All Whites V New Caledonia 22 March 7:35pm - Craft Bar or Four Kings

personally would've liked to have seen a clapham and andrew milne added

Air NZ flights seem to be taking the piss. I guess I won't see a lot of you in 2 weeks will I? *depressed face*

$209? That's outrageous. They've obviously seen you coming.

 so it is

moss paston

durante reid  smith sigmund hogg lochhead

vicellich bertos keat mc g  payne

rojas wood brockie killen smeltz barbarouses

i would have added  clapham and boxall to the team plus fallon and a gleeson and you have 23 for the wc

 i read that Clapham scored 11 goals in 13 games,  for his team.  A  central or right midfielder that scored that much should be in the squad of the national team, plus i dont get why he is not signed by Wellington Phoenix, he is a very good and solid  player , regards  Javier

 With the squad we have, we should win by at least 4/5 goals. If not, then we have a problem.

On a positive note, many of the players will have recent happy memories of playing here a few weeks prior. Hopefully the pitch won't be as firm underfoot this time though.

Not bad prices flying from Christchurch!

Air NZ - Christchurch to Dunners $96 Arriving at 8am on the 22nd
Air NZ - Dunners to Christchurch $96 Departing at 1.20pm on the 23rd

Edit: Bold is not working. I had Andrew Milnes name highlighted.

Bus?

Who Clapham or Milne?

Why would you add Clapham and Fallon? Ahead of who? Yeah you have 23 for the world cup, but this is just two games. You don't need to bring over a whole bunch of guys who won't play.

I don`t understend  why Craig Henderson not play in All White?

He regular play in Swedish first division. And he play very good!

Regular in the First Division...???

Confused. He was quoting flight CHC-DUD?

Is that you craig?

So everyone in Dunedin was apparently "holding off the Phoenix" because they were going to the All Whites instead. 

Get into it then.

I'm on Intercity 2pm on Thursday from CHC - DUD.  Someone should join me!!!

Yup we know. Hes also not played for 2 years before that. Hes been in the side before but gotten injured. He'll get another chance barring injury

I've been following Craig Henderson's career in Sweden and agree with Dominik above that he should be in the reckoning.

He's been injury-free since his comeback last July in friendlies and from August till the season's end in November he  was a regular starter for Mjallby and did well.

Mjallby have shown real faith in Hendo by signing him to a new two year deal before Xmas and has featured in all their recent pre-season games. Swedish season kicks off next month. 

See this thread:

http://forums.yellowfever.co.nz/categories/kiwi-players-overseas/topics/craig-henderson-mjallby-aif/page/6

"It feels great that Craig has chosen to extend. This ensures continuity in the team and it is very important. I think 2013 will be a very good year for Craig", says the club's sporting director Thomas Andersson-Borstam to Mjällbys website.

Midfielder Henderson has had some injury-filled years in Mjallby, but could this year finally show up in the headlines.

Craig Henderson is a nice footballer. He was one of the ones from that u20 side that had Keat, that kicked on. I rated him as a younger footballer but he is untested internationally so that is an unknown. He really does need an extended injury free stint where he knocks up some games. Is he still playing in the middle of the park?

shit, this contest has been going for 5 days and only one entry.   Maybe need to advertise away from facebook

http://apps.facebook.com/contestshq/contests/316585 

Craig has been playing upfront for his Swedish side, not exactly an area we need to look far and wide for. Maybe he has a case instead of players like Kosta who are getting no game time,.

$100 and you could drive there and back. $96 seems rather expensive, you can get to Melbourne for that price if you get the timing right. I didn't even realise you could fly from Chch to Dunners. Would significantly cut travel time though I guess.

Argh that was a reply from a comment on the previous page, forgot to quote it. Not doing it now, you get the gist.

Craig played one pre-season friendly last month up front only because of inuries to the regular forwards - however he played exclusively in central midfield or  left of midfield last season in Sweden.

Ricki should know what he can do pretty well after 12 u-20 matches and 8 u-23 games for NZ, including vs. China, Brazil and Belgium at the Beijing Olympics.

Sweden's Premier League is not a bad league - better than A-League in my reckoning and you can see Hendo in many You Tube videos of last season's Mjallby games - check out the ones listed as "seven months ago" or less which mostly include Hendo, the full match ones are the best:

 http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mjallby&oq=mjallby&gs_l=youtube.3..0j0i5.28350.33496.0.34351.30.15.0.0.0.2.312.2000.3j1j6j1.11.0...0.0...1ac.1.BFuvmNyB_Lk

Hendo's two goals against the league leaders late last season:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRLOYGpaotw

New Caledonia squad named for March qualifiers:

Includes five France-based players (One First Div., one Second Div., three lower league)

Local-based players have already been training more than a week, French-based players joining over the next week:

GROUPE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE

PREPARATION QUALIFICATIONS COUPE DU MONDE de la FIFA 2014

– Mars 2013Rocky NYIKEINE (g) -  FC Gaïtcha

Steeve IXOEE (g) -  AS Magenta

Emile BEARUNE - FC Gaïtcha

Georges BEARUNE -  FC Gaïtcha

Jean-Patrick WAKANUMUNE -  AS Magenta

Dick KAUMA -  AS Lössi

Pierre NYIKEINE -  FC Gaïtcha

Yohan MERCIER -  Hienghène Sport

Loïc WAKANUMUNE -  AS Magenta

Miguel KAYARA - Hienghène Sport

Noël KAUDRE - AS Magenta

Olivier DOKUNENGO - AS Mont-Dore

Roy KAYARA -  Hienghène Sport

Luther WANHYAMALLA - AS Lössi

Iamel KABEU -  Hienghène Sport

Jacques HAEKO -  AS Lössi

Bertrand KAI - Hienghène Sport

 Kalaje GNIPATE -  AS Magenta

Métropolitains [France-based players]

Joël WAKANUMUNE - SO Chambéry (CFA 2)

Dominique WACALI -  Imphy-Decise (France, CFA2)

Judickaël IXOEE -  Hyeres FC (France, CFA DHR)

Georges GOPE-FENEPEJ - ESTAC Troyes (Ligue 1)

César LOLOHEA - Stade Lavallois (Ligue 2)

Report:

http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/ed0b13aa-3b78-453a-8bcb-d1ed0e0f26d5/language/en-US/Default.aspx 

Article on Cesar Lolohea:

http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/bfbc989d-f2ef-4cad-9e88-1e53892dab91/language/en-US/Default.aspx

This match is next week, is there much hype, advertising in Dunedin? 

10 days

Ligue 1 player..

Advertising - yes. Vastly better than the Phoenix effort and it kicked off as soon as the Phoenix match had finished. Signs up in the city though far from saturation (still much better though). Player appearances already confirmed more than a week out which helps push the message. 

Not sure how much the locals are getting into it though. FFS it will be the ONLY Brazil qualifier to be played in Dunedin so just bloody well get your tickets. 

Anyone else after tickets in the Zone? Please email dunedinphoenix at iCloud dot com

Very little buzz about this game. Sad face.