https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/a-league/125665343/phoenix-coach-ufuk-talays-return-to-wellington-delayed-by-covid19-outbreak
Sounds any new targeted CB signing would be a starting CB immediately alongside Taylor (so Laws on the bench), which you think would rule out any domestic players like Brotherton and real estate agent Mitchell (his weekends must be busy!). Would take anyone currently playing Northern Region football many months to get up to A League fitness etc.
So some off contract Aussie from the A League? Then if Uffie can't find the right fit, Payne stays as a CB - and Louie gets a bit lucky in the short term anyway?
Zwetsloot can play CB or DM. I think he's currently playing CB in Victorian NPL. He's young, and presumably after his long injury layoff (was in Werder Bremen youth system when injured), hungry to play at a higher level than NPL. Could be a real good squaddie pickup, if he fits what Talay is looking for.
Sounds any new targeted CB signing would be a starting CB immediately alongside Taylor (so Laws on the bench), which you think would rule out any domestic players like Brotherton and real estate agent Mitchell (his weekends must be busy!). Would take anyone currently playing Northern Region football many months to get up to A League fitness etc.
So some off contract Aussie from the A League? Then if Uffie can't find the right fit, Payne stays as a CB - and Louie gets a bit lucky in the short term anyway?
Zwetsloot can play CB or DM. I think he's currently playing CB in Victorian NPL. He's young, and presumably after his long injury layoff (was in Werder Bremen youth system when injured), hungry to play at a higher level than NPL. Could be a real good squaddie pickup, if he fits what Talay is looking for.