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over 5 years ago

That is the worst crest ever.

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over 5 years ago

Boring name

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over 5 years ago

The JourneyFan wrote:

Probably should have taken that bet.......

Your loss. I guess there is some logic in not being tied too closely to a specific suburb that carries little meaning outside of Auckland (or even outside the North Shore).

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over 5 years ago

andrewvoerman wrote:

The JourneyFan wrote:

Probably should have taken that bet.......

Your loss. I guess there is some logic in not being tied too closely to a specific suburb that carries little meaning outside of Auckland (or even outside the North Shore).

"Northern" carries even less meaning though

Valley FC til I die?

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over 5 years ago

Especially because it'll get confused with North Shore FC


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over 5 years ago

It's obvious that they are just placing themelves via their branding to be a national league club (men's and women's) and have chosen a name just like Auckland United that they think works in that league.

Should they be able to - that's a different question.

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over 5 years ago

Eastern Suburbs, Wests.... yet we rail on Northern.......
(I think its a crap name too)

Grumpy old bastard alert

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over 5 years ago

Waitakere City + Norwest merger on the way

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over 5 years ago

It'll still be Waitakere. What will Norwest bring to this? Not a lot.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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over 5 years ago

I would imagine as a pretty sizeable club that Norwest supplies numbers, particularly across Juniors, Youth and Women's that Waitakere don't have.

New club I believe is West Coast Rangers - which is one of the better merge names.

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over 5 years ago

It’s a great idea.

Hope they go well there are a lot of  clubs out west and seems logical for a few to get together .

we only sing when were winning
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about 5 years ago

massive growth potential in that area as well with lots of new suburbs popping up.  Could be a super club in 5-10 years based on size alone.

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about 5 years ago
thread's far too dead for my liking.....
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about 5 years ago · edited about 5 years ago
mrsmiis
thread's far too dead for my liking.....
Got any ideas on how some teams might be lining up?
I know that Northern Rovers will be basically Forrest Hill’s first team with a couple of guys from Glenfield, but they’ve lost both Andrew Blake and Yousif Al-Khalisy to North Shore and not really replaced them with equal players. Andrew Abba is there I believe but idk how effective he’ll be seeing he missed the whole of last season so won’t have played since 2019. Also heard rumours that Matt Conroy and former U17 NZ training squad member Stephanos Georgiou were maybe on
board but those haven’t seemed to amount to anything.
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about 5 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
exciting! Yeah Conroy's been in NZ for a decent while, came back very early from Sweden to get shoulder surgery and he's signing for a shore club (learnt this from his best mate's girlfriend lol).

NSU look in a good spot, picked up a few youngsters to fill in the youth spots - Matt Wood, Carlson-du Toit (who I rate immensely), Joseph Lee from the Nix are a few.

Auckland United keep getting stronger, they've picked up Michael den Heijer.

Haven't heard a thing from WCR apart from signing Riera and Berlanga as assistant coaches

Noticed a stunning signing by Manukau registered on Comet just last week - not sure of its validity since he's a contracted professional overseas
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about 5 years ago
mrsmiis
exciting! Yeah Conroy's been in NZ for a decent while, came back very early from Sweden to get shoulder surgery and he's signing for a shore club (learnt this from his best mate's girlfriend lol).

NSU look in a good spot, picked up a few youngsters to fill in the youth spots - Matt Wood, Carlson-du Toit (who I rate immensely), Joseph Lee from the Nix are a few.

Auckland United keep getting stronger, they've picked up Michael den Heijer.

Haven't heard a thing from WCR apart from signing Riera and Berlanga as assistant coaches

Noticed a stunning signing by Manukau registered on Comet just last week - not sure of its validity since he's a contracted professional overseas

Oh yep - I see who you mean.  Will leave the club to announce it. 
I wonder with that particular player how much he will stand out in what looks to be a strong premier league - would he be in the top couple of players in the league?
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about 5 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
chopah
mrsmiis
exciting! Yeah Conroy's been in NZ for a decent while, came back very early from Sweden to get shoulder surgery and he's signing for a shore club (learnt this from his best mate's girlfriend lol).

NSU look in a good spot, picked up a few youngsters to fill in the youth spots - Matt Wood, Carlson-du Toit (who I rate immensely), Joseph Lee from the Nix are a few.

Auckland United keep getting stronger, they've picked up Michael den Heijer.

Haven't heard a thing from WCR apart from signing Riera and Berlanga as assistant coaches

Noticed a stunning signing by Manukau registered on Comet just last week - not sure of its validity since he's a contracted professional overseas

Oh yep - I see who you mean.  Will leave the club to announce it. 
I wonder with that particular player how much he will stand out in what looks to be a strong premier league - would he be in the top couple of players in the league?
Always hard to predict these things - seasoned pros like Patterson and Memedovic were good last season but didn't blow anyone out of the water, some like Hilgen were poor. Patterson or Clayton Lewis last year for AU would be a decent benchmark
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about 5 years ago
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2021/03/football-auckland-city-fc-find-way-to-survive-new-zealand-club-football-restructure.html

The new system, aligned with winter, initially meant Auckland City would have been more. But that's no longer the case.

"We had the opportunity to talk with our sister club, Central United, and get a memorandum of understanding together with them," says Auckland City chairman Ivan Vuksich.

"Auckland City will now take Central United's place.

City's brand has become too valuable to lose.
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about 5 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
"Skepticism remains around the rejigged competition, with suggestions it may struggle."

This is the kind of deliberately obtuse use of the passive tense which makes people despise journalists. "Skepticism" by WHO? Suggestions by WHO? Struggle HOW?

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about 5 years ago
Hi team,
I'm going to lock this thread and start a new one in the Handyprem category.
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