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All Whites' Dead End Road To Russia 2018

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Posted April 09, 2016 05:14 · last edited April 09, 2016 05:21

Ryan wrote:

brettdale55 wrote:

Am I the only person who thinks we will be walloped in PNG. We will make the next stage, I think we are in

that much disarry that we wont make the  playoff against who ever the south American team is.

The quality difference will save us I think, we should realistically win even without a coach. We are talking a team of (mostly) professional players compared to amateurs, and for most of these countries the facilities that schools have in NZ are better than what the national team uses. The heat will be a leveler, but it wasn't the heat that cost us in Honiara it was the quality of the pitch.

Also don't we only have to finish 3rd in our group of 4 to get through to the next round of world cup qualifying, what is more important is winning it to get into the confederations cup

Yet the teams that beat us did it by paying short passes around us. We kept booting it up to Wood, but got nothing. We didn't or couldn't play through them

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martinb edited April 09, 2016 05:21
Ryan wrote:
brettdale55 wrote:

Am I the only person who thinks we will be walloped in PNG. We will make the next stage, I think we are in

that much disarry that we wont make the  playoff against who ever the south American team is.

The quality difference will save us I think, we should realistically win even without a coach. We are talking a team of (mostly) professional players compared to amateurs, and for most of these countries the facilities that schools have in NZ are better than what the national team uses. The heat will be a leveler, but it wasn't the heat that cost us in Honiara it was the quality of the pitch.

Also don't we only have to finish 3rd in our group of 4 to get through to the next round of world cup qualifying, what is more important is winning it to get into the confederations cup

Yet the teams that beat us did it by paying short passes around us. We kept booting it up to Wood, but got nothing. We didn't or couldn't play through them