If you follow football closely, you would notice recently that Fabrice Muamba, an Zairian born English midfielder collapsed during a Premier League between his club Bolton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspurs at White Hart Lane. Later then, the match postponed as he was brought to London Chest Hospital where until a few days his condition declared as critical and fighting for his life.
A few years back, several footballers also suffered a heart attack during a football match. Law Adam of the East Indies (now Indonesia), Renato Curi of Italy, Co Prins of the Netherlands, Samuel Okwaraji of Nigeria, Hedi Berkhissa of Tunisia, Marc-Vivien Foe of Cameroon, Catalin Hildan of Romania, Eri Irianto of Indonesia, Serhiy Perkhun of Ukraine, Miklos "Miki" Feher of Hungary, Mohammed Abdelwahab of Egypt, Antonio Puerta of Spain, Naoki Matsuda of Japan to name some.
Adam started his football career for HVV Den Haag in the Netherlands. At the age of 19, he started his study in Zürich, where he played for Grasshopper-Club Zürich.
In the spring of 1933, Adam returned to HVV Den Haag, but heart problems forced him to end his career a few months later, at the age of 24. He died in 1941, at the age of 32, during a friendly match between football clubs Thor and Anasher in Surabaya in the Dutch East Indies. Adam had scored two goals and given three assists during the match, and left the pitch in the eighth minute of the second half, with his hand on his heart. Referee W.A. Lambeck wrote about the death of Adam in magazine De Scheidsrechter. He recalled asking Adam if it was serious, to which Adam had replied: "No, but my heart is playing up again and they've got a nice lead, so I can get dressed now." Lambeck continued: "When I entered the dressing room after the final whistle, Adam was on the massage table, all blue. The doctor and the heart specialist, who were immediately summoned, tried to revive the spirits by giving him injections in the heart area. Half an hour later, they could only establish death."
Renato Curi was born in Montefiore dell'Aso, Province of Ascoli Piceno in 1953. He started his professional career in 1969 with then-amateur club Giulianova, helping his side to win promotion to Serie C. He left Giulianova in 1973 for Como, and Serie B club Perugia one year later, helping his side, coached by Ilario Castagner, to win a historical first promotion ever to Serie A, and being a grifoni mainstay in the next years. Notably, his impressive performances proved to be instrumental for ensuring Perugia a historical sixth place in their 1976-77 Serie A campaign, and newspapers started rumours about a possible call-up of him for the Italy national football team. However, this never happened, as Renato Curi suddenly died on 30 October 1977 during a home match against Juventus, five minutes after the beginning of the second half, due to a myocardial infarction.
Samuel Okwaraji was a professional footballer who played internationally for Nigeria. He made the Green Eagles squad in 1988 and at that year's African Nations Cup he scored one of the fastest goals in the history of the championship against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon. He played along until the final match, where the Eagles lost to their perennial rivals Cameroon by a lone goal.
Okwaraji collapsed ten minutes from the end of a World Cup Qualifier against Angola in Lagos and died from congestive heart failure. An autopsy showed that the 25-year-old had an enlarged heart and high blood pressure.
In June 2003, Foé died whilst on the pitch. He was part of the Cameroon squad for the FIFA Confederations Cup, a tournament played between continental champions. He played in wins against Brazil and Turkey, and was rested for the match against the United States, with Cameroon having already qualified. On 26 June 2003, Cameroon faced Colombia in the semi-final, held at the Stade de Gerland in Lyon, France. In the 72nd minute of the match Foé collapsed in the centre circle, with no other players near him. After attempts to resuscitate him on the pitch, he was stretchered off the field, where he received mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and oxygen. Medics spent 45 minutes attempting to restart his heart, and although he was still alive upon arrival at the stadium's medical centre he died shortly afterwards, in spite of the efforts to save his life. A first autopsy did not determine an exact cause of death, but a second autopsy concluded that Foé's death was heart-related as it discovered evidence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a hereditary condition known to increase the risk of sudden death during physical exercise.
On 25 January 2004, Benfica travelled to Guimarães to play against Vitória de Guimarães. The game was being broadcast live on television, and Benfica were leading 1–0. Fehér had just come on as a substitute, and assisted another player brought from the bench, Fernando Aguiar, for the match's only goal, but received a yellow card in injury time and suddenly bent forward, seemingly in pain. He then fell backwards to the ground. Members of both teams rushed immediately to aid Fehér before medical personnel arrived on the pitch. CPR was performed as match participants looked on in visible distress. An ambulance arrived on the pitch and Fehér was rushed to the hospital. His condition was covered by the Portuguese media throughout the day. However, before midnight, his death was confirmed, the cause of death being cardiac arrhythmia, brought on by Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Naoki Matsuda was a Japanese footballer who played as a central defender. On 2 August, he collapsed during training due to a cardiac arrest after finishing a 15-minute warmup run, and doctors diagnosed his condition as "extremely severe". Two days later, he died at the age of 34.
