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Posted April 25, 2026 09:14 · last edited April 25, 2026 09:16

observerfromuh wrote:
 MannyMuscatsBrother wrote:
 martinb wrote:
 Rock Hopper wrote:
In recent history, Nix have been at their best when we've had seasons with arguably the best performing keepers in the league that season. Kurto, Marinovic, Sail, Paulsen all had spells where you could make a very good case that they were in career best form and the best shot stoppers around each respective year. That steep drop off in quality between the sticks has been one of the factors in us losing our mojo over the last two seasons. When you combine that with the theory mentioned above that to carry an import slot you'd hope the player was streets ahead of local talent available - I just cannot get behind the enthusiasm to resign Josh Oluweyemi.

 
At the moment best keeper in the league won’t be Duncan or either of the young guys we’ve got on our books. 

The young guys need some game time, and it’s bad, bad news we’ve been booted out of the Australia Cup. We should be making louder protests on behalf of Lacey Brook and Girdwood-Reich. Paulsen was a good keeper anyway, but that penalty shootout and that campaign helped him a lot.

If Josh eliminated errors I could see him having a near top season, but also I enjoyed McCarron catching corners. 
I just have not seen anything to show Josh would be a top keeper though? He collapsed in all derbys, is so shaking at claiming anything in his area, he hoofs the ball when passed back to him. What am I missing that some people here are seeing that say, lets keep him.

Do people on here want to improve or do we want to keep players cause "they're nice guys"...?
Josh is piss poor for the league. He would not start for a club like Wellington Olympic. If we re-sign him and potential signings see this, they should be like yeah nah.

Teams that win trophies are ruthless and sign the best players regardless if they are nice guys or not.
Your last paragraph sums it up perfectly. I think a lot of these Academy players of the last 3 seasons either need to man up or be gotten rid of. Sorry but that is a fact. Imports, move them on. Only a miracle would keep Eze. Last night he got fuck all service but the Mac goalie did receive an endless supply of long balls to practice his catching or trapping skills with. I hate 4-2-2-2. I prefer a 4-4-2 or a 4-1-2-1-2 formation myself.

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LG edited April 25, 2026 09:16
observerfromuh wrote:
 MannyMuscatsBrother wrote:
 martinb wrote:
 Rock Hopper wrote:
In recent history, Nix have been at their best when we've had seasons with arguably the best performing keepers in the league that season. Kurto, Marinovic, Sail, Paulsen all had spells where you could make a very good case that they were in career best form and the best shot stoppers around each respective year. That steep drop off in quality between the sticks has been one of the factors in us losing our mojo over the last two seasons. When you combine that with the theory mentioned above that to carry an import slot you'd hope the player was streets ahead of local talent available - I just cannot get behind the enthusiasm to resign Josh Oluweyemi.

 
At the moment best keeper in the league won’t be Duncan or either of the young guys we’ve got on our books. 

The young guys need some game time, and it’s bad, bad news we’ve been booted out of the Australia Cup. We should be making louder protests on behalf of Lacey Brook and Girdwood-Reich. Paulsen was a good keeper anyway, but that penalty shootout and that campaign helped him a lot.

If Josh eliminated errors I could see him having a near top season, but also I enjoyed McCarron catching corners. 
I just have not seen anything to show Josh would be a top keeper though? He collapsed in all derbys, is so shaking at claiming anything in his area, he hoofs the ball when passed back to him. What am I missing that some people here are seeing that say, lets keep him.

Do people on here want to improve or do we want to keep players cause "they're nice guys"...?
Josh is piss poor for the league. He would not start for a club like Wellington Olympic. If we re-sign him and potential signings see this, they should be like yeah nah.

Teams that win trophies are ruthless and sign the best players regardless if they are nice guys or not.
Your last paragraph sums it up perfectly. I think a lot of these Academy players of the last 3 seasons either need to man up or be gotten rid of. Sorry but that is a fact. Imports, move them on. Only a miracle would keep Eze. Last night he got fuck all service but the Mac goalie did get an  endless supply of long balls to practice his cat thing or trapping skills with. I hate 4-2-2-2. I prefer a 4-4-2 or a 4-1-2-1-2 myself.