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Anyone know if Trevor Zwetsloot  still at the Knights?
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Footballing nomad Jai Ingham comes on after 75 minutes for his South Melbourne debut in the Victoria NPL. First matchday of the season.

Finishes 3-1 South Melbourne.

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Anyone know if Trevor Zwetsloot  still at the Knights?
From their website: Due to the nature of the pandemic, the Knights sustained a number of departures following season 2021. The club farewelled Oliver Zafiridis (Adelaide), Nikola Jurkovic (Dinamo), Matt Breeze (retired), Alun Webb (Hellas), Caleb Mikulic (North Geelong Warriors), Trevor Zwetsloot (MLS), Felipe Sanchez (Pascoe Vale), Dor Jok (Central Coast Mariners), Nick Glavan (Nunawading) and Daniel Petrov (Werribee). The club thanks them for their efforts and wishes them all the best in the future.
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Anyone know if Trevor Zwetsloot  still at the Knights?
From their website: Due to the nature of the pandemic, the Knights sustained a number of departures following season 2021. The club farewelled Oliver Zafiridis (Adelaide), Nikola Jurkovic (Dinamo), Matt Breeze (retired), Alun Webb (Hellas), Caleb Mikulic (North Geelong Warriors), Trevor Zwetsloot (MLS), Felipe Sanchez (Pascoe Vale), Dor Jok (Central Coast Mariners), Nick Glavan (Nunawading) and Daniel Petrov (Werribee). The club thanks them for their efforts and wishes them all the best in the future.

MLS? Really? That seems like a big jump up - good on him if that's true!
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Enough said
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Anyone know if Trevor Zwetsloot  still at the Knights?
From their website: Due to the nature of the pandemic, the Knights sustained a number of departures following season 2021. The club farewelled Oliver Zafiridis (Adelaide), Nikola Jurkovic (Dinamo), Matt Breeze (retired), Alun Webb (Hellas), Caleb Mikulic (North Geelong Warriors), Trevor Zwetsloot (MLS), Felipe Sanchez (Pascoe Vale), Dor Jok (Central Coast Mariners), Nick Glavan (Nunawading) and Daniel Petrov (Werribee). The club thanks them for their efforts and wishes them all the best in the future.

MLS? Really? That seems like a big jump up - good on him if that's true!
 
Was flying to Boston this morning on his IG story
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I followed this player a bit as I always thought he is class. Signed for New England Revolution II
https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/revolution-ii-signs-midfielder-trevor-zwetsloot-mls-next-pro

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Keegan Jelacic probably should still be in the Roar setup but yeah ...
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Keegan Jelacic probably should still be in the Roar setup but yeah ...

IR for Hooper/Sotiro?  A young (age 19) promising Kiwi and seems to score buckets in QLD NPL. 9 goals in 12 starts last season.
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Keegan Jelacic probably should still be in the Roar setup but yeah ...

IR for Hooper/Sotiro?  A young promising Kiwi and seems to score buckets in QLD NPL

Do teams still require players to be vaccinated? 
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id guess not if the rules have changed in Aus
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https://twitter.com/Olympic_FC/status/1510194324260388864

Kids in good form, set up their second goal too in 3-2 win over Moreton Bay United.





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Keegan Jelacic keeps up his excellent start to the Queensland NPL. Bags a double in a 3-2 win over Logan Lightning.

https://twitter.com/Olympic_FC/status/1512716021941309448

Olympic top of the table, Jelacic, top of the golden boot standings - 6 goals from first 4 games.
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Add's #7 to his tally in the Queensland NPL from the spot as Olympic take the lead over Capalaba.

https://twitter.com/Olympic_FC/status/1517797581241614336
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Shane Smeltz a goal for GC United, and Matt Ridenton one for QLD Lions in a 3-3 draw in QLD NPL.
https://www.sofascore.com/queensland-lions-gold-coast-united/Vqosieu

Ex Roar & VUC player and Costa Rican Jean Solorzano, also a scorer for the Lions. Might be a bit of training ground banter between him & Ridenton at the moment given a certain high stakes game in June.