Jose Mourinho, -the Chosen One- stated that the medics on field are as important as the game itself. They could give the first aid treatment for injured players before later in-depth diagnosis/treatment conduct at proper hospital.
Monday, 19 March 2012
Sunday, 11 March 2012
February 29, 2012; Rifa, Bahrain; Our Galipolli
February 29, 2012; Rifa, Bahrain; Our Galipolli
Football is a something in Indonesia. Maybe not as meaningful for our life as it to Latin Americans, but it is something. For most of us, Indonesian, our life would feel slightly better when our national team perform well; and it would feel worse when we were beaten by weaker team or trumped heavily by stronger opponent.
People say that everyone has their ups and lows. Well, that night was our definite low. Before that night, our lowest point was when Denmark beat us 9-0 on a friendly match in Copenhagen in 1974. But that night made a new note in history because a/n (allegedly) referee bribing Bahrain trounced us by 10 goals to none.
Let me explain why we could perform so bad that night. Due to (again allegedly) FIFA-ban on ISL players, the national football federation PSSI could only call the players that played in the IPL. IPL is a newly formed, yet "official" first level league of our nation since the latter half of 2011. The established national team players mostly played for more established ISL teams, hence the current national team consist of un-experienced players with more than half winning their debut cap on that night. The player with most caps is Irfan Bachdim with 12 caps up that night.
This worsened by the officiating of Lebanese referee, that shows red card to our makeshift goalkeeper on the 3rd minute. Play with ten players against an on-a-mission referee, it was heartbreaking to see the Bahraini scored goals and many more goals easily.
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Musical Concert
It is only 11 in the morning and already the second cup of coffee for me. I did not get a proper eight hours of sleep. Just arrived at home (the hangar) at midnight, and did not even bother to hit the shower. The reason for all of these..? Simple…but I need to tell you the background story.
I have been a long druggie of classical music. I am lucky enough to be able to enjoy this great art after being introduced by my (late) father in my early years. One time, during the examination entrance for Pelita Harapan High School (in which I fail on the latter stage of interview), they played some classical music in the background during the written exams and it was like vibe naturally inside me.
Last night, I was invited by a virtually unknown to her musical concert at Taipei Education University. I never go to a concert before (ever…!!). Even a common theater attendance is a rare thing for a suburban kid like me. Unlike most of all Jakarta kids, I spent my coming-of-age years on the lush green fields of Jakarta football pitch. After school, until before dinner, all me and my friends do are related or around the pitch. Back to the main storyline; the musical concert. Some college students played a single violin and piano concerto for about two hours late that night. They play, Sarasate: Introduction and Tarantella op.42, Mozart: Violin Concerto No.4 in D k.218, Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e op.64 mov III and Brahms: Sonata for Viola and Piano in E Flat op.120 Nr.2, in chronological order.
The morning started with heavy rain all over the city (and the Linkou of course), but that did not stop me to go to my first musical concert. At the place, not knowing anyone there and did not speak the language at all, with a weird sensation, I entered to the hall and did not regret any of it for the night. That night was one of the best two hours of my life.
Thursday, 30 December 2010
Attributes of A Good Attacker
This is the way I see it: let me just say that I had always thought that striker
and forward could be used interchangeably, but since several sources
have pointed out that this is not so, let me talk of what I think
are the basic skills (in no particular order) that a good "attacker" should have.
1) Aerial skills.
This is the classic prototype of the British attacker. Strong in
the air, will fight every cross with defenders, and can transform a mild chip
into a powerful and accurate header. Heskey and Zigic excel in this category. In the past, Jan Koller, Zamorano, Batistuta, Shearer, Uwe Seeler, Bettega, Jardel, Van Basten and Bierhoff.
2) Acrobatic skills. The ability to score spectacular goals with volleys, overhead
kicks, scissor kicks and the like. Historical major figures in this category would
be Rivaldo, Vialli, Papin, and Van Basten. Current player that fits into this category: Ibrahimovic.
3) Sheer power. beat your defender by a foot, and blast it at goal from any
position. This is the quality that I personally prefer in an attacker.
