Can't agree on qualification through Asia being easy. When we came through Oceania we would only play our 'stars' for two games every 4 years against the 5th South American team, and that just doesn't benefit anyone. The Oceania games were a joke, with our B and C squad winning some games 24-0. FMD that's just a waste of time.
Through Asia we have many more higher quality games (yes, not neccessarily all top class, but at least not against American Samoa ffs), with lots of away games for our A squad in the middle east, and getting to play Japan/SK home and away far more regalarly, AND getting to play in the Asian Cup. It's a no-brainer, and a single loss to the German powerhouse or our coach's dumb selection choices should not be used as an argument against that.