Daniel - 100 not out

With Ryan Griffiths and Ali Abbas in the squad they know about players who don't do any forward defending.

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You are probably right Paul

What position does Keat play? I think Boxall has a future at the CB for us. Boyens scares me a lot. I think Boxall has a bit more football skill that SigmUnd but none of his tenacity. Was I imagining it or did I read something about 2-3 weeks ago about some guy with a possible Kiwi link that might be a CB that was decent.

Back to Daniel I think it depends on where you view the All Whites cycle to how useful Daniel is. Ricki has said he needs to start developing the next tier for Brazil so that really does rule out Daniel when you look at the possible players that Ricki would want to give game time to in the white shirt to see if they can play. If he views it as just 'f**k it, we need to get to Brazil, I'm taking the best and damn the future' then yes, I think he plays a role. Its is probably a bit irresponsible to not develop the future and its not necessarily his brief either (u17, u20, Olys) but going to Brazil buys NZF so much if we get a major windfall 4 years in a row. That gives us the power to really develop our game. Again though looking at the current team, we are not short on experience and we do have a nice blend or youth vs age.

Another assist to Daniel, AND a game winning assist at that too! Thank goodness The Donkey got on the end of it!

wish Daniel had started we looed so much better once he got on!

It's important to loo well, too. Otherwise you can get nasty stains on the back of your shorts. Van Dyk loos well...

I am pretty sure Daniel won't snob the supporters for his 100th match the way The Donkey did.

There appears to be some debate about whether he has now played 98 or 99 games. Researching this... This page suggests Gold Coast was 99.   bwtcf2012-01-16 10:00:04

Piney said last night was 99 (I asked via twitter). I'm not saying this is right or wrong, simply relaying what he replied.

What happened to the Daniel fan club and that huge banner?

There were some suggestions last night Daniel was overlooked in the subs for something he might be doing to/with Ricki's wife.

Too far?

Just spoke to the Cultural Section of the Embassy of Brazil. My contact there is going to see what they can do about:

Just a heads up, national flags are banned by the FFA, so it depends on whether security do their jobs properly or not as to whether the flags get confiscated or not.

Hmmm.

bwtcf2012-01-16 11:28:25

As an extention of this there is someone in the Security crew at the stadium who have read the FFA rule book and are adhering to it by the letter of the law. 

A black out?

They did this to stop me stalking them apparently.

Call Westpac and ask for the new numbers

National flags are banned?

Pathetic.

Not all National flags are banned. bwtcf2012-01-16 12:26:52

The Brazilian Embassy have 4 2 metre by 1 metre Brazilian flags they are willing to lend me for the game.

LOL Junior.

Jesus you don't f**k about do you.

We're not here to f**k spiders, Jeff.

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OHHHHHHHHH DADDIO!!!!!

I just got an email saying the club ha just got the okay from the FFA to allow Brazilian flags into the game on the 29th as a tribute to Daniel!

Fan-bloody-tastic!!! IT'S APPROVED!

Final details of arrangments for the day yet to be finalised, but likely to involve people with Brazilian flags needing to get to the ground early to get them checked through security (similar to how the Yellow Army flags need to get through the gate to the right hand side of the entrance I imagine...)

I will talk to my contact at the Brasilian Embassy tomorrow to sort out picking up the four they have. I also have a 5th one being sent down from Auckland... and it's signed by Gustavo Kuerten.

BOO-YAH!!!

Big thankyous to Hard News and David at the Phoenix for their help in getting FFA approval for this, and to Karina at the Cultural Section of the Brasilian Embassy for organising the 4 flags for me.

PM me if you have a Brasilian flag and can bring it, or loan it to me, for the game against the Heart on the 29th. Let's get as many Brazilian flags as we can find along to the game for Daniel's 100th game celebnration!

Great work bwtcf, and great work from everyone involved, especially with how quickly it all got organised.

Hmm, I may be able to organise one in support too, along with my full body wax.

Some picanha and feijoada at the BB would be awesome too.

Brasilian theme at the BB...? Nice idea...

Caipirinhas all round. Ole!

I know a guy who makes a mean caipirinha.

Lives in Auckland though.

Tell him to come down...

Be careful what you say, Daniel is happily married with two kids.

Married with two kids - isn't that illegal and morally wrong?

The Oficial Daniel fan club has always and still resides in Aisle 12. The one with the big banner is no longer doing their thing. I think they might now be sitting around in Aisle 10 or Aisle 15

Awesome stuff, looking forward to this.