The best at this is definitely Rooney and Drogba. In the past, Batistuta, Gigi Riva and Preben Elkjaer.
4) Poaching ability. This is that very special quality that makes an attacker
"smell" where the ball will be, and enables him to tap it in from inside the 6
yard box. The ignorants will say "What did he do? He just had to tap it in!",
but very few attackers had this sixth sense for the goalmouth. The absolute
master at this was Gerd Muller, but Shearer, Paolo Rossi and Lineker also deserve special mention. Today, Klose, Pippo Inzaghi and older Michael Owen.
5) "Run and Shoot". This is becoming a crucial skill in modern football. This is
how most goalscoring opportunities come up today. The midfield recovers the ball,
and needs to quickly vertical-ize by sending a through ball to the attacker who
must be able to beat his defender. This is what Ronaldo (the fat, before he's fat) used to excels at. Eto'o dan Djibril Cisse is great at the "running" part, but absolutely crap at the "shooting" part.
You might disagree with this categorization, but I hope that the general idea
is clear. Then I hates Ronaldo, because he is very good at ability no. 5, but
rather mediocre at all the rest. To my understanding, a true "striker"
must have abilities 1-4, whereas ability no.5 is the stuff of "forwards".
Now you could see why Cristiano Ronaldo (the not so fat), who excels at no.1 to no.5 become top goalpoacher when he's healthy.
In my opinion, as long as the ball is in the back of the net, it doesn't really
matter how it ended up there.
I would be more than happy of having Ronaldo (the fat) on my team, instead of an average
"striker". But of course I am even happier with Pippo Inzaghi...
and forward could be used interchangeably, but since several sources
have pointed out that this is not so, let me talk of what I think
are the basic skills (in no particular order) that a good "attacker" should have.
1) Aerial skills.
This is the classic prototype of the British attacker. Strong in
the air, will fight every cross with defenders, and can transform a mild chip
into a powerful and accurate header. Heskey and Zigic excel in this category. In the past, Jan Koller, Zamorano, Batistuta, Shearer, Uwe Seeler, Bettega, Jardel, Van Basten and Bierhoff.
2) Acrobatic skills. The ability to score spectacular goals with volleys, overhead
kicks, scissor kicks and the like. Historical major figures in this category would
be Rivaldo, Vialli, Papin, and Van Basten. Current player that fits into this category: Ibrahimovic.
3) Sheer power. beat your defender by a foot, and blast it at goal from any
position. This is the quality that I personally prefer in an attacker.
The best at this is definitely Rooney and Drogba. In the past, Batistuta, Gigi Riva and Preben Elkjaer.
4) Poaching ability. This is that very special quality that makes an attacker
"smell" where the ball will be, and enables him to tap it in from inside the 6
yard box. The ignorants will say "What did he do? He just had to tap it in!",
but very few attackers had this sixth sense for the goalmouth. The absolute
master at this was Gerd Muller, but Shearer, Paolo Rossi and Lineker also deserve special mention. Today, Klose, Pippo Inzaghi and older Michael Owen.
5) "Run and Shoot". This is becoming a crucial skill in modern football. This is
how most goalscoring opportunities come up today. The midfield recovers the ball,
and needs to quickly vertical-ize by sending a through ball to the attacker who
must be able to beat his defender. This is what Ronaldo (the fat, before he's fat) used to excels at. Eto'o dan Djibril Cisse is great at the "running" part, but absolutely crap at the "shooting" part.
You might disagree with this categorization, but I hope that the general idea
is clear. Then I hates Ronaldo, because he is very good at ability no. 5, but
rather mediocre at all the rest. To my understanding, a true "striker"
must have abilities 1-4, whereas ability no.5 is the stuff of "forwards".
Now you could see why Cristiano Ronaldo (the not so fat), who excels at no.1 to no.5 become top goalpoacher when he's healthy.
In my opinion, as long as the ball is in the back of the net, it doesn't really
matter how it ended up there.
I would be more than happy of having Ronaldo (the fat) on my team, instead of an average
"striker". But of course I am even happier with Pippo Inzaghi...
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Lower League Management: The Joy To Be Crap
A lot of you may be unaware of a whole different style of Football Manager - It's called LLM (Lower League Management). LLM is the bottom end of the game, the toughest, hardest and most realistic part of the game and it offers all it can afford. LLM managers are often referred to as LLaMa's ,a phrase which does what it says on the tin. Most people would choose Chelsea, Man Utd, Real Madrid or Barcelona as they clubs. This however, is not a real challenge, in my opinion. The real challenge is out there, at the bottom, the dregs of the game. It's tough, exciting, realistic and you get to see the game so much more.
