Southern Football (incl Southern United) (Part 1)
Otago Win this weekend
Truth, your an optimist.
You've seen right through me
Any standouts for Otago?Hopefully get more points of Wellington in the weekend!
47, Feedback is not Sam Wilkinson (even though the pair share the same dodgy spelling)
Jackson is a brilliant player - I haven't seen a young player quite as atheletic and talented as him in a while. He will be my pick of the best young rookies in the NZFC.
Starting team and squads would be great if anyone has news!
Until next timethetruthnz2009-02-04 21:01:29
If Phelan is the problem then what is the solution?
Though I have been disappointed with the imports Phelan has brought in I don't think he has a huge amount of NZFC talent to work with.On Phelan, surely the results mean that someone, anyone deserves a chance. Whatever has happned it hasn't worked for him or Otago, they can't keep going on with a failed regime can they?
I think Brooks would bring a love and passion to the team that hasn't been around that Otago setup as much this this year as other years and could really bring another dimension to the thinking and all round play to this Otago side. Im not suggesting at all that he will or could be next in line for the job tho,Coaches that could be next in line?? Well 1st off it would have to be Malcom Fleming having been with Unitd for 2 or 3 season,Steve Fleming winning a hat full of SPL titles with caversham,Brooks( Done nothing),Even John MaCellan who is coming back to Dunedin from the UK the former Caversham coach could be a long shot? I read an article today on www.waikatofc.co.nz saying there may be no NZFC next season and they may look at going back to the old format with Clubs ie Dunedin Tech and Caversham i think this could be the best way but if Dunedin had only one team and say in this case it was Dunedin Tech would you have players such as Tim Horner,Robbie Deeley,Rhys Henderson and Dave Dugdale all Caversham through and through do the unthinkable and cross the fence to there arch rivals and likewise with players such as Burgess, Scoullar and Coburn(although once caversham is now a Tech man) if Caversham were to be the team.. Just a thought anyway.
So last weeks team was.. Any players injured/dropped for the weekend that anyone has heard of?
little
Horner Henderson Smith Prattley
Jackson Kelly Deeley Coburn
Burgess Dugdale
Brooks was just a wee joke..
A team from Dunedin made the Chatham Cup final this year... That says that there is ability in the region and while I don't know the ins and outs of it all, I would ask if the strongest possible team is being fielded every week.
Far too often they gave the ball away, and then did it in dumb positions or kicked it 40 yards long into empty space which the Waitakere keeper was able to receive as a kind of sweeper and just distribute it at will. Waitakere broke the game down and played it like it was miniture posession grid games like you do at training all around the park. 3v3 here, 4v3 here etc and just never let Otago have it. Otago rarely marked Jake Butler in the middle of the pitch and it was like Otago were treating him like royalty giving him his own personal slab of field in the middle 3rd. Far too often Waitakere were able to just play 3-4 simple small passes out of anywhere and it turned into a Totori/Krishna running at goal. It really was disappointing and they missed Colin Falvey big time.
The only person that showed any gumption was Liam Little who made some good saves to stop it blowing out to more. I think Otago had maybe 1 threatening chance?? If Milicich was disappointed with that then he has some very high standards of football.
Agent 472009-02-06 21:08:59