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NZ 'A' vs Jordan

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almost 13 years ago
Boro4eva wrote:

Clapham has faded as the match has worn on.  


So he's now more of a faint mandarin colour and less molten lava?

Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.

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almost 13 years ago
MetalLegNZ wrote:

Looking for Patterson to come on the left and push howieson in the middle and get off Clapham.


Agree completely about Howieson in the middle. I'd love to see a young midfield of Howieson Lindsay and Fenton.

Bet we won't though.

Also hoping for a change of wide defenders. Rowe + Myers on for Hogg + Scott. 

Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.

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almost 13 years ago

Positives:

Boyd, Vicelich.


Not Sure

Durante, Butler, Howieson


Get off

Fenton, Christie, Hogg, Scott

Clapham has had some nice touches but gives it up cheaper than a whore.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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almost 13 years ago
Jeff Vader wrote:

Positives:

Boyd, Vicelich.


Not Sure

Fenton, Durante, Hogg, Howieson & Clapham


Get off

Butler, Christie, Scott


Fixed


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almost 13 years ago

Butler has been better than Fenton and Hogg by a long shot. but by 'Better' that can be interpreted as 'not fucking up/not doing much'

Grumpy old bastard alert

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almost 13 years ago

sub time or is Herbert running the bench today

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almost 13 years ago

My stream has crashed : (

doing better than i thought we would to be fair

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almost 13 years ago

sorry about that should be back

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almost 13 years ago

Why did he not try to catch that. He did not have to move.....

Grumpy old bastard alert

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almost 13 years ago
Jeff Vader wrote:

Why did he not try to catch that. He did not have to move.....


Paston wouldve put it over the bar


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almost 13 years ago

Shit, got $120 on 2+ goals...not looking good! :(

The artist formerly known as Homer Simpson

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almost 13 years ago

Musa has looked very composed


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almost 13 years ago

"He's a solid kid Scott Basalaj" says Dewhurst. 

Translation: Scott Basalaj is a bit fat.

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almost 13 years ago

Great to see the kids on


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almost 13 years ago

Patterson has looked good with his limited touches.

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almost 13 years ago

"He's a solid kid Scott Basalaj" says Dewhurst. 

Translation: Scott Basalaj is a bit fat.

I actually was thinking before Dewhurst said that "Hmmm he has a slight 2nd chin and a little veranda over the deck"

Is he is shape or is this a camera trick?

Grumpy old bastard alert

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almost 13 years ago

Emblen must be learning from Herbert, no need to change formation despite losing...

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almost 13 years ago
Hard News wrote:

A Myers free kick - colour me shocked.

Good that he has an accountancy degree because he wont be playing pro football anytime soon.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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almost 13 years ago
Nommag wrote:

Patterson has looked good with his limited touches.


Limited touches, being like one or two 50/50s..
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almost 13 years ago

Good to see Dewhurst knows who are are playing against ..doesn't even mention the Jordan players' names.


Luke Rowe is super terrible tonight. Tyler Boyd our MOM I think although Vicelich was also good.

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almost 13 years ago
tripvincent wrote:

Musa has looked very composed


Agreed. It looks like he's learned a thing or two at Fulham. Let's hope he keeps learning. 

Reid>Smith>Old Man Ivan>>>>>>daylight>next current CB option.

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almost 13 years ago · edited almost 13 years ago · History

"Today we played great."


You beat the NZ A side by one goal...


Also like how the interviewer is speaking to Tyler Boyd like he's a five year old.

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almost 13 years ago
Luis Garcia wrote:

Good to see Dewhurst knows who are are playing against ..doesn't even mention the Jordan players' names.


Luke Rowe is super terrible tonight. Tyler Boyd our MOM I think although Vicelich was also good.


I agree about Rowe, he was terrible in his 20 minutes - no pace at all.

Auckland will rise once more

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almost 13 years ago


Thought Jordan were very average

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almost 13 years ago

very pleasantly suprised.  Game changed noticably for the worse when a rusty Dura came off

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almost 13 years ago

Didn't mind Christie.

A fan is a fan.

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almost 13 years ago

Jordan were average. Australia should pump them. All Whites would've

Good: Boyd, Vicelich, Musa (very composed and confident - great to see)

Bad: Christie, Clapham, Fenton

Ugly: Scott, Hogg, Myers, Rowe



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almost 13 years ago
Jeff Vader wrote:

"He's a solid kid Scott Basalaj" says Dewhurst. 

Translation: Scott Basalaj is a bit fat.

