All Whites vs Poland/Norway: Squad Yarns & Preview
This is the part of the year where the international games come thick and fast. We had two matches against Australia in September. Now we’ve got Poland and Norway in October. In November we’ll have Colombia and Ecuador on the cards (those ones are in the relatively neutral territory of USA). After that there’s no FIFA window until March and beyond that we’re talking immediate World Cup preparation from June onwards. In other words, there are only three more windows for the All Whites to get together as a squad before the World Cup. Limited opportunities for the coaching staff. Even more limited opportunities if you’re a fringe player trying to earn a golden ticket.
The Aussie games didn’t go as hoped... though they probably went as expected (and definitely as history suggested). The thing to remember about those pesky Aussies is that they do have a really good team. In fact, it’s only really Colombia of these upcoming four opponents who could be said to be objectively better than them (the FIFA rankings say that Ecuador have jumped one spot ahead of Aussie as of the latest update, for what that’s worth). These are challenging games for the All Whites, same as Ivory Coast and Ukraine were before them. Exactly what we need.
The next bit is trying to get results from those games but we know how that yarn goes. The win against Ivory Coast was tremendous but it’s also been followed by three defeats. That comes with the territory when playing against better teams however it does feel like the gap is closing and, when at full strength, the All Whites do have the players to compete with these types of nations. Results won’t always follow, there’s always some luck required, but you’ve gotta put yourself in a position to benefit and we’re doing that more often than in the past. Still a work in progress though.
The previous window involved games in Australia and New Zealand so the A-League contingent was heavily represented, especially with a few other players left behind because of clashes with their club games in Europe. This time the games are being played in Chorzów and Oslo hence the opposite is true. The A-League starts the weekend after the window closes. That makes it very tricky for anyone in this squad to back-up for their clubs in the days afterwards. Darren Bazeley, always one to seek the happy middle-ground, therefore struck up a compromise where the ALM dudes he’s planning to start have been picked but those who were only going to be on the bench haven’t been risked. Tim Payne and Francis De Vries are the hombres who’ve made the cut. Other A-League regulars for this team have not, such as: Kosta Barbarouses, Oli Sail, Logan Rogerson, Callan Elliot, Jesse Randall, Alex Rufer, James McGarry, et cetera.
Do you know how many starts have been given to A-League players not named Payne or De Vries in 2025? The answer is... one: Kosta Barbarouses against Ivory Coast. Alex Rufer and Storm Roux had a wee run late last year and Nando Pijnaker got a few nods around that time too but that’s about it. And FDV is only in the first eleven because Libby Cacace is injured (he’s expected to return for Wrexham after these internationals so we should see him back for the November fixtures). These guys are the baseline for our national team, they fill out the squad bringing either reliable experience or exciting potential, but they’re not the ones we lean on.
You can tell by the amount of ex-A-Leaguers in the team that the A-League is only a stepping stone for our top prospects. It’s a very useful stepping stone, and those that stick around can still forge really solid careers too. It’s a great benchmark to be able to say that if an emerging midfielder overseas wants to crack this team then they’re going to have to be better than Alex Rufer. But the bottom line is that we’re not going to miss the guys that got left behind and this offers a neat chance to give a few others a look-see, fellas who in any other era would be regulars but who’ve had to wait patiently for their chances in this one.
Enter George Stanger and Owen Parker-Price. Two blokes who were both been part of NZ age grade stuff once upon a time but who hadn’t gotten the summons to the senior team before. Two blokes whose recognition comes after many years of toiling away below the surface followed by recent big-time transfers that’ve already seem them prove their worth at much higher levels than before.
George Stanger (rhymes with danger) was born and raised in Scotland with a kiwi mother – whom his father, Scottish rugby union international Tony Stanger, met during his own sporting career (Tony was a winger and George wears #14 which feels like it’s probably a tribute) – and represented New Zealand at the U20 World Cup in 2019 and the Olympic Games in 2021. It’s fitting that he’s been called up for this tour because he’s potentially going to get to lock horns with Erling Haaland of Norway just as he did at that U20 World Cup where Stanger and Nando Pijnaker locked him up in a 2-0 win for Aotearoa. Haaland then scored nine goals against Honduras in the following group stage fixture and he basically hasn’t stopped scoring since. But then he also hasn’t played George Stanger since.
