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Much to my delight, New Zealand have made it to the World Cup along with Australia. The large underdogs pulled through against all odds and the home advantage seems to have paid off.
Apologies are due now, as many months ago I predicted New Zealand would make the World Cup, and even the score that they would qualify by.
Everyone on The Roar ripped apart my optimism, but guess what? I WAS RIGHT!
Now, I’m not going to make any ridiculous predictions for their World Cup performance, but it will be a very big stretch for New Zealand to even make it out of the group stages.
Good luck to them though, hopefully Australia and New Zealand will meet at some stage.
Bertos, Smeltz and Killen all had good games, and those three will be pivotal in the World Cup if New Zealand is to progress from the group stages.
A few things should be changed, however;
1. Steven Old should be preferred over Wood or Vicelich.
2. Herbet needs to do something about his defence. On too many occasions Bahrain players were allowed to run free.
3. The commentators need to learn that Bertos’ name is not pronounced “Brey-tos”
4. Paston needs to learn how to hold onto the ball.
5. Bertos needs to learn how to defend if Herbet is going to have New Zealand play they way they did against Bahrain in the finals. He is hopeless in defence.
6. Fallon, Smeltz and Killen all need to finish their chances inside the box, or at least test the keeper. On too many occasions their shots missed the mark and you cannot afford to pass up opportunities like that at the finals.
The positives to come out of the game though were that New Zealand handled the quick attacks of Bahrain pretty well, and New Zealand created many opportunities but sadly could not finish all of them.
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