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2026 All Whites International Fixtures

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about 1 month ago
Minny don’t look making the MLS playoffs. The November India games in NZ could make a nice Boxy AWs swansong retirement tour. Maybe even Smith as well

The only international carrot left for Boxy might be the 2028 LA Olympics as an overage player. US has been his home for many years. But only if for some reason Surman was unavailable 
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According to FIFA stats:

The ideal individual and team age bracket to win a FIFA World Cup is 26 to 28 years old, with the historical median average starting lineup age sitting at 27 years and 57 days. This window perfectly balances physical peak condition with accumulated elite match experience. 
Historical data shows that roughly 86.4% of all World Cup-winning starting XIs fit into the 26-to-28 age sweet spot

40 years old? 
Messi, is Messi for an out field player. For everybody else the national team coach should grow a pair and retire them.

It's not rude to make changes from the world cup. Many of the teams in this competition will also make changes. All I'm saying is that the All Whites coach should be making a few changes with an eye to the future. Besides, I'm sure some players coaches are going to have a few words about selecting certain AW players for the tournament. I can see certain AW players in the Premier League get a hard time from their coach about going to Japan in September/October. Not that they will listen to such talk. 




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about 1 month ago
Should aim really to call up the best squad, particularly for the starting eleven, but looking to give more young players a chance off the bench.

Currently I think we should be looking something like:

Starting XI: A Paulsen, L Cacace, F Surman, T Bindon, C Elliott, J Bell, M Stamenic, E Just, R Thomas, C McCowatt, C Wood

Bench: M Crocombe, M Woud, F de Vries, M Boxall, N Pijnaker, T Payne, A Rufer, J Randall, L Brooke-Smith, L Bayliss, O Parker-Price, C Piper

Injured: M Garbett, B Old

Fringe: H Gray, J McGarry, S Sutton, D Wilkins, G Stanger, I Hughes, M Sheridan, S Singh, L Rogerson, B Waine, R Bidois, M Mata, S Ukich, (Lee H)

Both Old & Garbett might be back in time, but I think probably too close for picking them to be the best idea. Gray could go over Woud, Singh possibly over OPP (Baze might even start him over Thomas) and the Chris Wood back-up has plenty of options, none which clearly stand out but all a lot younger than Barbarouses.
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about 1 month ago
Think it may be fair to exclude the 36 plus club however.



Auckland will rise once more

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about 1 month ago
AucklandPhoenix wrote:
Think it may be fair to exclude the 36 plus club however.


 
Yes. Bring in Tyler Bindon and Luke Brooke Smith instead of them. 
I want to see Luke Brooke Smith eventually get more caps than Kosta and Marco combined. 
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about 1 month ago · edited about 1 month ago · History
Southernix wrote:
Should aim really to call up the best squad, particularly for the starting eleven, but looking to give more young players a chance off the bench.

Currently I think we should be looking something like:

Starting XI: A Paulsen, L Cacace, F Surman, T Bindon, C Elliott, J Bell, M Stamenic, E Just, R Thomas, C McCowatt, C Wood

Bench: M Crocombe, M Woud, F de Vries, M Boxall, N Pijnaker, T Payne, A Rufer, J Randall, L Brooke-Smith, L Bayliss, O Parker-Price, C Piper

Injured: M Garbett, B Old

Fringe: H Gray, J McGarry, S Sutton, D Wilkins, G Stanger, I Hughes, M Sheridan, S Singh, L Rogerson, B Waine, R Bidois, M Mata, S Ukich, (Lee H)

Both Old & Garbett might be back in time, but I think probably too close for picking them to be the best idea. Gray could go over Woud, Singh possibly over OPP (Baze might even start him over Thomas) and the Chris Wood back-up has plenty of options, none which clearly stand out but all a lot younger than Barbarouses.
I'm not sure that Thomas is good enough to start any more. He was bang average in LA and Vancouver. I wasn't overly impressed with Singh either.

We should be looking towards the future. My prefered XI if fully fit:

                A Paulsen, 
F Surman, T Bindon, M Boxall, 
         J Bell, M Stamenic,
               M Garbett, 
          E Just, L Cacace
C McCowatt/B Waine, C Wood

Bench: M Crocombe, H Gray/O Sail, F de Vries, N Pijnaker, B Tuiloma, T Payne, C Elliott, A Rufer, J Randall, L Bayliss, R Thomas, L Brooke-Smith, O Parker-Price, C McCowatt/B Waine, B Old

We're still weak at RB and up front. 

