Hes too old born in 92
And so it begins http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/Appiah-Kubi-courted-by-All-Whites/64486
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Hmm surprised he didn't play in the last game then.
Think plan wouldve been to try him out after qualifying
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Hmm surprised he didn't play in the last game then.
Agree, our next chance to lock him into the All-Whites is in the intercontinental playoff, and I doubt we will play him in it. After that it is a potential World Cup campaign, and again I doubt we would play him in the WC if we do manage to somehow make it. The next chance will be the 2016 Oceania Nations Cup, unless I am missing something. Would have made a lot of sense to call him up for the dead rubber.
Yellow Fever - Misery loves company
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Hmm surprised he didn't play in the last game then.
Agree, our next chance to lock him into the All-Whites is in the intercontinental playoff, and I doubt we will play him in it. After that it is a potential World Cup campaign, and again I doubt we would play him in the WC if we do manage to somehow make it. The next chance will be the 2016 Oceania Nations Cup, unless I am missing something. Would have made a lot of sense to call him up for the dead rubber.
Geez not every player is gonna fuck us over after playing an int. friendly. Have some faith!
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Hmm surprised he didn't play in the last game then.
Agree, our next chance to lock him into the All-Whites is in the intercontinental playoff, and I doubt we will play him in it. After that it is a potential World Cup campaign, and again I doubt we would play him in the WC if we do manage to somehow make it. The next chance will be the 2016 Oceania Nations Cup, unless I am missing something. Would have made a lot of sense to call him up for the dead rubber.
Geez not every player is gonna fuck us over after playing an int. friendly. Have some faith!
Friendlies do not count for locking in players, only competitive matches do (so pretty much just World Cup qualifiers).
I do have faith, I just don't think we should be playing him in the intercontinental playoff for obvious reasons.
Yellow Fever - Misery loves company
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Hmm surprised he didn't play in the last game then.
Agree, our next chance to lock him into the All-Whites is in the intercontinental playoff, and I doubt we will play him in it. After that it is a potential World Cup campaign, and again I doubt we would play him in the WC if we do manage to somehow make it. The next chance will be the 2016 Oceania Nations Cup, unless I am missing something. Would have made a lot of sense to call him up for the dead rubber.
Geez not every player is gonna fuck us over after playing an int. friendly. Have some faith!
Friendlies do not count for locking in players, only competitive matches do (so pretty much just World Cup qualifiers).
I do have faith, I just don't think we should be playing him in the intercontinental playoff for obvious reasons.
I know they dont count. Im saying if he plays before nov misses out in nov i hardly think hes gonna turn around and say see ya. He'll be a part of herberts plans for nov though i think.
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I don't know who he would push out and whether he's any better than Louis Fenton but good to see talks are ongoing.
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Is he still eligible for U20s? That would be a good place to start him out
Normo's coming home
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I expect Fenton to kick on next season as well so should be tough
COYN
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Is he still eligible for U20s? That would be a good place to start him out
Grumpy old bastard alert
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Is he still eligible for U20s? That would be a good place to start him out
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I've probably been living in cockoo-land for a while, but do friendly games really not count towards "fully representing" a country? I thought as long as you played in a "A" International then you wouldn't be able to switch allegiance.
This means potentially that he could play friendlies for Ghana, Aussie and us before actually committing - sounds rather strange to me.
On a different note, glad to see Ricky saw some sense (read my posts in the previous page) - he is defo worth a shot, at the end of the day he played for the A-League winning team (sure, he wasn't a starter but he featured several times) - so I don't see why we shouldn't chase him.
VUW AFC - Victoria University Football for life
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I've probably been living in cockoo-land for a while, but do friendly games really not count towards "fully representing" a country? I thought as long as you played in a "A" International then you wouldn't be able to switch allegiance.
This means potentially that he could play friendlies for Ghana, Aussie and us before actually committing - sounds rather strange to me.
Take a read of Section 8 on page 65-66 of this: http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/generic/01/66/54/21/fifastatutes2012e.pdf
Yellow Fever - Misery loves company
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He definitely looked a better player at the end of this season, just have a suspicion thar he turned Ricki down when they met recently which is why he wasnt called up.
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Watched him play a couple of times this season. Would NOT even make the bench of the current AW side. We have plenty of players better than him in the same playing position. Maybe one for the future though if he kicks on
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Just as a thought, in 3 years when Smeltz, Killen and Fallon are gone, the cupboard may not look so full. Fallon is basically gone now so...
Grumpy old bastard alert
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Watched him play a couple of times this season. Would NOT even make the bench of the current AW side. We have plenty of players better than him in the same playing position. Maybe one for the future though if he kicks on
I agree that he didn't set the league on fire. However there must be a reason why he was picked up by CCM Yoof and won the league there, then moved on to WSW and won there too. If he is this good now [insert rating here] who's to say he won't grow exponentially in the next 2-5 years?
To be it's a no-brainer. If he continues to be OK, you don't have to call him up to the side. If he becomes the next big thing though...
It's not like we can afford to turn our nose up at players, we're a 3.5 M people country - and 99% are rubbish footballers.
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Just as a thought, in 3 years when Smeltz, Killen and Fallon are gone, the cupboard may not look so full. Fallon is basically gone now so...
This! Wake up peeps. We have no depth!
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Just as a thought, in 3 years when Smeltz, Killen and Fallon are gone, the cupboard may not look so full. Fallon is basically gone now so...
I'm more than happy for him to be in the next Nations Cup squad, and play friendlies for us before that. I just don't think he should be playing in the most important two-legged game we have had in four years, and I don't think he has a place to play in a potential world cup campaign next year. After our campaign finishes (either in November or July), I have no problem with him being called up. Does that make sense?
