We keep hearing how NZF must put a programme in place for the All Whites in the lead up to the ONC, then Confeds Cup, then World Cup.
True, but it will be expensive which means two other things MUST happen:
1. Public support for home games. We simply can't afford to be bringing teams to NZ to play in front of only 10-12,000 people. The NZ public needs to turn out for any home games, regardless of the opposition.
2. The players have to make themselves available. The investment is in them so they have to be available to make it worthwhile. And it's the games in NZ in particular (the most difficult games for the Euro based players to get to) that they must front up for (see point 1).
My point is this can't all be on NZF. The players, the public and NZF all need to work together to make a programme worthwhile.