Take the NYL back to its original NYL thread.
IMO - As the players would have to be Ozzie registered. They would be expected to play all games in Oz. Flights, accommodation, food etc. Not going to happen unless $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ fall in the next storm.
So leave this for the topic it is.
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Take the NYL back to its original NYL thread.
IMO - As the players would have to be Ozzie registered. They would be expected to play all games in Oz. Flights, accommodation, food etc. Not going to happen unless $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ fall in the next storm.
So leave this for the topic it is.
Are you that bothered we're talking about a NYL team in the Regional Academies/FSE thread?
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With the FSE the key is the layer that has to be under that.
I agree talk age where's and why's.
The practicality to bring players to Wgtn at 15-17 may be to hard. Education, funding, control and parents etc. So the regional concept through that age group would suit better.
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Blew, I agree Nix NYL ain't going to happen, but I think the point was more about the optimal age to bring in players to FSE. Think we're arguing for 15-17, rather than 17-20.
There are a number of colleges with boarding options in town we could do this with. Yes it will cost but long term it will hopefully give more rewards and possibly pay for itself.
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
..and ole have their thing (boarding plus correspondence school?)...and Declan (less 1 other coach if recent gossip is true).
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There are a number of colleges with boarding options in town we could do this with. Yes it will cost but long term it will hopefully give more rewards and possibly pay for itself.
A number = 1. Scot's College.
The only other one is St Pat's Silverstream, and it's a looooooong way away from where players need to be every day.
There are a number of colleges with boarding options in town we could do this with. Yes it will cost but long term it will hopefully give more rewards and possibly pay for itself.
A number = 1. Scot's College.
The only other one is St Pat's Silverstream, and it's a looooooong way away from where players need to be every day.
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With the FSE the key is the layer that has to be under that.
I agree talk age where's and why's.
The practicality to bring players to Wgtn at 15-17 may be to hard. Education, funding, control and parents etc. So the regional concept through that age group would suit better.
Didnt a bunch of young ladies relocate themselves to Auckland for a year before one of their youth world cups.
The young lads dont have to be at a boarding school, there are other options for them.
A dog with a bone :)
With the FSE the key is the layer that has to be under that.
I agree talk age where's and why's.
The practicality to bring players to Wgtn at 15-17 may be to hard. Education, funding, control and parents etc. So the regional concept through that age group would suit better.
The young lads dont have to be at a boarding school, there are other options for them.
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
Did Declan tell him that is was not him coaching so he could not do it and that it would conflict with his home schooling?
I'm late on this - but yes Thomas turned it down despite being, IMO, a much better prospect (and probably at the time a better played) than Tyler Boyd. He would fit so smoothly into the academy if he decided to join them.
Of course, Declan disowned Tyler when he signed for the Phoenix (he thought it was a bad career move....) so who knows.....
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Fuck this stupid game
If true and it's Kyle Segebart that'll be a real shame cos he was a super-nice bloke (albeit with a slightly misleading Wiki page).
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
The home stay option is a reasonable call, that happens at a lot of clubs in NZ with their import players. Really depends on how organised the club is. Wouldn't be surprised if this hasn't already been explored by the Nix. Just had another thought, there are a lot of foreign students at highschools throughout the Country that stay in people's homes too, so its not an alien concept here.
APFA use homestay but think they're looking to follow Ole and do the boarding thing on site
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Got sick of NYL talk but rest assured the scouts are out and about!
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Update from Ernie, vis Stuff website:
Merrick is also overseeing an overhaul of the football school of excellence programme, with Luke Rowe, Tom Biss and Alec Solomons cut loose.
He said signings would start next month and he wants about eight players in the 16-18 year-old bracket, with another six or seven in the 19-21 range.
Josh Brindell-South, Joel Stevens, Clayton Lewis, Justin Gulley, Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi, Hamish Watson and Tobias Bertsch are some of the names in the mix.
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I thought the FSE was for young kiwis?
Sherminator isn't a kiwi is he?
Tell you what, young Jama Boss at Melville is worth looking at. Great technique & determination & needs protection from Nothern L cloggers. But whether he's a Kiwi or not...
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
I thought the FSE was for young kiwis?
Sherminator isn't a kiwi is he?
Tell you what, young Jama Boss at Melville is worth looking at. Great technique & determination & needs protection from Nothern L cloggers. But whether he's a Kiwi or not...
Me too. How old is he now?
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
Boss is 19 according to Melville site.
More FSE/Academy chat on the Young Rufer thread.
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His name seemed to have cropped up in the last month. Someone said he was Somalian decent? Was he playing for Declan? I know Declan had a lad Awad playing for him.
Whats this kid like?
Another thing which I find interesting and I know there are others that share the same thought, is pretty much everyone from last year has been flicked with the focus on the younger ones. I admire Gareths vision but it looks like Ernie might end up taking the credit for the execution because I think this is the vein they want to go down, young kids prior to age 18.
Grumpy old bastard alert
A few have been kept on - like Gulley, Watson, Bertsch.
Think a lot of us have agreed that the age should have been younger than 18/19 initially.
I reckon at 16 is sort of where NZ player's growth does tend to slow down mainly because they need fulltime football.
The FSE can be that next step and once they are 18 they should be ready for A-League footy
Naturally talented until 16 and then when the body changes and the various other factors come in, that's where the pivot point is? I think that's a fair call.
I think realistically, the Phoenix want to be in the ears of Willy Gerdsen and Darren Bazely as the coaches of the u17s. If this is the cream of the age group then in theory, its these kids that will go into the FSE. I guess considering they picked young Rufer shows that they are paying attention.
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A few have been kept on - like Gulley, Watson, Bertsch.
Think a lot of us have agreed that the age should have been younger than 18/19 initially.
I reckon at 16 is sort of where NZ player's growth does tend to slow down mainly because they need fulltime football.
The FSE can be that next step and once they are 18 they should be ready for A-League footy
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I wonder if the club are working on any more academy agreements, or if APFA will be who they try to funnel talent from all NZ into. I would like to see the kids in Welly from about 15-16 but they may try to use academies until they are 18, then pick up the ones that impress for the FSE in Welly.
Be surprised if they thought APFA was the only academy feeder. What about Ole?
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Nix need to stick a team in nz asb youth league with a group of 14-16 year olds and a proper reserve side in asb prem sep from TW ranging from 16-18 with perhaps a few overage players
Be surprised if they thought APFA was the only academy feeder. What about Ole?
Can't see that happening with Edge there.
Yeah, pretty polarising but surely Ole need a relationship with Nix.
Besides, will Edge still be there when family members transit thru - to US scholarship or wherever?
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His name seemed to have cropped up in the last month. Someone said he was Somalian decent? Was he playing for Declan? I know Declan had a lad Awad playing for him.
Whats this kid like?
Another thing which I find interesting and I know there are others that share the same thought, is pretty much everyone from last year has been flicked with the focus on the younger ones. I admire Gareths vision but it looks like Ernie might end up taking the credit for the execution because I think this is the vein they want to go down, young kids prior to age 18.
Yep he's Somalian, was never with Declan I believe, was at Narra and possibly even Wanderers before coming over to Melville for consistent game-time. Good creative player, unlike Awad eh actually scores goals, and loves a bit of a tackle too which is always great to see.
Dubious about whether he can step up into WaiBOP, let alone the Phoenix, but he deserves the opporunity to come off the bench in the ASBP.
If they have those 16-18 years players in the FSE they need a special school which arrange classes around the training times. How is that working?