This
Some people are so ferkin hard on local talent!
kiwi kids.....Nah! they are shiite!
Aussie kids....worth a trial!
The reality is that with the cap on foreign players coming down we will have to do most of our recruitment from NZ and Australia. There will be considerable competition from all the A-League teams for local(Aus/NZ) talent. Also a considerable number of our aging 30+ squad will have to be replaced in the next few years. We have NO choice but go local(NZ/Aus)
Everytime a local player gets mentioned we have people posting how crap they are. Well I would like these people to start naming players who THEY would select to eventually replace Greenacre 34, Ifill 32, Daniel 32, Brown 30, Leo 30, Pantellis 30, Locky 30, Paston 34, Warner 45, Siggy 30 etc..... because they can't all be replaced it by imports!
I understand your point and I admit I am one of those people that do that. So I'll answer your point respectfully.
Objectively, if I wanted to give players trials at the club who are currently playing in the Premiership, who MIGHT have a chance, I would look at these players only.
Mulligan, Clapham, Hogg, Hicks, Pearce, Margetts, Rowe, Scott, Chettleburgh, Peverley, De Vries, Schaeffers, Eager
I may have forgotten a couple going through my mind quickly but I doubt there would be many outside that. I also have a couple here I am not sure about but I'll answer your question with a straight bat.
Thanks JV.....thats a good solid answer