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Ricki Herbert going to be sacked at the end of the season?

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Posted January 14, 2013 01:21 · last edited January 19, 2013 23:50

Whitby boy wrote:

The positive I take out of the current shambles is there will be  a sort out in the next off season and there will be a much greater focus on recruitment than there has been in the past. My reservation is Herbert will have a conflict of interest - as Phoenix coach he may want to release Lochhead, Sigmund, and Paston (more due to his personal choice) but as All Whites coach he may want them playing regular football. Hopefully the owners will be making the final calls and will be seeking independent advice.


Agree with most of what you say WB however i would ask where you get your confidence from that there will be a decent effort made on recruitment i certainly havnt seen any comment out of Welnix that would cause much optimism in this regard.While their attempt to focus on local talent is to be commended if they think we will win the league taking this direction im afraid they are sadly mistaken.While we certainly have some nice talent coming it needs to be a constant production line and not the dribs and drabs we get at the moment.Can any of you honestly say that you think this is the way to go.My fear is that just as we get a team that is ready to produce the goods it will be stripped away as the younger players rightly choose to take their talents to better leagues,there by putting us back at square one again.

So do you all really want to win the league or are you happy that we play so called total football and in the process produce heaps of young talent that is very unlikely to stick around long term.

Me im buggared if im sure what i want,but am bloody sure of one thing i want and thats for the Ring of Fire to return to the fortress it once was and frankly i couldnt give a shit how its done.Just give us some blooody results and not total football bullshit that CANT be delivered.

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Whitby boy wrote:

The positive I take out of the current shambles is there will be  a sort out in the next off season and there will be a much greater focus on recruitment than there has been in the past. My reservation is Herbert will have a conflict of interest - as Phoenix coach he may want to release Lochhead, Sigmund, and Paston (more due to his personal choice) but as All Whites coach he may want them playing regular football. Hopefully the owners will be making the final calls and will be seeking independent advice.


Agree with most of what you say WB however i would ask where you get your confidence from that there will be a decent effort made on recruitment i certainly havnt seen any comment out of Welnix that would cause much optimism in this regard.While their attempt to focus on local talent is to be commended if they think we will win the league taking this direction im afraid they are sadly mistaken.While we certainly have some nice talent coming it needs to be a constant production line and not the dribs and drabs we get at the moment.Can any of you honestly say that you think this is the way to go.My fear is that just as we get a team that is ready to produce the goods it will be stripped away as the younger players rightly choose to take their talents to better leagues,there by putting us back at square one again.

So do you all really want to win the league or are you happy that we play so called total football and in the process produce heaps of young talent that is very unlikely to stick around long term.

Me im buggared if im sure what i want,but am bloody sure of one thing i want and thats for the Ring of Fire to return to the fortress it once was and frankly i couldnt give a shit how its done.Just give us some blooody results and not total football bullshit that CANT be delivered.