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Posted March 24, 2017 03:02 · last edited March 24, 2017 03:08

Nelfoos wrote:

Jaickin wrote:

sthn.jeff wrote:

Nelfoos wrote:

Hudson gets hit on here no matter what he does. I knwo for a fact that the senior players respect him as a coach and like him as a man manager and that's enough for me to give him the benefit of the doubt.

I'm also 100% behind the logic of trying out new players - he replaced a coach who was criticised time and again for sticking to his favourites and not trying new blood and now that he's tested the depth of his squad he gets attacked for it? Make your bloody mind up!

We've known since he started that he was to be judged on this World Cup qualification campaign more than any other, can you blame him for

Admittedly there are some bizarre decisions - Moses Dyer, etc but I'm happy to reserve judgement on his ability as our coach until he's actually done the bit that NZF wants to judge him on. He' done enough (in my eyes anyway) to earn that right.

54 Players. 54! 

Since when does a coach need to try them all and waste limited game time and training he has? Surely he could of wandered around the place and seen these blokes playing in club matches to assess whether they were anywhere near where they need to be.

Agreed with this. There's a difference between 'trying out new players' and burning through 54 players in 3 years/18 games for the All Whites. Inconsistent schedules (which he can't do much about) + Inconsistent squad selection (which he can do something about) doesn't equal consistent performances/results/success. Barring  injury/suspension I would like there to be a very similar starting XI and bench for every game from now on, until the end of the WC qualifications and Confeds Cup. 

Trying out new players is awesome for a club side, but does it kill the prestige of putting on that All White's shirt if you have young players who aren't even playing professionally called up? 

Since when has the All Whites shirt had prestige? The general public couldn't give 2 sharks about who's playing for NZ.

Only because they have no clue who is playing. 

Tell any of the players who have played in world cups that the shirt has no prestige. Even tell our own Leggy the shirt has no prestige. Sure it is no Brazil, but for every player who pulls it on it means plenty.

Edit: Except Tommy Smith

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Nelfoos wrote:
Jaickin wrote:
sthn.jeff wrote:
Nelfoos wrote:

Hudson gets hit on here no matter what he does. I knwo for a fact that the senior players respect him as a coach and like him as a man manager and that's enough for me to give him the benefit of the doubt.

I'm also 100% behind the logic of trying out new players - he replaced a coach who was criticised time and again for sticking to his favourites and not trying new blood and now that he's tested the depth of his squad he gets attacked for it? Make your bloody mind up!

We've known since he started that he was to be judged on this World Cup qualification campaign more than any other, can you blame him for

Admittedly there are some bizarre decisions - Moses Dyer, etc but I'm happy to reserve judgement on his ability as our coach until he's actually done the bit that NZF wants to judge him on. He' done enough (in my eyes anyway) to earn that right.

54 Players. 54! 

Since when does a coach need to try them all and waste limited game time and training he has? Surely he could of wandered around the place and seen these blokes playing in club matches to assess whether they were anywhere near where they need to be.

Agreed with this. There's a difference between 'trying out new players' and burning through 54 players in 3 years/18 games for the All Whites. Inconsistent schedules (which he can't do much about) + Inconsistent squad selection (which he can do something about) doesn't equal consistent performances/results/success. Barring  injury/suspension I would like there to be a very similar starting XI and bench for every game from now on, until the end of the WC qualifications and Confeds Cup. 

Trying out new players is awesome for a club side, but does it kill the prestige of putting on that All White's shirt if you have young players who aren't even playing professionally called up? 

Since when has the All Whites shirt had prestige? The general public couldn't give 2 sharks about who's playing for NZ.

Only because they have no clue who is playing. 

Tell any of the players who have played in world cups that the shirt has no prestige. Even tell our own Leggy the shirt has no prestige. Sure it is no Brazil, but for every player who pulls it on it means plenty.