Heard we're on a charter flight tomorrow out of Wellington to Sydney...
I assume we have been given an exemption to avoid hotel quarantine? There was talk that we could wait until 1st November as that requirement ends then.
All players and staff double vaccinated and coming from a city with no Covid cases for a week or two?? - yes surely an exemption is possible.
NSW with its new bullish Premier, Aus state in currently greatest hurry to ‘open up’
If that’s the case, might there be a chance Hay could call up NSW-based A League for the November window. First round is after the window closes, and Sydney is hosting Socceroos vs Saudi so they’re obviously happy enough for footballers to come and go.
Be a massive boost for the eventual qualifiers to get the A League guys in as early as possible. Barbarouses hasn’t worked with Hay at all and last played for the All Whites in the game in Lima 4 years ago, but also gauging guys like Payne, Sail and even the Olympic guys at senior level. I read stuff saying they probably won’t be looked at until March, but that might’ve been before the NSW rule changes so could be different now.
Mooted AWs games in Jan a better prospect. SFC (Barbs), Mariners (Roux) and Nix (take your pick) unlikely to be happy to lose their players for 7 days plus the long return flight, a week before A League kicks off.
Hay might try run some sort of short AWs camp for A League players once TT bubble opens up if there is any small window, prior Jan FIFA window.