AW's vs New Caledonia - Match Thread

Good result from the lads in the end. Brilliant 3rd goal from Smeltz i have to say. Looked a bit dicey there early on in the 2nd half but they did well to absorb any pressure and deliver the knockout punch.

The internet says 26 with 54% humidity. Not overly bad, actually.

Nice work boys. A 3-1 victory away from home sounds like a decent enough result to me. Any analysis from those who actually watched the match instead of relying on Oceania's comments 10-15 minutes after events happened?

Smeltz was brilliant, I thought Brockie looked sharp too. Moss seemed to be caught out of position once or twice. Lochhead mixed woeful crosses with the sublime.

shocking and unacceptable performance. look at ricki's lineup. no uniformity in the way laces were tied up. some of the kicking the ball back to the trainer (pre-match) was sloppy. ricki's hair was untidy. this won't do at all.

I suppose sublime is better than over(pre)peared...I'll get me coat...

DairyFlat continues as the voice of dissent... (just no spitting buddy, or we'll have to ban you for weeks!!)HarryHotspur2008-09-06 20:07:15

...and don't forget your hat.  

Ricki's men bore fruit today.

3-1 away is good result.

Trust an ex-Mod to squash creativity...there's no juicestice!

I think we're comparing apples with oranges if we think Asia's 5th placed team will be as easy as playing pacific island 'nations'.... 

go to the court of a peel HHtigers2008-09-06 20:12:17

NZ might pip them on a good day.

In the end, the three points did seem to be ripe for the picking

How did you know, I didn't mention any of that in me texts

I'd hate to rind up in court.

For Whit(it's)worth - this will be a welcome relief to Herbert I imagine.

...damn! Caught out..., where's that coat?

Very poor performance.

Ill take a win but i have doubts now about the AW's ability to play through the middle, they like the Nix seemed to lack that ability.

miserable gits! Take ten minutes out SMILE and CELEBRATE!!!   

TXTS since final whistle.

From Lower Hutt "yes, yes... YES!!!"
From Wellinton "south africa here we come :)"
From New York "go kiwis".
From Belgium "Yo Mikey, Nouvelle Zelande chef d'Oceanie"


dairyflat2008-09-06 20:48:59

Does Meg Ryan live in the Hutt?

Anyone got a link to the highlights of the match?

..that's coat, hat and suitcase "I may be some time". 

The problem was, Scott's buddy forget to take out his coat, hat and suitcase...thought he was back in the Brecons I reckon.

Voldemort must have been pissed when he zapped the number 10.HarryHotspur2008-09-06 21:38:59

That pic is from the Under 20's or the Olywhites campaign..

completely inept performance.  the opposition were poor and we spent a lot of the game looking much the same. 

In the other game in our group Fiji beat Vanuata 2 - 0

got a bit of a shock seeing mossy knock the ball out of his box with his chest and frantically try to find room to clear it

I think we well be asking for some sort of double fluke for us to beat the 5th placed Asian side. Looked pretty average against a very soft New Caledonian team.

against the 5th Asian team we'll get well beat over two legs, the only difference in this route and the previous is that we're making in one step closer with Oz in Asia (but still one step away), but the end result is the same, we get nowhere, time to admit we're not that good, some of the play today was laughable against these amateurs, harsh it may seem but let's admit it will take something special for NZ to make a world cup again...

agree w ins a win but u so right re the midfield  whats it  going to be like in the confeds  why arent we playing  chris james in the midfield ,  cant even get on but playing fulltime central midfield at tampere champions league , has pace creativity in midfield  whcih seen in previous games  for AW thats what well need at the next stage, but whats going on that we dont kn about long way to fly , costs if u not going to use him whats the news

You really are a miserable bunch of bastards. I thought it was an effective performance against a team who were always going to be tough at home. We did all we needed to. For those of you using "inept" and "awful" you are so wrong, a loss would have been inept, not a win. Look up the word in the dictionary. It means "inappropriate" and "not what was required" and this result was quite the opposite. TheJam2008-09-07 06:39:25