Keep it simple - or how to over-perform with low quality players and no money.
Many of the recommendations made in the tactical guide will work just as they are at any level of the game, however there are a number of special changes and tweaks you should apply when managing a lower league team, which can be a very rewarding experience, which most of the assured lower league managers will confirm.
I tried to collect a few suggestions and ideas that may help you if you want to make an experience in lower leagues and you are planning to either adapt your tactics to this level or to create a new approach.
Rule one: don’t overstrain your players technically and mentally
We would definitely advocate KISS (keep it simple, stupid!). Just tell them to be solid - tight, in banks of 4 and, crucially, don't ask them to stuff they clearly aren't capable of, such as very high closing down, lots of running with the ball, short crisp passes or the like. Just get a solid defence, and the goals will come - you get so many opportunities from the opposition's errors, you should just concentrate on avoiding your own.
If you set up the right instructions, it is possible to play short passing systems in lower leagues as well, at least if the players are up to the league level. But you need to give other instructions carefully and again, keep it simple.
While the use of creative freedom generally should be allotted sparingly and wisely at all levels, it should be used more discerningly for lower league teams. A maximum of two players on high or even mixed creative freedom should be set. This could be the central attacking midfielder and maybe one of the strikers.
Technically you should also look wisely how much your players can do. Do wingers and fullbacks really have to cross the ball often when their crossing ability is rather lousy? Mixed settings might be more suited, meaning hopefully they will only cross when they know there's a good chance of it coming off.
Playing through balls, which require a certain amount of flair, composure, anticipation, passing and creativity, should be restricted to a few positions as well.
Forward runs are easier to understand. While they are crucial for setting up the balance for any top team, they will be even more important for lower league sides, as this is something easy to understand and easy to do. Using this powerful tool wisely to shape your formation will be more then rewarding.
Marking systems should be kept simple as well. Even given the risk of being turned occasionally, most lower league defenders will be suited better for man-marking than zonal marking.
Importance of sitting back at lower levels
This is a good method to force opposition forwards to try and do something above their skill levels, while your defence stays compact and waits for the opposition to come at you. This is even more important since pace, heading and height will become a major factor in lower leagues. While technical abilities for both, defenders and forwards, may be low, many players will simply take advantage by using their physical strengths: pacy strikers may simply outrun your defenders, while strong strikers will try to use their aerial advantage for crucial flick-ons or goals.
Therefore your d-line always should be a few notches deeper then in higher leagues, except for some special games against ultra-defensive, deep sitting opponents. Opposition instructions should be used accordingly: tight mark never against strikers who turn your defenders, tackling hard against strong strikers (if your defenders are able to tackle hard without committing a foul every time).
Using strengths of your squad:
Physical strengths can be crucial: a defender can easily outperform if he has a certain height, even better if combined with decent pace. Very tall strikers and very quick strikers do not need to have many technical abilities to over-perform in a lower league. Set up a good combo or lone striker system to use their strengths either with a quick or strong target striker.
Often there are one or two dominating players in midfield. Try to support their strengths by giving them slightly more creative freedom, forwards runs or through balls, always according to their ability. As well you might consider playing them as semi-playmakers by including them in your playmaker list. This way they can dominate your play and raise the level of your midfield performance. A downside might be a one-dimensional build-up play. If this happens, don’t use semi- or even full playmakers.
Make sure you have a half-decent keeper. Always crucial, but for lower league teams certainly a question of survival.
Training
Especially if you only have part-timers: focus on the physical side. The difference between 8 tackling or 9 tackling on defenders is neither here nor there. With crap coaches on crap facilities with crap players, who cares? However, the difference between 10 strength and 12 strength, or the little extra burst of speed from 13 pace and 15 pace (which is attainable) can get you such a turn around in results
Loans and staff
Last but not least: try to use loan opportunities. When lacking both money and quality, this should be a way to go, especially if you are going to start a long-term career which will force your to bring in players for a higher level every few years. Make friends with managers of bigger clubs and try to get a big team as parent club. Try to upgrade your staff. Even for a lower league team, you should be able to attract a decent fitness coach and physio. Most boards, though they tell you that you should only have one or two coaches, will probably let you go up to three or four providing you're well enough below the wage budget. Similarly, most boards will let you have at least one more physio than they recommend (finances permitting, of course).
