They were the club trying to sign Waine, so is kinda plausible
If this is true could work well for us even tho it leaves us very light in central midfield we could use the cash to get a quality import and sign an upcoming local player while not breaking the bank.
Are there any up and coming local CM/DMs?
Oli Whyte and Trevor Zwetsloot have been mentioned on here previously. Looking to the academy I imagine the options are Henry Hamilton and Luis Toomey, but I haven't seen enough of Lower Hutt to say they'd be ready for the step up or not.
Dane Schnell another mentioned. Think he was at the recent Oly Whites camp in Auckland. Howieson (age 26) is an interesting one, as has that similar sort of background to Payne and Lewis. Time in the UK, AWs caps, plus lots of Handy Prem experience. But turned down trialling for Nix before??, plus plays more as an AM than DM at ACFC?? But then so did Lewis.
Still content to just play Northern League football, or is there an itch to play at a higher level like his peers Payne, Lewis etc? Those regular CWC appearances could well be over, and he was probably in that big Eden Park crowd lapping up the buzz.
They were the club trying to sign Waine, so is kinda plausible
If this is true could work well for us even tho it leaves us very light in central midfield we could use the cash to get a quality import and sign an upcoming local player while not breaking the bank.
Are there any up and coming local CM/DMs?
Oli Whyte and Trevor Zwetsloot have been mentioned on here previously. Looking to the academy I imagine the options are Henry Hamilton and Luis Toomey, but I haven't seen enough of Lower Hutt to say they'd be ready for the step up or not.
Dane Schnell another mentioned. Think he was at the recent Oly Whites camp in Auckland. Howieson (age 26) is an interesting one, as has that similar sort of background to Payne and Lewis. Time in the UK, AWs caps, plus lots of Handy Prem experience. But turned down trialling for Nix before??, plus plays more as an AM than DM at ACFC?? But then so did Lewis.
Still content to just play Northern League football, or is there an itch to play at a higher level like his peers Payne, Lewis etc. Those regular CWC appearances could well be over.
They were the club trying to sign Waine, so is kinda plausible
If this is true could work well for us even tho it leaves us very light in central midfield we could use the cash to get a quality import and sign an upcoming local player while not breaking the bank.
Are there any up and coming local CM/DMs?
Oli Whyte and Trevor Zwetsloot have been mentioned on here previously. Looking to the academy I imagine the options are Henry Hamilton and Luis Toomey, but I haven't seen enough of Lower Hutt to say they'd be ready for the step up or not.
Dane Schnell another mentioned. Think he was at the recent Oly Whites camp in Auckland. Howieson (age 26) is an interesting one, as has that similar sort of background to Payne and Lewis. Time in the UK, plus lots of Handy Prem experience. But turned down trialling for Nix before??, plus plays more as an AM than DM at ACFC?? But then so did Lewis.
Still content to just play Northern League football, or is there an itch to play at a higher level like his peers Payne, Lewis etc. Those regular CWC appearances could well be over.