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MetalLegNZ wrote:
Interesting call on Bazeley... to call him the biggest anchor to this team, when I think everyone on here would admit the All Whites have played some of their best ever football during this tournament is to me, highly contradictory.

We have seen, in friendlies, that outside our starting 11, we lack depth. That our bench has lacked influence. Losing Garbett made that worse. Bazeley, probably quite reasonably could have thought, my best 11, is the only 11 capable of getting us back into the game. Fresh legs might bring energy, but at what cost, quality?

Thomas is the only exception to that rule - but given his lack of minutes, one can understand why he has perhaps not been given more time. 

For a long time, people have talked about the next World Cup as our best chance, when this current crop are all late twenties, early thirties and experienced pros. I still think it is... assuming we can find a decent striker outside Wood.


 

MetalLegNZ wrote:
Interesting call on Bazeley... to call him the biggest anchor to this team, when I think everyone on here would admit the All Whites have played some of their best ever football during this tournament is to me, highly contradictory.

We have seen, in friendlies, that outside our starting 11, we lack depth. That our bench has lacked influence. Losing Garbett made that worse. Bazeley, probably quite reasonably could have thought, my best 11, is the only 11 capable of getting us back into the game. Fresh legs might bring energy, but at what cost, quality?

Thomas is the only exception to that rule - but given his lack of minutes, one can understand why he has perhaps not been given more time. 

For a long time, people have talked about the next World Cup as our best chance, when this current crop are all late twenties, early thirties and experienced pros. I still think it is... assuming we can find a decent striker outside Wood.


 

MetalLegNZ wrote:
Interesting call on Bazeley... to call him the biggest anchor to this team, when I think everyone on here would admit the All Whites have played some of their best ever football during this tournament is to me, highly contradictory.

We have seen, in friendlies, that outside our starting 11, we lack depth. That our bench has lacked influence. Losing Garbett made that worse. Bazeley, probably quite reasonably could have thought, my best 11, is the only 11 capable of getting us back into the game. Fresh legs might bring energy, but at what cost, quality?

Thomas is the only exception to that rule - but given his lack of minutes, one can understand why he has perhaps not been given more time. 

For a long time, people have talked about the next World Cup as our best chance, when this current crop are all late twenties, early thirties and experienced pros. I still think it is... assuming we can find a decent striker outside Wood.