Big wraps. Got a real chance to play herself into the Ferns WC squad over next few weeks. Plus friendlies against Argentina & Portugal in Feb.
See her uncle Mark Foy played for AWs in 3 games.
https://theniche-cache.com/football/2023/1/30/milly-clegg-is-an-absolute-unicorn-of-a-kiwi-centre-forward-prospect
Yet despite having signed on amateur terms she’s still using up a coveted full roster spot within the squad. The club have gone out of their way to ensure she’s a part of this season’s squad and they’ve done so because Milly Clegg is the best centre forward prospect that this country has produced in at least a decade. Not since Amber Hearn, the Football Ferns record goal-scorer, have we seen a number nine as pure as Clegg come through. And perhaps not even then.
But her emergence is a very notable thing because, dunno if you realise this... the Football Ferns don’t score a lot of goals. And one of the main reasons they don’t score a lot of goals is they don’t actually have very many top level pros who play in creative positions. Lots of defenders. An abundance of goalies. But creative midfielders and forwards? Nah not so much.
See her uncle Mark Foy played for AWs in 3 games.
https://theniche-cache.com/football/2023/1/30/milly-clegg-is-an-absolute-unicorn-of-a-kiwi-centre-forward-prospect
Yet despite having signed on amateur terms she’s still using up a coveted full roster spot within the squad. The club have gone out of their way to ensure she’s a part of this season’s squad and they’ve done so because Milly Clegg is the best centre forward prospect that this country has produced in at least a decade. Not since Amber Hearn, the Football Ferns record goal-scorer, have we seen a number nine as pure as Clegg come through. And perhaps not even then.
But her emergence is a very notable thing because, dunno if you realise this... the Football Ferns don’t score a lot of goals. And one of the main reasons they don’t score a lot of goals is they don’t actually have very many top level pros who play in creative positions. Lots of defenders. An abundance of goalies. But creative midfielders and forwards? Nah not so much.
Amber Hearn played 125 times for the Footy Ferns and scored 54 goals. She retired after doing her ACL just prior to the 2018 World Cup and it’s safe to say that the Ferns have never adequately replaced her.