Not saying I know how he plays, but if we use our international spot on Ljulic i’ll officially lose all hope. Where the fudge is the ambition in signing Lithuanian dropouts to try improve our team (no offence to the league but it’s Handa level, Zalgiris is the ACFC of the league but still).
Plus, more KIWIS! What’s the point of being the only domestic professional pathway for NZ athletes if we’re just gonna develop mid-twenties journeyman Aussies who will never be good enough for this level anyway? I appreciate Ridenton and Rufer being implemented more but it’s too late for them, by 22 your development’s already slowed down a ton. Let’s just play half the Weenix for the rest of the season if we don’t have a turnaround by say February.
Although I agree with the sentiment, you're talking about players who aren't even close to the top of the national league.
Yeah that’s definitely true, a lot of them sadly won’t get far. More promising ones like (imo) Tongue, Wood, Waine, Ebbinge and co. could slip into the subs or even first team as our season collapses though. Plus we should really be mopping up a lot more talent than we currently are, bringing in the best young NZ talent (McCowatt, Callan Elliott, etc.) so the Weenix can actually begin to perform, and bring players through to the first team successfully - look at Barcelona B for example, even though they can’t be promoted they’re still doing exceptionally in the Spanish second tier and bringing players such as Arnaiz and Aleña into the first team, yet Weenix would be dead last in the national league if it wasn’t for an even sharktier team. Sad to see Marowa rejected :(
