SU vs ACFC catchup game recently was midweek.
TW & ACFC are currently playing midweek, in completely pointless OFC games featuring 13-0 & 15-0 scorelines.
These nothing games, in their own way have contributed to the AWs missing Malaysia, as yes obviously hard to reschedule Handy Prem games to midweek, and bringing semis forward with TW & ACFC in the Islands.
What point do games with such blowouts serve? Nothing. NZF needs to take a hard stance with OFC in need, to get rid of such matches, if it frees up more dates, to reschedule Handy Prem games.
Read some of my earlier posts AV. I mentioned the problem of FAM's dictate that the first games had to be on a Wednesday, and the problem that would be for Nix players esp who play the preceding Sundee. So for that first match you would have mostly been reliant on other A league players, plus Handy Prem guys & Unattached FC.
I also went as far as to pick a tourney squad (minus MLS/USL & most Euro pros) that was all current AW players from memory, ie similar to Canada & India, and that you would think would have done alright in this tourney. Had 5 Handy Prem guys.
You must be as frustrated as the next AWs fan. 500 odd days between games, as you mention in your articles.
Will probably end up being two years (Eire in Nov) between AWs games for the majority of the first strength side who played Peru, yes admittedly Wood and others wouldn't have been in Malaysia. What other nation goes 2 years between having their top side together!
Hopefully they can get the gang together in June - but will still be sans the MLS contingent you would think.
Maybe Schmid's ex Malaysian employers, told him they were planning a tourney back in December, and in his over excitement about the possibility of at last having a team to coach, he let slip that NZF were looking at games in March. A hard lesson for Fritz. Approach every window expecting nothing, then you won't be disappointed.