Agreed, I saw Sydney FC vs NZ Knights last year, a very low standard of football
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Agreed, I saw Sydney FC vs NZ Knights last year, a very low standard of football
saltash seagull
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What difference does that make if he is?
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Grégory Duruz?
born April 20, 1977, currently without a club.
Duruz has extensive experience in European competition. He has played UEFA Champions League matches against Juventus, Manchester United and Valencia. He has represented Switzerland at U16, U18, U20 and U21 level. He speaks three languages: German, French and English.
born April 20, 1977, currently without a club.
Duruz has extensive experience in European competition. He has played UEFA Champions League matches against Juventus, Manchester United and Valencia. He has represented Switzerland at U16, U18, U20 and U21 level. He speaks three languages: German, French and English.
severnside gull
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TSB
Captain Hindsight
What about for next season!?
Woodchip
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I won't buy the Zutons album on principal I tell you!!
Storer68
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so have I. A typical team of ex pats taking the money playing shirts two sizes too small for thebut they were still good enough to beat Terry Butcher's Sydney FC. Bizarrely they had Scott gennill playimng fior them (tubby lump of lard), Darren Bazeley and neil Emblem playimg fior them. They were truly awful
Despite having a squad boasting several players with extensive experience in English football, many pundits did not rate the Knights as serious contenders for the A-League title, and they were considered favourites for the wooden spoon. These predictions turned out to be true, with the New Zealand Knights proving to be terribly out of their depth in their debut A-League season.
In April 2006, after the poor season, manager John Adshead resigned from the club[2]. Paul Nevin was confirmed as manager a month later[3], having worked as caretaker manager since the position was vacated by Adshead.
In late October 2006, as a result of low crowd attendance at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland and continual poor on-field performances, rumours began to circulate that the Football Federation Australia was considering the possibility of revoking the Knights' A-League licence and granting it to a new team that would be set to enter the competition in the 2007-08 season.
On 15 November and nearing the end of the November transfer window New Zealand Knights board and management decided to relieve Paul Nevin of his coaching duties due to a string of poor performances. [4].
On 13 December 2006, strong rumours resurfaced that the FFA was considering the revocation of the Knights' licence to compete in the A-League. It quickly became clear that, with five weeks remaining in the current season, the FFA fully intended to reclaim the licence from the Knights [5]. The FFA had continued to express angst at low attendance numbers, poor on-field performance and the lack of domestically developed players (ibid).
Late on 14 December, the FFA announced that it had revoked the competition licence held by the Knights' owners. An arrangement with NZ Soccer would see the national body step in to manage the club for the remaining five weeks of the regular season, with former All Whites player Ricki Herbert to fill the role of Head Coach [6].
Effectively, the Knights dissolved on 21 January, when the final match of the season was played against Perth Glory.
Players
Name Nationality Position New Zealand Knights career Appearances Goals Notes
Bazeley, DarrenDarren Bazeley England Defender 2005-2007 21 0
Brockie, JeremyJeremy Brockie New Zealand Striker 2005-2006 12 4
Bull, RonnieRonnie Bull England Defender 2005-2006 7 0
Bunce, CheChe Bunce New Zealand Defender 2006-2007 19 1
Buari, MalikMalik Buari Ghana Defender 2006-2007 6 1
Caravella, ZenonZenon Caravella Australia Midfielder 2005-2006 21 0
Carbon, MattMatt Carbon England Defender 2006 0 0
Casey, AdamAdam Casey Australia Midfielder 2006-2007 8 0
Christie, JeremyJeremy Christie New Zealand Midfielder 2005-2006 10 1
Collett, BenBen Collett England Midfielder 2006
Crossley, NickNick Crossley Australia Goalkeeper
Dempsey, PaulPaul Dempsey England 2002-2003 2
Devine, SeanSean Devine England Striker 2005-2006 24 3
Duruz, GrégoryGrégory Duruz Switzerland Defender 2006
de Moraes, FernandoFernando de Moraes Venezuela Midfielder 2006 5 0
Emblen, NeilNeil Emblen England Midfielder 2005–2007 32 3
Fitzsimmons, SteveSteve Fitzsimmons England Midfielder 2005-2006 11 0
Fleming, JefferyJeffery Fleming
Gemmill, ScotScot Gemmill Scotland Midfielder 2006-2007
Gordon, DeanDean Gordon England Midfielder 2006-2007 6 0
Hay, DannyDanny Hay New Zealand Defender 2004-2006 9 0
Hickey, NoahNoah Hickey New Zealand Midfielder 2005-2007 35 2
Imaya, NaokiNaoki Imaya Japan Striker 2005-2006 11 0
Jasper, SamSam Jasper New Zealand Defender 2005-2006 2 0
Johnston, RichardRichard Johnston Australia Midfielder 2006-2007 15
Kovacevic, SimeSime Kovacevic Australia
Yan, LiLi Yan China Striker 2006
Marcina, AlenAlen Marcina Canada Striker 2006-2007 8 2
Maguire, JoshJosh Maguire Australia Midfielder 2005-2006 13 0
Milosevic, DannyDanny Milosevic Australia Goalkeeper 2005-2006 19 0
Moss, GlenGlen Moss New Zealand Goalkeeper 2005-2006 9 0
O'Dor, StevenSteven O'Dor Australia Defender 2006-2007 3 0
Paston, MarkMark Paston New Zealand Goalkeeper 2006-2007 10 0
Parisi, FrancoFranco Parisi Australia Striker 2006-2007 1 0
Richter, JontiJonti Richter South Africa Midfielder 2006-2007 18 0
Rose, JoshuaJoshua Rose Australia Midfielder 2005-2006 12 1
Rodrigues, DaniDani Rodrigues Portugal Striker 2006-2007 4 0
Salley, JonasJonas Salley Côte d'Ivoire Midfielder 2006-2007 10 0
Tambouras, JohnJohn Tambouras Australia Defender 2005-2006 18 0
Tinkler, ColeCole Tinkler New Zealand Defender
Turnbull, MichaelMichael Turnbull Australia Goalkeeper 2006-2007 8 0
van Eijs, FrankFrank van Eijs Netherlands Defender 2005-2006 9 0
White, MichaelMichael White United Kingdom Midfielder 2006-2007 3 0
Zhang, XiaobinXiaobin Zhang China Midfielder
Yeo, SimonSimon Yeo England Striker 2005
Storer68
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I was there too! it was shockingly bad. About as bad as watchinug England trying to play cricket next door
The Wookiee
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Are we going to sign this player ?
Don Tmatter
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Is Duruz still on trial? the other Swiss fella played for the reserves last night.
Father Jack
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Just because New Zealand Knights are piss poor doesn't mean he will be especially since he seems to have had a relitively decent career. Certainly sounds worth more of a look than some of the trialists we've had over the last few seasons.
TSB
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Than signing a left back on a free? Why?