Wow, as a Norwich supporter, I don't know what to think.
Also as a Norwich supporter... NO!
It's that fudgeing piece of garbage The $un.
FFS... i;d rather take Alan Irvine than Hudson.
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I think The Sun is 'avin a laugh. If he couldn't crack it at soon to be non league again Newport, he does not have a hope in hell of a League Two/A League gig, let alone a Championship one. The Sun knows this but also knows most English have not got a clue about football in Bahrain and NZ.
Supporter world's best and worst football teams: Waikato/WaiBop, Kingz, Knights, Phoenix, The Argyle, The Whites & the All Whites
Lol the Norwich City Facebook Fan page are freaking out over the fact that Hudson is a supposed favourite.
New entry on wiki - turned down an approach to manage Norwich?
Lol
Supporter world's best and worst football teams: Waikato/WaiBop, Kingz, Knights, Phoenix, The Argyle, The Whites & the All Whites
It's part of a strategy.
1) Agent talks him up to media contacts (Derby, CCM, and now Norwich).
2) Forges record on wiki
3) Hope to perform well at Confeds and WCQ
4) Hope those performance get a little bit of notice (see: Reid after 2010 WC)
5) Potential clubs look at his 'record' and that other clubs were 'interested'
So transparent
Let's see which of these doesn't belong here "Hudson is apparently one of five names on the club's shortlist, alongside ex-England boss Roy Hodgson, former Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew, first-team coach Alan Irvine and Nigel Pearson". So obviously bull shark
Normo's coming home
Nah, Jimmy Carr is funny :)
He really isn't.
Though Alan Carr has more of a football connection, being the son of long-serving Newcastle United head scout Graham Carr, a former manager of Northampton Town and Blackpool. Former Spurs and Man City scout too. He was regular centre back for Northampton Town in their only ever season in England's top flight in the mid-1960's.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Carr
Graham Carr coached former Christchurch United striker Richard Hill at Northampton when he scored 33 league goals in winning the Fourth Division and was bought by Graham Taylor at Watford. Richard Hill was Christchurch United's top goal-scorer in 1983 in our national league.
Son of a footballer father, just like our Anthony Hudson...
If all else fails, Hudson could always fall back on stand-up comedy like Alan Carr - he's really good at spinning yarns...
He could start a TV show called "Hudson and Halls" if he found someone called Halls as his sidekick.
(Canterbury United's assistant coach is Joe Hall who is completing a Ph.D in sports psychology)
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Wow, real dilemma here. Do we support Anfony here, or Des & Greenie? Some brains may explode with the effort to prove that both are wrong.
All Whites coach Anthony Hudson is adamant the Wellington Phoenix have got it wrong when it comes to Alex Rufer. https://t.co/OUvwfWp35o
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This forum needs less angst and more Kate Bush threads
"I went to the Phoenix and Rufer is the player I know"
Only knows one player.
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"I went to the Phoenix and Rufer is the player I know"
Only knows one player.
I think he meant this in footballing sense, like form is of his old, he still plays how he remembers.
Wow, real dilemma here. Do we support Anfony here, or Des & Greenie? Some brains may explode with the effort to prove that both are wrong.
One picks a half dead Parkhouse in front of Tom Doyle at left back, the other continually picks Moses Dyer in the senior squad. I'm sure there is some way that they can indeed both be wrong.
i hope Kosta's people leak something about why Kosta was not in the squad...
Monty Patterson out and hudson chooses Rufer (who I like... but is nowhere near ready) over Kosta?
Hudson is a ridiculous fool.
i hope Kosta's people leak something about why Kosta was not in the squad...
Monty Patterson out and hudson chooses Rufer (who I like... but is nowhere near ready) over Kosta?
Hudson is a ridiculous fool.
Grumpy old bastard alert
i hope Kosta's people leak something about why Kosta was not in the squad...
Monty Patterson out and hudson chooses Rufer (who I like... but is nowhere near ready) over Kosta?
Hudson is a ridiculous fool.
I would say 'imposter '
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
Good articles here by Andrew Voerman
Not picking on the lad, but too many this could be about:
"...came on as a substitute against Myanmar, but didn't make a lasting impression."
Wow, real dilemma here. Do we support Anfony here, or Des & Greenie? Some brains may explode with the effort to prove that both are wrong.
If in doubt, we could support the Kiwi. Oh.
Kotahitanga. We are one.
Not picking on the lad, but too many this could be about:
"...came on as a substitute against Myanmar, but didn't make a lasting impression."
Isn't this the point?
Hudson has called up 54 players for 8 squads. (14 games, 5 of which were in the Oceania Nation's Cup)
Lots of them haven't made a lasting impression, but if he can claim discovering Themi and 1 or 2 others it's a great add to his CV for when he properly touts himself for a job in England after the Confederations Cup
Berti Vogts applied a similar approach when he took over Scotland, he gave caps to a huge number of players, and years later after he had left he would claim that he discovered Craig Gordon and James McFadden, but oddly he never mentioned he capped Kevin Kyle!
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Totally agree with that last post, how can you expect a settle team if you play 54 players in 14 games, its madness.
I'm more interested in this squad and future ones showing consistency.
We have qualified for the confeds and have big games coming up... now its about finding the best 11 and letting them play as much as possible.
Totally agree with that last post, how can you expect a settle team if you play 54 players in 14 games, its madness.
