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Posted October 17, 2023 06:40 · last edited October 17, 2023 06:59

mrsmiis

Interview here with Burnley chatting about the U17s, league, and his time so far at Burnley.

Key point I took is that he's trained with the Burnley first team a couple times so far - awesome benchmark - and he's been moved to a full-time midfielder (had heard he's been playing DM for the Burnley U18s, and NZ tried him out there for the U17s).

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First thing that got me was the accent. 😆

But he sounds like a lock for New Zealand going forward which is great, and I love the versatility of him playing in midfield now too. In saying that, I was quietly hoping he'd still be playing at CB given the relative dearth of ball playing and technical CB's coming through.

Still very early days of course, but Bindon and Leuluai as a CB pairing for potentially the next three to four WC cycles would provide an excellent foundation, as well as stability for the national side. Add in the likes of Cacace, Bell, Stamenic, Singh, Garbett, Dibley-Dias, Waine etc and we're slowly cooking away nicely for like the next decade +!

I'm also aware of getting too far ahead of myself here with the up and comers and the expectations and all that carry on etc etc, but I will be looking forward to following his progress at Burnley over the next couple of seasons. Big potential in the lad.

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Unknown editor edited October 17, 2023 06:59

mrsmiis

First thing that got me was the accent. 😆

But he sounds like a lock for New Zealand going forward which is great, and I love the versatility of him playing in midfield now too. In saying that, I was quietly hoping he'd still be playing at CB given the relative dearth of ball playing and technical CB's coming through.

Still very early days of course, but Bindon and Leuluai as a CB pairing for potentially the next three to four WC cycles would provide an excellent foundation, as well as stability for the national side. Add in the likes of Cacace, Bell, Stamenic, Singh, Garbett, Dibley-Dias, Waine etc and we're slowly cooking away nicely for like the next decade +!

I also aware of getting too far ahead of myself here with the up and comers and the expectations and all that carry on etc etc, but I will be looking forward to following his progress at Burnley over the next couple of seasons. Big potential in the lad.

Unknown editor edited October 17, 2023 06:56

mrsmiis

First thing that got me was the accent. 😆

But he sounds like a lock for New Zealand going forward which is great, and I love the versatility of him playing in midfield now too. In saying that, I was quietly hoping he'd still be playing at CB given the relative dearth of ball playing and technical CB's coming through.

Still very early days of course, but Bindon and Leuluai as a CB pairing for potentially the next three to four WC cycles would provide an excellent foundation, as well as stability for the national side. Add in the likes of Cacace, Bell, Stamenic, Singh, Garbett, Dibley-Dias, Waine etc and we're slowly cooking away nicely for like the next decade +!

I don't want to get too far ahead of myself though, but will be looking forward to following his progress at Burnley over the next couple of seasons. Big potential in the lad.