Posted September 03, 2025 05:51
· last edited September 03, 2025 05:54
nixin
Meh...jury's out but I think Cosgrove will prove to be an upgrade on Mata. He and Randall will be competing for a striker position alongside May. And it's looking like Rogerson will swap to left wing with Brook on the right. That's happened three times now when Brook came on. Brook should start ahead of François, who loses the ball too often, and simply isn't as good. My 2 cents says that will be a much more potent combination than last year's. We'll see!martinb
The Kings were free to air! I remember that. And had a million players including Wynton Rufer for a while.
Still- letting Mata go and bringing in Brook and Cosgrove- I hope that continues to backfire on them. Brook does look like a player and Cosgrove is large, but Mata and Rogerson were a winning combo last season.
ballane
nixin
To be fair there were A LOT on here who said a new Auckland franchise was not going to work because it had been tried before and failed. Bullion
Only a few minutes in but the theme so far is "rubbing peoples nose into it". Seems all rather precious. "We'll show them!" says the multi billionaire and multi millionaire owners with access to a multi club infrastructure.
To be fair given the history was there anything wrong with questioning its viability. Has been great what they have done but lets be honest the test will be when they face a bit of adversity. As im sure your aware the Auckland public probably more than anywhere else in NZ can be very fickle and every thing is great if your the flavor. BUT
I was backing them to get the job done against Heidelberg. They had one very crisp interchange of passing. It looked like they’d roll over the top. Both certainly look the business, but looking the business and doing the business are different things. I was very wrong! How long before Rogerson is not starting? Or will his form and statistics recover? He does seem to have a good football brain and be a fairly grounded guy from his play.
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nixin
Meh...jury's out but I think Cosgrove will prove to be an upgrade on Mata. He and Randall will be competing for a striker position alongside May. And it's looking like Rogerson will swap to left wing with Brook on the right. That's happened three times now when Brook came on. Brook should start ahead of François, who loses the ball too often, and simply isn't as good. My 2 cents says that will be a much more potent combination than last year's. We'll see!martinb
The Kings were free to air! I remember that. And had a million players including Wynton Rufer for a while.
Still- letting Mata go and bringing in Brook and Cosgrove- I hope that continues to backfire on them. Brook does look like a player and Cosgrove is large, but Mata and Rogerson were a winning combo last season.
ballane
nixin
To be fair there were A LOT on here who said a new Auckland franchise was not going to work because it had been tried before and failed. Bullion
Only a few minutes in but the theme so far is "rubbing peoples nose into it". Seems all rather precious. "We'll show them!" says the multi billionaire and multi millionaire owners with access to a multi club infrastructure.
To be fair given the history was there anything wrong with questioning its viability. Has been great what they have done but lets be honest the test will be when they face a bit of adversity. As im sure your aware the Auckland public probably more than anywhere else in NZ can be very fickle and every thing is great if your the flavor. BUT
I was backing them to get the job done against Heidelberg. They had one very crisp interchange of passing. It looked like they’d roll over the top. Both certainly look the business, but looking the business and doing the business are different things. I was very wrong! How long before Rogerson is not starting? Or will his form and statistics recover?