That U20s squad of New Zealand’s is now the backbone of the current All Whites so Stanger will have plenty of mates around. Of that squad of 21, Stanger, Dalton Wilkins, Sarpreet Singh, Joe Bell, Elijah Just, Ben Waine, and Callum McCowatt were named in this squad. Libby Cacace would have been if he was fit. Michael Woud, Max Mata, Nando Pijnaker, and Callan Elliot have also been capped. Gianni Stensness has been capped for Australia after switching allegiances after the Olympics (Stensness scored in the U20s win vs Norway). 13/21 full internationals is a very decent hit-rate for an U20s squad, made much crazier by how important so many of those players have become.
Stanger’s had a funky club career. He began at the top with then-Premiership club Hamilton Academical for whom he made a few appearances in that division. He had a couple of loan-outs but when the Accies let him go in 2021, he only resurfaced way down in the fifth tier with University of Stirling. But he went well enough there to earn a loan up to League One (Dunbarton), then a permanent move to a better League One club (Alloa Athletic). In 2023 he transferred up to the Championship with Ayr United. After two seasons there he was signed by Kilmarnock in the Premiership. He started at the top. He worked his way down. Then he worked his way back up again. Stanger has played in each of the top five divisions of Scottish footy and he’d done so before his 23rd birthday.
With Killie, he went straight into the first eleven during preseason but a red card in the first league game saw him briefly lose his spot. However he returned to score against Eli Just’s Motherwell and has held it down in the weeks since. This guy is a tall, composed central defender who does pop up with a few goals, particularly from set pieces. Strong in the air. Growing into a commanding presence. He’s mostly been playing on the right side of a back three for Killie.
Owen Parker-Price was a few weeks too old for that U20 World Cup squad but his journey can still be traced back to a legendary nursery squad, in his case it’s the 2018 National League champion Eastern Suburbs. This was the year they combined with the Declan Edge’s Ole Academy generation and OPP was one of Declan’s lads along with fellow future All Whites: Callum McCowatt, Elijah Just, Dalton Wilkins, and Nando Pijnaker. Plus there were non-Ole fellas like Tim Payne (just prior to joining the Nix), Andre De Jong, and Kelvin Kalua who’ve also played for NZ. That’s seven New Zealand reps emerging from one National League squad (plus the coach Danny Hay).
Back then OPP was only a shade behind McCowatt and Just in terms of talent and potential. But he stayed closer to the source by joining the Torslanda project in Sweden (Declan Edge head coach, Dan Keat football director) and stayed there for six years continually putting up superb numbers as a goal-scoring midfielder which only made you wonder what he’d be capable of if he transferred to a tougher division. Then, suddenly, he did. Having turned down interest from the same club in the past, Parker-Price finally agreed to sign with Örgryte about six weeks ago. That took him from lower-mid-table in the third tier to challenging for a championship and promotion from the second tier. And while the plan was initially to allow him to ease into the team over his first few months, he made such an immediate impact that he’s already starting games in the OIS midfield. As quoted in Flying Kiwis last week, his coach recently told media that he’s begun to “doubt Swedish football” after finding such a gem of a player lingering at the level he was without anyone else signing him first. They’re all raving about him at Örgryte. Now he’s on the brink of becoming an international.
Owen Parker-Price: “It's been a different route here for me. I have played in division 3, division 2, division 1, and the Super League. I've played in parking lots and dirt tracks. It has been a beautiful journey. One day I might write a book about it so people can read about everything. I came here as a 20-year-old boy who didn't know what I was doing. After a couple of years I realized I was on the other side of the world without my friends, but now I have lots of ties here and really feel at home. Everyone evolves at different tempos. I always knew I had it in me. For me, it was always about my body developing, and being able to use the body in the best way. I have put in lots of jobs and am very grateful for this trip. I wouldn’t change it, but it has been different.”
Parker-Price is has been playing as an eight for OIS. With Torslanda he was a little more attacking due to the level. Not sure where he’ll settle for the All Whites but he’s capable of playing anywhere across the midfield or the three forwards in support of Chris Wood. On the wing he’d be more in the Elijah Just mould as someone who drifts infield and links up. His best spot would probably be as a back-up to Sarpreet Singh’s ten role though he can just as easily play deeper. Versatility is always good. The main drawback with him is that he’s quite small... but his touch is amazing and he makes smart decisions. With Torslanda he was regularly among the top couple players in the division for completed passes.
