Bankok Game

I think the heat and humidity works in the same way that altitude works for the south Americans.  Still in my mind we need to win this for the psychological factor leading into the bigger games later this year (remembering we lost our last game also (Fiji)).

There's gotta be live coverage somewhere. Ridiculous. jamesnz2009-03-29 02:29:02

Yeah I think they definitely need a morale boosting win.
Even if we can fight our way and play some great football for a draw.

Would be great to see lots of goals.

And yeah I think the humidity is going to play a factor, but I think it would take more effect at the latter stages when fitness is tested.

Guess there is going to be lots of subs with it being a friendly unless RH wants to keep pushing the 1st side

thanks for that.
But yeah i've had a look but grr can't find anything. Even a name would be nice

Admittedly we have a number of top players out but I still expect a win and a good performance from our boys.

I'd hope for at least a draw. We have a class side out there and if we can't put away Thailand it doesn't bode so well.

I agree. Hopefully we'll come back Firing.
2nd Half has started

51' and it's still 2-1.  Hopefully our goal was a spectacular one and not a penalty.

Haha Agreed

It will probably be a piece of great individual skill from Mulligan

My sarcasm detector just exploded.

70th min. Still same score.

Come on guys! A goal in the next 5 please!

Interesting that he is good enought for international footie but not good enough for the Phoenix... that aside I don't care who scores as long as someone does.

Running outa time. Come on NZ...

He does usually play quite well for NZ which is why it is surprising he didn't bring that energy to the nix..

And yeah I just want a goal. 10 mins to go.
Smeltzy to equalize then Bright to win in stoppage

3-1   !!   87th minute

All over

sh*t

Oh far out, a goal in the last minute would go down well.

Going to be sour for a week after this one... 

All over... Wow. Disapointing!

gah i stayed up to watch and all i got was a score, the time, and a whole lotta disapointment

We are 79th in the world and they are 118th.  I know the ranking system's pretty flawed but still.  This is an absolute disgrace.  I seriously hope this website we are using has just mixed it all up but unlikely.

that would be nice. might help me geet to sleep. Hopefully wake up with a win

Unfortunately the site seems pretty reliable with all the other scores so unless they have just made a mistake then we just lost 3-1. pfft.

Hopefully video footage will be available by the time I'm awake

Final Score
Thailand 3 : 1 New Zealand

that sucks, but we need games, so this gives us an idea on what we need to work on which looks like a lot of things!!! Bring on Spain!!!

Oh no, if this is the best we can do for Thailand, 09 looks like a bad year.

Sure does. I'm sure the heat played a part... but a lot of football playing countries are a lot hotter and more humid than NZ so we have to learn to deal with it if we want to compete. I'm sure we can improve and more matches help, but I definitely expected a win or draw. 3-1 is relatively convincing. Wonder which NZer scores. My money is on Smeltz...

Fixed
robbwatson2009-03-29 03:14:13

Score 3-1 to thailand, interesting note= Weight wen i left hotel to go to game 84kgs, weight after 6 chicken skewers, 2 beers, a large coke at half time and a kebab on the way home= 80kgs, the humidity and heat cannot be described. sweating is an understatement, (dont tell nightz though as he will be here in a flash on a new weight loss programme callled 1 nght in bankok with happy ending). Our goal was ok, bit of luck then good composure to beat the last  man and score. As far as the game goes i think 3-1 is a bit generous to them. 2-1 would have been a more fair score. The sooner we get moss back the better, thats all you can say about the keeping display. It was interesting that both teams used 5 subs, and a sign said that it was their #10 testimonial game!!! there was a presentation to him at half and full time, he must be some sort of thai legend. Well lets all hope that the game on the 31st Vs thai b is much better for our boys. will post a score here after the game as it def wont be on t.v (you wouldnt know there was a game tonight, thats bankok i guess).

still cant find a goalscorer anywhere 

anyone know?

Kris Bright got the NZ goal. Good on him. As expected, the excuses were all about the heat (and from the sounds of it Paston didn't do so well?). Fair point, but doesn't help when we have to play an Asian team in equally as hot conditions in the playoff.

On the www.nzsoccer.com site
RH says the players are "honest" about their performance; I.e. Easy defensive errors & lack of match fitness.
He also wanted them to experience heat.
So essentially the All Whites need time together and time on the park. edward l2009-03-29 08:44:56

Not a great result. Hopefully we learnt something from this.
I can't imagine playing a game at 6:30pm in Bangkok. It would be like running behind a slow moving 40 year old diesel bus.

Why do people think it will be stinking hot where we play  the Asian play-off? The mean temperatures in november in North Korea,South Korea,Iran,Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan range from 7C  in South Korea to 21C in Saudi Arabia. One of these would be our likely opponents. 

Ricki Herbert is bullet proof!!The All whites and Phoenix are poor yet he trots out lame excuse after excuse.We need a real coach who works solely with the national team.The whole system from top to bottom is sh*te!!

Humidity will be a factor though.  Hopefully we will play our leg of the World Cup qualifier in Dunedin or somewhere cold, wet, and miserable so that the conditions will be terrible for the away team. 

Hopefully Ricki is using this trip as a sly way to check out some of the Thai talent and see if any could be Phoenix material.

Not a great result but ultimately it doesn't matter. As long as we at least got some sort of combinations going or got used to the conditions the game has been a success. It's all about two games later this year.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/14176/a-night-to-remember-for-star-tawan
Elliott scored ?