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Posted November 17, 2012 04:12 · last edited November 17, 2012 04:54

meh. rant deleted. It was reallly just a random dude on Facebook and that became a news story?!?

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martinb edited November 17, 2012 04:54
2ndBest wrote:

"The reality was they went out to the M1nt Bar nightclub and couldn't make the effort to turn up for this breakfast. The All Whites were paid by MFAT to play in this game and, as ambassadors for New Zealand, should have been able to muster some of their team to turn up.

Doesn't sound correct to me.


"The reality was they went out to the M1nt Bar nightclub and couldn't make the effort to turn up for this breakfast. The All Whites were paid by MFAT to play in this game and, as ambassadors for New Zealand, should have been able to muster some of their team to turn up.

"New Zealand Soccer is never going to win the hearts and minds of the New Zealand population if this is the attitude they are going to take. Everyone of course is making comparisons with the All Blacks. They would have turned up with some of their number."

Mr Moore's wife Gillian said "poor wee kids" were left waiting with pen and paper - including one family who had travelled from Hong Kong."

yeh the guy sounds like a bell end.

Same kind of guy who bought Ansett or lost us the sub hosting rights. More from the hick end of the world files. And then having looked for positive publicity goes online and has a massive whinge.

So....New Zealand 'Soccer' is like the US Army trying to win the 'Hearts and Minds'? When did the All Blacks last play in China?

Or did this guy just do an absolutely chump job of organising and then blame someone else- the players who have played China several times in the last few years and have nothing to do with the organising of the breakfast?

Funnily enough when they came to North Shore to play the qualifiers a guy I know ran into them in town here and they took photos with him and were really good guys. Unlike...

I guess the point also being that these guys were playing competitively last weekend and competitively this weekend and the function was the day after the game. Can't see the All Blacks playing 3 games a week in two different continents and then copping abuse from this guy and his wife.
martinb edited November 17, 2012 04:20
2ndBest wrote:

"The reality was they went out to the M1nt Bar nightclub and couldn't make the effort to turn up for this breakfast. The All Whites were paid by MFAT to play in this game and, as ambassadors for New Zealand, should have been able to muster some of their team to turn up.

Doesn't sound correct to me.




"The reality was they went out to the M1nt Bar nightclub and couldn't make the effort to turn up for this breakfast. The All Whites were paid by MFAT to play in this game and, as ambassadors for New Zealand, should have been able to muster some of their team to turn up.

"New Zealand Soccer is never going to win the hearts and minds of the New Zealand population if this is the attitude they are going to take. Everyone of course is making comparisons with the All Blacks. They would have turned up with some of their number."

Mr Moore's wife Gillian said "poor wee kids" were left waiting with pen and paper - including one family who had travelled from Hong Kong."

yeh the guy sounds like a bell end.

Same kind of guy who bought Ansett or lost us the sub hosting rights. More from the hick end of the world files. And then having looked for positive publicity goes online and has a massive whinge.

So....New Zealand 'Soccer' is like the US Army trying to win the 'Hearts and Minds'? When did the All Blacks last play in China?

Or did this guy just do an absolutely chump job of organising and then blame someone else- the players who have played China several times in the last few years and have nothing to do with the organising of the breakfast?

Funnily enough when they came to North Shore to play the qualifiers a guy I know ran into them in town here and they took photos with him and were really good guys. Unlike...