Maybe long term Just is better off as a striker but he played very well just in behind Wood as an AM at the WC. McCowatt/Waine the luckiest in my starting XI. Given our weakness at RB I'm happier to have 3 CBS and push Libby up to the wing knowing he can drop back into defence if were getting pumped. Hopefully this season Old can improve even more and really push Libby for either LB or LW.
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about 1 month ago
Saffa wrote:
According to FIFA stats:

The ideal individual and team age bracket to win a FIFA World Cup is 26 to 28 years old, with the historical median average starting lineup age sitting at 27 years and 57 days. This window perfectly balances physical peak condition with accumulated elite match experience.
Historical data shows that roughly 86.4% of all World Cup-winning starting XIs fit into the 26-to-28 age sweet spot

40 years old? 
Messi, is Messi for an out field player. For everybody else the national team coach should grow a pair and retire them.

It's not rude to make changes from the world cup. Many of the teams in this competition will also make changes. All I'm saying is that the All Whites coach should be making a few changes with an eye to the future. Besides, I'm sure some players coaches are going to have a few words about selecting certain AW players for the tournament. I can see certain AW players in the Premier League get a hard time from their coach about going to Japan in September/October. Not that they will listen to such talk. 





Ronaldo, Dzeko the Cabo Verde keeper. Others near 40 I’m sure were there

Wood in 4 years could be our Dzeko. Good for 60 mins or off the pine

Barba and Smith their AWs careers are over. Boxy I’d let him play India if he wanted a fitting farewell in NZ. Winnie got one at Eden Park in 2022

We are going to already have a strong core aged 26-29 in 2030. But if 36 yr old Payne is still the best RB (hopefully not) you pick him
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about 1 month ago
Saffa wrote:
According to FIFA stats:

The ideal individual and team age bracket to win a FIFA World Cup is 26 to 28 years old, with the historical median average starting lineup age sitting at 27 years and 57 days. This window perfectly balances physical peak condition with accumulated elite match experience.
Historical data shows that roughly 86.4% of all World Cup-winning starting XIs fit into the 26-to-28 age sweet spot
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10 of 22 (45%) of the WC final starters were over 29.

5 of them were over 32, which by your logic means they should have been put out to pasture as 28 year olds after the 2022 World cup.

Putting that aside, most WC countries have an enormously competitive talent pool to select from, and yet experience somehow seems to matter. Now take New Zealand, who have somewhere in the vicinity of 100 professional players to select a squad. There's no way we would cut that selection pool further by eleminating anyone of 29 or 30.
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durandurante wrote:
 Saffa wrote:
According to FIFA stats:

The ideal individual and team age bracket to win a FIFA World Cup is 26 to 28 years old, with the historical median average starting lineup age sitting at 27 years and 57 days. This window perfectly balances physical peak condition with accumulated elite match experience.
Historical data shows that roughly 86.4% of all World Cup-winning starting XIs fit into the 26-to-28 age sweet spot
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10 of 22 (45%) of the WC final starters were over 29. 

5 of them were over 32, which by your logic means they should have been put out to pasture as 28 year olds after the 2022 World cup.

Putting that aside, most WC countries have an enormously competitive talent pool to select from, and yet experience somehow seems to matter. Now take New Zealand, who have somewhere in the vicinity of 100 professional players to select a squad. There's no way we would cut that selection pool further by eleminating anyone of 29 or 30.
Mate the only players I'm putting out to pasture is the player close to 40's if you an outfield player and not Messi. 

FIFA age group stats for peak performance of a team is followed by 98% of clubs and national team coaches around the world.  

My suggestion to select a team 28 years and below is to provide more opportunities for younger players and create a bigger squad depth for the All Whites. It's common practice for international coaches to select younger players for the experience and not necessarily play them. Nobody is saying not to select players over 30 come 2030 WC but it's ideal not to have too many of such players. 

