Hi there guys. I'm an English student studying Sports Coaching. Some of you may have seen Brandon (@kiwibardy) shout me out on twitter. For my dissertation, I'm looking at comparing football in NZ to England, but specifically I'm looking at: 1) Men's Premier Regional Leagues (North, Central, Mainland) 2) Women's Premier Regional Leagues (North/Central). I picked these because there's info available, but it's not mainstream at all and I've not seen anyone else do anything similar.
If you have any opinions/info on the up and coming seasons, please let me know! I'm trying to collect as much information as possible before the season starts. As it stands, I have a good understanding of the structure of NZ football thanks to Brandon. I now need to specifically focus on those leagues, looking at factors which could affect a team's performance. Transfers, squad age, amount of times training a week, club budgets etc. I'll then compare similar info to leagues in England and make comparisons between the two countries. Whether certain factors have a bigger influence in England etc.
It's a little difficult at the moment because we're still in pre-season, but if you have any opinions/predictions or know anyone that would have invaluable opinions on how a team/teams may perform this season, let me know! Feel free to follow my account on twitter @footyNZ. You can drop me a message there, or fire me over an email on '[email protected]'
Many thanks, James