I think he will be looking at League 2 or higher. Yes he is young, but he had a stand out season in the Conference.
At a guess, the league would be fairly 'competative' in the physical sense with maybe not as much protection for a keeper as you see higher up the food chain.
Interesting call to say SIMS is in the wings - arguably he is currently playing at the highest level of any of the kiwi keepers.
At a guess, the league would be fairly 'competative' in the physical sense with maybe not as much protection for a keeper as you see higher up the food chain.
Interesting call to say SIMS is in the wings - arguably he is currently playing at the highest level of any of the kiwi keepers.
I say Sims in the wings purely because in any squad you take 3 keepers into any international duty.
Crocombe being the incumbent - and fair enough, he's had good form over the past couple of seasons over in England and is worthy of being 'the top dog' for the national team (for now at least) and is in the prime goalkeeping years of his career.
Paulsen, well we all know how good he is - Would not be surprised to see him grab the #1 spot for the AW's over the next little while (perhaps even for the Nations Cup) and he has the potential to hold onto that spot for a very long time.
Right now I still think it's a toss up between Gray & Sims for that third spot. He's already been called up for the senior team at short notice - Although that was probably more convenience than anything to be honest. I can't find the exact post I made, but during the U20 World Cup I was on record that Gray should've at least been given a shot. If he gets a loan to League One then I think he gets that 3rd spot.
Again this is just my opinion.
Will be interested to see where Tzanev ends up too, as he's still well in the mix.