This 100 professional players list is bogus nonsense. Sorry. Nobody in England is counting League 1, 2 players as potential England squad members. What they are looking for is these leagues to find and play a young 18 year old that could one day rise up the league ranks and one day play for the 3 Lions. Just like we are looking at young players (under 23) getting opportunities to play at good to great pro leagues around the world. That's the gold not a 27 year old playing in the America's USL. Nobody should care, except if that 27 year old makes it to the MLS or ALM because that's the standard the All Whites coach needs. Are there times when you have to select a player from League 1? Absolutely! League 1 is a quality league if there is a desperate need for such a player. 

All you need is about 16 quality players in your World Cup squad. Because that's the amount of players that actually get used in a WC. Except if you have the luxury to play a second team in the 3rd game of the WC if you've already won the first two games. 

Looking at the young players coming up the ranks at the Phoenix, Auckland and European teams, the fear is really misplaced. It's not 2005 anymore. Firm foundations have been placed to make sure the cream rises to the very top, which includes selecting younger players for the All Whites. It's those young All Whites players that are going to be purchased by a European team not the over 30's

Spain's ages stats:

Spain's triumphant 2026 World Cup squad registered an overall mean squad age of approximately 25.7 to 27.8 years (depending on the exact 26-player selection metrics), while their core starting eleven maintained a younger fielded average of roughly 26.7 years (26 years and 271 days).
Squad Age Breakdown
Overall Squad Average: ~25.7 to 27.8 years old.
Starting Eleven Average: ~26.7 years old (under 27, sitting in the historical prime window for World Cup champions).
Youngest Star: Lamine Yamal (19 years old).
Vets/Over-30s in Squad: Very few, featuring select experienced anchors like Aymeric Laporte and Marcos Llorente. 

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about 1 month ago
Your statement that NZ doesn't realistically have even 100 pro footballers, makes it even less likely that the AWs can head off to play Panama and Japan/Ecudaor with a squad all aged less than 28. That would be dumb. Bazeley has to pick his best available, to play teams of that calibre. We ain't Spain or England. The reason the AWs have received an invitation is that the Japanese expect them to be competitive. We want to be invited back again.

Again the India matches will be the ones to experiment and spread the net, with an eye to 2030.
Don't forget we also have the LA Olympics (U23s) and consistent attendance at U20s WC, to give exposure to younger guys coming through.

And you can't completely rule out that 27 yr old playing in a lower tier league. 
OPP was in the Swedish 3rd tier, just over 12 months ago
FDV 2-3 years ago in the Northern League with Eastern Suburbs.

When the talent pool is so very shallow, there is always a chance of a late developer (OPP) or someone coming back from long term injury (FDV), to break into the AWs.
Comparisons to England and other top nations with their far far deeper reserves of talent are a bit pointless.
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Are you saying the AW without Boxy, Kosta, Francis, Ryan and Woodsy is not competitive? I beg to differ. 

So if Panama select 5 junior players out of a group of 16 that's not respecting the host? Nonsense.

Mate my statement absolutely matches OPP rise through the Swedish leagues. I'm referring to a 27 year old that has no hope of going higher. Elliot Collier unfortunately is a great example. 

Yes the Olympics is a great place for young players to test themselves, but unfortunately European club scouts place greater value (not exclusively) to young players playing for their national team. 

Nobody is comparing the AW to England, my point is based on this list of 100 pro players. Baze or any future AW coach is not looking at 100 players, he is only really looking for 16 quality players out of a group of possibly 30 (maybe) that are playing at a top level. 
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OPP didn’t rise through the Swedish ranks. He was sitting at Torslanda for 5-6 years as they yo-yoed between 3rd-4th tiers

Before his quite unexpected move to Orygte he was never in AWs discussions. It all changed with one sudden move. FDV a bit similar, which is why you can never rule out someone 25+ suddenly jumping into AWs calculations from basically nowhere

And yes the AWs san Woodsy would significantly less competitive in Japan. Waine has started the new season as a sub again at Port Vale 
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about 1 month ago
Would you prefer using a Premier League striker up front or a L2 substitute winger? Unless you're think Corban Piper as our new starting striker?

