martinb wrote:
Sorry just a thought- did any of the South Island team boys do anything in the OPL to warrant inquiries? Nobody follow the OPL to the A League route?
Feutz, Yoo & Zeb are probably the 3 SIU players that would have been looked at by the Nix or whoever. Feutz has trialled at the Jets previously.
That trio might need to wait for a South Island A League club to happen.
I think all 3 are now either in the NSW or Vic NPL leagues. Feutz in the NSW 2nd tier?
That might be because once that comp finishes, he'll have a break before playing OPL again. A first tier NPL club may not have been keen on him playing OPL (which runs for about half the NPL season).
I'd say Feutz especially, is more deserving of a ALM gig than OVH, who was a bit of a nothing in the OPL. But the Nix went with Riley Bidois
To be fair SIU were pretty average in the OPL compared to winners Auckland FC, who had Normann, Wynne and Prins move up to ALM deals. Some others like Fitzharris as well who were already around the ALM squad.
That trio might need to wait for a South Island A League club to happen.
I think all 3 are now either in the NSW or Vic NPL leagues. Feutz in the NSW 2nd tier?
That might be because once that comp finishes, he'll have a break before playing OPL again. A first tier NPL club may not have been keen on him playing OPL (which runs for about half the NPL season).
I'd say Feutz especially, is more deserving of a ALM gig than OVH, who was a bit of a nothing in the OPL. But the Nix went with Riley Bidois
To be fair SIU were pretty average in the OPL compared to winners Auckland FC, who had Normann, Wynne and Prins move up to ALM deals. Some others like Fitzharris as well who were already around the ALM squad.