I actually was thinking before Dewhurst said that "Hmmm he has a slight 2nd chin and a little veranda over the deck"

Is he is shape or is this a camera trick?
I've been told that the guy basically lives at the gym and is ripped but maybe too many protein shakes?

Fuck this stupid game

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almost 13 years ago

Some good things and not so good things tonight. I guess its hard when some of these guys are not playing and perhaps are rusty (Dura)


Positives:

Ivan Vicelich shows he is still a good footballer

Tyler Boyd showed that he has more to offer than what he showed at the Phoenix

James Musa looked composed in his time

Basalaj made some nice saves


Negatives:

Fenton showed he has talent but where the hell was it today.

Hogg did nothing to demand a 'pick me' for the Phoenix

Ivan Vicelich shows he is still a good footballer. Can someone please step up? He is 36 for crying out loud.

Jeremy Christie: Stick a fork in him.

Tim Myers: Just say no

Aaron Scott: "Ernie Merrick will be looking at him as a possible RB option" No. No he wont.


Questions unanswered

Durante has more than that but he had an ok partnership with Ivan

Howieson has a few international caps but did not look any better than any other player.

Clapham can do some nice stuff and you can see why he gets picked but then coughs it up so cheaply. He shows that he just runs in the pack. Is he ever going to step up and justify why some people think he is worthy of pro-football?

Butler: He was ok but then its ok as in 'not doing much is inherently better than doing something and stuffing it up'. People think Tim Brown was invisible? I knew Christie was there cause he was awful. Very dumb yellow from the ref on Butler as well that might have curbed him unjustifiably.


Grumpy old bastard alert

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almost 13 years ago · edited almost 13 years ago · History
Only saw second half. Was the first half any better? Thought the second was fairly shite from our point of view.

Edit, shite for both sides really but they had more of the ball. 

Fuck this stupid game

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almost 13 years ago
TopLeft07 wrote:
Jeff Vader wrote:

"He's a solid kid Scott Basalaj" says Dewhurst. 

Translation: Scott Basalaj is a bit fat.

I actually was thinking before Dewhurst said that "Hmmm he has a slight 2nd chin and a little veranda over the deck"

Is he is shape or is this a camera trick?
I've been told that the guy basically lives at the gym and is ripped but maybe too many protein shakes?
He is massive no doubt. Maybe its a camera trick. He did not look toned/ripped, more pudge.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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almost 13 years ago
TopLeft07 wrote:
Only saw second half. Was the first half any better? Thought the second was fairly shite from our point of view.


Edit, shite for both sides really but they had more of the ball. 

1st half was much better. 2nd half looked like we gave up.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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almost 13 years ago
tripvincent wrote:

Jordan were average. Australia should pump them. All Whites would've

Good: Boyd, Vicelich, Musa (very composed and confident - great to see)

Bad: Christie, Clapham, Fenton

Ugly: Scott, Hogg, Myers, Rowe



That's what always stood out for me. Especially at the olympics. You can really see the difference between him and the likes of Siggy, Vicelich. They just look like they shit themselves as soon as the ball touches their feet.


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almost 13 years ago
nufc_nz wrote:
tripvincent wrote:

Jordan were average. Australia should pump them. All Whites would've

Good: Boyd, Vicelich, Musa (very composed and confident - great to see)

Bad: Christie, Clapham, Fenton

Ugly: Scott, Hogg, Myers, Rowe



That's what always stood out for me. Especially at the olympics. You can really see the difference between him and the likes of Siggy, Vicelich. They just look like they shit themselves as soon as the ball touches their feet.


They just gave up on him at the Phoenix / he had Ricki as a coach. He could be Reid


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almost 13 years ago · edited almost 13 years ago · History

nufc_nz wrote:

That's what always stood out for me. Especially at the olympics. You can really see the difference between him and the likes of Siggy, Vicelich. They just look like they shit themselves as soon as the ball touches their feet.



Why do you post? I mean really, why do you post?

Are you really trying to say that Musa is better than Vicelich?

Grumpy old bastard alert

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almost 13 years ago
tripvincent wrote:
He could be Reid


That is a fucking HUGE stretch.  A massive stretch.  That's like putting a dwarf on a rack and signing him as an NBA player it is such a stretch.

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almost 13 years ago

Musa is a good player. I don't get why every single person on here slams him, but lets be real, he isn't at Vicelich's level.

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almost 13 years ago
Jeff Vader wrote:

Why do you post? I mean really, why do you post?

Are you really trying to say that Musa is better than Vicelich?


Why are you making stuff up ? I mean really, why are you making stuff up ?
I said Musa has more composure than most of our older guys.
Show me where I said "Musa is better Vicelich"



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