Meanwhile Fiji
New Zealand U-23s - Quali Whites
really feel for these young men today . reading about others fulfilling a dream of making an olympic team must be a hard pill to take.
Since the tournament isn't part of FIFA calendar many teams have problems to select their squads, Argentina manager Martino resigned today
What might have been.....
With 18-man squads being announced, who would you have picked? (leave out any over-age players)
After 10 mins thought, I'd go for
Max Crocombe
Nik Tzanev
Storm Roux
Declan Wynne
Kip Colvey
Luke Adams
Adam Mitchell
Cory Brown
Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi
Tom Biss
Matt Ridenton
Andre de Jong
Ryan Thomas
Tyler Boyd
Monty Patterson
Logan Rogerson
Noah Billingley
Joseph Champness (or Joel Stevens if Champness wants to be an Aussie)
didn't pick Cameron or Roux as both back on the road to recovery, or Tuiloma as I think he needs to stay with his club and, really, I'm just not sure about him.
but you pick Roux =) anyway a pretty decent squad but only 2 centre backs, Brotherton should be there
*Gleeson crocombe
Roux colvey *reid adams brotherton wynne
Tuiloma hudson-wihongi lewis ridenton thomas patterson fenton
*wood boyd rogerson
though he (Cory Brown) played only as left back, all right then
I've only seen him play CB - but Pokémon Go Google tells me he is also a LB. Maybe he is primarily a LB who can also play CB
Patterson, Boyd, Thomas, Mitchell could all put club before country plus injuries. Paper teams are the best.
I've only seen him play CB - but Pokémon Go Google tells me he is also a LB. Maybe he is primarily a LB who can also play CB
got it! also there is a video on youtube (uploaded by himself) playing for Ole Academy, all games as LB
Right you are Aza! :)
I'm sure he played as a CB in the U20WC though, but maybe that was a Pokémon
So in my imaginary team, I'd dump Wynne (as he is on the road to recovery) and bring in Brotherton
And yes, this is a paper team....for some reason, NZF aren't employing anyone to pick hypothetical teams.....
Fiji conceded 3 goals in like 2 minutes. Korea have just scored the 5th, how on earth is Tamanisau the best keeper Farina could use? He's awful in every sense. And I know they are just amateurs and may be nervous and all that but they haven't been able to make 2 passes in a row, their only decent play was a shot by Krishna after a long ball
FT. South Korea 8-0 Fiji. Really frustrating to watch. And their next games are Germany and Mexico. At least they have a very nice shirt
If it wasn't for Taminasau they would have lost 15-0, he made at least 9 good saves
Other results. Japan v Nigeria would have been a cracker to watch.
I haven't watched the game but it seems as though the result isn't a fair representation of the performance.
If it wasn't for Taminasau they would have lost 15-0, he made at least 9 good saves
He was also aboslutely pathetic for a number of their goals.
5-1 against Mexico. Krishna scored Fiji's goal.
All 2nd round results. 2nd nil nil result for Brazil. hmm.
Fiji lost 10 nil to Germany. Feel sorry for them, they were in a very tough group.
Yea...but it was a close 10-0 ?
It was always going to happen. I dont think we wouldve won a single game either altho not as humped as them but to be homest probably by 3 or 4 most games
I'd have taken a 'humping' from stronger nations just for us to be there. If we don't play decent opposition, we can't improve.
Here's an interesting article on Max Crocombe where he expresses his huge disappointment on missing out on the Olympics:
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/carlisle-utd/inside-b...
Does he suspect who shopped Wynne? "Yeah, but I can't say. Someone who was somehow aware of the rules - and made the complaint as soon as the final whistle went. The timing was quite strange."
There were, he later admits, tears among the devastated Kiwi players. "We had all been screened and checked beforehand," he says, "so it was all quite messed up. It can make kids' futures, this, and who knows if the chance will come again? We'd all worked so hard, and then to have the opportunity taken away without losing a game..."
I bet it was Herbert.
Doubt it.
a) Ricki didn't know that Lia couldn't play for the All Whites
b) He was coaching PNG at the time so he would have appealed after NZ beat them in the group stages. That way PNG would qualify for the knock out stages.
Who cares. NZF fudgeed up. Still havent managed to sort to players eligibility out in Musa and De Vries
Doubt it.
a) Ricki didn't know that Lia couldn't play for the All Whites
b) He was coaching PNG at the time so he would have appealed after NZ beat them in the group stages. That way PNG would qualify for the knock out stages.
The 'satire' one which has since be taken down?
The 'satire' one which has since be taken down?
http://www.yellowfever.co.nz/categories/all-whites...
Who cares. NZF fudgeed up. Still havent managed to sort to players eligibility out in Musa and De Vries
So much this. Who gives a shark who told OFC - the issue is that there was anything to tell. Depending on how generous you feel NZF was either stupendously incompetent or actively cheating.
Who cares. NZF fudgeed up. Still havent managed to sort to players eligibility out in Musa and De Vries
So much this. Who gives a shark who told OFC - the issue is that there was anything to tell. Depending on how generous you feel NZF was either stupendously incompetent or actively cheating.
Yip. Sad but true. I would love to see De Vries kick on and play for NZ again. With his O-league experience against the top island clubs he could be a real asset in WCQ.
Who cares. NZF fudgeed up. Still havent managed to sort to players eligibility out in Musa and De Vries
So much this. Who gives a shark who told OFC - the issue is that there was anything to tell. Depending on how generous you feel NZF was either stupendously incompetent or actively cheating.
honestly, what a bunch of monkeys. And who paid for this unacceptable mistake ? . Unfortunately this is an all too common theme in NZ sport. Time to move out of the dark ages and stop sipping Gin and smoking each others pipe . At least in the 60s they weren't paid to be incompetent.
Funny to see deklan wynne back in an all whites top during the USA tour after the s-storm following the U23s. I must say he played pretty well. Goodluck to him for the legal future.
So with Danny Hay ruling himself out of NZ U17 and U20, does that mean he won't be in line for 2020 Olympics in Japan?
Should whoever is the new coach of All Whites also take U23s?
So with Danny Hay ruling himself out of NZ U17 and U20, does that mean he won't be in line for 2020 Olympics in Japan?
Should whoever is the new coach of All Whites also take U23s?
Would make sense, considering the potentially light load the AWs coach will have over the next couple of years.
Has there been any news about whether the Pacific Games will be entwined with Olympic qualifiers again next year?