All Whites coach Anthony Hudson is still searching for his first win after a 1-1 draw with Myanmar in Yangon.

Coach Anthony Hudson's youth selection policy is under fire after the All Whites laboured to a 1-1 draw with lowly Myanmar to extend their winless streak to 11 games.

Former national coach Kevin Fallon says the All Whites are at their lowest ebb and has urged Hudson to "stop picking kids" before they are ready for senior international football.

Fallon is concerned the All Whites' English Premier League star Winston Reid, could "get frustrated" and wonder "why bother" if results do not improve.

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Former All Whites captain Steve Sumner said he had been "very unimpressed with the All Whites under Hudson" and was convinced the coach had got his selection policy wrong.

"Playing age group players under the guise of broadening the base for the tilt at qualifying for Russia 2018 is, in my view, naive in the extreme and smacks of 'give me more time in the job'."

Sumner, who played 105 times for the All Whites, said Hudson had picked so many players in his brief tenure that he had "cheapened the shirt".

"All Whites appearances should be hard earned, but they aren't these days."

Hudson, 34, is yet to win a game in five matches in charge and the All Whites have not tasted victory since beating Saudi Arabia 1-0 in Ryadh in September 2013 near the end of Ricki Herbert's coaching reign. They have plummeted to 136 on the Fifa world rankings list, yet were unable to beat Myanmar, ranked 162nd.

"It's a real mess; it's never been at a lower ebb," said Fallon, who coached the All Whites from 1985 to 1988 after assisting John Adshead with the 1982 World Cup finals squad.

Fallon is concerned Hudson, who gave three players debuts in Yangon, is "giving away caps like popcorn" and believes he needs to re-think his youth policy.

"That's what's getting on [football] people's nerves," Fallon said. "He's picking kids, who aren't ready yet [for international football]. They haven't even played in our national league.

"When you're chucking in 17, 18 or 19 year olds, they've got to be [England striker] Wayne Rooney or, going back to the 50s, Duncan Edwards, who was playing for Manchester United and England at 18 and was a behemoth."

Fallon said he had coached some of the younger All Whites and he felt "the kids [Hudson's] been playing are nowhere near international level".

"None would have got in my side in Gisborne in the 80s when we had guys like [All Whites] Keith Mackay, Grant Turner, Kenny Cresswell, Sean Byrne and Colin Walker."

Fallon, a successful schools football coach for more than 15 years, said he was not averse to playing good youngsters and had included players like Ceri Evans, Malcolm Dunford, Michael McGarry and Robert Ironside in his All Whites teams.

None of Hudson's group were at that level yet, he said.

Fallon said past All Whites teams "would always beat Myanmar", yet Hudson's lineup were "out-passed" by the home side in Yangon.

He said young players out of their depth were "trying to play intricate systems", which were not working. "At international level, there's not much time for coaching. You've got to get in seasoned professionals who know what they are doing and let them do their job."

Fallon said everyone wanted to play attractive football, but there was still a need to stick to New Zealand's traditional strengths and "get results".

"I can see Winston Reid is going to get totally frustrated. Why would he bother? It's a pity, but it all seems to have gone down the tubes."

Fallon said he was yet to see any evidence that New Zealand Football chief executive Andy Martin or high performance manager Fred de Jong were concerned about the run of poor results.

He acknowledged the All Whites would improve once Leeds United striker Chris Wood and Ipswich Town centreback Tommy Smith return, but he felt more senior players were needed, not youngsters who "can't get a game for the Phoenix, or who haven't even played national league".

Sumner, a former All Whites assistant coach, said there were no guarantees Hudson's good young players would "deliver when the crunch comes".

"That's why he should be picking blokes to get results now. Results breed confidence and on this performance, they need more hard nosed blokes in the squad, [Ben] Sigmund, [Andrew] Durante and [Glen] Moss immediately spring to mind. "All three were left out of Hudson's squads after an initial meeting and consequently a couple have said 'no thanks' since."

Sumner said he did not see a lot of national league football these days, but he thought if Canterbury United's Aaron Clapham and Waitakere United stalwart Jake Butler could have been kept in the loop then the All Whites midfield "would have a better and more experienced look to it".

"Tell me what benefit did [Winston] Reid get from playing in such a low quality game against a team ranked 160-odd in the world?"

Sumner said the All Whites' failure to beat a Myanmar side thrashed 9-0 "just a few days ago, put it all in perspective for me".

WRETCHED RUN

The All Whites have failed to achieve a win in their last 11 full internationals.

It is the second worst winless streak in their history after a 19-game barren run between 1927 and 1951.

RECENT RESULTS

(Anthony Hudson's coaching tenure)

2015

Drew 1-1 with Myanmar in Yangon

Lost 0-1 to South Korea in Seoul

2014

Lost 0-2 to Thailand in Bangkok

Drew 1-1 with China in Nachang. Lost 1-3 to Uzbekistan in Tashkent

(Under caretaker coach Neil Emblen)

Drew 0-0 with South Africa in Auckland

Lost 2-4 to Japan in Tokyo

2013

(Ricki Herbert's last year as coach)

Lost 2-4 to Mexico in Wellington

Lost 1-5 to Mexico in Mexico City

Lost 0-2 to United Arab Emirates in Riyadh

Won 1-0 against Saudi Arabia in Riyadh

Played: 11 Won: 1 Drew: 3 Lost: 7. Goals for: 9. Goals against: 23.

LAST VICTORY

September 5, 2013. Won 1-0 against Saudi Arabia in Riyadh.

DID YOU KNOW?

* None of the players who appeared in the last win in Honiara were in the All Whites starting lineup against Myanmar.

* Only captain Winston Reid, strikers Shane Smeltz, Jeremy Brockie and Kosta Barbarouses and midfielder Michael McGlinchey from the starting team against Myanmar were in the All Whites' 2010 World Cup squad.

* Three players, Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix reserves), Harshae Raniga (Onehunga Sports) and Liam Higgins (Stop Out, Wellington) made their All Whites debuts in Myanmar.

* Six other players had fewer than 10 caps.

* Six played for New Zealand at the 2015 under-20 World Cup finals.