I kind of back Hudson on this one:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/football-soccer/news/art...
"Hudson...has opted against calling back high profile youngsters Ryan Thomas, Tyler Boyd, Tim Payne and Cam Howieson.
"Individually there's a different case for all of them. Ryan Thomas is a player who is very important for the All Whites, at a very important stage of his career who had a lot of injuries last season and ended up missing a lot of our tours and for me, to bring him here, upset his club and have him play five games in 10 days could damage his relationship with the All Whites going forward. I feel we have enough in this group to get us to Rio.
"Tyler could come here and help us and be really good and give us that extra edge, but it could also jeopardise his first season overseas where he really needs to make it. And if that effects his club career, we might not have a player that we could have, cause he will end up bouncing around like players do."
Not what Sarah Harvey says in yf News [Auck StarTimes] item. She says their clubs declined to release them, "due to concerns over schedule and (playing?) conditions." i.e their clubs are afraid they'll return crocked.