Yellow Fever - Misery loves company
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Again, which is why I find it odd we didn't use him in a game where we had nothing to lose. It could suggest he hasn't made his mind up yet, turned us down, or basically we didn't need another striker.
If these talks happened in January..
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Just as a thought, in 3 years when Smeltz, Killen and Fallon are gone, the cupboard may not look so full. Fallon is basically gone now so...
I'm more than happy for him to be in the next Nations Cup squad, and play friendlies for us before that. I just don't think he should be playing in the most important two-legged game we have had in four years, and I don't think he has a place to play in a potential world cup campaign next year. After our campaign finishes (either in November or July), I have no problem with him being called up. Does that make sense?
The point I was making is that we have depth now, in 3 years time, we may not have as much. TV, its not that we don't have depth because we do, its that the succession line is not as clear. With our striker stocks we have Smeltz, Killen, Fallon, Wood, Marco, Brockie and Kosta (and some of those players van double elsewhere on the field) that looks great today. In 3 years time, perhaps not so much so you look at this guy and Fenton for the future.
We could play him at the Confedera....... oh
Grumpy old bastard alert
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...he's closer than you think...
Moss (Spoonley or Gleeson)
Reid (Boxall) Durante (Sigmund) Smith (Hogg)
Fenton (Bertos) McGlinchey (Payne) Vicelich (Keat or Clapham) Lochhead (Howieson)
Smeltz (Barbarouses/Appiah Kubi) Wood (Killen) Rojas (Brockie)
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Just as a thought, in 3 years when Smeltz, Killen and Fallon are gone, the cupboard may not look so full. Fallon is basically gone now so...
I'm more than happy for him to be in the next Nations Cup squad, and play friendlies for us before that. I just don't think he should be playing in the most important two-legged game we have had in four years, and I don't think he has a place to play in a potential world cup campaign next year. After our campaign finishes (either in November or July), I have no problem with him being called up. Does that make sense?
The point I was making is that we have depth now, in 3 years time, we may not have as much. TV, its not that we don't have depth because we do, its that the succession line is not as clear. With our striker stocks we have Smeltz, Killen, Fallon, Wood, Marco, Brockie and Kosta (and some of those players van double elsewhere on the field) that looks great today. In 3 years time, perhaps not so much so you look at this guy and Fenton for the future.
We could play him at the Confedera....... oh
god that stilll hurts...
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...he's closer than you think...
Moss (Spoonley or Gleeson)
Reid (Boxall) Durante (Sigmund) Smith (Hogg)
Fenton (Bertos) McGlinchey (Payne) Vicelich (Keat or Clapham) Lochhead (Howieson)
Smeltz (Barbarouses/Appiah Kubi) Wood (Killen) Rojas (Brockie)
though id never condone a back three including hogg
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...he's closer than you think...
Moss (Spoonley or Gleeson)
Reid (Boxall) Durante (Sigmund) Smith (Hogg)
Fenton (Bertos) McGlinchey (Payne) Vicelich (Keat or Clapham) Lochhead (Howieson)
Smeltz (Barbarouses/Appiah Kubi) Wood (Killen) Rojas (Brockie)
though id never condone a back three including hogg
Smeltz > Wood > Rojas > Barbarouses > Killen > Brockie > Fallon > then maybe Appiah Kubi.. Boyd, Bright.. still a long way to go.
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...he's closer than you think...
Moss (Spoonley or Gleeson)
Reid (Boxall) Durante (Sigmund) Smith (Hogg)
Fenton (Bertos) McGlinchey (Payne) Vicelich (Keat or Clapham) Lochhead (Howieson)
Smeltz (Barbarouses/Appiah Kubi) Wood (Killen) Rojas (Brockie)
though id never condone a back three including hogg
Smeltz > Wood > Rojas > Barbarouses > Killen > Brockie > Fallon > then maybe Appiah Kubi.. Boyd, Bright.. still a long way to go.
fallons done buddy. i agree with the verstable payne that appiah kubi is probably after everyone else though
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Again, which is why I find it odd we didn't use him in a game where we had nothing to lose. It could suggest he hasn't made his mind up yet, turned us down, or basically we didn't need another striker.
If these talks happened in January..
Auckland will rise once more
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Smart kid. http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/Appiah-Kubi-confirms-All-Whites-approach/64563
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really dont think we are his first choice.
articles need to sort some facts though - was he nine or seven when he moved to aus???
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really dont think we are his first choice.
articles need to sort some facts though - was he nine or seven when he moved to aus???
Lets just compromise, he was 8.
Yellow Fever - Misery loves company
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really dont think we are his first choice.
articles need to sort some facts though - was he nine or seven when he moved to aus???
Grumpy old bastard alert
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really dont think we are his first choice.
articles need to sort some facts though - was he nine or seven when he moved to aus???
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really dont think we are his first choice.
articles need to sort some facts though - was he nine or seven when he moved to aus???
Depends if they keep selecting the "golden age" players, who are all now well into their 30s, or whether the start to focus on the up and coming younger players. The amount of game time that players like Rogic and Ryan have recieved while in the Socceroo's camp suggests that younger players are not going to get a look in any time soon.
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you never know how far he could go - maybe its Ghana he's waiting on for the call...
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More youth players should also be brought into the team. A number of youth players appeared during the 2012-13 season, and Popovic undoubtedly understands the importance of bringing in quality youngsters.
Reece Caira (20) made two appearances as a defender, Yianni Perkatis (19) appeared twice as a central midfielder, and Kwabena Appiah-Kubi (20) played 13 matches as a winger.
If the Wanderers can hold a number of key players in the off-season, and strengthen well, the 2013-14 season can be just as good, if not better, than the season just finished.
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