Games like 27-0 are yes just pointless. As I put in the U17 OFC tourney thread, OFC should restructure it to two Divisions A & B. Far from perfect but an improvement.
We 'only' beat Fiji 4-1. Tahiti look like they maybe not far off Fiji level. PNG ain't at this tourney (why?) but their senior Womens team won the last OFC Nations Cup (sans Ferns) and played in that WWC qualifying tourney earlier this year. PNG is the biggest nation in OFC with 7M people, they should have some potential for improvement in the women's game.
So Division A - NZ, Fiji, Tahiti & PNG.
The others in Division B. Less chance of 20 goal plus blowouts.
Vanuatu, Solomons & New Caledonia all look pretty useless in the women's space. No better than minnows Samoa, Tonga & Cooks. Put them on notice to raise their standards, or withdraw some OFC/FIFA funding or similar penalty. Their boys/mens ain't as bad, so why so terrible in the female space. Get their shark together. Today's U16 Vanuatu girls really had no clue. But they did a nicely choreographed post game dance.
We 'only' beat Fiji 4-1. Tahiti look like they maybe not far off Fiji level. PNG ain't at this tourney (why?) but their senior Womens team won the last OFC Nations Cup (sans Ferns) and played in that WWC qualifying tourney earlier this year. PNG is the biggest nation in OFC with 7M people, they should have some potential for improvement in the women's game.
So Division A - NZ, Fiji, Tahiti & PNG.
The others in Division B. Less chance of 20 goal plus blowouts.
Vanuatu, Solomons & New Caledonia all look pretty useless in the women's space. No better than minnows Samoa, Tonga & Cooks. Put them on notice to raise their standards, or withdraw some OFC/FIFA funding or similar penalty. Their boys/mens ain't as bad, so why so terrible in the female space. Get their shark together. Today's U16 Vanuatu girls really had no clue. But they did a nicely choreographed post game dance.