Who would you pick for the next AW squad based on what we've seen this year?
I think we have a good side let down by no one playing RB at a decent level.
My team of 23
Keepers: Sail, Marinovic, Woud
Defenders: Smith, Reid, Boxall, Cacace, Payne, Tuiloma, Musa, Fenton
Midfield: Bell, Stensness, Singh, Thomas, Rojas, Lewis, McCowatt, Champness,
Attack: Wood, Wayne, Barbarouses; Just
One or two weak links above but we are still a bit weak beyond our starting XI up front and at RB.
I think we have a good side let down by no one playing RB at a decent level.
My team of 23
Keepers: Sail, Marinovic, Woud
Defenders: Smith, Reid, Boxall, Cacace, Payne, Tuiloma, Musa, Fenton
Midfield: Bell, Stensness, Singh, Thomas, Rojas, Lewis, McCowatt, Champness,
Attack: Wood, Wayne, Barbarouses; Just
One or two weak links above but we are still a bit weak beyond our starting XI up front and at RB.
I’d be tempted to bounce Smith and have Nando Pijnaker, given how solid he’s been at the Olympics and that their careers are at opposite ends, and Stamenic is another one who’d be a close run thing, possibly for Lewis who wasn’t as good in Tokyo.
If the mooted Middle East/Gulf OFC bubble goes ahead we might see NZF take a bigger squad though, for example Australia took 30 or so to Jordan, so could be room for a few extra guys too.