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Posted September 21, 2022 19:32 · last edited September 21, 2022 19:34

Marto
coochiee
lthomas20
coochiee
Count how many times does "we need more games" or similar comes up in those 13 minutes. 

I hope NZF is listening to Woodsy and Hay. We have to keep momentum going and make the most of the generation we have coming through. 

Sounds like they are a bit pissed there are no friendlies organised for Nov, pre the WC.

I remember Hudson making similar complaints early in his reign.

But doesn’t it cost like $200k or something to assemble the AWs per window?? Similar with the Ferns?? NZF will have to watch their pennies a bit until hopefully grabbing $15-20M FIFA WC qualification cash in 2026. Acting like a MASH triage
Same old line has been rolled out for years.  No games 2005 bar the old enemy etc.  

You'd think teams in Australia's group/FIFA would have covered the costs for the boys to play some pre WC warm up games in the Middle East/Europe just prior to the WC, especially if both teams play similar this weekend as I expect they will.  

Piss poor form from NZF... again. 
World Cup teams only have a week from the start of the window of clubs releasing players to the first games, so basically no World Cup teams are having friendlies in November, and then the normal October window has been removed.

The only way a game would be possible is if a team played it only a couple days before their first game, or played it outside of the window. A few teams are doing that, like Qatar is playing Panama, Iran is playing Russia and Tunisia is playing Colombia, but it's likely in-season players wouldn't be all there. It's different to previous years, for example, ahead of 2018 Australia played two friendlies, the first of which was two weeks before the tournament, not to mention that they were already in camp before that too, whereas this time their first training session will probably be a week out.

They could have maybe slipped in a friendly against a non-WC in November, but the vast majority of teams aren't playing then, so most non-WC teams next game will be in March, no different to what NZF has said. It's easy to blame NZF, but I highly doubt they're trying to sabotage their own game.

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Marto
coochiee
lthomas20
coochiee
Count how many times does "we need more games" or similar comes up in those 13 minutes. 

I hope NZF is listening to Woodsy and Hay. We have to keep momentum going and make the most of the generation we have coming through. 

Sounds like they are a bit pissed there are no friendlies organised for Nov, pre the WC.

I remember Hudson making similar complaints early in his reign.

But doesn’t it cost like $200k or something to assemble the AWs per window?? Similar with the Ferns?? NZF will have to watch their pennies a bit until hopefully grabbing $15-20M FIFA WC qualification cash in 2026. Acting like a MASH triage
Same old line has been rolled out for years.  No games 2005 bar the old enemy etc.  

You'd think teams in Australia's group/FIFA would have covered the costs for the boys to play some pre WC warm up games in the Middle East/Europe just prior to the WC, especially if both teams play similar this weekend as I expect they will.  

Piss poor form from NZF... again. 
World Cup teams only have a week from the start of the window of clubs releasing players to the first games, so basically no World Cup teams are having friendlies in November, and then the normal October window has been removed.

The only way a game would be possible is if a team played it only a couple days before their first game, or played it outside of the window. A few teams are doing that, like Qatar is playing Panama, Iran is playing Russia and Tunisia is playing Colombia, but it's likely in-season players wouldn't be all there. It's different to previous years, for example, ahead of 2018 Australia played two friendlies, the first of which was two weeks before the tournament, not to mention that they were already in camp before that too, whereas this time their first training session will probably be a week out.

They could have maybe slipped in a friendly against a non-WC in November, but the vast majority of teams aren't playing then, so most non-WC teams next game will be in March, no different to what NZF has said.