China/Japan Squad Discussion

Damn this thread is funny . . .

It's times like this I wish we had the NZFC TV coverage so we can suss out the players and debate about the up and coming ones. It would be nice to have a NZFC XI playing the All-Stars for charity on TV. So we can have a peek.

Anyway, back to basics. . . . it's a 23 set up?

Probable Call ups (16-2):

Glenn Moss
Jacob Spoonley,

Ben Sigmund
Winston Reid- Red Card last friendly.
Ryan Nelsen
Andrew Boyens
Tommy Smith
Tony Lochhead

Tim Brown
Micheal McGlinchey
Aaron Clapham
Jeremy Brockie - Yellow cards in two consecutive friendly matches.


Shane Smeltz
Chris Killen
Rory Fallon
Chris Wood

Injured (3): Leo Bertos, Mark Paston, Jeremy Christie

Possible Call ups (6):

Jack Gleeson

Steven Old

Macro Rojas
Cole Peverley
Craig Henderson

Kosta Barbarouses

Outside chance (7):

David Mulligan
Chad Coombes

Chris James
Michael Boxwell
Dan Keat

Jason Hayne
Kris Bright

End of the road (3):

Duncan Oughton
Simon Elliot
Andy Barron
James Bannatyne

really can't see chris james getting the call either.

The season hasn't even started so he hasn't even played a competitive match.

APIA lichreat in Australia

Any chance we could take a squad of 30? and take all the above mentioned player? or is it to costly

Some bizarre selections and omissions there All Whites believer.

Jake Gleeson
Marco Rojas
Kosta Barbarouses

Might as well vivid these three on the squad list already.

Also, you realize Michael Boxall is a centerback right?

I didn't say they were not in the squad, I just had them in the possible call up. The probables call up would have been numbered up to 19 expect we had 3 injuries and 2 players out of the next game with either a red card or two yellows. That leaves us with 14 probable players available for the first game into the line up.

Basically I was conservative with the naming of 14 available probable players. But that is more than compensated with the naming of 6 possible players which brings the total call ups to 20 players. This leaves three places for 7 players with an outside chance.

I thought that Boxwell is a centre midfielder rather than centre back. Anyway, still has enough to warrant notice.

Also I thought that Simon Elliot has retired from International duties? With the blooding of new players with strong friendlies, a thought in getting new midfielders to play with the only two games before starting the WCQ in October this year.

I hope that Ricki isn't retaining aged players that gets in the way of younger players that needs to get enough international experience by the time Brazil 2014 happens. Midfielders needs strong game experience when it comes international football to be effective when major tournaments happens. Simon Elliot has experience already but we need new midfield stock with experience and I am guessing that Ricki has planned to return to the world cup 2014 when he blooded a few of the young players in the squad during build up for the 2010 cup. These things take time and we have to be willing to cop a few losses on the way while blooding players even at 4 years out to settle on a midfield combination. It wasn't easy for the 2010 cup because we rightly had to fall back on the older experienced players. But come 2014, we don't quite have that. Tim Brown will be our most experienced midfielder come 2014.

Probable squad of 18

Moss
Gleeson

Nelsen
Reid
Smith
Sigmund
Boyens
Lochhead

Elliott
Brown
McGlinchey
Rojas
Brockie

Killen
Wood
Fallon
Smeltz
Barbarouses

Far too many forwards and wide players though. But I can't see who would miss out. No striker outside of these guys should get close to selection. Especially with Brockie able to play up front if needed.

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Possible:
Clapham
Christie
Keat
Boxall
Spoonley
Old
Rowe
Vicelich
Henderson
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Injured:
Bertos
Paston

Boxall - MF? Elliott - Retired? Come back when you actually know something, anything

BOOM!

Christie also injured & Henderson hasn't played football for a year

Vicelich isn't possible, he's definite as is Clapham

Scratch that.� Between 20 and 22 players. Two keepers.

That is interesting.� You know more than New Zealand Football who told me this two hours ago?