Vancouver FC it is. Back to somewhat familiar territory in Canada & the CPL where he made his mark initially with Valour before being picked up by Tulsa. He is still one of the top 10 goalscorers in the CPL to boot. 😎
Finished a 1-0 win to Cavalry. Brooks on at 59 mins (0-0), just before the sending off & goal.
Full game Dyer for Vancouver FC.
Cavalry through to play Vancouver Whitecaps in the quarter finals. So real bugger for Moses, a rare opportunity missed to test himself against MLS opponents in the next round.
Lets assume it will be Elliot and lets assume lads like Smith and Rojas will be signed by AFC (which unless they are settled in Aus and enjoying themselves, should be targets for AFC). For the sake of a bit of mindless wankery, compare the Pheonix and named/assumed AFC squads.
keeper - Pheonix have it however if Paulsen goes then AFC are ahead as they actually have a first team keeper
full backs - pretty even in my book, Payne & Sutton v Eliot & De Vries. all in the mix for all whites but none dominating a position
centre back - wootton v (assumed) smith, again pretty even in my book. Smith would be the AFC wootton, solid, experienced, able to marshall young blokes around him
centre MF - Rufer has it over Howieson. The latter seems like a solid player and could do a Rufer, but will need to do so
wide mf - old v Randall seems the fairest comparison. Pheonix have to have it here.
Forwards/Wingers - Barbarouses v (assumed) Rojas. Close thing. Barber has had a stellar season however Rojas on potential would be ahead. He has to get back to playing regularly in a team that suits him. Barber has had mediocre seasons himself mind and has benefitted from a team that suits him and he enjoys. Pheonix at the moment but in a season where both players have equal opportunity I would give it to AFC.
Pheonix 3, AFC 1, 2 draws. If Paulsen goes then it would be Pheonix 2, AFC 2
If he’s the Auckland player to be announced tomorrow I’d be pretty happy.
It seems most likely tomorrow will be Callan Elliot and/or Luis Toomey.
I’d find it interesting from the point of view that he’d be a complete unknown at A league level.
And he seems like quite a physical forward, which is oddly enough something we haven’t produced since Wood, despite having 4 of them at that point!
I think we all know Callan and trust he’d go well. Dyer would be something interesting, both from his play and from his ability to make the step up. He seems to mix some amazing touches with some ordinary ones, but I guess as a forward it only takes one good un in front of goal to score.