tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post2688496001588857310..comments2024-03-18T17:17:00.423+13:00Comments on Not PC: A World Cup flashbackPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-72865658600276519592010-06-23T20:02:09.878+12:002010-06-23T20:02:09.878+12:00In World Cup 2010...New Zealand draw with Italy ho...In World Cup 2010...New Zealand draw with Italy holding. It's great...viehttp://community.gunadarma.ac.idnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-25202591993245356272010-06-23T12:52:18.162+12:002010-06-23T12:52:18.162+12:00The composition of the New Zealand FOOTBALL team i...The composition of the New Zealand FOOTBALL team is bloody interesting. Just two overseas born players and Smeltz was one of those (from memory his father was in the U.S Army and stationed in Germany at the time) So it’s all but home-grown – far more so that say The All Blacks who continue to rob the Islands to make-up their numbers or The English Rugby team which features the ex-Warrior Shotayne Harpe! <br /><br />The fact football is ‘THE’ global game and players ply their trade overseas to make a quid is irrelevant – that’s the nature of the sport and it’s not run by a Stalinist regime like rugby in New Zealand, which has an out-dated policy to discriminate against players who choose to play overseas. <br /><br />At one stage against Italy there were five players of Maori decent playing when The All Blacks could field just two on Saturday night versus Wales – no ridiculous cries from them for a Maori anthem or need for a haka either! <br /><br />Kiwis love an underdog. <br /><br />Go The All Whites! <br /><br />Paul.Canterbury Atheistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900223059660267657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-86693762975193167992010-06-22T19:28:00.916+12:002010-06-22T19:28:00.916+12:00I used to coach junior football.
I also coached s...I used to coach junior football.<br /><br />I also coached schools of excellence, and Representative football.<br /><br />I coached several teams to represent the Western Bay of Plenty.<br />I had to go round and watch all the games and pick the best 16 players.<br /><br />Rory Fallon was on of them I coached, and taught at schools of excellence.<br /><br />From the age of 10 - maybe even younger his father (the big gorilla - the less said about him the better) would have him up every morning coaching, training and honing his skills.<br /><br />Rory Fallon is there only through years of dedicating his life to learning to play football, and he totally deserves to be there, and I take my hat off to him.<br /><br />Tony Lockhead is another Tauranga lad, and goes to show what a good coaching environment we had around here a few years ago.<br /><br />Much credit must go to a guy called Tom Randles for that - A brilliant Football mind and a great coach and motivator.<br /><br />Dane Reid looks and sounds like a Kiwi at least.<br /><br />New Zealand are good at employing people from other countries to represent them - most of the all Blacks are hardly Kiwis are they.The Tomahawk Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12349232034994409961noreply@blogger.com