Those are the two uncapped additions. There are also a few happy recalls. Nice to see Bill Tuiloma get another chance as he nears 50 caps. He’s gone back to not playing for Charlotte FC though he did have a spell starting at right-back for them until he pinged his hammy. Dalton Wilkins deserves so many more than the three caps he’s got but the problem is he’s just always injured. And guess what? He’s currently injured. A loan move back to the second tier in Denmark for his former club Kolding was designed to get him game-time but he went off early in his last appearance and has had to be replaced in this squad by Lukas Kelly-Heald (coming direct from the U20 World Cup). Elijah Just is also injured having missed the last three games for Motherwell. He’s dropped out too... but they haven’t bothered with a replacement for him (good news for Parker-Price who stands to benefit).
Andre De Jong’s Stellenbosch coach will be happy. That guy’s been telling South African media for over a year that ADJ is one of the most underrated players in that league and that he deserves a recall from the All Whites. Funny thing is, he actually hasn’t been that sharp of late (partly because Stellies lost a few of their rapid attackers and ADJ is very much someone who feeds off and supplies the talent around him) but this is when the phonecall happened. Just gotta stay ready, aye? The opportunity doesn’t always come when you expect it.
Something else to consider here is that there has been more whispering about the potential for FIFA to keep squad sizes at 26 players instead of the 23 that we’re used to. We sort of know what the top 23 would look like if it were picked today with everybody fit. It’d be the squad for the WCQ final a few months ago with a couple of small changes. This was that squad...
GK – Max Crocombe, Alex Paulsen, Oli Sail
DEF – Tyler Bindon, Michael Boxall, Liberato Cacace, Tim Payne, Nando Pijnaker, Storm Roux, Tommy Smith, Francis De Vries
MID – Joe Bell, Matt Garbett, Alex Rufer, Marko Stamenic
FWD – Kosta Barbarouses, Elijah Just, Callum McCowatt, Jesse Randall, Logan Rogerson, Sarpreet Singh, Ben Waine, Chris Wood
You’re probably going to see a different third-choice keeper. Nik Tzanev is currently ahead in that regard but we’ll see what happens because Sail and Michael Woud could get an Auckland FC boost while Kees Sims and Henry Gray have the potential to seriously shoot up the charts between now and then. Ryan Thomas will take the place of somebody... possibly Alex Rufer but just as likely an extra forward. Ben Old is back fit and will overtake somebody. And Callan Elliot seems to have nudged Storm Roux out of the way. Randall, Rogerson, and Waine are the three most under pressure.
If the All Whites are allowed to take three extra players though that removes the issue of picking Tommy Smith as a limited playing presence because there’d be room for an additional Bill Tuiloma or George Stanger. It’d mean we can add Thomas without losing Rufer, since Roof does provide a nice counter-balance as a disciplined defensive option. It’d also mean a nice reprieve for one of those forwards. Waine could be the beneficiary. Or perhaps Owen Parker-Price impresses the All Whites staff as much as he’s impressed his Örgryte coaches and swoops on through (in which case Rufer would also return to ‘watch your back’ mode).
They expanded squads for the Qatar event as a tacit acceptance that interrupting the club season because of the inhumane heat of the host country during the usual window was probably going to lead to injuries. The next World Cup won’t have the same climate problems but it is being held across the breadth of three massive countries so travel will be punishing for those nations that progress beyond the initial group stage (the format of the 48-team WC is the same as the old one just with an extra knockout round... and a bunch of third-place qualifiers ruining the fun of the four-team groups – which is dumb but not as dumb as it could have been). We’ll see what happens.
Poland plays New Zealand and then they’ve got a World Cup qualifier away to Lithuania that they should win. They’re locked in a duel with Netherlands to see who qualifies automatically and who goes through to a playoff. Those two meet again in Warsaw in November which is what’ll decide matters (after a 1-1 draw in Rotterdam in September). Robert Lewandowski was beefing with the previous coach but they booted him so Lewy’s happy again and the Barcelona striker will therefore have the chance to play against his idol Chris Wood. There are only four locally based players in their squad and three of them are from Legia Warsaw. Nobody from Alex Paulsen’s club. The rest are spread all over Europe. Piotr Zieliński (Inter Milan), Kamil Grosicki (Pogoń Szczecin), Matty Cash (Aston Villa), and Jan Bednarek (Porto) are some others that folks might recognise.
