2011 Friendlies Discussion

I happen to agree with Robb's posting. The rather sad incident of Winston Reid's tackle, was most unfortunate and I am sure he regrets it deeply. You talk as if you are conversant with Winston Reid's playing history.."continues to play in the manner...Qualifier" It happened regretfully so..but don't make out that he's a regular at making horrendous tackles.

If there is one player in the Premier League who certainly has a history of horrendous tackling...Leg Breaker Target BRUTE it is Ryan Shawcross who plays for Stoke. Have you played football, if you have then you would understand.

Hi, I whinge too, esp in my Twitter page and on my facebook page as well. I don't think much of the NZFA's ceo Michael Glading. In Dompost articles he always has a sneaky snipe at Wellington...what on earth has Wellington done to him? I was that brassed off..after his latest snipe that I voiced my opinion of him again as the tweeters in my page are used to my flowery language..most of them are editors and journos as well as club bloggers.

I have nothing against Auckland, but I do not like Glading at all...to me its Tall Poppy syndrome, its the impression I get..Fact: Auckland had the Knights, obviously the support waned and Terry Serepisos bought the Franchise and he with his Nix foundation members and administrative staff have developed the Wellington Phoenix through sheer hard work..Glading even cried about us having a Stadium..and what! Rugby is played there too.

Glading is an inappropriate person to be holding that position..his comments to the media show him to be quite unprofessional OR DUMB!

Sorry to rant on, but I saw that you have complained to the NZFA...and I am going to do as you have done.

Bye

Couple of things,

No one can read your twitter as your private so your ranting falls of deaf ear. Same with FB. Can you please explain how Glading brassed you off and why you don't think much of him.

I'm a little confused on how you base your argument.

Also, who is more suited to the role?

And BYE

How do you know my Twitter page is "Private" or that my Tweets are LOCKED EH? I make use of my DM application and I guess the only one who listens is Siggy 2010 who follows me on twitter...like he follows many others as well...DM is Direct Message and Yes I do inform my followers by DM and that is not tweeted in my page.

I have a number of articles both Dompost and the Herald..I have cancelled my Dompost subscription as have other Yellow Fever posters...in those articles Glading DOES infer his negativity towards Wellington. You have to read the articles and the common thread running through them all is one of which I call it Tall Poppy syndrome..He does'nt come straight out and say it, he intimates and infers..one springs to mind, Winston Reid he stated that Winston should come back and play for the All Whites as it is them that helped him secure his West Ham contract..he had only been there 2 weeks and Winston had said all along he wanted to play for the All Whites..that is nasty. Ryan Nelson said his bit and he said Winston needed to think carefully before leaving the
West Ham club to come home for the 'friendlies' and he should know, not Glading.

They stuffed up Glen Moss's chances of playing at the recent World Cup through administrative bungling and lateness..that is not professional behaviour and the buck stops at him.

You like me are entitled to your opinion and might I add a Woman's Gut Instinct is Never Wrong.

I am not going to debate the finer points of football politics with you, I'm sure it goes on behind closed doors.

ciao   

Did Australia play a game recently?  How about the Dutch?  Logic fail.

seriously, wtf, so because Reid got a red card, no country is going to want to play us. Utter rubbish.

I never answered your last question. A person for that position should, even if they personally don't like it..At all times when speaking to the media be neutral and promote and encourage the beautiful game of football with positive messages as it is the youth of today who will be the future of NZ football at the highest level.

I wish Danny Hay were the CEO, he's a grassroots man and he knows what he's talking about from experience.He though I have read loves taking the kids or youth teams and I respect that because thats where it's at..On the Pitch and not being a bitch like Glading

Danny Hay

You kidding?

No I'm not kidding Buffy! Watching my postings eh you don't intimidate me one iota Buffy Buffoon..Sod off TROLL   

Yeah righto mate.

off topic people

Where were we..? Oh that's right, 2011 Friendlies.

Okay... after skimming through the rest of this thread I understand that the next FIFA window is March '11 and that this would constitute the next good opportunity for the AW's to play.

Lets suppose (theoretically) that:
- Reid is serving a suspension for his red card vs Paraguay.
- Vicelich has retired (again).
- Nelsen and Smith are nearing the pointy end of the EPL/Championship seasons and can't/won't commit or are injured.

So, who does that leave us with in the AW's defensive line? Sigmund, Lochead, Boyens... Oughton?

Lets hope we're not playing anyone in the top 50.

Glading pointed to it being a "top team". Looks like we might get monstered!

In before CBoz!

Plodder can play RB. Cameron Knowles might be worth a look at, though to be honest I'm not sure how he's done this season past.

Any word if Aaron Scott will be playing this ASB Premiership? Last I heard he was having a sabbatical from football.

Oh, and there's always David Mulligan...

Dammit I got bet. More Oughton imo.

I can confirm he will be playing for Waitakere United.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/4241613/All-Whites-have-seven-2011-games-pencilled-in

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/4241588/New-trans-Tasman-football-trophy-competition

Even though I'm very excited by having games on the horizon, 2011 is going to be hard for football to get a lot of media coverage due to that other code having it's world cup here next year.    

Selling out 3 games at home might be difficult.

Fixed. Although tbh I don't think we should dwell too much on how the RWC will affect football. It will be the biggest sporting event this country has seen and probably will see in decades, and if NZF think the round ball code will be anywhere near remotely competitive i think they're dreaming.

That said, the RWC shouldn't affect the long term popularity of football imo, we just need to forget about 2011

"As it stands Glading is anticipating four OFC Nations Cup games � which double as 2014 World Cup qualifiers - toward the end of next year (October onwards), two home, two away."

South Pacific roadtrip for the win.

Im all for the game going nationwide, but when Glading started mentioning the likes of New Plymouth i shook my head. Wgtn, Auck, Chch... and maybe Dunedin. It doesnt need to go anywhere else.


I had a laugh when he said he was taking a break - all because he didnt make the WC squad. He was acting as though he was a 30-something year old who had been playing in the EPL for half a decade and nearing the end of his professional career. He was 23 and playing in the NZFC - yes there were other better players than him. He should go overseas and come back in 5 years.

I hear New Plymouth has a great stadium.

If you are playing a team that is likely to only get between 5000 and 10000 in the main centres (like most island nations), then why not take it to New Plymouth, Nelson, Napier, BoP, Palmy... they all have stadiums that can easily handle a crowd of that size.

They are likely to get a similar crowd and it gives people a chance to see the All Whites who normally couldn't.

http://tvnz.co.nz/football-news/all-whites-face-next-3887803?ref=rss

It may have already mentioned, but I reckon it would be great to play Barbados or Malta, and bill it as Team Ifill/Manny vs New Zealand to drum up some publicity

I always smile when I see these two guys mentioned as playing for Malta and Barbados.
One is a pom and the other an aussie. One born in England the other in Australia.

Tim Brown
Shane Smeltz
Tommy Smith

I know, but these three were not born in NZ

I meant either

I think that was his point.

I know that, but mt point was that that Muscat & Ifill are no more Maltese>Barbadians than I am Russian etc., although I'm sure their parenta were.

You have Russian parents?

Sounds like two home games in March against world cup nations. 2ndBest2010-11-12 09:24:43

I reckon we might see an asian team, South Korea or Japan imo

I was thinking Uruguay or Japan. Either way, Forlan or Honda would be saweeet!

Japan would be pretty cool!

I would love to see an African team. Ghana anyone?

It's gotta be South Korea or Japan. Ricki wants play teams that play the style that we're likely to come up against in qualifying. Therefore not South American, European or African. That leaves pretty much just those two and North Korea, which I doubt we'd want to play.