Free transfer for lower leagues suggestions:
Goalkeepers:
Wesley Barnard (South Africa/EU)* the best keeper in this level
Mikhel Peters (Trinidad & Tobago/EU)
Stefan Jolovic (Serbia/EU)
Iltaf Ahmed (Pakistan/EU)
Defenders:
Bryan Gilfillan -D RC(Rep. of Ireland)
Michael McColl -D C(South Africa)
Matthew Doherty -D/M R(Rep. of Ireland)
Stephen Shirley -D/DM RC(USA/EU)*
Chris Rodd -D C(USA/EU)*
Darren Barnard -D L(Wales)
Robertino Rafaela -D C(Netherlands)* the best defender in this level
Midfielders:
Paul Johnstone -M L(South Africa/EU)* potential captain, retrained as left back
Mark Briggs -M RC(Rep. of Ireland)
Martin Bullock -AM RC(England)*
Benjamin Mulamehic -M C(Bosnia/EU)*
Scott Henderson -AM R(England)
Bryan Little -AM L(NZ/EU)*
Shane Hooks -DM/M C(NZ/EU)
Giannis Kyriakou -M C(Cyprus/EU)*
Aaron Westerveld DM/AM C(Australia/EU)
Borislav Angov - M LC(Bulgaria/EU)
Earlon Windeveld - M RLC(Netherlands)*
Robert Apiliga -DM C(Zambia/EU)
Roberto Elcaman -AM C(France) play him in the hole
Mark McVeigh -AM RL(South Africa/EU)* excellent attacker, could be trained as a striker if Thompson is unavailable
Rory Davies -D/M C(Sweden) all around players
Wayne Colbert -M RLC(Rep. of Ireland) potential captain, could be trained as a striker if Thompson is unavailable
Attackers:
Niall Thompson - ST(Canada/EU)* ignored your assistant comment, he will score a lot of goals in poacher role
San Lee -ST(Korea Rep./EU)
Barry Moran -ST(Rep. of Ireland)
Paddy Connelly -ST(Scotland)*
Note: Players with * marking would be more difficult to sign as you could only sign them with amateur contract at this level.
Staffs:
Assistant: Peter Mellor (England)
Fitness Coach: Ben Stork (Scotland)
Physio: Ian Restell (Australia)
Scout: Geoff Ludley (England)
Keep it simple - or how to over-perform with low quality players and no money.
Many of the recommendations made in the tactical guide will work just as they are at any level of the game, however there are a number of special changes and tweaks you should apply when managing a lower league team, which can be a very rewarding experience, which most of the assured lower league managers will confirm.
I tried to collect a few suggestions and ideas that may help you if you want to make an experience in lower leagues and you are planning to either adapt your tactics to this level or to create a new approach.
Rule one: don’t overstrain your players technically and mentally
We would definitely advocate KISS (keep it simple, stupid!). Just tell them to be solid - tight, in banks of 4 and, crucially, don't ask them to stuff they clearly aren't capable of, such as very high closing down, lots of running with the ball, short crisp passes or the like. Just get a solid defence, and the goals will come - you get so many opportunities from the opposition's errors, you should just concentrate on avoiding your own.
If you set up the right instructions, it is possible to play short passing systems in lower leagues as well, at least if the players are up to the league level. But you need to give other instructions carefully and again, keep it simple.
While the use of creative freedom generally should be allotted sparingly and wisely at all levels, it should be used more discerningly for lower league teams. A maximum of two players on high or even mixed creative freedom should be set. This could be the central attacking midfielder and maybe one of the strikers.
Technically you should also look wisely how much your players can do. Do wingers and fullbacks really have to cross the ball often when their crossing ability is rather lousy? Mixed settings might be more suited, meaning hopefully they will only cross when they know there's a good chance of it coming off.
Playing through balls, which require a certain amount of flair, composure, anticipation, passing and creativity, should be restricted to a few positions as well.
Forward runs are easier to understand. While they are crucial for setting up the balance for any top team, they will be even more important for lower league sides, as this is something easy to understand and easy to do. Using this powerful tool wisely to shape your formation will be more then rewarding.
Marking systems should be kept simple as well. Even given the risk of being turned occasionally, most lower league defenders will be suited better for man-marking than zonal marking.
