yeh this seems a world away:
I was at both games, world's apart.
You could feel in that Austria camp that with the likes of Smith, Reid, and a very young Wood having just joined with Ryan bossing them, we could do something and which we did with some decent results (good times there aye).
After the NI game, a couple of kiwis told me that Wood shouldn't be captain, I disagreed with them then but not now.
As I said losing Reid would see a big drop in quality. Still Russia should be fun, even if watching won't be.