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Posted January 29, 2025 00:48 · last edited January 29, 2025 01:00

The Island "club" teams, must just end up de facto National teams. I mean they all have very few national team players based overseas. They will definitely be competitive against any Aus NPL teams or franchises in the Islands. Same against Auckland City or whoever joins in from NZ. AC have often just squeaked through the OFC Champions League in recent times in the Islands. Oven like Honiara is always a brutal place to play a game of football.

Yeah they will struggle more in Aussie and NZ, but they will definitely improve with time as their players move from catching fish as a day job to professional footballer. Plus benefit from all that FIFA dosh going into top class training facilities, gyms, high level coaching etc etc.

Presumably all the teams will also have visa spots. So you get a few Kiwis & Aussies in the Island teams, or even a few experienced dudes from Europe or Sth America looking for an adventure. They raise the standards.

It will be the opposite of isolating OFC footballers. Finally giving them a pathway in their backyard, to the ALM or even Europe. But again only the very best. However finally they see a pathway.

Without the Nix existing, the All Whites don't qualify for Sth Africa 2010. Hard to see it happening now, but OFC and maybe FIFA want to see 2 teams from OFC qualify for 48 teams WCs. Without this league, zero chance of that ever happening. And the league kicking off, definitely locks in OFC's 11 votes at FIFA re election time for Infantino.

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Unknown editor edited January 29, 2025 01:00
The Island "club" teams, must just end up de facto National teams. I mean they all have very few national team players based overseas. They will definitely be competitive against any Aus NPL teams or franchises in the Islands. Same against Auckland City or whoever joins in from NZ. AC have often just squeaked through the OFC Champions League in recent times in the Islands. Oven like Honiara is always a brutal place to play a game of football.

Yeah they will struggle more in Aussie and NZ, but they will definitely improve with time as their players move from catching fish as a day job to professional footballer. Plus benefit from all that FIFA dosh going into top class training facilities, gyms, high level coaching etc etc.

Presumably all the teams will also have visa spots. So you get a few Kiwis & Aussies in the Island teams, or even a few experienced dudes from Europe or Sth America looking for an adventure. They raise the standards.

It will be the opposite of isolating OFC footballers. Finally giving them a pathway in their backyard, to the ALM or even Europe. But again only the very best. However finally they see a pathway.

Without the Nix existing, the All Whites don't qualify for Sth Africa 2010. Hard to see it happening now, but OFC and maybe FIFA want to see 2 teams from OFC qualify for 48 teams WCs. Without this league, zero chance of that ever happening. And the league kicking off, definitely locks in OFC's 10 votes at FIFA re election time for Infantino.
Unknown editor edited January 29, 2025 00:59
The Island "club" teams, must just end up de facto National teams. I mean they all have very few national team players based overseas. They will definitely be competitive against any Aus NPL teams or franchises in the Islands. Same against Auckland City or whoever joins in from NZ. AC have often just squeaked through the OFC Champions League in recent times in the Islands. Oven like Honiara is always a brutal place to play a game of football.

Yeah they will struggle more in Aussie and NZ, but they will definitely improve with time as their players move from catching fish as a day job to professional footballer. Plus benefit from all that FIFA dosh going into top class training facilities, gyms, high level coaching etc etc.

Presumably all the teams will also have visa spots. So you get a few Kiwis & Aussies in the Island teams, or even a few experienced dudes from Europe or Sth America looking for an adventure. They raise the standards.

It will be the opposite of isolating OFC footballers. Finally giving them a pathway in their backyard, to the ALM or even Europe. But again only the very best. However finally they see a pathway.
Unknown editor edited January 29, 2025 00:54
The Island "club" teams, must just end up de facto National teams. I mean they all have very few national team players based overseas. They will definitely be competitive against any Aus NPL teams or franchises in the Islands. Same against Auckland City or whoever joins in from NZ. AC have often just squeaked through the OFC Champions League in recent times in the Islands. Oven like Honiara is always a brutal place to play a game of football.

Yeah they will struggle more in Aussie and NZ, but they will definitely improve with time as their players move from catching fish as a day job to professional footballer. Plus benefit from all that FIFA dosh going into top class training facilities, gyms, high level coaching etc etc.

Presumably all the teams will also have visa spots. So you get a few Kiwis & Aussies in the Island teams, or even a few experienced dudes from Europe or Sth America looking for an adventure. They raise the standards.
Unknown editor edited January 29, 2025 00:52
The Island "club" teams, must just end up de facto National teams. I mean they all have very few national team players based overseas. They will definitely be competitive against any Aus NPL teams or franchises in the Islands. Same against Auckland City or whoever joins in from NZ. AC have often just squeaked through the OFC Champions League in recent times in the Islands.

Yeah they will struggle more in Aussie and NZ, but they will definitely improve with time as their players move from catching fish as a day job to professional footballer. Plus benefit from all that FIFA dosh going into top class training facilities, gyms, high level coaching etc etc.

Presumably all the teams will also have visa spots. So you get a few Kiwis & Aussies in the Island teams, or even a few experienced dudes from Europe or Sth America looking for an adventure. They raise the standards.
Unknown editor edited January 29, 2025 00:51
The Island "club" teams, must just end up de facto National teams. I mean they all have very few national team players based overseas. They will definitely be competitive against any Aus NPL teams or franchises in the Islands. Same against Auckland City or whoever joins in from NZ. AC have often just squeaked through the OFC Champions League in recent times in the Islands.

Yeah they will struggle more in Aussie and NZ, but they will definitely improve with time as their players move from catching fish as a day job to professional footballer. Plus benefit from all that FIFA dosh going into top class training facilities, gyms, high level coaching etc etc.

Presumably all the teams will also have visa spots. So you get a few Kiwis & Aussies in the Island teams, or even a few dudes from Europe or Sth America looking fgor an adventure. They raise the standards.
Unknown editor edited January 29, 2025 00:50
The Island "club" teams, must just end up de facto National teams. I mean they all have very few national team players based overseas. They will definitely be competitive against any Aus NPL teams or franchises in the Islands. Same against Auckland City or whoever joins in from NZ. AC have often just squeaked through the OFC Champions League in recent times in the Islands.

Yeah they will struggle more in Aussie and NZ, but they will definitely improve with time as their players move from catching fish as a day job to professional footballer. Plus benefit from all that FIFA dosh going into top class training facilities, gyms, high level coaching etc etc.