Posted July 23, 2011 00:42
· last edited March 18, 2021 06:10
Think its fair to say that Canterbury have done better in the NZFC. Its a shame that its been at the expense of otago that canty have made the playoffs in the last two years. Would be good for the SI if either team could break the dominance of the big two. A SI league would be great to progress the top end of the game here but doubtful it would happen. Was told by a canty board member that very few teams in the mainland are keen due to the cost, it you look at a team who say would pay a player 350 a game and times it by roughly 18 (inc cup games) thats 6300 dollars. Add say about 10 goal at say about 50 a goal, thats about 500 dollars and 6800 all in. Lets say this team then payed at least two other players around the same, thats another 10 grand, so thats about 17 grand rounded up. Surely investing that in an SI league would be more beneficial for this imaginary team who we'll call lets say 'hairy bead gays' then wasting it on a mainland league title. Especially if said team then turned around and said a SI league is unaffordable.
Dan Ede's a good goalscorer with pace but until he shows a bit of bollucks when the going gets tough theirs no way he'll be wearing a canty shirt under Braithwaite. Would be interesting if they picked a mainland select for the first few weeks of pre-season to see who could make the step up. Think he would make that squad and it would be up to him if he made the step up. Rightly or wrongly KB prefers players who he knows will give a 100% and he won't entertain lads who think they are better than what they are (not implying that this is D Ede). But knowing this, I would suggest to any potential CU wannabees this will be the best way to make his squad, work hard, show a good attitude and let your footy do the talking. Anyway as you can guess hav'nt had me footy fix for a while, hopefully tech give bays a doing. Unfortunately on babysitting duty so won't be able to enjoy the balmy weather
