For the next NZFC season . Do people have any players they think
Team Wellington should recruit in order to make a serious challenge
for the NZFC.
Having watched a few Central league games this season I
think the following players would step up to that level.
Lower Hutt - Matt Adams , Steven Gully , Dan Raynor and Luis
Corrales.
Stop Out - Garry McDermott , Wayne Rooker and Asone
Walrond
Miramar - Sasha Natu , Wiremu Patrick , Dominic Rowe and
Michael Eager.
Wests - Sam Peters , Ben Fields and Phil Imray
Olympic - Raf ( If Fit) , Mikey and George as well as Shaun
Easthope
From outside the area Robert Gill ( Gisbourne) could be the
consistent goalscorer Team Wellington have lacked.
Having also watched the Central league select XI last Friday
players like Craig and Trent who played as the two centre backs
should be looked at by Team Wellington as that is a position that
most supporters would say needs to be strengthen. Add to that
players like Karl Whalen , Andy Barron and Peter Halstead and you
may have the beginning of a very good squad.
What are other peoples opinions
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Is Andy Barron going to be with Team Wellington next season?
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Not Sure . But if he was available Stu Jacobs should try and
persuade him that Wellington will be more competitive than
Canterbury . Still wonder why he has not been picked up by
the Phoenix . Played right back on Friday for the Central league
XI and looked good against the Phoenix attack and almost
scored a cracker of a free kick from about 35 yards .
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canterbury coach danny halligan has stated that barron will be with
them if he doesn't get a phoenix contract.
i reckon jacobs should look at establish nzfc players for team
wellington. ian robinson has made it known that he is looking
for another team, phil imre is from the area and was outstanding
for manawatu last season, bryan little should be asked back from
auckland and therev are many more.
i also think that the full quota of imports should be
used. i never got to see nate winkel play last year, was he
any good?
of your list above i would agree that peters, corrales, rowe
and rooker would be worth a look. i'd add butterfield (if
available) and simon george to the list as well (not sure if you
meant him when you said george).
it will be interesting to see who is signed. i gather
they are interested in winning the comp this year and not just
developing kids
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Not Sure . But if he was available Stu Jacobs should try and
persuade him that Wellington will be more competitive than
Canterbury .
By no stretch of the imagination is Team Wellington more competitive than Canterbury United.
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Team Wellington could be more competive . We have the player base . The reason for the failure over the last few years is that we had a coaching team that failed to get the best out of the players and in my opinion recruited poorly . It has been plan to see from Day one that we needed both a quality centre back and a 15+ goals a season striker. Yet none were recruited in three years .
Having watch Stu Jacobs teams play over the last couple of
years they tend to play good attacking football while being
defensively sound . He is more than a match for Danny Halligan in
the coaching department.
Team Wellington have the potential to be far better than
Canterbury
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Have they ever been better than Canterbury? Not for a while
surely...
I let my guitar speak for me
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Never, actually.
What's sight without sound? Love without peace? Copulation without conception?
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Team Wellington have to get it right at the back.
Consistently they have conceded goals, and I think that starts with
a goalkeeper. Jimmy B was good last year but struggled behind
a defence that probably lacked a bit of pace.
Nate Winkel certainly wasn't better than anything in the
Central League, the best import by far was the Korean guy. He
was pure class and reports from in the camp were that he was a true
professional, they rated him very highly.
Wellington never replaced Bryan Little's goals either, he
pretty much got them into the playoffs with his hot streak at the
end of the 2006 season.
I heard murmerings of a rule that because the Wellington clubs
fund Team Wellington, all playrs had to be eligible for one of the
member clubs. I think whatever happens Mark CHote and Dave
Farrington will bring a harder edge to the on field
performances. They won't accept a development approach.
Normo's coming home
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Good point regarding the development approach. As a
"representative" team, why would you need to be developing players?
Surely that should happen at their respective clubs. We have a
similar issue in ChCh where Cant Utd is at times treated as though
it were a separate club rather than a representative team.
What's sight without sound? Love without peace? Copulation without conception?
