I'm not a bit surprised by it because I've heard some gunshots over there before and there's an awful lot of people moving about over there.

I'm surprised they didn't put his occupation as 'Fugitive.' That's the only part that's left out.

We were a little bit surprised at the context of the letter, where it speaks to FIFA not being aware of what was happening, and I am a little bit disappointed because the FIFA development officer came here sometime in September and visited the site and was quite pleased to the extent that at a press conference the morning before he departed, he explained to the nation via the media that he was quite pleased that everything was on target.

I'm not surprised. It's obviously had a chilling effect on free-agent signings. But that's the way it goes. It's just something [the players' association] will have to look at the next go-round.

I was surprised when I heard I was to ride for the team,

I was surprised to come here. I had never heard of New Zealand, we were expecting to go to Australia.