AW's vs New Caledonia - Match Thread

lol

Good game brilliant by Smeltz. Looking forward to a big win at north harbour on wednesday.

if that's how you guys celebrate a win why the hell are you AWs supporters?! i don't get it - when was the last time the AWs played well in your guys' estimation? 3 -1 is 3 -1...
Cosimo2008-09-07 10:21:22

I'm happy enough with that result.  Their goal was classy and our defence shouldn't be criticized for letting it in, they should be congratulated for pulling off such a move.  Great to see Sigmund get a goal, but even better to see Nelsen playing for the All Whites against a Pacific nation.  In all honesty I was hoping for a much higher scoreline, however, we need to take into account the temperature and humidity there. 

Let's hope we not only win by more in North Harbour, but we play more cohesively and we get a decent crowd up there.

hw well allan pearce played

Seriously though whats all this talk about how hard it is to play away?
New Caledonia is only a 2 hour flight from Auckland + Someone posted on here the weather was only 26 degrees, the crowd wasn't very vocal and the pitch looked perfect. So in my mind thats hardly a huge factor. I thought there where some positives to take especially Smeltz's performance but looking forward to the match against the Asian side, some work needs to be done.

Pearce had a good game, as did Jarrod Smith.

Think it needs to be mentioned, the referee was the epitome of poor.  Some dreadful decisions.  I don't like it when people try to explain away a performance by the ref, but every 50-50 decision went to New Caledonia, some clear fouls on us were awarded to them, and even a couple of throw-ins which should have gone our way were given to them.  When Smeltz scored his first goal I looked at the ref half expecting him to have done his utmost to find something wrong with it, and was relieved that he gave it.

Had to work last nite so only caiught up with the result this morning.

Well done lads.

Bloody hell some of you are miserable buggars,inept awful game etc etc.Well i sure hope The Phoenix can put in the same type of inept and awful performance it might mean we might win a game.We are through to the next stage of the WC i couldnt give  a stuff how ugly it looks,at times you have to wonder if some of you would accept a loss as long as we looked good doing it.

that's the thing, they probably wouldn't

yeah but that's Australia - that's my point, we aren't that good yet! no point comparing ourselves to teams that are much better than us

of course it was a great result and the extra million dollars is just brill, but i cannot celebrate a performance like that.

any video of the game lurking anywhere? youtube..news etc etc?

Relief.  Looking for to some quality footie in Auckland for the first time in long while.

Yes It Was 30 Bucks Down At Westpac completley unreasonable I think that Auks only have to pay half the price could it be nz football wants the bigger crowd at their HQ

Thats just plain stupid.

NZ Football are in the sh*t when it comes to $, there not going to sacrifice that just so they can have a bigger crowd in Auckland......

3-1 is a great result.

Gangsta: the game only costs X number of dollars to have. if they have a bigger crowd at a low price then the profit per person will be smaller but the overall profit may be the same as one with a small but higher paying crowd.

i have a few theories on the more expensive welly game...
1) NZF was trying to exploit the loyal football fans in the capital
or
2) they've learnt their lesson

im gunna assume its the latter

Can someone post highlights on Youtube? 

or 3) The costs they were hit with for the Stadium were dearer than the Auckland equivalents

There is every chance of that.  NHS used to be the cheapest stadium in the A-League by some margin and right now they will do anything to get people in there.

Will there be a new match thread for tonight for those of us too poor to get to Auckland? Leeds_Chris2008-09-10 10:43:05