Think we are on the right track.
The owners have said they will use all 5 foreign sports and have said they will also use marquees. Therefore budget and salary cap should not be a factor.
A previous poster has said that he has played in a back three and he looks big enough at 6 foot to do so.
Now with a foreign player you really want them to be good enough to be in the starting eleven which obviously this Japanese chap would be based upon his predigee.
Let’s assume that all foreigners signed are good enough to make the starting first eleven in their respective positions.
There appears two starting spots reserved for decent Australians, CM - Brimmer and CD, Burn. So assuming those rumours are true, those positions are partially sorted.
Now that only leaves 4 starting places left for kiwis. Let’s assume one place is for a gun kiwi attacker like Rojas or Singh. One is goalkeeper and the other a defender or two (like Smith and another).
Realistically you want at least that number in your starting team if you want to promote NZ football.
I seem to recall the initial knights only had 4 kiwis in their entire squad.
Don’t think these owners will sign journeymen ausis.
The nix fell into this problem for many years and only recently have stopped it.
The owners have said they will use all 5 foreign sports and have said they will also use marquees. Therefore budget and salary cap should not be a factor.
A previous poster has said that he has played in a back three and he looks big enough at 6 foot to do so.
Now with a foreign player you really want them to be good enough to be in the starting eleven which obviously this Japanese chap would be based upon his predigee.
Let’s assume that all foreigners signed are good enough to make the starting first eleven in their respective positions.
There appears two starting spots reserved for decent Australians, CM - Brimmer and CD, Burn. So assuming those rumours are true, those positions are partially sorted.
Now that only leaves 4 starting places left for kiwis. Let’s assume one place is for a gun kiwi attacker like Rojas or Singh. One is goalkeeper and the other a defender or two (like Smith and another).
Realistically you want at least that number in your starting team if you want to promote NZ football.
I seem to recall the initial knights only had 4 kiwis in their entire squad.
Don’t think these owners will sign journeymen ausis.
The nix fell into this problem for many years and only recently have stopped it.