Vs Mexico 1st Leg Thurs 14th 9:30am SS2

When NZF confirm it on their website, then I'll buy it. NZF work 10-2 so having it confirmed at 6:30am when they are asleep at the best of time.

Yup I read that as well and again, when do NZF ever work at 6:30am to confirm anything? They can't even answer a bloody fax!

West Ham United confirm Reid injured:

So isntead of direct qualification to a 40 nation WC, this is how most of you want us to qualify? 9 players on the verge of missing games due to yellow cards, not enough depth to cover players like Reid when theyre injured, and a game against a shit house Mexico side - if we lose we cant even say "hey at least we got to see Chicharito play" in wellington. Shame on all of you.

F!@K!

Conspiracy!! 

What are the TAB odds for Mexico and does anyone want to lend me $10k ?

Screwed now.

Before this we were fucked. Now we are properly fucked.

On the up shot, at least we'll get to see some attacking football! Surely with our defence now basically non existent RH will focus on scoring more goals than Mexico?...:)

Radio Sport bulletin this morning said he was, and I quote, "chopped down from behind at training by a team mate". Pretty sure that was the exact wording used or very close to it.

What's the chance Big Sam kitted up for a wee kick round with the lads at training and then thought fuck you NZF and did a job on Reid...
(joking)

since Wood and Smith were probably going to hitch a ride with Reid, are they out too? 

HN I'll loan you 10k at 100% interest...

Did reid deck the player?

So what does ricky do now? 3-4-3 with Siggy? Think we'd get slaughtered with that.

Would much rather see a 4-5-1 with Roux at right back.

Couldn't we put Ivan at the back?

As Captain?

Then who's your other CM?

Ivan is too slow to play CB against Mexico. It's got to be a back 4 or we may as well save the airfares and not turn up. But I reckon Ricki will stick with a back 3 cos he's a stubborn b*stard

Hasn't Reid always been average for the AWs anyway

Excuse my ignorance, but are we allowed to call up an extra player into the squad in light of the injury?

Reid ankle's injury, is this something that when he is left out of the all whites team, that west ham will say "Its not as bad as we first thought. and we will play him"   and will van hattum just shrug his shoulders and say "well that happens"

Nelsen?

He said he would be happy to take a phone call from MZF

I was wondering that aswell.. has to be Fitzgerald or Keat.... but knowing Herbert he'd call up Butler

For god's sake get Fitzgerald in Ricki you prick!

Is eh officially out? Stuff's webpage says he is

"Im devastated bout missing the games with country n club but these things happen some times"

Winston Reid

Confirmed by nzf http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=11&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2618&tx_ttnews[backPid]=10&cHash=8e585ab240

Ricki is now looking into an urgent fast tracking of Lia into the squad, given the eligibility of that Argentinian u20 international playing for Mexico.

So do we look at this

              Moss

Roux Durante Smith Lochhead

 Bertos  Ivan McGlinchy ????

     Wood   ????

The LM ??? Could be Kosta for attacking or Tuiloma (he is left footed). That give a strong defensive line up with Ricki going to use Bertos as a defensive option and now we have Roux behind him. Lochhead... well you stick a left footer in front of him too.

The attacking ??? could be Kosta or Brockie...

OR

Do you play a 4-4-1-1 and put James alongside Ivan (you bet it will be Christie now) and play McGlinchy as a lone forward 10 and Wood in front of him.

Its not a terrible line up as long as its a 4-4-2 or similar. 3-4-3 will get slaughtered though.

Brazil 2014 ?

Goodnight sweet prince.

Herbert says we will raise to the occasion, if we didnt raise to the occasion against New Caledonia on a God forskaen island, we are not going to do it against Mexico, I see the tab has taken all bets down also on the match also, there is nothing on the game on their webpage.

Ricki "they fear us" Herbert.