Awesome for us if true. However, I still hold faint hopes that the WC will be moved away from Qatar... hate the idea of a middle of the season WC, in the heat - as if there wasn't enough disruption in professional football as it is.
Goodbye to any meaningful senior mens international football games in NZ ever again :(
What meaningful games in NZ? If you take out Bahrain, Mexico and Peru...
At least with regular WC participation we have finally have a bit of $ to invest in friendly games...
I love my games when they're played in NZ but if I have to choose between one play-off game every 4 years and no WC OR NZ at the WC every four years and no play-off games, I choose the latter option.
EDIT: I'm an idiot