All jokes aside there are at least a few interesting recommendations in there:
"Key stakeholders to be aligned behind the All Whites plan and to honour the commitments and compromises contained therein"
Is that a shot at the players and player availability? What other key stakeholders might have been seen to be not honouring their commitments previously?
"New Zealand teams to adopt a style of football that suits New Zealand players and conditions so that players have the requisite skills to transition into the All Whites environment"
That seems to be a clear warning to the NZ age-grade coaches to toe the line. Is this a real problem at the moment? Players also transition to the All Whites from other environments such as ASB Prem and the Phoenix, but it's hard to imagine NZF expects to have any say in how they play.
"The All Whites need to transform their performance culture into one of ownership, accountability and leadership"
That's a clear shot at the All Whites playing group and management and fully implies that those things are not there at the moment. Pretty disappointing from the outside looking in if that's true.
The problem with this is the statements are so bland that it's left up to us to project our assumptions of the failings of the last World Cup cycle onto it.
I really do feel like this is, as predicted, a complete and utter whitewash and reflects really badly on NZF as a membership organisation.
It's just so pathetically bland and full of corporate bull shit. No-one takes any accountability and no-one assumes any responsibility for the next 4 years.
I'm actually really pissed off about this, it's just laughable that this is all we get after a 4 year cycle which ended up with us preparing for a World Cup qualifier by playing semi-pro american teams and players retiring in their droves.