ALL WHITES V BAHRAIN - Official 1st Leg T

Yeah. As far as the media coverage goes, it has been kind off good that Nelson has been in doubt, as it has given something for people to talk about.

The Crowd Goes Wild has been good, a story each night, but just using old Footage, and Mulligan and Richardson don''t really know what to talk about, unless its Cricket or American Sport.

Here is hopeing tonight we can get some coverage of the boys training, and it pumps up numbers for nov 14th

Did I hear Mulligan say last night that Sky were showing both games?

do they have FREE meat pies in Bahrain TV 1 might then send Andrew Saville ????

Yes he did.
And they are. Aren't they?

Yeah SKy have both games I am pretty sure. Which is good, TV1 would probably cut it off after 85 minutes to show the beginning of 'Breakfast' or something. 

Mulligan does mention the nix quite often on cgw I did hear him say one night that his father is a season ticket holder and goes to all games. I think I heard that correctly.

Isn't he David Mulligan's older brother?

Yeah he is a proud Wellingtontonian. But the show in general, doesn't do much for Football in this country.

After our 4-0 over in Barhain, they willl have to talk about it

yep your right thats about all they are good at with sports broadcasts. Bring back Veitchy.

If Bahrain was to win this game 4-0 what would stop them coming to the Ring of Fire with 11 crappy players and getting 6 reds and giving the All Whites the 3-0 win, then we miss out? (just wondering doubt it would happen)  clark007e2009-10-08 13:34:19

i think it would be more a forfeiture of the entire 2 legged competition. 3-0 wins generally only happen in points competitions,and is a rule within that. A forfeit would be a straight forfeit in this case,meaning we'd be in the WC.

Firstly, if for the sake of discussion, we assume that Bahrain would get through 4-3 on aggregate, I imagine having all those players serving bans would be deterrent. SiNZ2009-10-08 14:05:06

Just to make sure I am at the right place at the right time...don't wanna miss precious sleep for no reason...



This is live at Four Kings, starting 4.30am Sunday morning... correct????

Yes.

Kings will be doing coffee and brekky for early risers and beer for those still out.

They will be VERY strict on liquor licensing laws so if you're too boozed you will be sh*t out of luck.  We should have it bannered tomorrow.

Awesome, cheers News, I will probably be sh*t faced already so a coffee may be in order

Could somebody please confirm the correct times for a.) beginning of Bahrain game build up on sky and b.) kick off on sky

4:15 build up.  4:30 game isn't it ?

I've made a poster and hung copies of it up around my Uni. Will also be wearing my vintage All Whites shirt tomorrow.

Any idea if the game will be in HD?

haha could be an issue just hate watching sport when its in normal def now, plus the fact that i can see Bahrain being too poor to have widescreen even though the country is rich as.

Just listening to Miles Davis from Bahrain on the Radio. He is not happy about the fact the All Whites are not giving Press conferences and stuff. 

not happy that Macala is calling us Kiwi "Bruisers" in the press

There will be plenty of time to talk to the media if New Zealand qualify...

Not quite - what the clause says is that the default forfeit result is 3-0. HOWEVER, if the game is abandoned and the scorline at the time is higher than the regulation 3-0, than the higher (and actual) score would be taken as the result of the match.

But FIFA could intervene if they thought there was unsportsmanlike collusion to produce a certain result, and ban the teams involved from further competition.

theres a media block on the allwhites...why? because they will answer all questions on the pitch...GO ALL WHITES> GIVE EM A TASTE OF KIWI!!!..

To be honest, I think that being media unfriendly at this stage isn't the best for the All Whites.

Addicks2009-10-08 21:10:24

i think it is reasonable for a coach to decide that it is not what he wants for his players as part of their preparation for such an important game  

Disappointing that media have been blacked out from AWs. It is understandale for AW management to keep unnecessary distractions away form players especially at this crucial time. Surely there is a media person form travelling team who can update media on any queries. Many soccer follwoesr have been whingeing about lack of media coverage but look at this now....  We can't blame cover to cover stories about rugby, league, etc etc form now on. What if the impossible happens on 10 Oct at Manama and there will besurely be huge media coverage on Monday and this may well be detrimAntal for the home leg playoff on 14 Nov. AW management not media savvy or shows its aloofness??