Also has SFA to do with NZ…he definitely makes it easier as a Nix fan to dislike the Auckland team!
Knows how the league operates and the Aussie landscape. Greenacre will have to provide the NZ knowledge. It looks a very safe appointment.
More likelihood now I'd imagine that the Auckland team will sign a few Aussies, either NPL or ALM free agents. Fair enough, as without an Academy they otherwise have the small pool of available Kiwis overseas, or the NZ domestic scene.
Plus McFlynn has some good experience with other A League club academies, and that will likely be a big part of his new job setting up Auckland's Academy from scratch.