New u20 player

New u20 player

With Spoons gone we need a new third under 20 player to fill his spot. Any ideas on who it might be.

Jacob Matthews if he's fit.

I liked him aswell, heard he tends to run with his head down too much, a little one dimensional.

any good upcoming right backs?

I think Michael Boxall would be good though I think he may now be in the states. I thought he was very good when the under 20s played the Phoenix.

I have heard a rumor, about that now that we have a youth league we dont need to mave a minimun of three youth players. But as I said this was a rumour plese reply if you no it is not

if we want to get players sorted and involved pre-season re tactics etc, we'll need to sign them before the Olympics, which will also mean we get them before the o'seas scouts

good call tigers.  jake mathews would be a good bet and is unlikley to be involved in the olympics

Darryn Ah Kuoi

Not too sure of the ages but Cole Peverley would be a shoe in. Best young player in the NZFC coming from that u20s team. Consistency HBUs most organised player and makes his team far better than without him

id give it to an aussie. how about minnicon

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Ethan Cain??

Minniecon impressed me with Roar last year with what time he did get on the pitch. But the U20's in the 'nix should all be kiwis IMO.

nah  australia constantly produce good youngsters we hardly do

Caleb Rufer

By having our U-20 players all Kiwis then that would help us produce good youngsters.

Sitivi Liva!

Sloth, s2art... what's Roddy Rojas' sons name ?

Also greek boi you forget that last year our u20 side actulayy beat their u20 side, atlest once if not twice, so that woudd suggest we have the same amount of quality if not more. It's just that their isn't the same chance for exposure in New Zealand to play because thier is one team.

How old are Dan Keat and Craig Henderson?

Hearfield is your third U20 player.

That disappoints me, as last season they were careful not to include O'Dor to make it clear the youth spots were for developing NZ youngsters.  It would be a big statement to change that.
Hard News2008-03-31 14:00:35

From the FM database,

Keat - 28/9/87
Henderson - 24/6/87

see news article re Hearfield signing - Old departing

Front page news. All true.

Well, it's in the RSS feed.

i don't get why sometimes they say U-20 and other times (see the latest news on Heartfield) they say U-21.

U20

Agree with HN - All Nix U20's should be kiwis.
Jaza2008-03-31 14:16:28

That squad was 'weaker' as well, didn't have any of the lads from US Colleges apart from Henderson or Chris James.

Sigmund should be signed - boost the kiwi numbers

Well, apparently more important people disagreed with me Why did we work so hard to poach somebody elses U20 when surely the club could've found a worthy kiwi?

As much as I'd love to see all three of our under-21's to be Kiwi, it's far more important to field a competitive team that stands a good chance of winning the championship. We had the chance to sign a player who fulfils the U21 requirement and (hopefully) be a good asset to the team. To me, that's far more important than looking for a player who may or may not be as good on the sole qualification of being a potential All White.

That being said, I'm an immigrant so I might be biased

Who knows, it's not too late to do an O'Dor-situation and find a fourth U21 player, one who is worthy and a Kiwi, and field Hearfield as a senior squad member.

i think hes a good signing. maybe we have had the youth league thign accepted so that thoose kiwis are gonna get brought into that team

Clearly the club didn't think there was one.

I think it is important for the club to be successful that the U20 players are able to contribute. For example look at the impact of the U20 players at the Roar last season. If they aren't able to then we are basically operating with a squad of 20 instead of 23.

Hearfield will only qualify for an U20 slot for this season and is an important signing for our future success.

I think it also sends an important message to the young kiwis coming through that these slots will not just be handed out just cos there's one free but must be earned on merit.

have to disagree - they should be the best players we can get