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The Road To Brazil 2014 via Wellington feat. Mexico

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over 12 years ago · edited over 12 years ago · History
I am wondering when they do their trial run in September, if they will make it as rough as guts for the players - cattle class all the way there and back, sitting in the airport food courts during all those hours in transit. Then come the real event when they fly in the pointy end, it will seem like absolute bliss to them. Their moral and energy levels will be 10 fold



Auckland will rise once more

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over 12 years ago


isn't the venu going to be confirmed at the end of this month ? . I can not remember .If it is then there is only a few days left

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over 12 years ago · edited over 12 years ago · History

Submissions last week decision this.

Trans Tasman sale ended last week.

:(



"Sharing rewards the weak"- Steven Colbert

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over 12 years ago

I see Ricki wants Paston to come out of retirement.

How does he expect the younger players to gain the experience needed if he keeps on selecting retired older players to come back and play.

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over 12 years ago
MetalLegNZ wrote:

I see Ricki wants Paston to come out of retirement.

How does he expect the younger players to gain the experience needed if he keeps on selecting retired older players to come back and play.


Don't care.  Pick the best players available.  Whether an out of practice Paston is the best player available is a seperate question, but we don't have the depth to worry about giving players experience in an all or nothing 2 leg playoff.
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over 12 years ago

Especially considering the importance of these two games not just for next year, but for the years after that too.

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over 12 years ago

Typical Ricki, won't even drop his favoured players when they've retired...

People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.

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over 12 years ago

Has he been on the phone to Simon Elliott yet?

"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...

I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...

Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...

Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."

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over 12 years ago

No but he's been on the phone to Tim Brown ;)


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over 12 years ago
Announcement delayed again is the latest I've heard.

Fuck this stupid game

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over 12 years ago
TopLeft07 wrote:
Announcement delayed again is the latest I've head.
This is getting ridiculous. Just make a decision. 
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over 12 years ago
JonoNewton wrote:
TopLeft07 wrote:
Announcement delayed again is the latest I've head.

This is getting ridiculous. Just make a decision. 

They need to just make a decision asap and deal with whatever fallout occurs, at least that way people from around the country and overseas can start planning their travel to the match.

Yellow Fever - Misery loves company

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over 12 years ago
patrick478 wrote:
JonoNewton wrote:
TopLeft07 wrote:
Announcement delayed again is the latest I've head.

This is getting ridiculous. Just make a decision. 

They need to just make a decision asap and deal with whatever fallout occurs, at least that way people from around the country and overseas can start planning their travel to the match.

I think most people are at the point that they just want a decision, they don't care where.
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over 12 years ago
TopLeft07 wrote:
Announcement delayed again is the latest I've heard.

Run out of fax paper AGAIN??

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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over 12 years ago

I think bumped down the priorities with U20 WCNZ planning going on.

 

If so surely this is priority #1 and would be a case of get it over and done with

Fuck this stupid game

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over 12 years ago
patrick478 wrote:
JonoNewton wrote:
TopLeft07 wrote:
Announcement delayed again is the latest I've head.

This is getting ridiculous. Just make a decision. 

They need to just make a decision asap and deal with whatever fallout occurs, at least that way people from around the country and overseas can start planning their travel to the match.

I think most people are at the point that they just want a decision, they don't care where.
Maybe that's the plan!

Allegedly

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over 12 years ago
Tegal wrote:
patrick478 wrote:
JonoNewton wrote:
TopLeft07 wrote:
Announcement delayed again is the latest I've head.

This is getting ridiculous. Just make a decision. 

They need to just make a decision asap and deal with whatever fallout occurs, at least that way people from around the country and overseas can start planning their travel to the match.

I think most people are at the point that they just want a decision, they don't care where.

Maybe that's the plan!


Or maybe they had decided to give it to Wellington then Celia went and stuck her oar in and they said "wait a minute" (or vice versa)
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over 12 years ago

In a way you have to admire NZF's tantric ability to delay taking One More Glory Shot.

#OMGS


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over 12 years ago
terminator_x wrote:

In a way you have to admire NZF's tantric ability to delay taking One More Glory Shot.

#OMGS


Last thing you want to be with a glory shot, is premature.
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over 12 years ago

Home game moved to Fiji.

"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...

I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...

Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...

Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."

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over 12 years ago
patrick478 wrote:
JonoNewton wrote:
TopLeft07 wrote:
Announcement delayed again is the latest I've head.

This is getting ridiculous. Just make a decision. 

They need to just make a decision asap and deal with whatever fallout occurs, at least that way people from around the country and overseas can start planning their travel to the match.


The worst thing about this is it's such a boring story - where do you schedule a game should be a one liner somewhere.  Insetad, they've built it up into this massive thing that has become the biggest football story going around.

Half our current team doesn't have a club, our coach on recent form has pretty much lost the plot, NZF is running out of cash for international team preparation and the only thing we can talk about is whether a game will be in Auckland or Wellington - when either venue will be a pretty decent choice for different reasons.

Normo's coming home

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over 12 years ago
terminator_x wrote:

In a way you have to admire NZF's tantric ability to delay taking One More Glory Shot.

#OMGS


Last thing you want to be with a glory shot, is premature.
Timing is everything

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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over 12 years ago

Play the game in Auckland where NZF can get more seats = more money. If the All Whites fail you can blame where the game was held.

Seriously though we are not going to Brazil 2014, So might as well cash in why'll it last. 

