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Tamati Williams (AaB | Denmark)

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Posted February 20, 2016 01:56 · last edited February 20, 2016 01:59

Jeff Vader wrote:

MetalLegNZ wrote:

Has real potential... hopefully he makes this work. I wondered why he was not at ACFC.

Surely he's our number two now behind moss : )

Real potential? Whats he,  33?

Turned 32 last month:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamati_Williams

Thought he was great in the 2014 Club World Cup in Morocco.

Will be close competition between him and Marinovic for the NZ #2 jersey.

RKC will value an experienced keeper his age because they have four very young keepers in the first team squad aged 18 - 20:

http://nl.soccerway.com/teams/netherlands/rkc-waal...

Williams will probably start as third choice keeper at RKC behind first choice Ralph Vos aged 19 (21 appearances this season) and Nils de Hartog aged 21 (5 apps).

But because he is older, he could be bumped up to second choice quickly.

They have two other keepers in the squad aged 18 and 20 who have never appeared.

Alarm bells should ring about Williams' continued eligibility to play for NZ because he has acquired a Dutch passport since he last appeared for NZ and the Netherlands don't allow dual nationality.

Could be a similar situation to Fitzgerald in Japan.

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Big Pete 65 edited February 20, 2016 01:59
Jeff Vader wrote:
MetalLegNZ wrote:

Has real potential... hopefully he makes this work. I wondered why he was not at ACFC.

Surely he's our number two now behind moss : )

Real potential? Whats he,  33?

Turned 32 last month.

Thought he was great in the 2014 Club World Cup in Morocco.

Will be close competition between him and Marinovic for the NZ #2 jersey.

RKC will value an experienced keeper his age.

RKC have four very young keepers in the first team squad aged 18 - 20:

http://nl.soccerway.com/teams/netherlands/rkc-waal...

Williams will probably start as third choice keeper at RKC behind first choice Ralph Vos aged 19 (21 appearances this season) and Nils de Hartog aged 21 (5 apps).

But because he is older, he could be bumped up to second choice quickly.

They have two other keepers in the squad aged 18 and 20 who have never appeared.

Alarm bells should ring about Williams continued eligibility to play for NZ because he has acquired a Dutch passport since he last appeared for NZ and the Netherlands don't allow dual nationality.

Could be a similar situation to Fitzgerald in Japan.