Hawkes Bay United
Hawkes Bay United
G mitch o'brien
G scot dunn
D chris davies (from wales)
D regan cameron
D ian hogg
D josh stevenson
D robbie hunter
D cam parkin (from otago)
M jimmy cudd
M leon birnie
M chris greatholder
M graham fyfe
M dean johnston
M david geary
M chris mcivor (c)
M nick dockary
M dale beattie (from scotland)
M cole peverley (from waikato)
M greig henslee (from scotland via napier city rovers)
F stuart hogg (from waitakere)
F sam jenkins
F sam messam
F jeremy brockie (from richmond)
F stu wilson (from waikato)
F jarrod smith (from the us)
ACADEMY:
adam glasspool, matt bruin, dakota lucas, daniel ball, ryan
martin
A good looking side going foward. They look very very week at
the back. My sources tell me they thrashed a local team in
napier 7 nil on Sat. But the local team was made up of anyone
who wanted to turn up and couldn't play to save themself.
However looking at the squad list I'm sure there will be no
shortage of goals from the two allwhites strikers (Brockie and
Smith) or the imports (Fyfe and Henslee) or the old fathfull
(Mcivor, Birnie and Cudd) I think they will have to work
extra hard to keep them out at the other end.
yeah, it looks like that will be the case. expect peverley and
beattie to line up in defence.
Stealing Peverley out from Roger Wilkinson is a big call.
He needs to make a pretty big step up to come close to the hype surrounding him while he was in Germany.
He needs to make a pretty big step up to come close to the hype surrounding him while he was in Germany.
robbie hunter, heard hes class. good up and coming young player.
maggot on ths piss though
I reckon a quality side this year- definitely the most competitive team since the leagues inception. Watch out for Robbie Hunter, will be a rock in defence.
Spoke to my mate from the Bay last night. He said United looked
sharpe going forward although against a poor team. Apparently
Peverley played Center back and looked good. Jarrod Smith was
sharpe up front which is where HB will be expecting him to bag a
few goals. Also said Leon Birnie was back after couple of injury
plagued years. He said Brockie was quite sharpe but missed a few
sitters and Jenkins on the right went around the defenders
everytime he got it. He didnt think the 2 new imports played and
said that Ian Hogg was also missing. Will be interesting to see how
the go if they can get the defense right as they have plenty of
fire power. Is Jonathan Gould still coaching them?
Spoke to my mate from the Bay last night. He said United looked
sharpe going forward although against a poor team. Apparently
Peverley played Center back and looked good. Jarrod Smith was
sharpe up front which is where HB will be expecting him to bag a
few goals. Also said Leon Birnie was back after couple of injury
plagued years. He said Brockie was quite sharpe but missed a few
sitters and Jenkins on the right went around the defenders
everytime he got it. He didnt think the 2 new imports played and
said that Ian Hogg was also missing. Will be interesting to see how
the go if they can get the defense right as they have plenty of
fire power. Is Jonathan Gould still coaching them?
Yup Johnny's still coaching them. Yeah apparently very little
can be made from the weekends game from what I hear, apparently the
opposition were pretty poor (as you said) and players were played
out of position a fair bit. But hey, any time on the pitch has
gotta be good pre-season!
I see Ricky Gillies has left Stranraer, apparently for personal
reasons. Maybe HB can tempt him back down here.
Can't. They have their quota of imports...
I didn't know there was a limit on foreign players in the NZFC. You learn something new every day!
hawkes bay look like a good side this year. plenti of good young
talent. jarrod smith will cause problems up front along with
brockie. fyfe and jimmy cudd are both class. also i see both hoggs
are their this season this will strengthn the squad. interesting
season ahead
HB will struggle at the back. They might score a few but they will
concede plenty too.
peverley wil slot in a center back and the younger hogg will play
at left back both are good defenders, they just need to work out
the other two positions and they wil have 1 of the better backlines
in the leauge. should be a much tighter competition this year. it
will make better watching for us fans
Great 2-1 win over Team Wellington on the weekend. Goals to
Fyfe and Brockie. Stayed strong at the back, but neither team was
at full strength. Good positive start though.
who lined up for wellington?
Imray, Gulley, Eager, Walter, Chote, Wilson, Patrick, Cheriton, de
Gregorio, Little, Ellensohn