All Whites Nations Cup squad

Goalkeepers

Max Crocombe (Oxford Utd, England 0, 0)
Stefan Marinovic (SpVgg Unterhaching, Germany 3, 0)
Tamati Williams (RKC Waalwijk, Netherlands 1, 0)

Defenders

Luke Adams (South Melbourne FC, Australia 0, 0)
Michael Boxall (SuperSport Utd, South Africa 14, 0)
Sam Brotherton (Wisconsin University, USA 1, 0)
Kip Colvey (San Jose Earthquakes FC, USA 0, 0)
Thomas Doyle (Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand 2, 0)
Louis Fenton (Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand 3, 0)

Midfielders

Te Atawhai Wihongi (Onehunga Sports FC, New Zealand 1, 0)
Moses Dyer (Onehunga Sports FC, New Zealand 2, 0)
Clayton Lewis (Onehunga Sports FC, New Zealand 3, 0)
Michael McGlinchey (Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand 33, 3)
Matt Ridenton (Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand 1, 0)
Bill Tuiloma (RC Strasbourg Alsace, France, 9, 0)
Themi Tzimopoulos (PAS Giannina FC, Greece, 3, 0)

Forwards

Kosta Barbarouses (Melbourne Victory, Australia 29, 2)
Rory Fallon (Bristol Rovers, England 18, 4)
Monty Patterson (Ipswich Town FC, England 0, 0)
Logan Rogerson (Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand 1, 0)
Marco Rojas (FC Thun, Switzerland, 23, 1)
Shane Smeltz (Sydney FC, Australia, 51, 24)
Chris Wood (Leeds Utd FC, England 39, 14)

Phwoar, look at the experience in there. 

So, does that mean Williams will be our keeper? Also Piney said Smeltz, Rojas and Barbarouses will all miss first game because of ACL.

This has disaster written all over it

We are so fudgeed.

That's not how this works... if NZF did their job properly Smeltz and Barba would have to be released by clubs since the tournament in an international window.

Goal Keepers = 4 caps

Defenders = 20 caps with Boxall being 14 of them.and 5 making up the rest

Midfielders = 52 caps with WeeMac being 33 of them and 6 making up the rest

Forwards = 161 caps

Yes they should have, but sounds like they played nice at let them come to late.

Wood at CB, Smeltz as DM?

The ONC doesn't fall in a FIFA window - it's the only confederation championship that doesn't

He's a pretty good keeper though, isn't he? I think he's pretty good - not that has any bearing on it.....

Yes it does. There's an outdated version of the FIFA Calendar on the FIFA website, but the actual one has the ONC listed as a window.

Totals, aye.

But in defence, Boxall is most of those 20 caps on 14.

In midfield WeeMac is over 60% of the caps by himself.

Attack, aye, we're good. But man, do we look shaky at the back.

No Watto? He mustn't earn enough.

It's a non-mandatory window, meaning clubs don't have to release players

I was saying that as I just didn't know. So used to Moss being between the sticks and bit light in my knowledge of the up and coming keepers.

Also it's good to see they won't be playing a game every 2nd day like 2012

So what's our strongest eleven out of that? 

I'd probably go for a front three of Kosta/Wood/Rojas, but no idea what that backline would look like.

Is the greek dude really a mid? I thought he was a CB?

Tamati Williams (RKC Waalwijk, Netherlands 1, 0)

Themi ahead of Brotherton surely

Surely Themi starts ahead of Lewis or Brotherton.

Themi has to start.

What's with calling Dura back into the fold and then not selecting him? I know his form has been a little off but surely his experience would count in that backline? Not a Hudson yes-man?

I prefer this XI

Thomas Brockie De Vries

James Keat Cameron

Wynne Smith Reid Roux

Moss

the might Onehunga Sports! 

5 from the Phoenix and 3 from them. And apart from McG none of the Phoenix players are guaranteed starters at the club.

That is a bit of a sad list of clubs compared to at some stages. 

Makes you really wonder if the Scandinavian leagues can be THAT bad. 

Still, here's hoping they can do the job in the islands.

Maybe one or both of them decided it wasn't the right call

I'm a Lewis fanboy tbh, bags of potential there,

Themi for Brotherton, ok. Just leaves our bench a little empty of experience if needed.

Themi has to start. Almost the only guaranteed professional starter in the squad.

Why is Moss out?

Definitely the worst defence ever assembled for a tournament.  Seriously would that even be a good ASBP defence?  Can only think of the Confeds where we got beat 5-0 by Spain and Nelsen was injured.  Think we had the infamous Steven Old/Andy Boyens marking Torres 

What is up with Moss's eye?

Actually, on the whole that's one of the worst All Whites sides ever for a tournament

Moss' eye injury is because he can't stand to look at the defence he'd have in front of him.

Hard to understand what he could have picked up since the end of the season.  Smells like BS

He has the pink eye

Rogerson

I think Dura was rank this year so not too surprised about that.  People on here are loyal to him but he was pretty bad

LOL. One of Hudson's pet projects.

So, which island team should I put money on to win the tournament? Fiji? New Caledonia? Tahiti? Solomons?

Agreed but look at that defence.

On this theme, Williams and Marinovic are pretty good - the AWs wont mostly miss Moss maybe