I'd love for us to have our first kiwi (born or naturalised) in pretty much exactly 13 years (Herbert finished 24th Feb '13).
We've had a bunch of foreigners (Australian and European) since who have achieved zip. Another kiwi couldn't do any worse then most of them did.
Its not normal for a club to go that long without a local manager outside of the EPL. Time for the club to show us it has developed coaches as well as players.
We've had a bunch of foreigners (Australian and European) since who have achieved zip. Another kiwi couldn't do any worse then most of them did.
Its not normal for a club to go that long without a local manager outside of the EPL. Time for the club to show us it has developed coaches as well as players.
Not sure this is the most important issue at the moment. Quality has no nationality. At the end of the day this is the Australian league and we play in it. An Australian player or coach are treated as locals. And like it or not, Aussies simply have more decent coaches (including at lower levels) than we do, so I would not exclude any of them if they were the right fit.