Sure if you're an MBA type looking for a short term pay-off, so you can cash in and move on, that doesn't make sense.
However if you are looking at the situation over the long term, it makes a lot more sense. There are just not that many opportunities for NZ players to play at higher levels, we've got one professional side and limited pathways beyond there. While using the national team to trial untested players isn't ideal, it is one of the only options NZF have to try and separate out the best of the rest (players with potential who are not already in professional environments). It also makes sense to utilise the cycle between world cups to do this, starting immediately after a world cup find as many potential players as possible, try to help the best of these reach their potential, reduce these numbers down as the lead up to the really important games come closer.
You may not be settling a team but the idea is that two or three years from when you first start, at least two or three of those from the wider pool have used the opportunity to kick on and are now proper national team level players.
Not picking on the lad, but too many this could be about:
"...came on as a substitute against Myanmar, but didn't make a lasting impression."
Isn't this the point?
Hudson has called up 54 players for 8 squads. (14 games, 5 of which were in the Oceania Nation's Cup)
Lots of them haven't made a lasting impression, but if he can claim discovering Themi and 1 or 2 others it's a great add to his CV for when he properly touts himself for a job in England after the Confederations Cup
Berti Vogts applied a similar approach when he took over Scotland, he gave caps to a huge number of players, and years later after he had left he would claim that he discovered Craig Gordon and James McFadden, but oddly he never mentioned he capped Kevin Kyle!
The opposite to that is picking Rufer... and Dyer...
Grumpy old bastard alert
if there was a match faces to names challenge for about 20 (maybe more even) of those 54, I'd fail miserably.
bling blang blah
Totally agree with that last post, how can you expect a settle team if you play 54 players in 14 games, its madness.
Sure if you're an MBA type looking for a short term pay-off, so you can cash in and move on, that doesn't make sense.
However if you are looking at the situation over the long term, it makes a lot more sense. There are just not that many opportunities for NZ players to play at higher levels, we've got one professional side and limited pathways beyond there. While using the national team to trial untested players isn't ideal, it is one of the only options NZF have to try and separate out the best of the rest (players with potential who are not already in professional environments). It also makes sense to utilise the cycle between world cups to do this, starting immediately after a world cup find as many potential players as possible, try to help the best of these reach their potential, reduce these numbers down as the lead up to the really important games come closer.
You may not be settling a team but the idea is that two or three years from when you first start, at least two or three of those from the wider pool have used the opportunity to kick on and are now proper national team level players.
The other element is that we don't get many chances to have our guys together and getting used to playing, or chances to win games and get our ranking up to attract better friendlies, so using the AWs as a trying ground has costs in those areas too
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Totally agree with that last post, how can you expect a settle team if you play 54 players in 14 games, its madness.
Sure if you're an MBA type looking for a short term pay-off, so you can cash in and move on, that doesn't make sense.
However if you are looking at the situation over the long term, it makes a lot more sense. There are just not that many opportunities for NZ players to play at higher levels, we've got one professional side and limited pathways beyond there. While using the national team to trial untested players isn't ideal, it is one of the only options NZF have to try and separate out the best of the rest (players with potential who are not already in professional environments). It also makes sense to utilise the cycle between 5world cups to do this, starting immediately after a world cup find as many potential players as possible, try to help the best of these reach their potential, reduce these numbers down as the lead up to the really important games come closer.
You may not be settling a team but the idea is that two or three years from when you first start, at least two or three of those from the wider pool have used the opportunity to kick on and are now proper national team level players.
The other element is that we don't get many chances to have our guys together and getting used to playing, or chances to win games and get our ranking up to attract better friendlies, so using the AWs as a trying ground has costs in those areas too
If I recall correctly, Hudson told us all what he was doing when he first took over and more recently has said that he has basically settled on who his team will be. While many might not agree with his approach, I don't think we can bag him because he has gone on to do what he said he would do.
So you can't bag me if I break a guy's leg on the field if I say I was going to do it before hand?
Somewhat suprising that Aaron Clapham never got called up given the number of players that did.
So you can't bag me if I break a guy's leg on the field if I say I was going to do it before hand?
Hook line.
Just because he said he was going to do something doesn't mean a) he's right, or b) it isn't worth debating.
Not picking on the lad, but too many this could be about:
"...came on as a substitute against Myanmar, but didn't make a lasting impression."
Lots of them haven't made a lasting impression,
I don't mind Kiwi players not making a big impression, but against Myanmar? They should be thumped by a Stirling Sports Prem All Stars. They should be thumped by the WeeNix. We shouldn't be selecting anyone who isn't going to dominate against Myanmar.
Also we seem to have set back the careers of some of the actually promising players we did find with them picking up injuries while playing for us and losing career momentum...see Henry Cameron and Liam Graham.
you can blame Hudson for many things but blaming him for picking those two (who were half decent) and their injuries is not on
you can blame Hudson for many things but blaming him for picking those two (who were half decent) and their injuries is not on
not blaming him. It just seems a bit crap.Seems like they both worked long and hard over years, were starting to get noticed, got a call up, got injured and then have struggled to get back to where they were.
you can blame Hudson for many things but blaming him for picking those two (who were half decent) and their injuries is not on
not blaming him. It just seems a bit crap.Seems like they both worked long and hard over years, were starting to get noticed, got a call up, got injured and then have struggled to get back to where they were.
You reckon it something to do with the medical team? Maybe not doing the right warm ups etc? Both happened during games.