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Reckon opinion is right on the decision making of the mgmt at TW. In fairness when Jim B was dropped before the Manawatu game, Tw had only conceded 14 goals in 14 games. Not a bad defensive record - especially given they had scored 26. The problem was the 20 goals conceded after Jim was out of the picture and only scoring 11 in the final 7 games. Even so, the class of 06/07 conceded 19 goals less than 05/06. Goal scoring was the issue with 6 goals fewer scored in 06/07. Reckon Stu has the solutions though...
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Is Andy Barron going to be with Team Wellington next season?
No I doubt it but Team wellington really need him to be a
competitive force.
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black and blue?
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
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Barron will be back in red n black
I hope that's the case, and if Sigmund doesn't get offered an a-league contract I hope he will come back to Canterbury United.
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sigmund's stated that if he doesn't get an a-league
contract, he is going to stay in vistoria playing for the
fawkner blues until at least the end of their season. who
knows after that?!
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Is Andy Barron going to be with Team Wellington next season?
Andy Bazza cant play this season it will interupt his
drinking
Go K Rock.
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Is Andy Barron going to be with Team Wellington next season?
Andy Bazza cant play this season it will interupt his
drinking
Go K Rock.
He's lining up a yellow jump suit for Nix games.
Hey Roy, can you bring your boys in blue down to the Cambridge
please (and I dont mean the Police)
Founder
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i agree with the players selected here barring these players who
are good central league players nothing more : dayne rayner,
shaun easthope, dominic rowe and wayne rooker! if there are a few
younsters to watch out for tw in future watch for simon millynn,
rich mcclay, fraser colson and james mccpeake as well as the
barborouses brothers!
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I'm not going to point out to you that the Barbarouses brothers
have bothe been in the TW squad, and that Costa now has a
professional contract...oh wait, I just did
Normo's coming home
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the season is fast approaching and i was just wondering how the
squad is shaping up,
how big will the squad be?
signed any internationals?
confirmed signings?
trialists?
lets compile a list and see what we got so far, with stu
jacobs in charge i think we got a good chance this year!
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I think all of these details are pretty hazy, especially as Wests
still haven't completed their season. They'll have to have a
strong representation in the squad you'd think
Normo's coming home
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who says he can't play drunk???
I say tackle him in the face.
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any more news on signings, i have heard about some americans and
poms coming over for trials but all else is quiet!
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Rumour has it there was a TW trial last night. Any feed back from
anyone, who was included etc. We seem to be a little later than the
other clubs. I believe Hawkes Bay United started training last
night.
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Rumour has it there was a TW trial last night. Any feed back from
anyone, who was included etc. We seem to be a little later than the
other clubs. I believe Hawkes Bay United started training last
night.
'It's going to be a shuper Team Wellington shide, of the
shummer 07-08' - Richie Benaud, WWS, 03/09/07
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Phil Imray has announced he is playing for Wellington this season
instead of Manawatu.
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George will make it im sure and new trialist i think was Anthony
Neonakis from Olympic. Not sure about Mikey. Probably. But im
betting ull see alot of Wests players in the team not only caz
there a good side but the coach is Stu Jacobs.
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It was an 8 on 8 game without Wests players. Quite a few felt
that the side was already picked and that it was just done for
appearances. 28 man squad will be named soon apparently.
Wests have been the dominant team in Wellington this year,
they deserve a strong representation in the squad. Wellington
need a striker, bad...because that is the one area that Wests lack
in...(Dave Johnson and Rupe are probably just a bit past it
now).
go on!2007-09-06 13:32:17
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Second trial match at Ole tonight...could even see a couple of
phoenix boys have a run
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Oh crap woulda prob gone to watch if known earlier.
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Who are the top strikers in the region then? And are they
available? Did not see too many on the CL goal scorers list...
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last i heard they were relying on imports to do the goods up top, only thing is .... who the hell are these imports?????
any news?
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Lower Hutt Costa Ricans ? Miramar Scotsmen ?
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Any word on Brian Little?? LH Costa Ricans have been at the
trials apparently james dean2007-09-07 22:43:05
Normo's coming home
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