There was someone on this forum once, who from memory had sat on a mother's morning tea with one of Nix's AWs players wives, where the gossip was that Hudson was rated by the players!
An unconventional source of inside info granted - but not one you can tarnish with any 'fake news' sycophant media type accusations. To me there is just a consistent fed of info that planning wise esp he's doing a good job.
The OFC games to me are pretty meaningless as far as getting a gauge on AWs form/progress. They don't excite the fans or players, AWs are never at full strength and are just shark games that have to played in order to play the big games that matter, and excite the players & fans. Of the starting eleven that played the OFC Nations final I'm guessing barely half would be in a 1st choice AWs side now.
End of the day many folks on this forum, will never like Hudson even if he blended into a wonderful combination of Mother Theresa and Alex Ferguson.
Yeah that was me. I work with one of the wags and she tells me a little more than she should, especially at our Christmas party re:Merrick! She was obviously either misinformed about Tratt or not telling me due to its sensitivity though.
Also do a little reading on Mother Theresa - a lot of her actions line up a little more closely with the prevailing opinion of Hudson on here!
ConanTroutman is 100% right, everything here is 3rd or 4th hand, stuff inevitably gets twisted.