Boxall & Ryan Thomas both still deserving of their spots in the squad too (although Thomas's injury record isn't great)

de Vries as LB back-up if Old/Cacace get injury is fine by me (although he'll have to keep ahead of McGarry, Sutton & maybe Wilkins)

Currently if you're playing above A-League level (and starting), your spot in the All Whites in theory should be pretty locked in. It's the guys outside that list you look to see if you can replace them.
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I don't think the All Whites lose much without Wood. When was the last time we beat a non-OFC team with him starting? He has to give 100% of himself to stay and compete at PL level and has basically nothing left for the All Whites when he is fit enough to play for us. I wish he would realise he is past his peak, will never again attain the levels he has reached in the past at club level, and will take a step down to a less intense league so he can have some extra longevity when his Forest contract runs out in May. 
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Wood barely played last season for Forest so should have gone to the WC fresh as a daisy. He didn’t score but in the first game especially against Iran he was immense

Mark Viduka had a storied EPL career but infamously in Aussie never scored a "big goal" for the Socceroos. Only 11 goals in 43 matches.
Doubles against Solomons, Singapore & Thailand.
1 goal against each of Mexico, Tunisia, Jamaica, Ireland & Iraq.
5 of his goals in friendlies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Viduka#International

Peter Crouch another? 22 goals in 44 games is respectable. But pretty much none of them were really important.

Might just be it’s sadly the same for the Woodsman. Doesn’t mean the AWs ain’t a majorly better team with him in the side. That non goal v Costa Rica in 2022 no doubt a pebble in his shoe, and I'm suire now and again he gets reminded of it. 
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about 1 month ago
You can't blame Woodsy for wanting to keep going to try and reach the 100 PL goal mark, despite his long-term injury. He is only eight goals away if I'm correct, plus one more goal and he surpasses Viduka's PL goal record. 

100 PL goals would be another amazing achievement in a long list for Woodsy, but I don't want it to feel like it's a requirement for him or that he needs to rush to get there (despite how this upcoming season could be his last in the PL and English football altogether).
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about 1 month ago
Wood keeps himself fit enough and still performing at a top level, unless injuries take a massive toll he'll be there for us in 2030 too (whether he's a starter is unclear). 

Others need to move on - India series should be the last dance for Kosta, Boxall and Smith.

I don't mind if early 30s guys like Thomas, Rufer, Payne, De Vries stick in and around the squad while they're still good enough/providing experience, but we need to be planning for different options in their positions, they shouldn't be starting.
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about 1 month ago
Woodsy is out of form. 

In form he’s mustard. 

Out of form he can still influence a game, but we have to push him to be involved. The Iran defense allowed him and Just too much space. This mistake wasn’t repeated. 

We have to ask the Finland (and Greece)/Chile question. 

The Chile game was impressive, but also we were at home at and they were a team on a horrendous run and with confidence shot playing a ‘meaningless friendly’. 

The scarier thing for me was how Stamenic didn’t dominate against Finland. 

I know Bell has his critics, but with him we seem to be able to win the ball and hold possession much easier. 

Woodsie is a good 9, but isn’t prolific for the AWs against strong opponents for whatever reason. 

I think though we’ll miss Bell as he starts to slow down much more based on recent games. 

Just, Randall, McCowatt, LBS and others give hope that we might find some goal scoring patterns, but our dream that never eventuated was Bell, Thomas and Stamenic dominating from the midfield. 

To avoid tactical shutouts like Greece or Finland we need to find that midfield balance anew and perhaps adjust our playing style a bit. 




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about 1 month ago
coochiee wrote:
Wood barely played last season for Forest so should have gone to the WC fresh as a daisy. He didn’t score but in the first game especially against Iran he was immense

Mark Viduka had a storied EPL career but infamously in Aussie never scored a "big goal" for the Socceroos. Only 11 goals in 43 matches.
Doubles against Solomons, Singapore & Thailand.
1 goal against each of Mexico, Tunisia, Jamaica, Ireland & Iraq.
5 of his goals in friendlies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Viduka#International

Peter Crouch another? 22 goals in 44 games is respectable. But pretty much none of them were really important.

Might just be it’s sadly the same for the Woodsman. Doesn’t mean the AWs ain’t a majorly better team with him in the side. That non goal v Costa Rica in 2022 no doubt a pebble in his shoe, and I'm suire now and again he gets reminded of it. 
Not necessarily his fault either with us lacking cutting edge.
Double mark Wood and prevent his supply. Block out Hadlee. Etc etc. 

