NEW ALL WHITES CAPTAIN
I wouldnt if ur captain of Blackburn!!!! Nah no way Coveny. Too old man time for him to go soon. Rather someone young so he can be captain for 5 years or so. I say Leo Bertos!
lol.. na. playing for your country comes higher than your club. your shud be proud of where you are from.. even if you play for a crappy football nation
Im proud when the all blacks play and i thnk to be captain of them great achievment but when i see the all whites play im not proud to be a kiwi because they play like sh*t everytime hitting longballs all day and not even attempting to play football. Captain of Greece tht would be a proud moment. But Nz i rather be captain of silver furns mate.
Tim Brown should be captain, and come on Pavlos8, the All Whites aren't that bad at all, we have some class players, the only problem is that they are rarely available.loyalgunner2007-08-03 16:42:04
yes you can talk about honour n' all that but i can tell ya what i'd rather win out of a Nations Cup or Premier League.
Nelsen captain, Tim Brown Vice captain.
Yes
ive got no problems with Ryan skipping a few minnow games ASLONG AS HE IS HERE FOR WHEN WE PLAY SEMI-CHALLENGING GAMES-Mr Nelsen if you are reading this you better start planning for time off!
if Elliot isnt in the starting XI i'd like to think he'd be released
its good that the likes of Boyens have stepped up in their absense
Ryan never turned down a call-up the entire time he was in the States, be it for the Olympic team or the All Whites... his trans-Atlantic travels prior to Confeds 03 were insane, but he carried through regardless and was outstanding on the pitch in France.
A call-up for the All Whites now would involve him flying for 24 hours to NZ, coupla days for the match, then turn around and fly back... NZF flies its players economy class, so he'd be in an awful state by the time he arrives back in England... quite possibly injured as a result... losing Lord knows how much in earnings... all to play a team like Tahiti that, with all due respect, if we can't beat without him we don't deserve to be at a World Cup...
Current All Whites coach Ricki Herbert withdrew from the AWs World Cup qualifying campaign in 1985, missing matches against teams like Australia and Israel, to concentrate on his club career in England - do you think he had no interest in the All Whites?
There are a range of reasons why Ryan has been unavailable, but I can guarantee you 100% that disloyalty or disinterest are not among them.
Nelsen is an obvious leader but his lack of playing consistently for the AW's through reasons (valid or not) mentioned above put him out of contention in my opinion. Tim Brown should captain, he's young and talented and he's proven his loyalty is outstanding through his constant support of his club side wharfies.... Availability won't be an issue for him, in the near future anyway.
all to play a team like Tahiti that, with all due respect, if we can't beat without him we don't deserve to be at a World Cup...
But isn't your higher quality players the reason you should be easily beating countries like that? What I mean to say is, players of Ryan Nelsen's quality are what makes te prosepect of beating Tahiti a laugh, do they not? NZ does have an advantage over the rest of the OFC player-wise, but not if they don't actually use said players. If your national team's plan is to just send weaker players to play down to weaker nation's levels then THAT'S why you don't deserve to be in the world cup. Any world cup game, minnow qualifiers included, should be treated as a number one priority.
Nelsen is an obvious leader but his lack of playing consistently for the AW's through reasons (valid or not) mentioned above put him out of contention in my opinion. Tim Brown should captain, he's young and talented and he's proven his loyalty is outstanding through his constant support of his club side wharfies.... Availability won't be an issue for him, in the near future anyway.
