while I happy that Musa has come in, I just struggle to understand how he has suddenly leapfrog Brotherton and Adams etc that have previously kept him out of the squad. Has he suddenly become a better player in the last 6 months... Anyway think he desevres his chance i hope he makes the most of it.
Seems to me that Hudson just forgot about Musa and now that he sees some guy from NZ sign to the MLS, he conveniently remembers about him and people applaud him on his excellent choice of callup
I think it's reasonable for a national team manager to rely on the judgement of club managers i.e. if someone in the MLS is prepared to pay Musa to play first team football then Hudson can use that as a barometer of his progress. It's pretty hard to keep track of a lot of guys who are playing in the lower leagues when you can't go and watch them live all the time
I thought that's what Hudson was paid to do - keep a track on all prospective NZ players. Even if he can't watch them live NZF must have a VHS machine they can fire up when the fax is not being used
Aren't most of these games in the States streamed? How many players does he realistically need to keep track of. I think Musa has been hard done by to not be involved considering some of the others that have been there instead of him.
Disagree. He only became eligible for AWs late last year. So he has missed Fiji games (when he would have been out of season & possibly low on fitness) plus Confeds buildup and Confeds tourney proper (when he would have missed a host of USL games if part of the AWs, which then could possibly have harmed his prospects of getting a MLS contract, as Kansas City were obviously watching his progress at USL level closely).
Whether by design or accident think the timing is just about perfect for Musa to be back in AWs squad.