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over 12 years ago
DMC-4-3 wrote:

Play the game in Auckland where NZF can get more seats = more money. If the All Whites fail you can blame where the game was held.

Seriously though we are not going to Brazil 2014, So might as well cash in why'll it last. 

 

A true supporter speaks. Time you emigrated mate.

"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...

I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...

Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...

Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."

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over 12 years ago
Jerzy Merino wrote:
DMC-4-3 wrote:

Play the game in Auckland where NZF can get more seats = more money. If the All Whites fail you can blame where the game was held.

Seriously though we are not going to Brazil 2014, So might as well cash in why'll it last. 

 

A true supporter speaks. Time you emigrated mate.

Guess you haven't watched the U20 lately, Unless you truly believe Herbert can/has mastered football ugly where you don't need to put two passers together the yeah I,ll believe in that = NOT!.
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over 12 years ago

Dave's not here man

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over 12 years ago
DMC-4-3 wrote:
Jerzy Merino wrote:
DMC-4-3 wrote:

Play the game in Auckland where NZF can get more seats = more money. If the All Whites fail you can blame where the game was held.

Seriously though we are not going to Brazil 2014, So might as well cash in why'll it last. 

 

A true supporter speaks. Time you emigrated mate.

Guess you haven't watched the U20 lately, Unless you truly believe Herbert can/has mastered football ugly where you don't need to put two passers together the yeah I,ll believe in that = NOT!.


We're playing our U20's in the World Cup playoff's?  You're right, we are stuffed.
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over 12 years ago

If NZF are going to charter a plane to get us(and opposition) to NZ then it will probably fly Central America to USA( LA) and then to NZ.

If the idea is to minimise the travel time then its more likely that the match will be in Auckland. On account of Wellingtons airport being too ferkin small for a big jet to fly into. If they come to Wellington it will mean transiting in Auckland and then getting two squads of 25+ each down to Wellington. Maybe they have delayed because they are still working on the charter plane deal.


Just a theory.


Personally I think offering the CONCACAF playoff opposition seats on our charter plane is the dumbest thing I have ever heard of. Talk about giving your opposition an easy break. Our one big advantage for the second leg would have been if the opposition had to spend half of the 3 or 4 days sitting in airports, transiting on commercial flights getting to NZ. The way it is going now NZ will have to fly up there for the first leg, get adjusted to local conditions while the opposition relax in their buildup. Then we have to turn around and fly back and have offered our opposition a no stress journey back to NZ. OK NZF is trying to save money....but duh! We are not giving ourselves the best chance. No way would Australia give these suckers a break.


Why doesn't NZF talk to the Govt about chartering the NZ airforces Boeing. Its normally used for VIP's etc. Considering the Govt gave the Americas Cup team a $35 million dollar handout the least they could do would be to  give NZF a cheap rate for the plane. Also what about trying to get sponsors on board to help with the charter....I know a couple of businessmen who are spewing that we might give the CONCACAF team an easy ride to NZ.


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over 12 years ago

Quality Austin. Agree with what you said

Grumpy old bastard alert

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over 12 years ago
aitkenmike wrote:
DMC-4-3 wrote:
Jerzy Merino wrote:
DMC-4-3 wrote:

Play the game in Auckland where NZF can get more seats = more money. If the All Whites fail you can blame where the game was held.

Seriously though we are not going to Brazil 2014, So might as well cash in why'll it last. 

 

A true supporter speaks. Time you emigrated mate.

Guess you haven't watched the U20 lately, Unless you truly believe Herbert can/has mastered football ugly where you don't need to put two passers together the yeah I,ll believe in that = NOT!.


We're playing our U20's in the World Cup playoff's?  You're right, we are stuffed.

Well those U20 players should be there for Herbert to use if some of the senior squad retire/suspended/injured or more importantly a tactical change. Besides Boyd and Fenton the rest (U20 side) are just crud.



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over 12 years ago

Are we really having the opposition on our flight back? That's madness!

Nice point about use of the Airforce B757. That would be sweet and it can fly into Wellington should we get the nod to host. I assume it wouldn't be allowed though.

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over 12 years ago

We could say our team is hostage in wherever and see if Richard Branson will hook us up (on the back of relaunching Virgin in NZ).

E + R + O

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over 12 years ago

Why would we do anything to make life easy for the opposition. If it is hard for them to get from Akld to Welly, point them in the Direction of Avis to hire a couple of Mini Buses. I know we are supposed to be a hospitable bunch but It should not extend to chartering frigging planes that they can thumb a lift on!

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over 12 years ago


For those interested Fanatics tours have released their starting package deals for Brazil following OZ. Flights to and from Brazil aswell as internal flights to games aren't included but they will have packages for them to come after the draw is made.

not too bad, something to go off if anyone is contemplating costs etc....

 http://www.thefanatics.com/fifa_world_cup/follow-australia/follow-australia

 

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over 12 years ago

Yeah would've thought that was another bonus for Wellington, it can be a pain to get to and whoever we end up playing won't have long to sort it. The pilot that flew Bahrain in here, came to visit the airport twice in the lead up. That would be difficult with only a months notice.

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over 12 years ago


can we win by default?

 

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over 12 years ago

We could if a condition for a default result was applicable.  

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over 12 years ago

Decision was meant to be this month right? It's now the 30th and I'm reading to book flights. $70 return to Wgton from Chch at the moment. Come on!

I let my guitar speak for me

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