Southern Football (incl Southern United)

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Southern United potential tactics

Were there any trials this year?

Callum must've been close to making this squad as an outfield player or did he turn them down also?

Ebanda and Morris are both great inclusions, ebanda former pro and in a good team will thrive in the middle! A big black presence is what we need!!! As for Morris - brilliant out n out striker holds the ball up well , technically very good and has a fuckin shotgun strike on him! As for the majority of the rest eg. Higgins , wrightwebb , flood , those 3 would be slightly better than average fletcher cup players at best, will be embarressing if they actually get game time.

Thought I would bring a little perspective to this forum.

Lets not forget that this "Squad" that has been put up on football south is not the Southern United squad that will be there come start of the season. 

From last year the team has lost:

Horner, Aaron, Connor, Ferg 

Horner is a great player but playing CM last year was not his best position and Aaron who was a great player in his day played one year to long at National League IMO. These two players will not be major losses to this years squad. 

Connor and Ferg will be a huge lose - especially connor's relaxed attitude on the pitch but i think Mansford may be able to step up and fill one of those positions 

Still to come in: 

Joy, Ryder and Victor

Once these payers come into the squad and the deadweight from the squad on Football south is cut order will be restored 

joel stevens also has to be considered a big loss

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I'd say a few people around the country will be asking who???

Horner, Burgess, Connor, Ferg all very experienced players to lose though and nobody even close to experience/quality replacing them so they will be big losses. Stevens also big loss. Victor won't be involved.

Ya Can't tell me Aaron will be a big lose- he scored 1or 2 goals at most- Fraser Cameron could do better and he's terrible 

Didnt Burg break his leg?I still have him in this squad.As for gods gift to women..Why isnt he coach?

Just to confirm Victor won't be back and i don't think he'd play if he was here

Breaking News!! 2011 Tech player and Otago United Squad Player Nick Hindson is down on trial and will look to impress Luiz. Would like to see him start this weekend. 

You seen the way they drool over him?  It's sad.

Time to give you guys down there a few notes on football.

Henry Flood played for Nomads in MPL before going to Uni in Dunedin, got clubs Youth player of the year in first season playing MPL.

Scored some goals has some pace first touch needed improvement, I would say he can step up. Toubat has plenty to prove as I've omly seen him play as a striker and again a few years ago but has pace so if he has worked on touch and vision in the last few years then could make the squad as a midfielder.

So maybe you guys are giving the side some stick when you should wait and see what happens in pre season and the first couple of games.

Canterbury Dragons may be your bench mark for how well SU are going come the 2nd November game.

When Keith Braithwaite took over the Dragons thay had finished last in the previous two seasons. That is cant get my head around this but below Otago U. Fact Keith didn't see anything wrong with getting new players unknown outside of the MPL and as a team [that is what team sport is about] went to the ASB final.

To name a few of those newbies from what is now CashmereTech we had Kamo, Wortelboer, Swaney, Batty, Lancaster and Barton plus from other clubs Burns, McGarr, Miles, Harris, and not least Aaron Clapham. I stand to be corrected but I'm sure that non of these guys had played ASB prem prior to that year under Keith.

Sure we had some half decent other players in  the mix with Andy Pitman, Gareth Rowe. Collins, Boyd and Terris.

Don't Southern United have the same sort of roster a few with previous games under the belt and a lot of unknowns?

So the main block to you finishing above Canterbury is yourselves putting down the coach and team before they start.

you can't polish a turd(s) Scottie

Shit chat 

One man's shit is another man's gold. 

As a region with a long history of gold mining that's what you need to do, onwards and upwards. The return to an 8 team league next year should surely help as it tends to concentrate the players in fewer clubs playing higher quality games although this could take a while. That could also ease the introduction of a SI league for the top 4 sides (plus 4 from Mainland PL) at the end of a 2 round SPL? Remaining 4 teams then go into a promotion/relegation battle with other clubs to sort teams for the following seasons SPL? Surely that is something you guys would support as a mechanism for improving your good young local lads over the tribal head banging that goes on year on year? Not sure if you've noticed but it has been  a while since Otago teams and Otago Utd in particular could enter any competition with expectations of success, and that is not good for football overall.

After the youth team doing extremely well last year i think Luiz has noticed this and given a few of those lads a chance to try crack the final squad. Geordie Mansford, Pete Overmire, Cam Atwood and Ross Howard. Thats the youth back four

Any score from Invervagas today or is the game tomorrow 

disgraceful result Southern United......for both teams, Southland teams are the weakness players in the Football South area...bring back the big guns

Uni 0 old boys 0

Training 6am for the lads tomorrow. Been hearing whispers of a Sunday session. Interested to see who makes training. 

Drove past on the way to work this morning and seems your whispers of a Sunday session were in fact true as there did not appear to be anymore than 10 players running. Could only make out Mepham in the breif glimpse I got.

Footballsouth awards this Friday, who's going to get the gongs?

FYI

Dunedin Technical Prizegiving

POTY = Andrew Douglas

PPOTY = George Milne

YPOTY = Ross Howard

Goal of the year: Contenders?? (Mepham vs Cavy, Coldicott vs GI, Jackson vs Roslyn, De Costa vs Mosgiel were the best ones I seen)
Con of the year: Craig Doble
Personality of the year: Jesse Wright, Luiz Uehara, Joh Mpondo, Callum flaws, and Tony Martin make the shortlist.
Referee of the year: Up in the open

Con of the year is 100% Craig Doble!  Player of the year is a tough one! Few lads stood out! Young player could go to all those boys as everyone played there part in the sublime otago united youth season. Coach of the year...well mike fridge or Tony Martin surely!  Team of the  year maybe say OU Yourh because it's the first time an otago united  team has made in anywhere near the final and with the run they had to get there has to go for something. Goal of the year could be Tristan Prattleys free kick against Roslyn in  the last game for tech. Bent it round the walk into the bottom corner in a huge, deciding match for tech. You've nailed it on the head though  Stu Pidasole