Because the All Whites don't pay his wages. Because the All Whites are run by a bunch of numpties. Because he can't be arsed. Lots of reasons.
Well then simple: he never should have committed to international football in the first place. Why commit if he's just going to let us down? He's barely a New Zealander anyway tbh.
All I'm saying is that there are so many players out there that would proudly wear the All Whites shirt and that if you look at other footballers, some Kiwis some not, a lot of them that play international football have pride in the shirt and give their all each and every time they play for their national team.
So goodbye Tommy Smith, and I hope Hudson doesn't backpedal and select him for the inter-confederation playoffs. Keep to your word and make an example out of him to other Kiwis who barely give a crap about international football. If you don't care, don't play.
Wow. Simplistic Explanations 101. Wonder if people would be saying the same thing if Ryan Nelsen had decided to stay away from the AWs post-2003 Confeds Cup/2004 ONC?
Maybe this is just the natural conclusion to a series of unfortunate events from both sides?