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Posted August 07, 2014 07:03 · last edited August 07, 2014 07:08

valeo wrote:

rjmiller wrote:

Wibblebutt wrote:

Wellington Phoenix intersquad match this weekend:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c...

Interesting thing is Hudson will be taking charge of one of the teams. Think this shows a much better will of NZF and Phoenix to work together for the common good. The fact that Hudson and Merrick seem to have very similar football philosophies is great. Now hopefully we will have a synergy of NZ Age group sides, the All Whites and The Phoenix all playing to a similar game plan and positive playing style.

It's exactly the same sort of match we had last year with Ricki and Merrick.

This...i don't think anything has changed; relationship between Ricki and Merrick was good.

I'm not a fan of the demonisation of Ricki - like everything he touched was horrible; overall, he did a good job for NZ football and without him we likely wouldn't of had a Phoenix to support.

Yeah didn't mean it as a demonisation of Ricki at all - he did great things for NZ Football! Just pointing out that the two coaches are playing to the same game plan so it'll be good for the All Whites at the Nix.

I don't remember Ricki ever coming in and taking part in an inter-squad game? This weekend's game/training match is not the same one as the upcoming NZ 'A' game on 17th August. 

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Wibblebutt edited August 07, 2014 07:08
valeo wrote:
rjmiller wrote:
Wibblebutt wrote:

Wellington Phoenix intersquad match this weekend:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c...

Interesting thing is Hudson will be taking charge of one of the teams. Think this shows a much better will of NZF and Phoenix to work together for the common good. The fact that Hudson and Merrick seem to have very similar football philosophies is great. Now hopefully we will have a synergy of NZ Age group sides, the All Whites and The Phoenix all playing to a similar game plan and positive playing style.

It's exactly the same sort of match we had last year with Ricki and Merrick.

This...i don't think anything has changed; relationship between Ricki and Merrick was good.

I'm not a fan of the demonisation of Ricki - like everything he touched was horrible; overall, he did a good job for NZ football and without him we likely wouldn't of had a Phoenix to support.

Yeah didn't mean it as a demonisation of Ricki at all - he did great things for NZ Football! Just pointing out that the two coaches are playing to the same game plan so it'll be good for the All Whites at the Nix.

I don't remember Ricki ever coming in and taking part in an inter-squad game? This weekend's game/training match is not the same one as the upcoming game on 17th August. 

Wibblebutt edited August 07, 2014 07:08
valeo wrote:
rjmiller wrote:
Wibblebutt wrote:

Wellington Phoenix intersquad match this weekend:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c...

Interesting thing is Hudson will be taking charge of one of the teams. Think this shows a much better will of NZF and Phoenix to work together for the common good. The fact that Hudson and Merrick seem to have very similar football philosophies is great. Now hopefully we will have a synergy of NZ Age group sides, the All Whites and The Phoenix all playing to a similar game plan and positive playing style.

It's exactly the same sort of match we had last year with Ricki and Merrick.

This...i don't think anything has changed; relationship between Ricki and Merrick was good.

I'm not a fan of the demonisation of Ricki - like everything he touched was horrible; overall, he did a good job for NZ football and without him we likely wouldn't of had a Phoenix to support.

Yeah didn't mean it as a demonisation of Ricki at all - he did great things for NZ Football! Just pointing out that the two coaches are playing to the same game plan so it'll be good for the All Whites at the Nix.

I don't remember Ricki ever coming in and taking part in an inter-squad game? This weekend's game/training match is not the same one as the upcoming game on 17th August, unless they've made a mistake. 

Wibblebutt edited August 07, 2014 07:06
valeo wrote:
rjmiller wrote:
Wibblebutt wrote:

Wellington Phoenix intersquad match this weekend:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c...

Interesting thing is Hudson will be taking charge of one of the teams. Think this shows a much better will of NZF and Phoenix to work together for the common good. The fact that Hudson and Merrick seem to have very similar football philosophies is great. Now hopefully we will have a synergy of NZ Age group sides, the All Whites and The Phoenix all playing to a similar game plan and positive playing style.

It's exactly the same sort of match we had last year with Ricki and Merrick.

This...i don't think anything has changed; relationship between Ricki and Merrick was good.

I'm not a fan of the demonisation of Ricki - like everything he touched was horrible; overall, he did a good job for NZ football and without him we likely wouldn't of had a Phoenix to support.

Yeah didn't mean it as a demonisation of Ricki at all - he did great things for NZ Football! Just pointing out that the two coaches are playing to the same game plan so it'll be good for the All Whites at the Nix.

I don't remember Ricki ever coming in and taking part in an inter-squad game? The Nix v NZ 'A' game is not until the 17th August.