Latest is with Ryan Nelsen.
We hear Ryan's best stories from eight years in the EPL, his frustrations with the All Whites in 2010, what it was like playing with Tugay, Gareth Bale, Harry Kane and Luke Modric, and against Henry and Berkamp, Ronaldinho and Neymar, the time he 'made the moves' on Chelsea Clinton at Stanford university, fought El Hadji Djouf at Everton and so, so many other cracking yarns from an incredible career.
We hear Ryan's best stories from eight years in the EPL, his frustrations with the All Whites in 2010, what it was like playing with Tugay, Gareth Bale, Harry Kane and Luke Modric, and against Henry and Berkamp, Ronaldinho and Neymar, the time he 'made the moves' on Chelsea Clinton at Stanford university, fought El Hadji Djouf at Everton and so, so many other cracking yarns from an incredible career.
Great listen, though I'm only part way through as it goes for nearly 2 hours!
What is obvious is that some of real 'amateur' administration stuff at Football NZ, used to really piss Nellie off. Sense that AWs/Oly Whites were constantly hamstrung by having 2nd rate preparation, travel or whatever compared to their opponents.
He's saying is much better now, and has some faith in Danny Hay. Hope he's right.
And yes the Chelsea Clinton story is a goodie. He may have been in the US a long time, but he still has that Kiwi self deprecating way about him, if I'm sure underneath a huge steely will to succeed at anything he does.
Edit - finished. Awesome listen. Some good yarns in there. If you can ever find a lazy 2 hours, well worth it. Oh and turns out coaching was something that he didn't enjoy at all, never again apparently.
Really interesting story was how basically Ferguson organised, who got the away team Player of the Day award at Old Trafford games. Was to be a player that he had some interest in, at maybe bringing to Man U. So Nelsen, got the award one day, even though he and his team mates thought he had a stinker in a loss to Man U.
Post match he got to meet Fergie, and some of his coaching staff, so they could check him out a bit, have a general chat etc. They even told him then (or maybe at a later chat) that their research had showed that around the 6 yard box, he was 2nd only to John Terry over the whole EPL at that time. But unfortunately for Nelsen's Old Trafford's dreams, they in the end decided he would be too slow for the high line Man U played.