Norway have it the other way around where they begin the window by hosting Israel in Oslo (no comment) and if they win then they’ll be halfway through the doors of qualification having so far won 5/5 scoring 24 goals and conceding only three. That’s a team in great rhythm... although like with Poland the New Zealand friendly is not going to be the one they target so you never know. We’ll at least see some rotation there. Norway’s squad is also spread out across Europe. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) is there although captain Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) has had to withdraw injured. Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford), Julian Ryerson (Dortmund), Sander Berge (Fulham), and Alexander Sørloth (Atletico Madrid) are some other familiars.
Hello, World!
GOALKEEPERS
Max Crocombe – Millwall, ENG (19 caps/0 goals)
Alex Paulsen – Lechai Gdańsk, POL (3/0)
Nik Tzanev – Newport County, WAL/ENG (2/0)
We could be closer than ever to Alex Paulsen overtaking Max Crocombe as the number one. Darren Bazeley might have no intention of making that change before the World Cup, which would be fair enough given that Crocs has done nothing wrong for the national team and has thoroughly earned that title, but the club trends are intriguing. Crocombe has only made two appearances for Millwall since signing in the summer and both were in early round cup ties. There should have been a third except that he got injured in warm-ups before the EFL Cup meeting with Premier League club Crystal Palace which they went on to lose on penalties without him.
Fulham loanee Steven Benda has started all of the Championship games for Millwall. He’s had a couple of good performances. He’s had a couple of shockers. He’s had lots of average ones. Meanwhile Max Crocombe is just lurking there on the shadows wondering when he’s going to get a chance, knowing all the while that both he and Benda are only holding the fort until Lukas Jensen recovers from a long-term injury (expected back some time around the new year). Even the midweek Champo games haven’t come his way yet. There’s definitely an appetite from the fans to check out the other keeper in action but manager Alex Neil has thus far resisted that alternative.
While that’s happening (or not happening), Alex Paulsen has settled nicely into life with Lechia Gdańsk where he’s had an immediate positive impact as that club seeks to overcome a terrible start combined with a points deduction. Bit weird seeing him play for a team at the bottom of the table after what he did in the past two A-League seasons but so far so good. It’s a different challenge for him in a difficult league and he’s looking right at home. No doubt there’ll be a bit of a spotlight on him in Poland as the two countries meet in the first game of this window although they’re playing in Chorzów which is right down in the southern part of Poland whereas Gdańsk is up on the northern coast. Wouldn’t be surprised if Baze gives Paulsen that start and then Crocombe plays the Norway game.
Nik Tzanev is back as the third-choice after missing the last tour to prioritise his club situation. He’s more or less established himself as GK3 for New Zealand even though that spot has been rotated recently for circumstantial reasons. That club situation is a stink one for Tanz at the moment though. He started so well for Newport but that shine has faded as the team continues to lose. They’re currently last in League Two with only one win from 11 games, having lost eight of their last nine. Tzanev has not kept a clean sheet yet and has the worst save percentage in the division. He’s not been bad by any means, he’s simply playing for a bad team... but let’s just say this spot is still up for grabs.
Michael Woud (or Oli Sail) will have something to say about that for Auckland FC. Not impossible we see an Alby Kelly-Heald surge at the Wellington Phoenix. However, the fellas to really watch for are Henry Gray and Kees Sims. Both were in Bazeley’s Olympic squad last year. Gray impressed at the U20 World Cup (apart from that one moment against Chile) and is doing great things on the books of Ipswich Town. Expect a loan move during the second half of the season and if that goes well then he’ll have timed his run nicely. Sims is the second choice at Swedish top flight club GAIS and with five games remaining in their season and European qualification still a possibility... the number one just dislocated his shoulder leaving Sims to wear the gloves for the longest sustained stretch since he’s been there. Paulsen and Crocombe’s moves mean it’s no longer true that Sims is at the highest level of all our goalies but, damn, if he’s actually playing games in the Allsvenskan then close enough. Gray and Sims have both been involved in All Whites squads before. It’s only a matter of time.
