E14 | Declan Edge
Episode Summary | Declan Edge
Declan Edge is one of New Zealand football's best coaches, but also one of its greatest characters.
Show notes | Declan Edge
2.10 How Seamus and Steve know Declan including fan mail sent to from Steve to Declan, and the weekly Wim Hof plug
5.19 A summary from Bruce Holloway, the authority on the playing career of Declan Edge
8.42 Did Declan fulfil his potential as a player? “All that’s behind me is my ass”
9.30 Who were Declan’s influences in the game? “Not doing things differently. Not doing things the same”
11.00 How did Declan get so good at playing football? “Making football interesting”
13.00 Would Declan the player like Declan the coach?
14.04 Declan on some of his outspoken public views
16.43 Fact or fiction? Banning heading at the Ole Football Academy
17.59 Declan on Anthony Hudson, Andreas Heraf, and Fritz Schmid: “I got all that right didn’t I?”
23.27 On the outside, now on the inside? Declan’s relationship with Danny Hay and Eastern Suburbs
27.09 Knock backs with Western Suburbs, was it frustrating to have to use Eastern Suburbs as a vehicle for the Ole Football Academy?
28.23 Seamus loops back to clarify on the difference between Andreas Heraf and Fritz Schmid from earlier in the podcast
30.27 We go back into how Declan got into coaching with his first “hardcore” group of 13 year olds
35.16 “Developing a professional player is the easy part”
36.28 Defining success: “Being a professional football player is not successful, that’s what they wanted”
42.13 Waikato FC: the first season, white boots, crew cuts, head bands, and Czech dreams
48.12 Melville United: “If the season was 10 or 15 games longer I would have won it”
52.53 Back at Waikato FC for a second stint and the move to the Ole Football Academy
55.53 Does Declan clash with people at the Ole Football Academy? And is the confrontational part of his perspective a positive or a negative?
57.51 What is the difference between the Wellington Phoenix Academy and the Ole Football Academy?
59.06 What is the Ole Way? And is it a case of picking it up and dropping it in Sweden?
1.00.26 “I can change organisations in 20 hours”
1.00.51 Harry Edge is “my best lab rat”: Declan on vegan diets, cold immersion, Wim Hof breathing, sleep, functional ready conditioning
1.03.14 Injuries, trauma and connecting with the automatic nervous system: “I don’t deal with physios”
1.05.02 Steve gets back on the Wim Hof breathing buzz and Declan gives a little demo in the background
1.06.04 “Warm-ups are a waste of time”
1.07.20 Vegetative training
1.09.35 Where does Declan get his information from? Seamus makes a Mandalorian reference that falls flat
1.10.25 Social media comments on Melville United in 2019 and the fallout afterwards
1.15.15 Helping qualify Vanuatu for their first ever under 20 world cup in 2016
1.18.48 Question from a fan of the show, which doesn’t really get answered directly
1.20.22 Coaching New Zealand in the future?
1.21.17 Switching allegiances: Tyler Boyd and Maya Hahn
1.22.18 When does an Ole player become an Ole product? “Ownership” of players
1.24.18 “Sit down. Be humble”. Tattoos and emojis. Praying hands or high-five hands?
1.25.04 Changing the Landscape
1.28.08 Chatham Cup Finals: Melville United in 2003 and Western Suburbs in 2018
1.31.28 Final words from Declan, Steven and Seamus
