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Declan Edge - Let Them Play

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over 7 years ago

Yakcall wrote:

As every coach and player in the Chatham Cup final stood in nervous excitement during the penalty shootout, Declan Edge sat almost emotionless on a plastic chair near his dugout.

Each penalty elicited some form of response from those around him, but the Western Suburbs coach and Ole Football Academy technical director sat motionless throughout.

Win or lose at that stage, he didn't care. Penalty shootouts aren't his thing. His team hadn't got the job done in 90 minutes of normal time, or 30 minutes of extra time, so it didn't matter to him who won the lottery from 12 yards.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/domestic/10...

I'm an optimistic pessimist. 
I'm positive things will go wrong.
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over 7 years ago

Yakcall wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

As every coach and player in the Chatham Cup final stood in nervous excitement during the penalty shootout, Declan Edge sat almost emotionless on a plastic chair near his dugout.

Each penalty elicited some form of response from those around him, but the Western Suburbs coach and Ole Football Academy technical director sat motionless throughout.

Win or lose at that stage, he didn't care. Penalty shootouts aren't his thing. His team hadn't got the job done in 90 minutes of normal time, or 30 minutes of extra time, so it didn't matter to him who won the lottery from 12 yards.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/domestic/10...

It is not a lottery, you still need skills and mental strength to convert.

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over 7 years ago

I can see where Edge is coming from though. At this level (e.g. amateur) he wants to build a team that has the skills and mentality to win during regulation time.

I am one of the few people in NZ who has NO OPINION whatsoever on Ole - but I totally agree with Edge on this point. 

Even when AS Roma or the AWs win on penalties, I always feel a bit cheated.


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Colvinator
over 7 years ago

To be fair we all say that when we lose

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almost 7 years ago

Feverish wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Bruce Holloway has written an article on Declan (Not it is premium but that is easy to get around)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12230711

can you not link to pay per view stories pls??!!

Well the article isn't anywhere else, its very easy to get around the paywall Greenie. 

I'm an optimistic pessimist. 
I'm positive things will go wrong.
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almost 7 years ago

Yakcall wrote:

Feverish wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Bruce Holloway has written an article on Declan (Not it is premium but that is easy to get around)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12230711

can you not link to pay per view stories pls??!!

Well the article isn't anywhere else, its very easy to get around the paywall Greenie. 

I'm not quite prepared to go to jail for Declan :)

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almost 7 years ago

Feverish wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Feverish wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Bruce Holloway has written an article on Declan (Not it is premium but that is easy to get around)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12230711

can you not link to pay per view stories pls??!!

Well the article isn't anywhere else, its very easy to get around the paywall Greenie. 

I'm not quite prepared to go to jail for Declan :)

lol, just rude to have to pay for certain news items, its information, it should be publically accessible. I object to having to pay for news.

Queenslander 3x a year.

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almost 7 years ago

Feverish wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Feverish wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Bruce Holloway has written an article on Declan (Not it is premium but that is easy to get around)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12230711

can you not link to pay per view stories pls??!!

Well the article isn't anywhere else, its very easy to get around the paywall Greenie. 

I'm not quite prepared to go to jail for Declan :)

http://txt.do/1dk91

I'm an optimistic pessimist. 
I'm positive things will go wrong.
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almost 7 years ago

Yakcall wrote:

Feverish wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Feverish wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Bruce Holloway has written an article on Declan (Not it is premium but that is easy to get around)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12230711

can you not link to pay per view stories pls??!!

Well the article isn't anywhere else, its very easy to get around the paywall Greenie. 

I'm not quite prepared to go to jail for Declan :)

http://txt.do/1dk91

so it was a shark article anyway? :)

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almost 7 years ago · edited almost 7 years ago · History

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almost 7 years ago

I'd be gutted to have paid $2.50 for that.

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almost 7 years ago

Yakcall wrote:

Feverish wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Bruce Holloway has written an article on Declan (Not it is premium but that is easy to get around)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12230711

can you not link to pay per view stories pls??!!

Well the article isn't anywhere else, its very easy to get around the paywall Greenie. 

I would love it if someone could teach me how to do so


Auckland will rise once more

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almost 7 years ago

AucklandPhoenix wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Feverish wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Bruce Holloway has written an article on Declan (Not it is premium but that is easy to get around)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12230711

can you not link to pay per view stories pls??!!

Well the article isn't anywhere else, its very easy to get around the paywall Greenie. 

I would love it if someone could teach me how to do so

One way https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nz-herald-content-customi/ihphdicpkcmbicihgdndhmkffkejbeho

I'm an optimistic pessimist. 
I'm positive things will go wrong.
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almost 7 years ago

Yakcall wrote:

AucklandPhoenix wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Feverish wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Bruce Holloway has written an article on Declan (Not it is premium but that is easy to get around)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12230711

can you not link to pay per view stories pls??!!

Well the article isn't anywhere else, its very easy to get around the paywall Greenie. 

