AV sums it up.
I'd say not only playing but scoring regularly. That hasn't nappened since Wood was banging them in at Burnley, in the 2020/21 season.
We also need Singh fit.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/130913352/all-whites-forward-ben-waines-plymouth-argyle-move-makes-him-one-to-follow-closely
Much has been made of the national men’s football team’s failure to score in any of their last five matches, including the playoff for a place at the 2022 World Cup against Costa Rica in June.
The appointment of a new coach, due any day now, won’t be a panacea as far as that is concerned.
I'd say not only playing but scoring regularly. That hasn't nappened since Wood was banging them in at Burnley, in the 2020/21 season.
We also need Singh fit.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/130913352/all-whites-forward-ben-waines-plymouth-argyle-move-makes-him-one-to-follow-closely
Much has been made of the national men’s football team’s failure to score in any of their last five matches, including the playoff for a place at the 2022 World Cup against Costa Rica in June.
The appointment of a new coach, due any day now, won’t be a panacea as far as that is concerned.
More than anything former coach Danny Hay did, the goal drought was the product of poor finishing and more generally, poor decision-making in the final third.
Those flaws can only be fixed by getting the country’s attacking players playing regularly at higher levels of club football.
Even if he (Waine) only becomes a regular scorer in third-tier League One or the second-tier Championship, which Plymouth are on track to be promoted to, it will be a massive boost for the All Whites.
Even if he (Waine) only becomes a regular scorer in third-tier League One or the second-tier Championship, which Plymouth are on track to be promoted to, it will be a massive boost for the All Whites.
As things stand, Alex Greive is the only young Kiwi forward regularly finding the back of the net at a decent level in Europe, having scored five times in 29 matches for St Mirren in the Scottish Premiership.