DEFENDERS
Tyler Bindon – Sheffield United, ENG (19/1)
Michael Boxall – Minnesota United, USA (58/1)
Francis de Vries – Auckland FC, NZ/AUS (12/1)
Lukas Kelly-Heald – Wellington Phoenix, NZ/AUS (3/0)
Tim Payne – Wellington Phoenix, NZ/AUS (45/3)
George Stanger – Kilmarnock, SCO (0/0)
Finn Surman – Portland Timbers, USA (11/1)
Bill Tuiloma – Charlotte FC, USA (43/4)
In hindsight, Sheffield United may not have been the ideal spot for Tyler Bindon. Initially he had old mate Ruben Selles there, his former Reading boss, who obviously trusted him heaps because he kept picking him even while Bindon was looking a little overwhelmed by the leap in quality he was up against – sharply exacerbated by the instability around him. Then Selles got sacked and Bindon hasn’t played since Chris Wilder came in. But it’s not as bad as it sounds. The initial upheaval is over and Wilder has settled on a back three formation with Bindon having been the only natural CB on the bench for the past couple games. Fourth choice CB in the Championship... if it wasn’t for the Nottingham Forest interlude then this would feel like a natural, logical next step for him. He was overexposed at first, then underexposed for a bit, now he’s about where he should be and games will follow as long as he keeps his head down and works hard. It’s all good experience for a bloke who is one of the youngest players to have started a Championship game in defence this season.
Not much to say about Michael Boxall and Finn Surman who continue to excel in Major League Soccer with both of them on course for postseason action. As is Bill Tuiloma except that he barely plays... although he was an 89th minute substitute in Charlotte FC’s most recent outing so that was cool. He got 20-odd against Montreal before that as well, at least now he seems to be a valid option off the bench – these were his first two sub appearances of the year (he had that run of six starts around July). Tim Payne and Francis de Vries should be closer to match-fitness here than they were a month ago given that, you know, the A-League is about to begin. Already mentioned the rise of George Stanger. With Tommy Smith and Nando Pijnaker both injured and Tyler Bindon having looked uncharacteristically shaky against Australia there was a need for another centre-back. Stanger is that man. It’s still true that Bindon is the only proper LCB but Michael Boxall will do that job if required.
Tuiloma is the right-back understudy in this squad. Yes, he can play CB (it’s his best position)... but that’s not why he’s been picked. Dalton Wilkins was missing again for Kolding over the weekend following his latest injury which is why he’s been replaced in the squad... and that may have required some conversations. Niko Kirwan’s not really on the radar but he is a fullback based in Europe. Except they wanted a lefty which meant having dip back into the A-League well – James McGarry was in the last squad while Sam Sutton in Perth is geographically closer. Callan Elliot can play on the left too. But Lukas Kelly-Heald is the one who got the nod arriving fresh from the U20 World Cup in Chile seeking to add to his three caps. He was playing central defence there, not left-back, and that might have been a factor too given that he’s the only genuine left-footer among the CB possibilities. The fact that he was already away may have tipped it in his favour so as not to disturb the ALM clubs any more than was already the case.
MIDFIELDERS
Joe Bell – Viking FK, NOR (28/1)
Matthew Garbett – Peterborough United, ENG (32/5)
Owen Parker-Price – Örgryte, SWE (0/0)
Marko Stamenic – Swansea City, WAL/ENG (31/3)
Ryan Thomas – PEC Zwolle, NED (21/3)
This might be the best midfield quintet ever selected by the All Whites. Marko Stamenic is already a key player for Swansea City. Ryan Thomas is the club captain at PEC Zwolle. Joe Bell is vice captain for Viking FK. All three are ninety minute players for their clubs... however there’s probably only room for two of them in a starting team, especially since they’re all being used in defensive midfield roles at club level. When it comes to a World Cup that might be a different story but for a series like this it makes more sense to pick 2/3 and keep the other loaded on the bench for a chunk of the second half. Then to rotate between the two games so that nobody’s getting exhausted – particularly in light of how hard they each work for their clubs. Stamenic and Thomas is the preference at this stage but there’s no wrong answer.
