Conchie is gonna play?
He did yes hardly play in either Vanuatu or France, or for Nix last ALM season.
Just wondering of the 6 Nix players that went to the Olympics who's likely to be already back in NZ & play tomorrow, and who might be on a little European/Olympics holiday and break from football?
Sounds like neither Kosta or Marco will start. If so two or more of Academy kids Fergus Gillion, Anaru Cassidy, Nathan Walker & Ryan Watson are likely to run on.
https://wellingtonphoenix.com/news/australia-cup-round-of-32-preview-2/
Italiano will deploy a young side, with a number of older players absent due to Olympic duty, injury, or a lack of match fitness.
“My focus has been on the players’ welfare as first priority.
He did yes hardly play in either Vanuatu or France, or for Nix last ALM season.
Just wondering of the 6 Nix players that went to the Olympics who's likely to be already back in NZ & play tomorrow, and who might be on a little European/Olympics holiday and break from football?
Sounds like neither Kosta or Marco will start. If so two or more of Academy kids Fergus Gillion, Anaru Cassidy, Nathan Walker & Ryan Watson are likely to run on.
https://wellingtonphoenix.com/news/australia-cup-round-of-32-preview-2/
Italiano will deploy a young side, with a number of older players absent due to Olympic duty, injury, or a lack of match fitness.
“My focus has been on the players’ welfare as first priority.
“It’s usually not the norm, having so many players out due to the Olympics and the Nations Cup.
Kosta Barbarouses and Marco Rojas are also not expected to play a full 90 minutes, but could feature at some point.
Kosta Barbarouses and Marco Rojas are also not expected to play a full 90 minutes, but could feature at some point.
He's hardly had a massive workload. A lot of travelling, yes, but he's hardly been overworked.
You'd also think given now Retre has signed (Thereby giving us the midfield trio of Rufer, Al-Taay & Retre) any chance Conchie has to potentially start, you'd think he'd be jumping at such a prospect, now that he's fourth in that pecking order by default.
Whether he's travelled to Melbourne or not, I haven't the foggiest. But I'd wager we'll see him in some form tomorrow, and he still needs to prove himself. He won't have a better chance while some of the more experienced heads get eased into the pre season picture.