As seen elsewhere, Gulley and Stevens are off to Hong Kong with the Nix, meanwhile Niko Kirwan is part of the extended All Whites training squad in Auckland.
In defence of his selection (and I agree, its left field) I present to you Moses Dyer.
As seen elsewhere, Gulley and Stevens are off to Hong Kong with the Nix, meanwhile Niko Kirwan is part of the extended All Whites training squad in Auckland.
In defence of his selection (and I agree, its left field) I present to you Moses Dyer.
has a family base in Auckland as well so bit of a moot point that one.
Non-AWs around today: Hamish Watson, Dan Morgan, Niko Kirwan, Reid Drake, Alfie Rogers,
Lots of club footballers with a lot of free time in the middle of the day. Hmm.
Are you alluding to some kind of quiet professionalism going on? Niko is a uni student, so probably a miracle he is up for the middle of the day.
rumour has it that Team Wellington / Miramar messed up Saul Halpin's visa so he's off back to the uk and won't be at tw this summer, much the same as the Ben Harris situation.
Can confirm have heard this is true with the Halpin situation. Very unfortunate. Who will replace Harris?
Shame - great player - always had a problem with the body it seemed.
I believe Harris was returning for repairs on one of his legs which spent most of the season heaverly bandaged.
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I believe Harris was returning for repairs on one of his legs which spent most of the season heaverly bandaged.
Think you're right if he does come back he'll go to Tasman.
heard TW have signed Kilkolly
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I believe Harris was returning for repairs on one of his legs which spent most of the season heaverly bandaged.
Think you're right if he does come back he'll go to Tasman.
heard TW have signed Kilkolly
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I believe Harris was returning for repairs on one of his legs which spent most of the season heaverly bandaged.
Think you're right if he does come back he'll go to Tasman.
heard TW have signed Kilkolly
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I was under the impression it was the Richmond coach who brings the players out? Contacts made from his time in the UK?
I was under the impression it was the Richmond coach who brings the players out? Contacts made from his time in the UK?
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rumour has it that Team Wellington / Miramar messed up Saul Halpin's visa so he's off back to the uk and won't be at tw this summer, much the same as the Ben Harris situation.
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rumour has it that José wanted 3 ole player for this coming summer, however Declan would only let them play if he was made the assistant coach. Safe to say those players haven't been released from ole
I'd guess the view inside ole towers would be that better the kids were in the NYL with ole-lead coaching, rather than under another system they don't control. National League is not the goal for their players, just a vehicle for ongoing purposeful training.
Declan trying to play Assistant Manager to anyone would be a fun thing to watch. There's no way he wouldn't try to take over and run the show.
True. Would it be fair to suggest that is what happened last year with TW NYL?
I'd guess the view inside ole towers would be that better the kids were in the NYL with ole-lead coaching, rather than under another system they don't control. National League is not the goal for their players, just a vehicle for ongoing purposeful training.
And you know what. Fair enough. Those players aren't children. If they don't like it they will leave Ole.
One thing I've generally liked about Declan is his consistency. His tune doesn't change.
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
I'd guess the view inside ole towers would be that better the kids were in the NYL with ole-lead coaching, rather than under another system they don't control. National League is not the goal for their players, just a vehicle for ongoing purposeful training.
And you know what. Fair enough. Those players aren't children. If they don't like it they will leave Ole.
One thing I've generally liked about Declan is his consistency. His tune doesn't change.
He has let players go to play National League in the past; Tyler Lissette to Waibop and TeeDeubs, Tinashe Marowa to Tasman and Harry Edge to ACFC.
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Nico Kirwan signs AC Mestre
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rumour has it that José wanted 3 ole player for this coming summer, however Declan would only let them play if he was made the assistant coach. Safe to say those players haven't been released from ole
#FakeNews
rumour has it that José wanted 3 ole player for this coming summer, however Declan would only let them play if he was made the assistant coach. Safe to say those players haven't been released from ole
#FakeNews
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rumour has it that José wanted 3 ole player for this coming summer, however Declan would only let them play if he was made the assistant coach. Safe to say those players haven't been released from ole
#FakeNews
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Is this meant to say Declan isn't very good or something? The Wests first team has an average age of 18, so...
Is this meant to say Declan isn't very good or something? The Wests first team has an average age of 18, so...
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rumour has it that José wanted 3 ole player for this coming summer, however Declan would only let them play if he was made the assistant coach. Safe to say those players haven't been released from ole
#FakeNews
Don't understand this post either. TW Youth was a mix of Ole players and non Ole players (about 50:50 from memory), so half had never experienced Ole coaching. Weren't Youth coaches one of the other Ole coaches and someone from Miramar?. So it was like any rep team - a bunch of players coming together for a coupe of months under coaches they hardly knew.
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rumour has it that José wanted 3 ole player for this coming summer, however Declan would only let them play if he was made the assistant coach. Safe to say those players haven't been released from ole
#FakeNews
Don't understand this post either. TW Youth was a mix of Ole players and non Ole players (about 50:50 from memory), so half had never experienced Ole coaching. Weren't Youth coaches one of the other Ole coaches and someone from Miramar?. So it was like any rep team - a bunch of players coming together for a coupe of months under coaches they hardly knew.
Team Wellington Youth squad announced here:
http://www.twfc.co.nz/news-2/2016/9/19/team-wellin...
14 x Ole
6 x Lower Hutt
3 x Miramar
3 x Petone
2 x Island Bay
1 x Wellington United
1 x Karori
Is 30 players the usual squad size for this ?..Seems like a lot for 9 x games. Suppose a few can just enjoy the training ;-)
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rumour has it that José wanted 3 ole player for this coming summer, however Declan would only let them play if he was made the assistant coach. Safe to say those players haven't been released from ole
#FakeNews
Don't understand this post either. TW Youth was a mix of Ole players and non Ole players (about 50:50 from memory), so half had never experienced Ole coaching. Weren't Youth coaches one of the other Ole coaches and someone from Miramar?. So it was like any rep team - a bunch of players coming together for a coupe of months under coaches they hardly knew.
Main coaches were Ben Sippola (Wests/Ole) and Rupert Crump (Mar), Declan was there also, officially as an assistant
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I have no knowledge of his coaching and training style (Results of the lads on the park this year say it works) - But do see his side line behavior at a few games per year and it not a good example for u19's and the lower academy players who come to watch.
As with whoever it was in the the other thread complaining about the behaviour of the Ole kids at a game do you have an example or are you just making a statement with nothing to back it up ?
I've been to the vast majority of MCL games the last two years and in that time I've also seen him at TWY, U17, G14, G13 and G12 games (plus hundreds of Ole training sessions) and I've never seen anything I wouldn't have wanted my son to see, or be on the end of.
In the three years we've been at Wests/Ole I've seen nothing other than someone utterly convinced in his approach and unapologetic in his pursuit of producing young NZ footballers playing fantastic football. I have nothing but respect for how he handles himself on the sideline and the training ground.
It's time people took off their blinkers and reassesed their opinions but this is NZ and that doesn't happen here does it ?