2011 Friendlies Discussion

Once we find out whether these away games are sussed, be it one game or two, is there going to be a White Noise tour thingy whatever-you-call-it trip? You know what I mean. Anyway, I'd be way keen.

I'm sure Classic Travel will draw something up for us.

Christchurch must get the main game, surly?

Er, they will both be away games.

So the commentator mentioned a possible game against Japan during the Phoenix match tonight.  I hadn't heard anything about that.  Want to see both Rojas and Barbarouses in the squad.  Two very exciting players who'll make the NZ team better to watch.

Japan and China apparently.

you mustn't look at the news section or read the previous page of this thread.

Agree Kosta needs to be in there. Not sure about Marco yet, probably give him a few more years before thrusting him into the national team.

He's outperforming Leo Bertos and Tim Brown for the Phoenix, no reason things would be any different in an All Whites shirt, and we got to lock him down before Chile nab him.

Smeltz, Killen, Kosta, Fallon, Wood for strikers?

Wonder who would play.

Marco would add some creativity out wide/midfield. which we lacckkkk

So Danny Hay in his weekly tripe wrapper reckons Stefan Marinovic should be in the AW squad for these games.
Has Hay ever seen this kid play? Or has a third party put it in Danny's head to push his number?
Marinovic is the fourth rated GK at a third tier German team! So how good does that make him other than he has a Croatian passport?

Who should Ricki be looking at of the up and coming younger players with 2014 in mind?
I don't think we will have the UK based players that are playing for contracts in the off season.

ALmost makes you want to go Postal doesn't it... he's in Europe so he must be better.  FFS.

This better get sorted out so we can play a friendly against them.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/soccer-football/news/article.cfm?c_id=86&objectid=10695793&ref=rss

Announcement on the March friendlies will be made tomorrow evening: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10696185

guess they will be announce the dates of the game tonight?

Yeah, should be tonight, I'm not sure when. Everyone at New Zealand Football has gone on holiday leave it seems, so I don't know where the announcement will be coming from. Apparently its being made midday their time, which is evening our time.

Good thing they don't have a ban to appeal.

probably have a press release teed up ready to go.

Outlook forward delivery.

im happy for this, wonder where the japan game is, but either way im going to be there, excited already

With Pasty out injured, I'd like to see Jake Gleeson at least involved in the training squads for a bit of experience alongside Glen Moss.

YAY - the world's worst secret has been confirmed! All Whites to play China and Japan in March:

All Whites announce first matches of 2011 The All Whites will begin build up for Brazil 2014 in Asia with confirmation of March internationals against China and Japan.

December 24, 2010

AUCKLAND � The All Whites will begin build up for Brazil 2014 in Asia with confirmation of March internationals against China and Japan.

The All Whites will play China in the southern Chinese city of Nanning on March 25th and then meet Japan four days later.

The venue for the second match � likely to be Tokyo � was due to be confirmed by the Japan Football Association at a press conference in the Japanese capital tonight.

With Oceania�s FIFA World Cup qualifying path pencilled in to again end with a home and away tie against an Asian nation, All Whites coach Ricki Herbert sees the early taste of Asia as vital to achieving New Zealand�s first ever successive World Cup qualification.

�It�s really important. We probably didn�t have the opportunity to do this last time so it�s great, with Japan have just come off a World Cup as well, and China being the force they are,� said Herbert.

Herbert won�t name his squad for the matches until well into the New Year but has signalled it will have an eye on building a team capable of qualifying for and competing in Brazil.

�It�s a chance to regroup and look what will be needed in the campaign.�

�It�s going to be really valuable to bring some new players in, and I say that with World Cup qualifiers looming next year as well. It�s going to be important to give some players a lot of All Whites exposure.

�The squad won�t be completely different but there certainly will be some new faces.�

FIFA World Cup qualifying will begin in Oceania with the football competition at the Pacific Games in New Caledonia in late August. The top three teams will be joined by New Zealand in stage two where each team meets the others home and away over three FIFA windows in 2011 and 2012.

