Posted January 28, 2023 14:21
· last edited January 28, 2023 14:22
lthomas20
That was... an ordeal. New Caledonia can count themselves pretty unlucky not to win. Nevertheless, great defensive efforf and camaraderie from our boys. Stuck together really well as a unit when under intense pressure and held out the NC attack.
Imagine if the island teams had the same access to investment, infrastructure, age group coaching and academies like NZ has? We talk about how NZ lacks resources but these teams are working with a lot less in terms of their countries economic wealth, average income of the players families and their chances to develop/afford opportunities. On top of this they suffer from worse geographic isolation and transport links than NZ! Feels like we keep Oceania weak to beat up on them at the regular tournaments. We could surely afford with help of OFC get at least one international standard playing surface in each of the island nations used only for football internationals or OFC play-offs. It would not require a stadium just a decent surface. I think it would benefit everyone in the end. Better football played by everyone and less risk of injuries from playing on cow paddocks.
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lthomas20
That was... an ordeal. New Caledonia can count themselves pretty unlucky not to win. Nevertheless, great defensive efforf and camaraderie from our boys. Stuck together really well as a unit when under intense pressure and held out the NC attack.
Imagine if the island teams had the same access to investment, infrastructure, age group coaching and academies like NZ has? We talk about how NZ lacks resources but these teams are working with a lot less in terms of their countries economic wealth, average income of the players families and their chances to develop/afford opportunities and on top of that, worse geographic isolation and transport links than NZ! Feels like we keep Oceania weak to beat up on them at the regular tournaments. We could surely afford with help of OFC get at least one international standard playing surface in each of the island nations used only for football internationals. It would not require a stadium just a decent surface. I think it would benefit everyone in the end. Better football played by everyone and less risk of injuries from playing on cow paddocks.