Warner vs Paston

They're both good.

I need more Daniel.

Paston had an absolute nightmare against GCU , both of them go down in 6 monthly installments and couldnt catch a cold in antarctica. both should realistically consider retirement and herbet to introduce some young blood.

Really, a clean sheet and one mistake after not playing for 10(ish?) weeks is an 'absolute nightmare'?. I'd hate to see how you describe Reddy, Bolton or Kennedy's performances.

It's not a serious post. Miron described Paston as man of the match. I think that's a bit far fetched and is really covering his own teams lack of creativity despite having so much ball. Paston was OK, would have been very good but for that very bad blunder which we were very lucky to get away with. It is tough not having played for so long.

I agree with Mike.

 Warner = Paston and Paston = Warner

Agreed.

Furthermore, Warner's too slow to react and has a tendency to get beaten near post, and is just not good enough to justify an import spot, and Paston is too injury and mistake prone to create the stability and consistency you want from a keeper.

Personally I wouldn't mind if this is the last season we see either of them. I know Paston has made some epic saves, especially for the AWs, and he deserves respect for that, but I just think he doesn't  inspire confidence as a week-in-week-out keeper.There's plenty of decent Aussie keepers out there and a couple of potential future options in NZ: Imray, and then the youngsters like Basalaj (assuming he doesn't sign with Rangers), or even Marinovic maybe, if he can be lured back from Deutschland. Probably others too, I'm not hugely knowledgable about NZ's keeping stocks...

Paston still trains and plays regular friendlies against team wellington where if you saw he had another couple of nightmares there. Pulled off 1 or 2 good saves but thats his job? And as for those other two or three they had absolute shockers as well. The bhest keeper in the league is clearly Matt Ryan. When the phoenix finally decide to sign a player under 30 they will need a keeper cause Paston and Warner have proven they are rubbish goal keepers. Remember Paston got booted out of Scotland and the only place he could play in the world is NZ cause he is Rickis love child.

7 posts and your still a muppet!

You're.

This - neither inspires confidence.

The goalkeeper situation will need to be resolved in the off-season.

What it comes down to is if there is nothing in it the kiwi should come first for the good of the NZ game.  That should be entrenched in 'nix policy.

Yeah, but the Kiwi in question will be 36 this year. Maybe ditching both of them (well, definitely ditch Warner) and trying to get a couple of NZ lads wouldn't be a bad idea.

Maybe make a play for Marinovic if he's still wallowing in German pub football, and get Imray (if he qualifies as a local).

I would be very happy for Marinovic to be in our team, he had some great games at the U20 World Cup last year. As was pointed out before, Matt Ryan is one of the best keepers in the league, and at the start of last season he was the number 2 keeper at CCM. It shows that young keepers can excel if they are given their chance. Even Tyson at GCU has shown in the past few games that he is a good up and coming keeper.

Why does that matter? He's a keeper.

You guys are delusional if you think Paston is good

...and injured constantly...

Considering his long track-record of injuries, and that he was never blessed with great athletic ability, his age needs to be taken into account in the decision making for the next season's squad.

Warner is not very good, he would struggle in central league.
Fair point Paston is mediocrity at its finest but better than kennedy obviously. would make him the 6th or 7th best starting keeper in a league. he should be proud of that.

What??

He f**king would not.

He's been a professional footballer for 9 years.  How many years have you ?

Phil Imray is better than warner. Okay he wouldnt struggle but he would be a half decent keepr in the central league

Better than Spoonley?

No way is Imray better than Spoonley therefore Warner would not be second best. Either way after having a decent pro career you think he would be of higher quality coming to the A League

Spoonley doesn't play in the Central league unless you know something I don't?

No he plays in the ASB Premiership. Domestic New Zealand football. Your words not mine.

Imray is better than Spoonley.

Jacob Spoonley

Honours

NZ All Whites
NZ 'A' rep
NZ U23 (Olympic Team Beijing 2008)
NZ U20 rep
FIFA Club World UAE 2009 (5th Place)
ASB Premiership Champions 2008/09
Oceania Club Champions 2009 & 2011


Phil Imray

Honours

Western Suburbs 2001-2009 - Central League Winners & Chatham Cup Winners 2006, Miramar Rangers 2010-2011 - Chatham Cup Winners 2010, Jack Batty MVP, Central League Winners 2011


No contest.

As Imray isn't elligible for any of those it's not a fair comparison. How many ASB Premiership player of the season awards has Spoonley won?

The Stingray > The Spoon.

Basalaj is better than both of them

I think he will be but I'm not sure he is yet.

Imray isn't eligible to win an ASB Prem title or an O-League title?

Has he not been here long enough yet for citizenship either?

My understanding is that he hasn't taken out citizenship so he's currently not elligible for NZ. 

Have either of them put a bid in for him? No chance City would want him with Spoonley there. Waitak perhaps but i think they're content with Robinson at the moment.

The idea he could choose City or Waitak and just walk on in is rather silly.

How many titles did liverpool win with Grobelaar??? Just because a player is in a team that wins championships, does not make them a great player