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friendly matches plan in 2008,2009 ?

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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
friendly matches plan in 2008,2009 ?
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
2008 FIFA friendly & official competition matches calendar
06 February
26 March
20 August
06-10 September (not available)
11-15 October
19 November

can NZF arrange matches on all dates above ?

can NZF play some friendlies with Euro 2008 qualified teams in May ? they need preparation matches at that period

looks like Japan, Korea, USA ... usually play around 10 friendlies in 1 year

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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Yours Seatts.
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Im more worried about friendlies before the WCQ's we need one before Vanuatu and then one before Fiji.  Just to get into the groove, the team hasn't played together for ages, and the opposition has been together recently, dont be fooled these games are going to be tough over there.  And we dont want to mess it up.  The only problem with this is that the players wont get enough time off to have friendly as well.
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Shane wrote:
Im more worried about friendlies before the WCQ's we need one before Vanuatu and then one before Fiji.� Just to get into the groove, the team hasn't played together for ages, and the opposition has been together recently, dont be fooled these games are going to be tough over there.� And�we dont want to mess it up.� The only problem with this�is that the players wont get enough time off to have friendly as well.
Theres not exactly time to organize a friedly between now and the Vanuatu game and theres no point of organizing one between the Vanuatu game and Fijian game.
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
We should have had a friendly during the two Windows that have been in the last week.  And this should have been against an Asian team.  As for future gaems, I believe that we are best served playing home and away against Asian teams instead of European and South American as this will be the style of football that we will come up for our do or die games in a year or twos time.
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
disco_mart wrote:
We should have had a friendly during the two Windows that have been in the last week.� And this should have been against an Asian team.� As for future gaems, I believe that we are best served playing home and away against Asian teams instead of European and South American as this will be the style of football that we will come up for our do or die games in a year or twos time.
Good point although will it improve our game playing against these teams as much as it would against other teams?
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I'd like to see us playing some more African teams.
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
yes,me too won't to see somes macth's with the african teams,
but we do to play olso some freindlys with asian teams,for the future final qualifyng macth to south africa 2010.
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Why would we play an African team in Oslo?
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Where'd you get Oslo from?
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Are there any under-resourced (ie, cash strapped)  good (international) teams  we could play to upskill our squad? We both win - we get better, and they get  international competition they wouldn't otherwise get. 
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