I would love for us to win this thing for once. It's a comp we are actually able to go deep in. We finally gotta win some silverware to get that monkey off our back and the cup is ideal for that.
I wonder how seriously the club takes it? And if there is say a 3 year plan in place perhaps to assemble a squad sooner to play together/gel, have more pre season games and have them fitter sooner to actually have a serious crack at it. Just to be proactive and chase it.
That's what I'd do if I was in charge, throw everything at it, have a bit of a vision/plan. Maybe the club does, Idk
I wonder how seriously the club takes it? And if there is say a 3 year plan in place perhaps to assemble a squad sooner to play together/gel, have more pre season games and have them fitter sooner to actually have a serious crack at it. Just to be proactive and chase it.
That's what I'd do if I was in charge, throw everything at it, have a bit of a vision/plan. Maybe the club does, Idk
The club is also hamstrung in that most winters it will have a large cohort of young players involved in one or more of U19 OFC WC qualifying, U20 World Cups, U22 OFC Olympics qualifying, the Olympics and/or AWs playing in the June FIFA window.
No other ALM team (bar maybe in the future new boys AFC), have this level of squad absences in the off/pre season. And yeah at some point players need a minimum 1 month break from all things football, to refresh.