Belarus 1 nil up 47th minute
Corner played short to the corner of the 18, first time lob to the back post where Smeltz was trying to mark two and bundled in.
All Whites v Belarus | Tues 13th June | 3:50am | Minsk | SS2
50th min
Tuiloma on for Themi (fitness perhaps?)
Patterson on for Thomas
It's like an NZFC crowd there
It feels like we are going to concede every single corner!
we are getting bossed
Belarus are streaming straight through us like a 3 day old curry
Playing worse in this 2nd half. Coach has no idea.
This is the Belarus B team. NZ not looking good. If teams press us, we are in trouble
It's like an NZFC crowd there
that seems fitting coz we look like a NZFC side...
If we are going to play like this in the Confederations Cup, then it will be a huge embarrassment
good save, shark defending
Only been watching since 30mins in but this midfield is a joke. Rojas and Thomas are both clearly natural wingers and probably would be our most likely to create chances for Wood but they're wasted in the middle. The 5-3-2 might be great for bus parking but it doesn't really tally well with the fact that wingers are one of our strengths. No wonder we resort to long balls constantly.
is this as bad as it is sounding?
It's like an NZFC crowd there
that seems fitting coz we look like a NZFC side...
TeeDubs and ACFC would probably dispatch us easily on this form
is this as bad as it is sounding?
No, it's worse
Joke of a game to watch.
It's like an NZFC crowd there
that seems fitting coz we look like a NZFC side...
TeeDubs and ACFC would probably dispatch us easily on this form
Comment of the game!
Joke of a game to watch.
we are offering nothing going forward and nothing in the middle of the park...
Good practice for Marinovic
Wow close to scoring then.
painfully, we almost created a chance
Only been watching since 30mins in but this midfield is a joke. Rojas and Thomas are both clearly natural wingers and probably would be our most likely to create chances for Wood but they're wasted in the middle. The 5-3-2 might be great for bus parking but it doesn't really tally well with the fact that wingers are one of our strengths. No wonder we resort to long balls constantly.
This. I have the feeling that with the 5-3-2 it doesn't matter if Rojas and Thomas play as central midfielders, offensive mids or centre forwards, they are just wasted anyway. And also, how is Tuiloma not a starter? He's the only genuine DM we have, and vital to our slim chances of not getting totally thrashed in the Confeds
Only been watching since 30mins in but this midfield is a joke. Rojas and Thomas are both clearly natural wingers and probably would be our most likely to create chances for Wood but they're wasted in the middle. The 5-3-2 might be great for bus parking but it doesn't really tally well with the fact that wingers are one of our strengths. No wonder we resort to long balls constantly.
This. I have the feeling that with the 5-3-2 it doesn't matter if Rojas and Thomas play as central midfielders, offensive mids or centre forwards, they are just wasted anyway. And also, how is Tuiloma not a starter? He's the only genuine DM we have, and vital to our slim chances of not getting totally thrashed in the Confeds
I think at the very least our midfield needs to have one of Tuiloma or Themi in it at all times or else it's just too lightweight
well that sucked and now I'm terrified for what is about to come.
Hudson has to go. What a mess of a team the Confed Cup games are going to be a horror to watch unless a mircal happens.
LOL before this friendlies I was expecting us to get a draw or even a win at the Confeds, now I'm scared of thinking how many goals we are going to concede
The midfield needs more than weemac and a couple of wingbacks and wingers. It will be interesting to see Hudson's after match spin..
I think we need to resort back to 4-4-2. I would like to see Ingham playing over colvey and some steel in midfield. Barbar or Rojas playing close to Wood.
Another poor performance which will be glossed over with statements about building to the Confeds and how it was only a narrow loss to quality European opposition and blah blah blah.
Can we accept now that the games against the US and Mexico were anomalies and not actually indicative of some Hudson master plan coming together?
I got up early to watch that?!
My positive spin on it is that Hudson didn't want to show our hand to the Russians. We deliberately played without the ball so they couldn't see what we would do.
Wow close to scoring then.
Ricki must be laughing his arse off
sigh
My positive spin on it is that Hudson didn't want to show our hand to the Russians. We deliberately played without the ball so they couldn't see what we would do.
5-3-1-1 Let's go.
hmmm, the official match report media release from NZF is a bit different from what I'm reading on here...
hmmm, the official match report media release from NZF is a bit different from what I'm reading on here...
Sounds like I'm lucky that I fell asleep at half time.
My positive spin on it is that Hudson didn't want to show our hand to the Russians. We deliberately played without the ball so they couldn't see what we would do.
You're in dream land my friend