Soccerway says Solorzano actually got a cap for the Ticos back in 2012. 11 mins off the bench in a friendly verus Honduras. So both him and Ridenton (6 AWs appearances), capped ex (very ex for both) internationals.
https://us.soccerway.com/players/jean-carlos-solorzano/42736/


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Looks like Max Batchelor, who was with Castel San Giorgio in the lower leagues in Italy last, has returned closer to home, and is now playing for FC Bulleen in the NPL Victoria 2
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See that 19 yr old Keegan Jelacic is still scoring in that QLD NPL. 7 goals from 9 games.

His team Olympic (2nd) in a title race with Matt Ridenton's (3 goals) 1st placed Lions. Aidan Munford is keeper for Lions

Elsewhere 40 yr old Shane Smeltz has scored 4 for Gold Coast United. GC United also have a Kiwi keeper on their books Shane Viitakangas.

Ex Nixer Mizra Muratovic has scored twice for the Gold Coast Knights. Think Jai Ingham, was there but he's now with South Melbourne in Victoria.

31 yr old Dan Morgan has played 6 games for Peninsula Power, another QLD NPL team. Scoring twice. I think Rollo mentioned him as a possible Mcgarry replacement for the Nix.
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Doesn't seem as if Zac Zoricich has played a game for the CCM NSW NPL team yet this season. Wonder if he is hurt or has come back to NZ? Maybe someone to look at as a LB option also.
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Sign Keegan up Uffie. He’s looking better than the likes of Prso and Muratovic, would be a good back up AM
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Messaged on of the Yellow Army blokes who was at CCM's Academy game today, Zac Zoricich was on the sidelines with his hand in a cast. So that is my mystery solved. No idea if he is any good or on our radar tho.
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Sign Keegan up Uffie. He’s looking better than the likes of Prso and Muratovic, would be a good back up AM

I'd definitely take him talent-wise. I'm not too versed on COVID travel rules, but pretty sure Keegan's unvaccinated (his mother's certainly down the rabbit hole, vocal with some vile stuff on her Twitter). Will that affect things too much if he signs?
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he's gone to perf
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Ott making an immediate impact for Melbourne Knights. Good signs for him early on in the piece in Victoria.
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Taylor Schrivers off to Melbourne Knights too allegedly 
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Taylor Schrivers off to Melbourne Knights too allegedly 
With the transfer window finally open, the Knights have released Anthony Frangie and Fuki Ishibashi and have taken the opportunity to sign Kiwis George Ott and Taylor Schrijvers to the squad as direct replacements, with Ott already quickly finding his feet at the club against Bentleigh.

https://www.melbourneknights.com.au/news/club-news/2022-npl-round-18-heidelberg-v-knights/

Their game today is streamed on NPL TV at 5pm today.

https://npl.tv/football/football-victoria/npl-victoria/202581/
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Ott and Schrijvers both started for the Knights yesterday in a 1-1 draw, Ott with the goal.
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Ott and Schrijvers both started for the Knights yesterday in a 1-1 draw, Ott with the goal.

Good move thus far for Ott, 2 goals in his first 3 matches. Albeit for a mid-table side this season.

Not going to question if he's found his level at this stage because he's only 20. But hopefully he's able to kick on in their remaining 7 matches and make some sort of impression - scoring a few goals is always handy too.

Wonder also if Schrijvers has enough time to snare himself a possible A-League contract? All the feedback I've seen on him is that he's done everything he can over here to get in the frame. Perhaps moving to, and being right under a few clubs noses might benefit his cause. 

All said and done, I hope they both do well.
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The problem will always be the lack of Aussie passport. There is only so many guys the Nix can sign, it is why we need an Auckland team to enter the A-League.
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The problem will always be the lack of Aussie passport. There is only so many guys the Nix can sign, it is why we need an Auckland team to enter the A-League.

Yipe get the feeling now is enough talent coming through NZ, for 2 ALM teams, fleshed out with 4-5 visas each, plus some Aussies. You'd also presume any new Auckland team, would quickly set themselves up an academy trying to model Weenix

Scott Hales posted when Schrijvers signed for Melb Knights some ALM club should give him a chance, but unless he has that Aus passport it's the Nix, or overseas further afield.
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It appears that the Nix are only interested in New Zealand players who come from their academy. Others players who don't go down that route don't seem to get looked at these days. 
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It appears that the Nix are only interested in New Zealand players who come from their academy. Others players who don't go down that route don't seem to get looked at these days. 

