Will any team want the All Whites in a Friendly?

Now the drasw has been made, has it increased the chances of some team wanting to play

the all whites in a friendly? Or is this just wishful thinking/

No

And we woukdnt wanna play anyone in their group either - hammered

iran might

nah, they'd be too scared siggy would injure them - face it the AW's will get nothing out of this world cup.....

actually thinking about it don't we need a coach first?

While we have no manager maybe one of the following might be keen given that they are up against Aussie: Spain, the Netherlands, Chile

Chile is near NZ so maybe that could be the one that happens, obviously in Chile though.

It's surprising, but World Cup finalists will often play smaller countries on the eve of the Finals.

After all, we played Brazil in their last warm-up before the 2006 World Cup in Geneva, 6 June 2006.

They were preparing for their group game against Australia. And the score against Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaka etc. wasn't too embarrassing -  4-0, considering our team wasn't as good then as a few years later in 2009-10. We could field a stronger XI next year. 

NZ line-up: 

Glenn Moss, David Mulligan, Kris Bouckenooghe, Steven Old, Danny Hay, Ivan Vicelich, Noah Hickey, Jeremy Christie, Leo Bertos, Vaughan  Coveny, Chris Killen 

 (Subs used: Che Bunce, Jarrod Smith, Tim Brown, Jeremy Brockie, Raffaele De Gregorio, Chris James)

Brazil line-up: started their strongest line-up. Subs, apart from Robinho for Ronaldo at half-time, only on from 65 mins , 75 mins:

Nelson Dida, Marcus Cafu, Juan, Lucio, Roberto Carlos, Kaka, Emerson, Ronaldinho, Ze Roberto, Luiz Ronaldo, Adriano

(subs used: Robinho, Gilberto, Gilberto Silva, Juninho, Luis Ricardinho,  Cicinho)

Brazil hammered a Lucerne XI 8-0 in their previous game.

So actually the Netherlands, Spain or Chile are possibilities...

I knew Clem Khaiseb from Namibia who was one of the leading strikers in our national league in the mid-1990's for Christchurch (his 100 m. sprint time was a world-class 10 seconds - a World Student Games athlete for Namibia). He was studying at Lincoln.

His form here earned him a call-up to the Namibian national team where he played in games for a couple of years.

He was part of the Namibian team which Saudi Arabia contracted to act as their warm-up opponents in camp in France on the eve of the 1998 Finals. They played the Saudis in about three games behind closed doors. A weaker African football country.

Sometimes you just have to be available and strike it lucky....

Many countries (including England) are basing themselves in North America on the eve of the Finals - so it might be possible to get games there.

I recall watching the All Whites take on Oz at Fulham before the 2006 WC. Was a v good game, no hoof-ball, played on the ground. Even Steven Old looked like a footballer. Shame Oz won't want to play us again before taking on Spain,Holland, Chile. Wonder why? We could always 'pretend' to be -

a) Spain (with Ramon Trib/Declan as acting temp. manager) with the All Whites instructed to play tika taka only with no shooting.

b) Holland (with Ricki/P Marshall ditto) with the All Whites instructed to park bus, bite ankles, elbow chins, dive, squeal, swear, feign injury, etc.

c) Chile (with Ernie/N Emblen ditto) with the All Whites instructed to mix a & b plus be as unpredictable as poss i.e. run around like headless chickens, i.e play their normal game.

Some international team wants us anyway - pretty intrigued - will it be a World Cup Finalist or a fellow team that failed to qualify and is lacking games? I'm picking Chile wanting to prepare for playing Australia since we have had a relationship with their FA for twenty years, last playing them in a friendly in June 2010 in South Africa, with their Olympic side playing here 2008, both their senior and Olympic sides visiting Auckland for games c. 2000 and us playing in their FA's Centennial Tournament in Chile 1995 etc.

I remember the Football Kingz playing Chile's Olympic side in Auckland in a televised game on the eve of the 2000 Sydney Olympics with over-age player the legendary Ivan Zamorano scoring in a 1-0 win. Very tight game & one of the Kingz' finest moments. 

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#AllWhites 2014 international friendly announcement tomorrow night. Who do you think our opponent could be? pic.twitter.com/VcDBB10zUP

Yeah I would pick Chile too although Wanganui under nines seem like a good choice atm...

Keep it in here please...

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