We needed to come up with strategies to make use of that. Going wide to Payne running in behind. Set pieces. Just crumbing off Wood. Randall going direct and allowing Woodsy’s runs to tie up defenders. Ditto midfield runs from the new lad. Danny Hay tried ADJ crumbing too iirc. 


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about 1 month ago
imanixsupporter wrote:
I don't think the All Whites lose much without Wood. When was the last time we beat a non-OFC team with him starting? He has to give 100% of himself to stay and compete at PL level and has basically nothing left for the All Whites when he is fit enough to play for us. I wish he would realise he is past his peak, will never again attain the levels he has reached in the past at club level, and will take a step down to a less intense league so he can have some extra longevity when his Forest contract runs out in May. 
Big call on the Woodsman. 

He’s been as fit as he’s ever been in the last two years and has the benefit of a PL conditioning machine. 

It’ll be a big ask to find that one last run of form, but far from impossible. 

Last full season he played was one of his best. But the important thing there was Elanga and Gibbs-White were in synch with him. Assists overflowing. 


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martinb wrote:
 imanixsupporter wrote:
I don't think the All Whites lose much without Wood. When was the last time we beat a non-OFC team with him starting? He has to give 100% of himself to stay and compete at PL level and has basically nothing left for the All Whites when he is fit enough to play for us. I wish he would realise he is past his peak, will never again attain the levels he has reached in the past at club level, and will take a step down to a less intense league so he can have some extra longevity when his Forest contract runs out in May. 
Big call on the Woodsman. 

He’s been as fit as he’s ever been in the last two years and has the benefit of a PL conditioning machine. 

It’ll be a big ask to find that one last run of form, but far from impossible. 

Last full season he played was one of his best. But the important thing there was Elanga and Gibbs-White were in synch with him. Assists overflowing. 
Great player of course. When he does retire from the All Whites though, will they change formation?
2 at the front would allow Ben Waine and maybe Riley Bidois to share the scoring effort. Should get thinking about that by next year.
Then an increasingly interesting variety of support behind there. 
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about 1 month ago
I'd rather see a front three with Just or McCowatt as a false 9 I think, or even Garbett at a pinch. I just can't see Waineo as an international level striker at this stage unfortunately.
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Garbett was our big out for the WC. Hard to know where his ceiling is. Such a stop start career to date.
Ifill thinks he can make EPL, but then Iffy says some strange things at times.

Garbs was a NZ age group striker. Maybe he can be that threatening front man of a sort for the AWs.

Helluva a nice guy, but if Ben Waine is starting at the 2030 big dance, things just haven't worked out at all the next 3-4 years. He had a little cup run on that Port Vale muddy paddock for a few weeks, but it's just hard to ever see him having that 15-20 goal break out season in the UK. 
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The Chinese Football Association has announced that the All Whites will play Turkmenistan and China at the start of this window.

NZ Football says nothing is confirmed. Based on past conversations, I imagine playing a team as lowly-ranked as Turkmenistan on the fourth day of the window and therefore having four matches in 15 days in two countries isn't that appealing, but they wouldn't mind playing China on the seventh to have a total of three fixtures in the space of 12 days in two countries.

Possible schedule with NZ kickoff times

Thu Sep 24, 11.35pm: v Turkmenistan
Mon Sep 28, 12.35am: v China
Thu Oct 1, 7.10pm: v Panama
Mon Oct 5, 7.30pm/11.30pm: v Ecuador/v Japan

Edit: Fixed date of China game
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If the Chinese are prepared to foot the bill 100%, NZF could try assemble a larger than normal squad, over the 4 matches. 

An ALM heavy team to play Turkmenistan and even China. This could also be the type of side that plays India in the November window. Many of those to return to NZ/Aussie post the 2 games in China.

Whilst lots of the Euro based big names like Wood to fly directly into Japan a bit later. 

It's the start of a new WC cycle. Chance to spread the net and look to see how some of Hughes, Piper, Ben Gibson, Sheridan etc might go at international level
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15 days ago · edited 15 days ago · History
coochiee wrote:
If the Chinese are prepared to foot the bill 100%, NZF could try assemble a larger than normal squad, over the 4 matches. 
An ALM heavy team to play Turkmenistan and even China. This could also be the type of side that plays India in the November window.
Many of those to return to NZ/Aussie post the 2 games in China.

