Waitakere United

my whole post was just a theory

personally, i'm not sure how i feel about it.  i think i prefer franchises actually. 

one thing you can't deny is that waikato, otago and youngheart frequently performed poorly.  my point was that you cannot get away with this in a promotion / relegation structure. so you've actually backed up my point by saying that they may have got their act together had relagation rules been in place.  by not having relegation, they have meandered along.

agree, it was a ninja move by nzf. very unfair on youngheart

I'm not getting into an argument about what Adshead has or has not done. The point is, I'm debating what they do now, not in the past or their glory years and Bill is the same. He gets judged on what he is doing now and from the outside looking in, driving the franchise into the ground. It may be the right move for say in 5 years time, but come out and say that.

Has Smalley arrived yet?

He is not coming unless you know something we don't...

has anyone got any names yet?  i.e. who has been involved in playing pre season?

Wayne Smith, Terry Smith, Chad Smith, Billy Smith, Jake Smith, Eric Smith, Trev Smith, Willy Smith, Carlos Smith, Reg Smith....

... sorry, forgot Bruce Smith - but he's decided to stay with AFC Fury.

No I just read something on here that he was coming and was a little surprised as I thought he had been at Portsmouth and the English FA as well as somewhere in Australia too? Plus the fact I thought he was disliked by most during his time in NZF?

But losing to Club sides, scratch sides and the u17's does not bode well for the coming season...?

Pressure will be on ...

Waitakere Transfers to date

Sorry to see Ian Hogg moving to Fred Taylor, he's better than that. Wish he was still at ACFC. 

Strange site. Seems not all quite there - bit like Waitak.

huge amount of errors all through it...

I'm a Waitak fan living in Brisbane and I must say the clubs marketing is pretty bad compared to a club like City. Waitak's website looks cheap and nothing is kept up to date which doesn't help anyone.

waitak have signed a richard cardoza.  could this be richie cardozo?

they've also picked up jarrod young from waikato, james debenham, harshae raniga and a bunch of other guys i've never heard of:

http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?c=1-4499-124595-0-0&a=CLEAR

coombes, robinson, butler, myers, shelley, cuneedn, solomons, morgan, prattley, stansfield also there

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cardozo Perhaps this one?

Its going to be a hard season I think for the team considering the players they have lost. Krishna will not be easy to replace and I don't know who they have brought in to try and replace him.

Jarrod Young, interesting. Still 19 I believe, very good player for Wanderers but not in the WaiBOP team - not sure whether they didn't want him, or whether he had already signed. Definitely wouldn't have made last year's Waitak squad so that says a lot about their new finances.

I don't understand how Waitak's money situation is less than some other teams considering how successful they have been (excluding the FIFA CWC). I would have thought a number of good players would want to stay or go to Waitak unless they can't play the wages that are being demanded.

Jordan Lowden, 21 yr-old Scot from Peninsular Power, Brisbane. Attacking LB/mid. Ex- Celtic (3 apps, all nonSPL), ex-Brechin City, ex-Nike Academy (Nottingham, UK). 20 Scottish age group caps.

Richie Cardozo, 27 yr-old Oz attacking mid. Ex- Rockdale City Suns (NSWPL), ex- LASK Linz (Austrian 1st Div), ex- Hume City (VPL), ex- Richmond (VPL). 2011 VPL top scorer (19 goals with Richmond) and VPL MVP. 3 Australian Under-17 caps. Played one season for Waitakerie in ASB (2005).

http://www.waitakereunited.co.nz/new-look-waitakere-again-aims-high/#

Sommet Sports

I wish I still lived in NZ to see this because its excellent so hopefully OFC TV does weekly highlights again.

Squad so far going into Charity Cup match against Auckland City.

http://www.waitakereunited.co.nz/players/our-squad/

I thought Jack Hobson Mcveigh had signed for Hawkes Bay united? must of fallen through I presume

HBU have mulligan, morris, robson and biss, so i doubt they needed him

i'd say waitak would be more attractive for him too

Wouldn't have picked Chad to be the shy one. Maybe he bad-mouthed the photographer.

I don't know what to expect from this squad and don't think they'll trouble City too much this weekend. I have seen highlights of Lowden play here in Brisbane as his club is 20mins away from me.

The first goal in this video is his from last season, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcuTo-xGMhs. Should be a handy player.

F***kn screamer!