All Whites vs Peru | First leg | Sat 11 Nov | 4:15pm | RoF

Latest news report: Wynne and Colvey likely starting as wing-backs. Yikes !!!

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/football-soccer/news/art...

"The other key decision was around the wing backs. It's believed that Deklan Wynne will start at left back, while Kip Colvey is set to be the surprise inclusion on the right."

Probable All Whites team: Stefan Marinovic - Kip Colvey, Michael Boxall, Winston Reid, Tommy Smith, Deklan Wynne - Clayton Lewis, Michael McGlinchey, Ryan Thomas - Marco Rojas, Chris Wood.

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It's going to be like a lower league team playing a Premier League side in a cup game - you know that the big team will ususally win, but you still hold on to the slim hope that your side can pull off an upset.

My head says that Peru will win both legs, but of course my heart is with our boys defying the odds.

"The heart has its reasons that reason doesn't know" - Blaise Pascal (French philosopher and mathematician) quoted by Luke Hurley, NZ singer-songwriter, "Pascal's Song" (his classic "High Risk" album 2000).

Kip Colvey? Uh oh...

Dreams smashed.....

he has played at a higher level than any other option... but yes GULP

Chris Wood might be out is the speculation on the radio.

A lot harder to score if you can't have Wood

Tony Veitch just posted that rumour about Wood. Someone in comments says it's rubbish and can see him warming up

Blatant click bait then

From Jason Pine

Mods, can we get a filter that autocorrects "Veitch" to "Unrepentant woman-beating sharkcod"?

Ta

Surely can't be the injury he suffered in the Man City game as he started again for Burnley just last week?

Lets go All Whites

Wood in or what??  help somebody

Wood on the bench, says Piney

Wood on the bench!?!?

It'll be fine, he'll go on at half-time and tear them a new one

Put him on the bench, use him if we need to and minimalise the wear on his injury for the two games? He has to start in Peru so can buy that.

Team sheets. Wood on the bench. Fudge

reminds me -I should to go to Ikea.. 

hmmmm

ALL WHITES TEAM: MARINOVIC; BOXALL, REID, SMITH; COLVEY, LEWIS, MCGLINCHEY, THOMAS, WYNNE; ROJAS, BARBAROUSES

Colvey and Wynne as wing-backs...

Barbarouses up front.

Relying on Barbarouses, Rojas, Thomas, Lewis to score goals - not good...

Lets hope Wood comes on earlier rather than later...

Ouch, not good news

Where is storm roux as well?

Not even in the squad due to injury.

Medical opiinon he isn't fit enough to play...

Waste of time calling him up.

Kosta needs to bring it   balls to the wall

Yeah he took a kick on the plate he had inserted after his bad break iirc

Live updates on Stuff website here:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/98...

Wood is out warming up now...

Make sure Crocombe goes to the toilet BEFORE kickoff

WTAF are we doing starting our biggest game in 4 years without a proper striker? FFS Anfony!

Watch us hit long balls to Kosta and Marco

Oh no, it just dawned on me - Colvey, a left sided player, is starting at right wing-back (Wynne on the left).

He's bad enough in his natural position at left wing-back...

Peru retain 10 of the 11 who played their last game against Colombia. Lokomotiv Moscow's Jefferson Farfan in for suspended skipper Paolo Guerrero:

Peru's starting XI: Gallese; Corzo, Rodriguez, Ramos, Trauco; Tapia, Cueva, Yotun; Carrillo, Farfan, Flores.

I was going to say I can't believe it...but with Hudson I can sadly. Wonder whether Wood has actually gotten worse injury wise since being in NZ, it's the only reason that makes sense.

Ben Strang @BenJStrang

Hamstring got tight on the flight maybe. But why not start Brockie or Smeltz so we at least have some aerial threat in attack?

No Wood or Themi

DIPSHARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why no wood?

Sounds like he is not 100

How has Wood got more injuryd since the last game he started? surely they shoulda worked his fitness more up.

If we are starting kosta upfront, we have to play on the counter to combat him and Rojas pace.

If we play the long ball up to him, then its the end of Hudson in his biggest moment. Would rather start themi or brockie upfront if that was the case.

Least kosta is quicker than brockie or smeltz, big call, lets see if it pays off

Sky just talking about it like everyone knows already..."gives another player a chance..." 

WTF tell me whyyyyy exactly

I would of also personally started boxall at rb and themi at cb, we gotta be as solid as possible.