island united have priorised a young-ish team, but really wish they signed an experienced campaigner like Reid Drake in midfield. Just feels like they've been dominated there today
Jeez they could have some one-sided matches in this comp. How much of their team is U23 btw?
The dangerous thing for the A-League (not just a Nix thing) is that if they want to sign players for the A-League and unsure just get them to do a season in the OFC League.
Any upcoming player go to the WP Academy or go to the OFC League? I know what many would decide.
i'm surprised that south island aren't playing 'edwards ball'
i know he's not coaching, but i wondered if they might adopt his style. their style is fiine imo btw and sherman's his own man. i'm sure they'll improve and will probably have no trouble generating support when they play auckland in the pacific later in the comp.
Jeez they could have some one-sided matches in this comp. How much of their team is U23 btw?
The dangerous thing for the A-League (not just a Nix thing) is that if they want to sign players for the A-League and unsure just get them to do a season in the OFC League.
Any upcoming player go to the WP Academy or go to the OFC League? I know what many would decide.
quite right.
the nix should feel free to form relationships with some of the other teams, incl south island united.
Welp, yet another pro kiwi club eats sharke against Auckland. At least we ain't the only ones and y'know what? At least South went out with a good looking jersey xD
3-0 fair result. SIU were pretty pedestrian. Guys like OVH were disappointing. Their midfield basically non existent. Feutz had crumbs to work with. Still very early days. I mean I don't think they even had a warm up game.
But yeah AFC II definitely one of the favourites to win this comp. Again the 3 Island hubs will be 'levellers'.
3-0 fair result. SIU were pretty pedestrian. Guys like OVH were disappointing. Their midfield basically non existent. Feutz had crumbs to work with. Still very early days. I mean I don't think they even had a warm up game.
But yeah AFC II definitely one of the favourites to win this comp. Again the 3 Island hubs will be 'levellers'.
Crowd 5,000 or so? Maybe a bit more
Decent for AFC II - I know its the first game but doesn't look good if the Nix can't get 3,500 for a home game.
It's hard to compare but it's would be like if Liverpool Reserves vs Port Vale got a bigger crowd than Sunderland vs Fulham (after a 2 for 1 special).
Really early days for this comp. As the coaches said no warm up games and no opportunity to have seen the the oppostion play makes it tough. SIU will do ok. They have some good players. Yoo looked tidy and their central defenders are strong. There could be some one sided games in this competition. From what we saw earlier today the PI sides have lots of work to do. I think Sth Melbourne will be the best side.
South Melbourne vs Tahiti United up next. South Melbourne are the team I picked to win it all so will be interesting to see how this plays out (at least for me)
South Melbourne vs Tahiti United up next. South Melbourne are the team I picked to win it all so will be interesting to see how this plays out (at least for me)
They'll win by about 3 or 4 imo. South Melbourne best or second best team on paper and Tahitis is perhaps the weakest.
That said though - Tahiti have been stubbornly defensive in some OFC international games so if that carries over could be closer than expected.
Wow south melbourne dominate the opening 15 mins, threatening a lot from long throws, then all of a sudden Tahiti United score on a counter... miles offside yes, but gave them a scare.
