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Posted June 11, 2015 22:21 · last edited June 11, 2015 22:21

Global Game wrote:

Jh1983 wrote:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/n...

Just come across this, Declen seems to talk a lot of sh*t.

Some very interesting comments at the bottom of the article as well.

3. Being disrespectful to Rovers and their history in NZ football is a tiny bit childish. NCR have developed all whites and professional players in the past. Go on Yahoo and search Ricky Ravenhill or Shane Smeltz (who recently played against a manager who's philosophy is develop players by teaching them how to beat an array of playing styles and effectively win). Tyler Boyd and Ryan Thomas aside playing in a Serie B youth team in my eyes isn't a pro. If that is Rovers have 6 who have played in professional youth/reserves side + Nike academy. NCR have 10+ English football league appearances in the current squad + INT u17, u20 and u21 caps.

Smeltz spent one season at Napier. To claim NCR "developed" him is a massive stretch of anyone's imagination. Ricky Ravenhill spent a few years at Doncaster Rovers, but his Wiki page makes no mention of Napier City Rovers.

Professional players earn money for playing regardless of what league they play. A professional player is a professional player.

Ravenhill came out from Barnsley for a season as a 18 year old? with another lad Jackson, he hardly came up through the NCR system.  

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watching_from_far edited June 11, 2015 22:21
Global Game wrote:
Jh1983 wrote:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/n...

Just come across this, Declen seems to talk a lot of sh*t.

Some very interesting comments at the bottom of the article as well.

3. Being disrespectful to Rovers and their history in NZ football is a tiny bit childish. NCR have developed all whites and professional players in the past. Go on Yahoo and search Ricky Ravenhill or Shane Smeltz (who recently played against a manager who's philosophy is develop players by teaching them how to beat an array of playing styles and effectively win). Tyler Boyd and Ryan Thomas aside playing in a Serie B youth team in my eyes isn't a pro. If that is Rovers have 6 who have played in professional youth/reserves side + Nike academy. NCR have 10+ English football league appearances in the current squad + INT u17, u20 and u21 caps.

Smeltz spent one season at Napier. To claim NCR "developed" him is a massive stretch of anyone's imagination. Ricky Ravenhill spent a few years at Doncaster Rovers, but his Wiki page makes no mention of Napier City Rovers.

Professional players earn money for playing regardless of what league they play. A professional player is a professional player.

haha trying to claim Smeltz and Ravenhill is classic, Ravenhill came out from Barnsley for a season as a 18 year old? with another lad Jackson, he hardly came up through the NCR system.