Marquee
260
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5K
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almost 17 years

Surely they are if you pay them

Starting XI
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2.8K
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almost 9 years

Luis Garcia wrote:

Surely they are if you pay them

you would think so, but that has been one of the issues

may be that journeymen footballers don't know anyone here and don't have much to do during the weeknights so easier to commit than Kiwi's who live here and have families and established lives etc, or it could be that some are just too lazy

Marquee
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5.5K
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over 13 years

No idea how accurate the data is but check out the % of foreign players column.

Marquee
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7.6K
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over 12 years

See TeeDub thread for there list to date for % of Foreign players

Marquee
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7.2K
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almost 17 years

Wow, very surprised ISPS Prem ranks above Malaysia and to a degree Hong Kong. According to the chart, we rank only 5 slots below the A-League...not sure how accurate that would be personally.

Starting XI
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4.7K
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almost 10 years

Luis Garcia wrote:

I'm surprised Auckland City aren't able to lure the best Kiwis from the other teams north, guys like Joel Stevens, Justin Gulley etc.. Club World Cup, OFC Champions League gives them reasonable pulling power, surely?

Well for starters, the downside would be that they'd have to live in Auckland...

Marquee
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5.5K
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over 13 years

Some perspective on foreign:domestic players across some other leagues; from Adam Howard

Adam Howard at Football Focus

Marquee
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5.5K
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over 13 years

Of information currently available on transfer market, 35.7% "foreign".

Again, of available info, players aged 30+

ACFC: 7

Waitakere: 1

Canterbury: 2

Teedubs: 0

Eastern Suburbs: 1

HBU: 1

Tasman: 3

Hamilton: 1

Southern: 1

Weenix: 0

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