Many of the Euro based big names like Wood to fly directly into Japan a bit later. 

It's the start of a new WC cycle. Chance to spread the net and look to see how some of Hughes, Piper, Ben Gibson, Sheridan etc might go at international level
I would be thrilled if Corban Piper scored against China/Turkmenistan/India. 
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12 days ago
Essential preparation if we play Turkmenistan:

https://youtu.be/-9QYu8LtH2E?si=IVhg5ytgNzY325W9

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12 days ago
Those fixtures are like two/three weeks away. Seems far too late to be announcing them now unless that's for 2027. 

I'm not sure playing even more teams of India's calibre is a good idea either (Turkmenistan is 141 currently).
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12 days ago
Marto wrote:
Those fixtures are like two/three weeks away. Seems far too late to be announcing them now unless that's for 2027. 

I'm not sure playing even more teams of India's calibre is a good idea either (Turkmenistan is 141 currently).
They're for this year. Three weeks out isn't that crazy a time for a public announcement, bearing in mind they will have been talked about privately for weeks beforehand. I imagine NZF isn't super interested in the Turkmenistan fixture but it might just be the price of doing business (and might be why they aren't confirming this themselves just yet).
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Khalil Media wrote:
Essential preparation if we play Turkmenistan:

https://youtu.be/-9QYu8LtH2E?si=IVhg5ytgNzY325W9

 
Fascinating. Imagine getting a shirt of theirs. Would be a collector item.
A once in a lifetime match.
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Marto wrote:
Those fixtures are like two/three weeks away. Seems far too late to be announcing them now unless that's for 2027. 

I'm not sure playing even more teams of India's calibre is a good idea either (Turkmenistan is 141 currently).
It would be a good chance to take a look at some of the fringe guys, and in all honesty it represents an opportunity to look to pick up a couple of wins early in a new world cup cycle. 

Don't know how likely it would be that we'd call up any A-League guys given the stage of preseason we'd be entering, but these games are a good starting point in seeing what the depth is like beyond naming a full strength 23 man squad.
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12 days ago
Would they bring Owen Parker Price and George Stanger? 
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11 days ago
We can’t be too selfish about playing lesser teams. Sure the fifa rankings are flawed but we’ve been playing teams 60ish ranks higher than us over the last few years.

Don’t see why we shouldn’t occasionally play lesser teams. It’s a brand new start for the 2030 World Cup cycle and it’s a good time to rotate the squad before some competitive and tough games against Panama and Ecuador/Japan.
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11 days ago
PKB wrote:
Would they bring Owen Parker Price and George Stanger? 
Little point even asking questions like that yet, until we know who is and isn't available.

Ryan Thomas was quoted recently with Zwolle that he loved the World Cup, and would like at this stage to keep playing for another 4 years. But, but....he may take a bit of  a break from the AWs in the shorter term, given he has played more football in the last 12 months, than almost the last 4-5 years combined, ie he needs to manage his body. Fair enough.

Then what is Boxy thinking. Is he gonna retire from international football??

We will learn more when Bazeley announces the squad.
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11 days ago
PKB wrote:
Would they bring Owen Parker Price and George Stanger? 
Better than smith and rufer, OPP has been doing quite well this season in the sweedish top flight. 
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11 days ago · edited 11 days ago · History
Shane71 wrote:
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Is the chinese game on the 27th sep now? It makes more sense.
To the extent that it's been confirmed, it has always been on September 27 local time.

Edit: I see I made a typo last week, oops
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PKB wrote:
Would they bring Owen Parker Price and George Stanger? 
Moses Dyer perhaps, the young striker in Aussie, give Rogerson a run out, even perhaps Dalton Wilkins (if he stays fit), Niko Kirwin or even Matt Dibley D? lots of unknowns
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10 days ago · edited 10 days ago · History
No qualms with the Turkmenistan fixture personally. It felt a bit sad when it initially looked like we were onlt gojng to play 2 out of a possible 4 fixtures in tge wxtended window. New WC cycle, chance to test some squad depth. If we're as hot shit as the fans think we are and too good to be playing teams like that then it's up to our boys to go out there and prove it. Until then its another fixtures to cheer on our All Whites and see how they are faring post WC, bring it on!
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