From the outside looking in I'm a bit confused about the use of the Academy in the last 12 months or so.
Gill on the Academy: "the model works and the model is right for us as a football club."
Then the club goes and signs Walker, Brooke-Smith, Piper, and now (possibly) Ellis, none of whom came through the Academy at all.
No wonder Greeny and Chief don't talk as Chief seems to be consistently by-passing the Academy to look elsewhere around NZ for players.
Gill on the Academy: "the model works and the model is right for us as a football club."
Then the club goes and signs Walker, Brooke-Smith, Piper, and now (possibly) Ellis, none of whom came through the Academy at all.
No wonder Greeny and Chief don't talk as Chief seems to be consistently by-passing the Academy to look elsewhere around NZ for players.