Flying Kiwis – August 22
He might not have been the main focus lately among kiwi footy folks but Winston Reid had himself one rollercoaster of a week, that’s for sure.
He might not have been the main focus lately among kiwi footy folks but Winston Reid had himself one rollercoaster of a week, that’s for sure.
Yup, The Woodsman is returning to the big time. It’s a crazy set of circumstances but Leeds United are gonna have to find themselves a new target man because Burnley have put up the cash.
The plan is simple: Two games against the Solomon Islands, one home and one away. Win them on aggregate and advance to the intercontinental playoff with South America.
As far as season openers go, Old Trafford isn’t the best place to get things underway. Winston was fit, Winston was back in action but his Hammers came up against a rampant Jose Mourinho team
Key players, best signings, big questions and the ol' sack-o-meter. The Wildcard casts his dubious eye over the twenty teams trying to cash in on the latest English Premier League season.
It’s been an offseason of change in Leeds. Ah but one thing never changes: Chris Wood ALWAYS scores goals.
The FFA Cup is stupid, we didn’t wanna win it anyway. What’s the point in licensed franchise clubs playing against club amateurs? What’s the point in that when the Nix only ever get away draws at other A-League clubs?
It doesn’t look like a controversial squad. Winston’s back, Woody’s there... but hold it against the lads who went to the Confederations Cup and there are a few peculiar changes that’ve been made.
Okay, something’s definitely going on here. In the space of about six weeks or so we’ve seen Myer Bevan, Michael Boxall, Stefan Marinovic and Bill Tuiloma all sign with Major League Soccer clubs in America...
There’s never been a better transfer window for kiwi footballers than this one. Shout out to kiwi football. This time we've got a bit of Bill Tuiloma, Marco Rojas, Niko Kirwan, Rory Fallon and plenty more.
Welcome, dear comrade. Perhaps you have walked these fabled halls before or perhaps this esteemed setting is completely new to you. It may be that you were invited, it may be that you have stumbled upon this place by accident.
If you need to place a specific blame on what happened last season, transfers are probably where you wanna start. So how is this window going?
When last we heard from Uncle Tony’s favourite custodian he was weighing up whether or not to move on from Unterhaching, where he’d had such a brilliant season on the way to promotion last time, in the wake of an expanded profile for his talents and an expiring contract.
Fresh from being released by SuperSport United, Mike Boxall might wanna buy his agent a few bottles of something tasty and bitter because it’s only taken him a week to find a new club and it wasn’t exactly down the street either.
He was supposed to be going to Chelsea. A triumphant return to the club he left to chase first team football a few years back... right up until he signed for Manchester United instead.
Flying Kiwis Transfer Window Numero Uno went into young Hank’s release from Blackpool, concluding with a little tease as to his probable next home. As expected that’s since been made official and you can paint it green because the lad’s off to Ireland.
Most Premier League seasons there’s that one mid-table team that really clicks and pushes the Champions League usuals the whole way. In recent times it’s been Southampton, it’s been West Ham... but usually it’s Everton.
Was his career spike an inevitable thing or was it coaxed out of him by the tutelage of Garry Monk and forwards coach James Beattie? And can he repeat it now that both those men have left the club?
With the Confederations Cup been and gone, most All Whites are plotting their way back into the new club season now. Therefore dig right on into this, the first sweeping update on the transfer dealings of kiwi footy players during this European offseason.
It was a funny old tour. Beginning with some lofty expectations of hitting up Russia with an eye to snatching a result or two, by the time we got to the Confeds the trash we’d seen in the two friendlies pretty much ruined any hope of that.