Importance of sitting back at lower levels
This is a good method to force opposition forwards to try and do something above their skill levels, while your defence stays compact and waits for the opposition to come at you. This is even more important since pace, heading and height will become a major factor in lower leagues. While technical abilities for both, defenders and forwards, may be low, many players will simply take advantage by using their physical strengths: pacy strikers may simply outrun your defenders, while strong strikers will try to use their aerial advantage for crucial flick-ons or goals.
Therefore your d-line always should be a few notches deeper then in higher leagues, except for some special games against ultra-defensive, deep sitting opponents. Opposition instructions should be used accordingly: tight mark never against strikers who turn your defenders, tackling hard against strong strikers (if your defenders are able to tackle hard without committing a foul every time).
Using strengths of your squad:
Physical strengths can be crucial: a defender can easily outperform if he has a certain height, even better if combined with decent pace. Very tall strikers and very quick strikers do not need to have many technical abilities to over-perform in a lower league. Set up a good combo or lone striker system to use their strengths either with a quick or strong target striker.
Often there are one or two dominating players in midfield. Try to support their strengths by giving them slightly more creative freedom, forwards runs or through balls, always according to their ability. As well you might consider playing them as semi-playmakers by including them in your playmaker list. This way they can dominate your play and raise the level of your midfield performance. A downside might be a one-dimensional build-up play. If this happens, don’t use semi- or even full playmakers.
Make sure you have a half-decent keeper. Always crucial, but for lower league teams certainly a question of survival.
Training
Especially if you only have part-timers: focus on the physical side. The difference between 8 tackling or 9 tackling on defenders is neither here nor there. With crap coaches on crap facilities with crap players, who cares? However, the difference between 10 strength and 12 strength, or the little extra burst of speed from 13 pace and 15 pace (which is attainable) can get you such a turn around in results
Loans and staff
Last but not least: try to use loan opportunities. When lacking both money and quality, this should be a way to go, especially if you are going to start a long-term career which will force your to bring in players for a higher level every few years. Make friends with managers of bigger clubs and try to get a big team as parent club. Try to upgrade your staff. Even for a lower league team, you should be able to attract a decent fitness coach and physio. Most boards, though they tell you that you should only have one or two coaches, will probably let you go up to three or four providing you're well enough below the wage budget. Similarly, most boards will let you have at least one more physio than they recommend (finances permitting, of course).
Free transfer for lower leagues suggestions:
Goalkeepers:
Wesley Barnard (South Africa/EU)* the best keeper in this level
Mikhel Peters (Trinidad & Tobago/EU)
Stefan Jolovic (Serbia/EU)
Iltaf Ahmed (Pakistan/EU)
Defenders:
Bryan Gilfillan -D RC(Rep. of Ireland)
Michael McColl -D C(South Africa)
Matthew Doherty -D/M R(Rep. of Ireland)
Stephen Shirley -D/DM RC(USA/EU)*
Chris Rodd -D C(USA/EU)*
Darren Barnard -D L(Wales)
Robertino Rafaela -D C(Netherlands)* the best defender in this level
Midfielders:
Paul Johnstone -M L(South Africa/EU)* potential captain, retrained as left back
Mark Briggs -M RC(Rep. of Ireland)
Martin Bullock -AM RC(England)*
Benjamin Mulamehic -M C(Bosnia/EU)*
Scott Henderson -AM R(England)
Bryan Little -AM L(NZ/EU)*
Shane Hooks -DM/M C(NZ/EU)
Giannis Kyriakou -M C(Cyprus/EU)*
Aaron Westerveld DM/AM C(Australia/EU)
Borislav Angov - M LC(Bulgaria/EU)
Earlon Windeveld - M RLC(Netherlands)*
Robert Apiliga -DM C(Zambia/EU)
Roberto Elcaman -AM C(France) play him in the hole
Mark McVeigh -AM RL(South Africa/EU)* excellent attacker, could be trained as a striker if Thompson is unavailable
Rory Davies -D/M C(Sweden) all around players
Wayne Colbert -M RLC(Rep. of Ireland) potential captain, could be trained as a striker if Thompson is unavailable
Attackers:
Niall Thompson - ST(Canada/EU)* ignored your assistant comment, he will score a lot of goals in poacher role
San Lee -ST(Korea Rep./EU)
Barry Moran -ST(Rep. of Ireland)
Paddy Connelly -ST(Scotland)*
Note: Players with * marking would be more difficult to sign as you could only sign them with amateur contract at this level.
Staffs:
Assistant: Peter Mellor (England)
Fitness Coach: Ben Stork (Scotland)
Physio: Ian Restell (Australia)
Scout: Geoff Ludley (England)
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