Winston Reid (Unattached FC)
Yeah it's a great hit, but i'm surprised it wasn't whistled up for a foul on the keeper.
Very good goal, took it well ,no foul on the keeper ,you can see that from the camera angle that's taken from behind the goalkeeper!
Interesting how the commentator changed nationality during the clip as well !
Well, the Jamaica game will probably lead to a change in the backline shape (Ricki himself has said that the back 3 time may be over), and gave Ricki the opportunity to see how some of the younger players in the squad look when called upon to be the leading lights of the team.
In essence, the game (combined with the other friendlies over the last 18 months) has turned up some lessons that hopefully the team management will learn from, and put the All Whites in better shape to qualify for the World Cup.
Yes you idiot.
Well, the Jamaica game will probably lead to a change in the backline shape (Ricki himself has said that the back 3 time may be over), and gave Ricki the opportunity to see how some of the younger players in the squad look when called upon to be the leading lights of the team.
In essence, the game (combined with the other friendlies over the last 18 months) has turned up some lessons that hopefully the team management will learn from, and put the All Whites in better shape to qualify for the World Cup.
Big Sam having a tanty in his column in todays Evening Standard (half way down)
"I want to �Reid� riot act to Kiwis
I have a great deal of respect and admiration for New Zealand after their achievement of reaching the last World Cup.
I know a lot about them because my player liaison officer from Blackburn, Matt Hockin, went with them to South Africa to help and their captain was Ryan Nelsen, who was my skipper for a time at Ewood Park.
They must have made enough money out of that adventure to last them a lifetime so I would ask them: why drag my player Winston Reid 23 hours on a plane to face Jamaica in a tin?pot friendly and put his career at risk?
Most of these friendless are arranged to keep the revenue streams flowing but they had just made enough money to keep them going for 10 years.
If it was a qualifying game then no argument but a meaningless friendly?
In the event, Winston sustained some concussion, we�ve missed him for a couple of games and now I�m desperate for cover and the loan system is the only process available to me.
I would say they were very selfish. The bottom line is that we pay the player, not the New Zealand Football Association, and it�s unfair that an asset of that size is put on the line in a friendly like this, when we are the ones who pay the consequences."
It has been repeatedly pointed out here that there is very few international windows in a four-year cycle which New Zealand can use to play decent opposition in a friendly.
I have a great deal of respect and admiration for New Zealand after their achievement of reaching the last World Cup.
I
know a lot about them because my player liaison officer from Blackburn,
Matt Hockin, went with them to South Africa to help and their captain
was Ryan Nelsen, who was my skipper for a time at Ewood Park.
They
must have made enough money out of that adventure to last them a
lifetime so I would ask them: why drag my player Winston Reid 23 hours
on a plane to face Jamaica in a tin?pot friendly and put his career at
risk?
Most of these friendless are arranged to keep the revenue
streams flowing but they had just made enough money to keep them going
for 10 years.
If it was a qualifying game then no argument but a meaningless friendly?
In
the event, Winston sustained some concussion, we�ve missed him for a
couple of games and now I�m desperate for cover and the loan system is
the only process available to me.
I would say they were very
selfish. The bottom line is that we pay the player, not the New Zealand
Football Association, and it�s unfair that an asset of that size is put
on the line in a friendly like this, when we are the ones who pay the
consequences."
Bottom line - you sign an international player, you have to live with this. So deal with it.
It has been repeatedly pointed out here that there is very few international windows in a four-year cycle which New Zealand can use to play decent opposition in a friendly.
Well, professional athletes put their careers on the line every time they step on the field, that's the nature of the job.
You're probably right on the second point, but our team could well be different too.
why put a professional sportsperson in a situation that can damage his career when there is no actual benefit for him?
What, asking a professional sportsperson to do what he does for a living is a situation that can potentially damage his career?
And of course there's a benefit to him, without his international appearances for New Zealand it would have been difficult for him to get a work permit in the UK. Plus, being an international gives him more leverage in contract negotiations, since players with such experience can use it to get higher wages/bonuses than they would have otherwise been able to get without such experience.
Well, professional athletes put their careers on the line every time they step on the field, that's the nature of the job.
You're probably right on the second point, but our team could well be different too.
why put a professional sportsperson in a situation that can damage his career when there is no actual benefit for him?
What, asking a professional sportsperson to do what he does for a living is a situation that can potentially damage his career?
And of course there's a benefit to him, without his international appearances for New Zealand it would have been difficult for him to get a work permit in the UK. Plus, being an international gives him more leverage in contract negotiations, since players with such experience can use it to get higher wages/bonuses than they would have otherwise been able to get without such experience.
Plus, being an international gives him more leverage in contract negotiations, since players with such experience can use it to get higher wages/bonuses than they would have otherwise been able to get without such experience.
It's actually quite important to have the players play together as often as possible so that when the big games come around we're not looking like a bunch of muppets for whom it takes 45 minutes just to figure out what they're supposed to be doing on the field. I mean, the All Whites have played 6 games since the World Cup, Jamaica (and any other potential play-off opponent) have probably played that many in the last 5-6 months. And that's a massive advantage to concede from the start.
Or, "Hi, I was part of the team that went undefeated at the last World Cup, played every minute in the backline that only conceded one goal from open play in 270 minutes of football, and scored a vital equalising goal in stoppage time in that same tournament, and all this at the age of 22. So you're not signing any run-of-the-mill 22-year old here."el grapadura2012-03-10 12:44:29
why put a professional sportsperson in a situation that can damage his career when there is no actual benefit for him?
What, asking a professional sportsperson to do what he does for a living is a situation that can potentially damage his career?
And of course there's a benefit to him, without his international appearances for New Zealand it would have been difficult for him to get a work permit in the UK. Plus, being an international gives him more leverage in contract negotiations, since players with such experience can use it to get higher wages/bonuses than they would have otherwise been able to get without such experience.
Well, it's a requirement in England when signing non-EU players that they had played in 75% games for their international team in a set period. So those caps he got playing for New Zealand in 2010 certainly helped him a long way to getting the work permit to play in England.
Or, "Hi, I was part of the team that went undefeated at the last World Cup, played every minute in the backline that only conceded one goal from open play in 270 minutes of football, and scored a vital equalising goal in stoppage time in that same tournament, and all this at the age of 22. So you're not signing any run-of-the-mill 22-year old here."