ALL WHITES V BAHRAIN - Official 2nd Leg T

magic night/weekend away

top stuff wellington City
major thanks to all you hard core Phoenix fans to because the passion and spirt you have for the game flows onto the more 'casual' punter

so bloody good
stoked
c'mon 2010


foal302009-11-15 19:16:39

The only thing that annoyed me was the number of people on the concourse and later that night that said "oh yeah but we'll get smashed at the cup" and stuff. FFS just savour the moment and stop being so pessimistic.  

Could the same crowd please attend the next Phoenix home game??????????
PS I also believe in Santa lol
PPS Would be "freakin" awesome though !!!
kiwiMalaysia422009-11-15 19:40:01

Big trip for most.

Awesome Night, fantastic result, and the World Cup to come...

sorry to hear about your Dad Dairyflat - your Mum seems like a great woman who understood her husband and what football meant to him and the family

wow....

i still don't know what has happened. getting a few tears watching the celebrations though!

really enjoying the Total football show on Radio sport

35,500 tickets were sold.  The official attendance was 35,194.  Where did the other 306 bugger off too?

Trademe?

Think it was HN,seems to think it was stadium ticket holders who basically own those seats (they were on halfway at the top just below where the cameras are),and they just didnt show,probably more into rugby i figure. Still shoulda given them up to someone who wanted to go.

SBS Aussie TV have paid tribute to the All Whites and there entry into next years World Cup but it never ceases to amaze me (rightly or wrongly LOL) that they are also taking credit for the win, noting that the A-League has played a significant contribution to the AW team. The only true Aussie to pay homage to our success was ex Aussie Liverpool player Craig Johnson who says that the Kiwis did really well considered the population was around 3M. We even got to see Mick Waite on the snippet too LOL!!!!

To be fair,being in the A league has helped a lot

4.3 million these days.

I agree but its just the way Aussies are - they like to back a winner (and take some credit) but they also like to have a laugh at our own expense when they can....point in case - when the Kiwis drew with Bahrain in Bahrain, there were scenes of jubilation from the coaching staff, players etc ....well the same SBS team laughed us off when they saw these scenes saying "it was like the kiwis had just won the world cup" LOL....

Ditto. Sympathy and best wishes mate.

Just got home from Welly after a mammoth trip home, just over 12 hours taxi/boat/bus/train and car. 

Great night, got lost in Welly 100 times on Saturday but what about FALLON! and PASTON!

f**ken brilliant, lads from Taranaki next to me were awesome too!

Just watched ESPNsoccernet presspass, Derek Rae gave Rory his top performer of the day. Over all of the African and European players involved in qualifiers.

what time does sky sport air this show?

love the article from Ryan Nelson's club. although I dont think it was raining at ROF. it was just raining WHITE

The NZ Herald coverage (video) of the post match press conference.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/video.cfm?c_id=4&gal_objectid=10609336&gallery_id=108237

 

There were about 10 empty seats by me which is dissappointing given the number of people that were breaking their neck to go and couldn't get seats.

NZ will not be "smashed" at the World Cup.  I can see this team improving in the next few months with some quality opposition/ build up games and a fantastic leader in Ryan Nelsen.  Inspiration can be drawn from the under 17's.  Kids can now look up to the AW'S as heroes.  They will not be there to "make up the numbers".

haven't posted on this site for a long time (lost password and forgot about the site) but what a fantastic night, truly one of the best nights ever in my life.

I'm stoked.

bring on the World Cup

On field celebrations from Aile 20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI_FCUcecPc
though very slow to load

so, if i went to sleep last night and when i woke up it was still real  ....  then.. ok.. it should be safe to go to sleep now  

New Zealanders always like to crash parties, I say, we got to SA and spring a surprise or two!! We have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Let's cause a shock for all the right reasons.

That's a fair point, it's a bit like the older brother keeping the younger brash brother in check. I can tell you though that every one of my football mates were cheering for you guys last night.

What I find a bit rich is SBS eulogising over the a-league being responsible for the Aw success. This is the same station that is happy to kick the league ion the guts every time it gets a chance because it is still bitter that it missed out on the rights.

And don't listen to the crap about getting smashed in SA. You have a very decent first eleven but do lack depth. However, if your stars can remain injury-free, especially Nelsen, Killen and Smeltzy, you will do a lot better than the Confeds cup last year.

Finally, I know a lot of the kudos went to Pasty and Fallon, but did anyone else think Smeltzy was brilliant in the second half, with the way he held the ball up?       

Yeah i did notice smeltzy was a bit invisible in the first half,but really came good in the 2nd. He really is a touch of class.

Smeltz was certainly good in the last half hour especially as Bahrain were forced to ease off the tight marking which had kept him quiet till then. But the man who impressed me overall on second viewing was Killen who showed every ounce of his experience to help get us across the line.

Once again, congrats guys. You deserve it. Enjoy the moment like we did in November 2005. Was looking at the pics from the parade in Wellington and had the song "Slice of Heaven" playing in the background.

I guess they were comp tickets given to sponsors or competitions and the people just didnt turn up

Can't get back to sleep .. need some white noise ... I think I just woke up from a dream that we qualified for the World Cup 2010?????

Oh man. Words actually cannot describe how amazing that was. Paston- I f**king love you. So humble afterwards too, and when all those fans were grabbing him. Mate, you did us proud. Rory Fallon- what a moment! Bullet header after a perfect cross and a killer time in the game too. That is every kid's dream- so well done!! The back line- quality. Siggy, I love him so much!! What a run to win the corner, rubbish yellow card and you're just the man. A Kiwi through and through. Nelsen- incredble player. Pure class. A captain. He was focussed, and that kiss of the badge before kick off summed it up for me. He wanted it so badly, to be the captain of a New Zealand World Cup team. And didn't he perofrm. Just breathtaking. Gah, I could go on about all the players. Bertos was top, the midfield never stopped running, put in good tackles too. The front three never stopped working etc etc. I'm sure its all ready been covered.