The last pre season was difficult as Auckland was in Covid lockdown making it hard for domestic NZ players to trial. Was only Oli Whyte bought in from memory.

Hopefully a few non Weenix Kiwis get a chance this pre season. Prso & Bozinovski were both duds last season, so when looking at those sort of backup positions why not take a punt on a Kiwi like Schrijvers, Billingsley, Kalua, Dane Schnell or whoever.


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It appears that the Nix are only interested in New Zealand players who come from their academy. Others players who don't go down that route don't seem to get looked at these days. 
 
Pretty much. It’s a bit crazy to think that if you’re a 18/19 year old kid in Auckland your pro chances, and by extension AW chances, are basically gone. How many key Auckland City guys have been given a proper run in recent years? Riera, Krishna, Lewis, Sigmund a bit earlier, could be forgetting some, but that seems like four hits out of the park from four. These guys regularly finish above the reserve players in the National League, but get overlooked. You add in half a dozen Australian guys on top of 5 visas, and you could have as few as 4 New Zealanders starting next season across every pro team in the country, compared to at least 70 Australians. An Auckland team is needed desperately, but isn’t coming at all in the foreseeable future.

It also flows through to AW selection, in that you need an arbitrary ‘pro’ deal to get a chance. Alex Greive started against both Peru and Costa Rica since only getting a deal in January, before that he was not even in the conversation. He didn’t become that good overnight after signing his name on Scottish paper, so why did it take that to get him a go? Same with Rogerson, he was captain and best player through the entire Olympic build up, but missed the tournament in place of Ben Old, due to Old being in a pro environment and Rogerson not. Old had only 7 A League minutes at that point, but because they were in a ‘pro’ league that put him ahead of Rogerson. Then, of course, Rogerson goes back ahead in the pecking order once signing a deal in Finland. This is a reason why the squads always look ‘young’, and “the next cycle will be the best yet”, because the younger players are the ones that can afford to go overseas to be ‘pro’ with the little job security and pay it offers.  
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Re ACFC players of recent times TAHW had 2 seasons with the Nix, but didn’t make the grade. Tom Doyle 4 seasons in the ALM. Myer Bevan trialled but wasn’t picked up. Howieson doesn’t want to leave Auckland.

But yeah Pragnell has said he wants an Auckland ALM team by 2026. Won’t be easy at all, but NZF support is at least a start.

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Re ACFC players of recent times TAHW had 2 seasons with the Nix, but didn’t make the grade. Tom Doyle 4 seasons in the ALM. Myer Bevan trialled but wasn’t picked up. Howieson doesn’t want to leave Auckland.

But yeah Pragnell has said he wants an Auckland ALM team by 2026. Won’t be easy at all, but NZF support is at least a start.

coochiee
Re ACFC players of recent times TAHW had 2 seasons with the Nix, but didn’t make the grade. Tom Doyle 4 seasons in the ALM. Myer Bevan trialled but wasn’t picked up. Howieson doesn’t want to leave Auckland.

But yeah Pragnell has said he wants an Auckland ALM team by 2026. Won’t be easy at all, but NZF support is at least a start.

Swap 4 (or 5 if Kaltak gets citizenship) of these guys for high quality imports and you’ve got a very solid A-League team. Add in some decent Aussies and you’re golden.
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It may also be that Uffie found that after a few players, players who were comfortably set in a semi-pro league were a hassle? He made comments about players wanting a pro career a while back. 

It’s probably a little negligent not scouting all of NZ, but the players who are keen will likely be in your academy or at the least paying their way for a trial. 

Would we sign Greive now if he hadn’t made the Scottish league? That’s an interesting question, likely not right?
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Whatever happened to retirement?
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Links up with Ridenton, plus Kiwi keeper Aidan Munford in goal.
Lions of are top of the QLD NPL currently. Not in the Australia Cup though.
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Whatever happened to retirement?
 Playing for pocket money while studying sure sounds like retirement to me.

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