The first four of those matches are scheduled for the October and November FIFA windows next year.

All Whites tour of Asia � March 2011

New Zealand v China
Nanning, China
March 25, 2011
Kickoff tba

New Zealand v Japan
Tokyo
March 29, 2011
Kickoff tba

Head to Head
New Zealand v China
played 11: NZ won 6, China won 3, 2 draws

New Zealand v China (in China)
Played 4: China won 3, 1 draw

Last 5 meetings:
Jan 10, 1982, Singapore (WCQ) China 1 New Zealand 2 (Wynton Rufer, Steve Wooddin)
Aug 16 1990, Lower Hutt           New Zealand 2 China 0 (Rodger Gray 2)
Aug 24, 1990, Auckland             New Zealand 1 China 0 (Noel Barkley)
Jun 26 1996, Beijing                  China 2 New Zealand 0
Nov 14 2000, Guangzhou         China 1 New Zealand 0

New Zealand v Japan
played 4: NZ won 3, Japan won 1

New Zealand v Japan (in Japan)
Played 1: NZ won 1-0

Results:
Sept 9, 1981, Kuala Lumpur       Japan 0 New Zealand 1 (Keith Nelson)
Sept 25, 1983, Auckland  (OGQ) New Zealand 3 Japan 1 (Steve Sumner 2, Allan Boath)
Oct 7, 1983, Tokyo (OGQ)          Japan 0 New Zealand 1 (Steve Sumner)
Jun 18, 2003, Paris (FCC)          Japan 3 New Zealand 0

WCQ= FIFA World Cup Qualifying
OGQ = Olympic Qualifying
FCC = FIFA Confederations Cup

Footpaul2010-12-24 18:32:58

Michael Glading told me yesterday one of the travel companies was organising a tour. Can't f**ken wait!

THey'll probably charge you $20k for it though.

It's a shame that China game is in the south west.  Not much to do down there unless you jump the border to 'Nam

Really? 20K I can't do. I'm definitely keen to go, but I'm not sure work will send me!

Well some travel companies were doing 20-30k packages for SA.  Wouldn't be surprised if it was close to 10K.

At this stage I'll do the CHina game with a trip to vietnam tacked on.  Going to Japan is gonna be costly both time and money wise.
2ndBest2010-12-24 20:03:56

Ho Chi Minh - Hanoi - Nanning - Hanoi - Ho CHi Minh ftw.

Chances ?  <10%

I'm sure it would not be 10k. The return flight to HK from here is $1200,which is about 600ks from the game in China.I reckon 5K might do it, but way too dear for a week.

And what about the Tokyo part of the trip.

where did they play in Lower Hutt?

George Costanza2010-12-24 20:30:34

Heaps more.

def going to this game, undecided about china game yet tho

Will be an interesting team.

I thought Winston Reid is banned for two matches following his red card against Paraguay?

Is it one or is it two matches? I've done some searching of news stories following the Paraguay game and on the FIFA site but I've had no luck. Am I wrong in thinking that a red card is an automatic one game suspension, but if the incident is deemed severe enough extra penalties may be applied, such as another game suspended?

There is no way in the universe that Marco will start.

WHITE NOISE tours looking very likely to do China game via Vietnam and very unlikely to do Japan game.

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Thats what i thought but im sure Vicelich was banned for two games (Mexico and  Australia) for his red card against Jordan, didnt think there was any additional disciplinary handed down to him either. I thought 2 games was the standard.

Which is what Glenn Moss got, with added disciplinary action on top of that 2 games.

I also hear Nelsen is out for our next 'non friendly' (whever that will be) for back to back yellows at the WC, apparently FIFA still follow through with those through to the next non friendly match, so the commentators said anyway.

covering the same info in two places - squad discussion here
http://www.yellowfever.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=14811