I would love it if someone could teach me how to do so

One way https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nz-herald-content-customi/ihphdicpkcmbicihgdndhmkffkejbeho

wow that's handy. thank Yakcall

I have an amazing ability to find my way out of mazes. I'm pathological. 
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almost 7 years ago

theprof wrote:

Feverish wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Feverish wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Bruce Holloway has written an article on Declan (Not it is premium but that is easy to get around)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12230711

can you not link to pay per view stories pls??!!

Well the article isn't anywhere else, its very easy to get around the paywall Greenie. 

I'm not quite prepared to go to jail for Declan :)

lol, just rude to have to pay for certain news items, its information, it should be publically accessible. I object to having to pay for news.

Fancy having to pay for a news paper or football magazine... unthinkable. What did we do 15 years ago...

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almost 7 years ago

watching_from_far wrote:

theprof wrote:

Feverish wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Feverish wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Bruce Holloway has written an article on Declan (Not it is premium but that is easy to get around)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12230711

can you not link to pay per view stories pls??!!

Well the article isn't anywhere else, its very easy to get around the paywall Greenie. 

I'm not quite prepared to go to jail for Declan :)

lol, just rude to have to pay for certain news items, its information, it should be publically accessible. I object to having to pay for news.

Fancy having to pay for a news paper or football magazine... unthinkable. What did we do 15 years ago...

Read the paper at work, football mags at mates places or the football club rooms typically. 

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almost 7 years ago

watching_from_far wrote:

theprof wrote:

Feverish wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Feverish wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Bruce Holloway has written an article on Declan (Not it is premium but that is easy to get around)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12230711

can you not link to pay per view stories pls??!!

Well the article isn't anywhere else, its very easy to get around the paywall Greenie. 

I'm not quite prepared to go to jail for Declan :)

lol, just rude to have to pay for certain news items, its information, it should be publically accessible. I object to having to pay for news.

Fancy having to pay for a news paper or football magazine... unthinkable. What did we do 15 years ago...

its not about paying for the paper, its about having to pay for specific parts of the paper. Its like buying a magazine and then being asked to pay more for a code to access the centre fold.

Queenslander 3x a year.

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almost 7 years ago

theprof wrote:

watching_from_far wrote:

theprof wrote:

Feverish wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Feverish wrote:

Yakcall wrote:

Bruce Holloway has written an article on Declan (Not it is premium but that is easy to get around)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12230711

can you not link to pay per view stories pls??!!

Well the article isn't anywhere else, its very easy to get around the paywall Greenie. 

I'm not quite prepared to go to jail for Declan :)

lol, just rude to have to pay for certain news items, its information, it should be publically accessible. I object to having to pay for news.

Fancy having to pay for a news paper or football magazine... unthinkable. What did we do 15 years ago...

its not about paying for the paper, its about having to pay for specific parts of the paper. Its like buying a magazine and then being asked to pay more for a code to access the centre fold.

Na- it's about having all your journalism cut and pasted from the daily mail or having some local journos.



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over 6 years ago

*sigh* maybe people could read the actual interview before commenting.

Past members have gone on to play for Fulham FC in the English Premier League, in the United States’ Major Soccer League and on scholarships in US college’s NCAA Division 1.

Although I didn't see any mention of Fulham in the transcript put out as well, so I'm not sure where it came from or who he talking about. I believe Simon Elliot may have had a role with Ole in the past but I've no idea if he went there.

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over 6 years ago

wasn't he voted by the fans in recent times as the worst player ever to play for notts county?


Auckland will rise once more

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over 6 years ago

AucklandPhoenix wrote:

wasn't he voted by the fans in recent times as the worst player ever to play for notts county?

No. Only worst overseas signing. Not that a fan vote means much.

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over 6 years ago

martyyn wrote:

*sigh* maybe people could read the actual interview before commenting.

Past members have gone on to play for Fulham FC in the English Premier League, in the United States’ Major Soccer League and on scholarships in US college’s NCAA Division 1.

Although I didn't see any mention of Fulham in the transcript put out as well, so I'm not sure where it came from or who he talking about. I believe Simon Elliot may have had a role with Ole in the past but I've no idea if he went there.

I’d say it is reference to Elliott who Wilson lent an old bmw to over summer back in the day. A stretch..

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over 6 years ago

Feverish wrote:

martyyn wrote:

*sigh* maybe people could read the actual interview before commenting.

Past members have gone on to play for Fulham FC in the English Premier League, in the United States’ Major Soccer League and on scholarships in US college’s NCAA Division 1.

Although I didn't see any mention of Fulham in the transcript put out as well, so I'm not sure where it came from or who he talking about. I believe Simon Elliot may have had a role with Ole in the past but I've no idea if he went there.

I’d say it is reference to Elliott who Wilson lent an old bmw to over summer back in the day. A stretch..

A stretch BMW? nice ;)

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