Posted June 16, 2022 01:40
· last edited June 16, 2022 01:44
Napier Phoenix
I hear what you’re saying but we have to be careful with the money we do have. Different story if we qualified and had those guaranteed $$$ but we didn’t. Remember after our last world cup, we had Honduras and Paraguay visit, something like that would be good every year.coochiee
Yipe from another article I read assembling the AWs together ain't cheap. But given about 70% of a full strength squad now play in Europe, the flight costs at least will be cheap playing a game(s) on the Continent. And you'd also imagine federations like the Danish & French would be pretty flush, maybe offering to cover all costs.
Think a fair number of the Tunisian team also play in Europe (France especially) so you could likely organise a game in France, Spain or wherever pretty cheapest.
Don't FIFA also contribute alot of cash to help all qualified countries with their WC preps, so making sure no one is at a financial/preparation disadvantage?
NZF also made big cashflow saving with no International Teams expenditure basically from about March 2020 to August 2021 (the Olympics). So why not spend some of that cash saved back then, early in the new WC cycle? That's one argument. Also I read from memory NZF have increased their commercial revenue (sponsors?) by about 30% - which reflects well on Pragnell & Co.
On every social media platform I've had a quick gander at, the consistent refrain. We want this AWs team playing games more often, and lets not waste the momentum of the last few weeks.
We won't get anyone near the quality of Honduras or Paraguay to fly all the way to NZ, without paying all their costs, business class. Then you have to pay to fly virtually the whole AWs team into NZ (apart from the small Nix crew), long haul business.
Playing friendlies in Europe is likely a lot cheaper. I presume NZF organised those friendlies post 2010 WC as a thanks to the public & team, for such a great WC for the AWs, and also feeling very flush in the moment with that fat $10M FIFA cheque. Type of cash penniless NZF (or was it NZ Soccer at the time), could only dream of prior.
Finding quality opposition who will to travel all the way down under for a meaningless friendly, and then finding the cash to pay for all that, will always be very very difficult. Even more so now with the different Nations Leagues being set up - quality teams actually available for friendlies are often thin on the ground.
Wouldn't surprise me if we don't see the Socceroos in NZ for another good 10 years. As long as they are busy in AFC, or otherwise chasing some big name teams for friendlies (they tried to get Argentina & Brazil to Aus this winter), we won't really be on their radar.
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Unknown editoredited June 16, 2022 01:44
Napier Phoenix
I hear what you’re saying but we have to be careful with the money we do have. Different story if we qualified and had those guaranteed $$$ but we didn’t. Remember after our last world cup, we had Honduras and Paraguay visit, something like that would be good every year.coochiee
Yipe from another article I read assembling the AWs together ain't cheap. But given about 70% of a full strength squad now play in Europe, the flight costs at least will be cheap playing a game(s) on the Continent. And you'd also imagine federations like the Danish & French would be pretty flush, maybe offering to cover all costs.
Think a fair number of the Tunisian team also play in Europe (France especially) so you could likely organise a game in France, Spain or wherever pretty cheapest.
Don't FIFA also contribute alot of cash to help all qualified countries with their WC preps, so making sure no one is at a financial/preparation disadvantage?
NZF also made big cashflow saving with no International Teams expenditure basically from about March 2020 to August 2021 (the Olympics). So why not spend some of that cash saved back then, early in the new WC cycle? That's one argument. Also I read from memory NZF have increased their commercial revenue (sponsors?) by about 30% - which reflects well on Pragnell & Co.
On every social media platform I've had a quick gander at, the consistent refrain. We want this AWs team playing games more often, and lets not waste the momentum of the last few weeks.
We won't get anyone near the quality of Honduras or Paraguay to fly all the way to NZ, without paying all their costs, business class. Then you have to pay to fly virtually the whole AWs team into NZ (apart from the small Nix crew), long haul business.
Playing friendlies in Europe is likely a lot cheaper. I presume NZF organised those friendlies post 2010 WC as a thanks to the public & team, for such a great WC for the AWs, and also feeling very flush in the moment with that fat $10M FIFA cheque. Type of cash penniless NZF (or was it NZ Soccer at the time), could only dream of prior.
Finding quality opposition who will to travel all the way down under for a meaningless friendly, and then finding the cash to pay for all that, will always be very very difficult. Even more so now with the different Nations Leagues being set up - quality teams actually available for friendlies are often thin on the ground.
Wouldn't surprise me if we don't see the Socceroos in NZ for another good 10 years. As long as they are busy in AFC, we won't really be on their radar.
Unknown editoredited June 16, 2022 01:42
Napier Phoenix
I hear what you’re saying but we have to be careful with the money we do have. Different story if we qualified and had those guaranteed $$$ but we didn’t. Remember after our last world cup, we had Honduras and Paraguay visit, something like that would be good every year.coochiee
Yipe from another article I read assembling the AWs together ain't cheap. But given about 70% of a full strength squad now play in Europe, the flight costs at least will be cheap playing a game(s) on the Continent. And you'd also imagine federations like the Danish & French would be pretty flush, maybe offering to cover all costs.
Think a fair number of the Tunisian team also play in Europe (France especially) so you could likely organise a game in France, Spain or wherever pretty cheapest.
Don't FIFA also contribute alot of cash to help all qualified countries with their WC preps, so making sure no one is at a financial/preparation disadvantage?
NZF also made big cashflow saving with no International Teams expenditure basically from about March 2020 to August 2021 (the Olympics). So why not spend some of that cash saved back then, early in the new WC cycle? That's one argument. Also I read from memory NZF have increased their commercial revenue (sponsors?) by about 30% - which reflects well on Pragnell & Co.
On every social media platform I've had a quick gander at, the consistent refrain. We want this AWs team playing games more often, and lets not waste the momentum of the last few weeks.
We won't get anyone near the quality of Honduras or Paraguay to fly all the way to NZ, without paying all their costs, business class. Then you have to pay to fly virtually the whole AWs team into NZ (apart from the small Nix crew), long haul business.
Playing friendlies in Europe is likely a lot cheaper. I presume NZF organised those friendlies post 2010 WC as a thanks to the public & team, for such a great WC for the AWs, and also feeling very flush in the moment with that fat $10M FIFA cheque. Type of cash penniless NZF (or was it NZ Soccer at the time), could only dream of prior.
Finding quality opposition who will to travel all the way down under for a meaningless friendly, and then finding the cash to pay for all that, will always be very very difficult. Even more so now, with the different Nations Leagues being set up, quality teams actually available for friendlies are often thin on the ground.
Wouldn't surprise me if we don't see the Socceroos in NZ for another good 10 years. As long as they are busy in AFC, we won't really be on their radar.