Where does that leave Matt Garbett and Owen Parker-Price? They’re the more attack-minded of this group so they’ll play in more attack-minded positions. They’re eights for their clubs. They’ll be tens or wingers for their country, competing with Sarpreet Singh for minutes or possibly even starting out wide. Think of what Elijah Just does and that’s what to expect from OPP. We’ve already seen Garbett start on the wing many times – in fact his last five international starts have all come as a right-winger. Neither Garbett or OPP were around for the Aussie series. Both of them are new to their clubs yet have already become fan favourites in a short space of time. It’s not only that these five midfielders are awesome, it’s that each and every one of them has been balling out for their clubs too (something we’ll discuss in the inverse with the strikers in a sec).
FORWARDS
Andre De Jong – Stellenbosch, RSA (10/2)
Callum McCowatt – Silkeborg, DEN (26/4)
Ben Old – AS Saint-Etienne, FRA (16/1)
Sarpreet Singh - TSC Bačka Topola, SER (22/3)
Ben Waine – Port Vale, ENG (24/8)
Chris Wood – Nottingham Forest, ENG (86/45)
Eli Just will be a loss to this side... but not an irreplaceable one. And his absence means there’s a near-guarantee that the sizzling form of Callum McCowatt is rewarded with a start. McCowatt has scored six goals in his last six games for Silkeborg in the Danish top division including a hat-trick away against the defending champs. He does all that as a right-winger for a team that’s very good at counter-attacking and pressing high – two traits that only faintly overlap with how his national team operates which is part of why he doesn’t have the reputation that others do for the All Whites. Although the main reason is that he was injured for a lot of the Oceania games last year and didn’t get to cash in. Ben Waine has twice as many international goals as McCowatt but McCowatt leads 2-1 in terms of goals against non-OFC teams.
McCowatt’s been on fire throughout the past month and that’s a bloody good thing because you can’t say that about any of the other forwards here. Chris Wood’s situation has been well documented. At first the chat was all about how he was going to be collateral damage of the Ange Postecoglou hiring at Nottingham Forest. He’s too slow! He’s too old! He can’t play the system! But the system’s been garbage so far as the impossible task of going from one tactical extreme to the other has been laid bare by Postecoglou failing to win any of his first seven matches in charge of NFFC. Chris Wood might even find out about a club managerial change during a second consecutive international tour. Gotta feel for Ange a bit there. Especially since he hasn’t actually marginalised Chris Wood like people thought he would - he’s just sensibly rotating his strikers between Premier League and Europa League. Unfortunately, the vibes are very stinky right now and The Woodsman is not immune having missed some glaring chances over the last few games. He did score from the penalty spot in the Europa League though, his first European goal for nearly 14 years! (not including qualifiers). And if he plays both games on this tour then he’ll go level with Ivan Vicelich for the all-time caps record.
We can trust Chris Wood to turn up and be the mantis even if he’s not at full capacity. He thrives in this environment. It’ll be a relief to him. Sarpreet Singh is in a similar boat where he’s playing most games for TSC in Serbia, doing alright, though just lacking a bit of the ol’ end product to make his position more secure. But that’s a tough league and he’s doing fine. Mentioned earlier how Andre De Jong’s not been up to much... he’s played 14 games across three competitions this season and has yet to score a goal while only offering one assist. He missed in a victorious penalty shootout most recently. Still starts most games and still impacts his team in many positive ways but its a funny time for the All Whites recall. He’ll be cover at nine or ten and could be an interesting alternative when Wood rests as someone who’ll do more false niney things. Ben Old is Ben Old. He offers a bit of vertical running (only a bit but that’s more than most) and should be fresh given that his Ligue 2 minutes this season have gone: 62, 7, 1, DNP, 45, 16, 1, 6, 3. At least he’s playing each week.
Unlike Ben Waine, who stayed back last window to prioritise his club stuff but hasn’t even made a matchday squad for Port Vale since August. He’s not going to any time soon until there are injuries. He didn’t take his chances at the start of the season and then they signed other players, now he’s way down the pecking order. Waine signed a two-year deal with Port Vale and he might have to ask for a loan after only six months. ADJ’s recall is convenient but still deserved after a couple of really strong years in South Africa. Ben Waine’s call-up is based purely on past behaviour and he’s going to have to do something worthy if he wants to keep making these squads.
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