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Auckland Pride - Make Auckland Great Again

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Posted December 21, 2023 09:51 · last edited December 21, 2023 09:53

Corica & McFlynn. Some already nickname Auckland as 'Sydney for Beginners'. So yes for now is some justifiable fear that that's what will happen. But Foley has mentioned the word community several times. Ditto Corica quoted it today, plus that the idea that there will be a pathway for Kiwi players through Auckland-Hibernian-FC Lorient-Bournemouth or wherever. There will be folks in the Foley Group well aware that they need to walk the talk by signing alot of NZers.

I guess that will be Greenacre's role to put forward Kiwi players he reckons are good enough for the ALM, that the ex SFC fellas know nothing about. Handy that the Nix are currently top of the table with a heavy NZ contingent, and very few Aussies compared to past seasons.

But need to be realistic there are very few quality NZ players available to sign from Nth America and Europe. Even the USL group (marginal for the ALM anyway) appear to have mostly all re-signed stateside. So it's going to be Unattached FC guys like Rojas, Elliott, Pijnaker & Deklan Wynne. Then others who might get an early release like Champness, Woud, Sail, De Jong or maybe Tuiloma. Then your domestic NZ guys and any young lads Greeny can poach from the Nix. But overall the NZ talent pool ain't huge, so you have to expect some Aussies to be signed until an 09 Academy is up & running.

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Unknown editor edited December 21, 2023 09:53

Corica & McFlynn. Some already nickname Auckland as 'Sydney for Beginners'. So yes for now is some justifiable fear that that's what will happen. But Foley has mentioned the word community several times. Ditto Corica quoted it today, plus that the idea that there will be a pathway for Kiwi players through Auckland-Hibernian-FC Lorient-Bournemouth or wherever. There will be folks in the Foley Group well aware that they need to walk the talk by signing alot of NZers.

I guess that will be Greenacre's role to put forward Kiwi players he reckons are good enough for the ALM, that the ex SFC fellas know nothing about. Handy that the Nix are currently top of the table with a heavy NZ contingent, and very few Aussies compared to past seasons.

But need to be realistic there are very few quality NZ players available to sign from Nth America and Europe. Even the USL group (marginal for the ALM anyway) appear to have mostly all re-signed stateside. So it's going to be Unattached FC guys like Rojas, Pijnaker & Deklan Wynne. Then others who might get an early release like Champness, Woud, Sail, De Jong or maybe Tuiloma. Then your domestic NZ guys and any young lads Greeny can poach from the Nix. But overall the NZ talent pool ain't huge, so you have to expect some Aussies to be signed until an 09 Academy is up & running.

Unknown editor edited December 21, 2023 09:53

Corica & McFlynn. Some already nickname Auckland as 'Sydney for Beginners'. So yes for now is some justifiable fear that that's what will happen. But Foley has mentioned the word community several times. Ditto Corica quoted it today, plus that the idea that there will be a pathway for Kiwi players through Auckland-Hibernian-FC Lorient-Bournemouth or wherever. There will be folks in the Foley Group well aware that they need to walk the talk by signing alot of NZers.

I guess that will be Greenacre's role to put forward Kiwi players he reckons are good enough for the ALM, that the ex SFC fellas know nothing about. Handy that the Nix are currently top of the table with a heavy NZ contingent, and very few Aussies compared to past seasons.

But need to be realistic there are very few quality NZ players available to sign from Nth America and Europe. Even the USL group (marginal for the ALM anyway) appear to have mostly all re-signed stateside. So it's going to be Unattached FC guys like Rojas, Pijnaker & Deklan Wynne. Then others who might get an early release like Champness, Woud, Sail or maybe Tuiloma. Then your domestic NZ guys and any young lads Greeny can poach from the Nix. But overall the NZ talent pool ain't huge, so you have to expect some Aussies to be signed until an 09 Academy is up & running.

Unknown editor edited December 21, 2023 09:52

Corica & McFlynn. Some already nickname Auckland as 'Sydney for Beginners'. So yes for now is some justifiable fear that that's what will happen. But Foley has mentioned the word community several times. Ditto Corica quoted it today, plus that the idea that there will be a pathway for Kiwi players through Auckland-Hibernian-FC Lorient-Bournemouth or wherever.

I guess that will be Greenacre's role to put forward Kiwi players he reckons are good enough for the ALM, that the ex SFC fellas know nothing about. Handy that the Nix are currently top of the table with a heavy NZ contingent, and very few Aussies compared to past seasons.

But need to be realistic there are very few quality NZ players available to sign from Nth America and Europe. Even the USL group (marginal for the ALM anyway) appear to have mostly all re-signed stateside. So it's going to be Unattached FC guys like Rojas, Pijnaker & Deklan Wynne. Then others who might get an early release like Champness, Woud, Sail or maybe Tuiloma. Then your domestic NZ guys and any young lads Greeny can poach from the Nix. But overall the NZ talent pool ain't huge, so you have to expect some Aussies to be signed until an 09 Academy is up & running.