Until our mentality doesn't change, nothing will.
The way to go for NZ Football from here:
Start to play more offensively minded football, string some passes together and don't just defend for 90 mins.
We might still lose games, but perhaps we'll look a bit better
This is the same issue that was hotly debated in Australian football during the Pim Verbeek - Holger Osieck era.
Some pundits, notably Craig Foster, even called the defensive/cautious mindset "un-Australian". This era seems to be ending with the wipeouts against France and Brazil, and the subsequent appointment of Ange Postecoglou as the new NT coach.
Could the Azteca Agony be our own watershed a well? I, for one, hope so.