Hudson takes the simple approach

The All Whites will train at high intensity for four to six minutes before taking on the Solomon Islands on September 1.

That is the reality coach Anthony Hudson faces during a lot of in-season international windows.

Players will jet in from all over the world at various times next week once they have completed their club commitments.

‘‘We’ve got players playing over in Europe on Sunday and Monday our time, then they get on flights and they’ll be arriving Tuesday morning, Tuesday afternoon, some on Wednesday, and the game is on a Friday.

‘‘When you have that scenario of such little time and jetlag you have to be super prepared and

"In this next window, we've got a total of four to six minutes where we can train at high intensity. It's absolutely outrageous." Anthony Hudson, right

have an idea of your starting XI before them come in because there is no time to assess players and see where they’re at.’’

Fatigue has to be taken into account when preparing the training sessions, as does the quick turnaround into the first leg of the Oceania World Cup Qualifying final in Auckland, and again into the second leg in Honiara four days later.

Hudson has lost his two best centrebacks, captain Winston Reid and Tommy Smith, to injury in the leadup but said trying to change the gameplan because of that would be ‘‘thoughtless’’.

‘‘With us, we have such a short amount of time together. The key for us is to have a real simple, organised gameplan. When players come in with two or three days, a few videos, understand their roles, are clear in their roles, and we can be organised for that game.

‘‘I think it would be the most thoughtless thing to do right now change the system or change tactics because there is no time to do it, no time to work on it.

‘‘In this next window, we’ve got a total of four to six minutes where we can train at high intensity. It’s absolutely outrageous.

‘‘We have to do things at half pace and when you have to do things like that, it’s very very hard to test people’s understanding because you’re not doing it at match pace - you have more time to think about it.’’

Hudson said there were things to tinker with and adjust coming out of the Confederations Cup, which saw New Zealand lose all three of its matches against Russia (2-0), Mexico (2-1) and Portugal 4-0.

Prior to the tournament, they had more than two weeks in camp and two international warmup matches, which also resulted in two losses (they did beat Irish club side Cabinteely FC 5-2).

Obviously, the Solomon Islands would be a much easier prospect than that, but playing in the heat and humidity of a Honiara afternoon, off the back of limited training, provided a unique challenge.

It meant planning, especially for that away leg, would take on a simplistic approach.

‘‘It’s all about very clear, very simple, very basic ... shape, organisation, everyone knowing their roles,’’ Hudson said.