We are doing better - the coach and the Irish guys will work out in the next few years. Sure we might not win the league but we will be more competitive and young players coming through will develop better than they have (although some have done really well already). This is probably all we can hope for. We've had three 1-0 losses this season and with a bit of luck we could have come away with three draws there surely. Chins up and have a Guinness. I personally think that if we could get a couple of artificial fields in town and the winter teams played on them it would do no end of good. Get rid of the long ball focus for one, and number two - make washing the mud out of the team strips a thing of the past.
Be interesting to see if the irish lads stick around during winter. You would think they would considering football south made staff redundant to fit them in. If they do what is the best way they can be utilised to strengthen the league?
I personally think Southern United will continue to struggle until the players are playing hard games week in week out during winter. Be good if a South Island league could come to fruition that could give at least a couple of our teams 20 hard games a winter. Having watched a couple of their games this season they just seem to lack game nous and sharpness compared to the others.