I hate comparing Ricki and Ernie and usually never do it - I love Ricki and always will - but I'm finding it hard to avoid a comparison with some of these signings, players that were available to us for the last few seasons but not taken up.
Ricki is basically the sole reason I bought into the idea that the vast majority of ASBP players and kiwi youth prospects were not good enough for the A-League.
Ernie has shown me that there is plenty of talent around, he's picked the right ones and is having huge success with them. We've had so many injuries but unbelievably it doesn't seem to matter how many new guys he brings into the fold - each and every one of them has shown me something I didn't expect to see.
Makes me so friggin excited for the future, it feels like Ernie's uncovered this enormous talent pool that I thought was just a muddy puddle all along.