Weds Night game vs Fiji

It seriously effects my opinion module located  near my rectum.

 

I know what you'r saying, and I agree that the performances need to improve, but I'd like to see Japan go to Luatoka and try and play football on that pitch!!  It looked like Alex Moore (Wembley)

 

Did you count the 4 disallowed?

If there are match programmes then maybe they will have some value in later years.

The Claytons World Cup Game. There might be some value to programme collectors around the world. Maybe NZF should sit on them and then flog them off to the programme king dude from Suffolk, UK in 10 years time. Might cover the losses from the non-event.

I hope Winston Peters is going to fork out the compensation to NZF from his own pocket. These clowns in government should be more accountable for their decisions. Winston v FIFA....the foreign minister is in dream-world if he thinks he weilds more power that the crew in Zurich.

 

 

$8 Jug and $4 pint expensive?! You have got to be kidding fella.

 

I had no idea we banged in 4 disallowed goals.  The radio commentator wasn't exactly forthcoming with that information...

 

poor fella has either never been to a pub before, or hasn't been anywhere since 1986

 

 

 

no place for gimps like that!

 

my take on the performance.  rusty, but at least we won.  a fairer result would have been 4-0.  i was however concerned at the lack of pace in our side.  in the first half in particular, there was a real lack of movement in the midfield and only oughton was looking like getting forward beyond the strikers.

 

thanks to matty and the staff for tonight's fever lounge hospitality!

I will have to watch  the replay to make further judgement as I could only get the TV1 website broadcast in a 48mm x 32 odd mm box on the 'puter which made viewing difficult.

I thought we won 1-0 as we had so many goals disallowed, so to win 2-0 was fine. Better than having the campaign buggered after one game.

 

 

any world cup win is a good one

 

yes, we were far from pretty. yes, the 5th place asian team (if we get there) will go into any play off as favourites. yes, Iraq away will be a tricky fixture

 

but, for now, enjoy the bloody win lads

 

Especially when they put bollocks RWC games like Nambia v Georgia and Portugal v Romania on LIVE!!

 

Oh well, spose you have to expect that if you have lived your entire life in Aotearoa.

Take the win, have a beer and bring on the next opponent.

 

btw, I don't know what's going on but I'm almost certain the Fijian coach is a well known Croatian porn star from the 70s. I'd recognise that ponytail anywhere.

 

 

But watching some of the game over the internet today, I jsut dont understand. Its like we are a bit nervous and panic on the ball a bit.

 

I didnt see much off the game, but some parts and wing backs were hoofing the ball out or down the park where they actually had about 2 passing opportunities and only one fijian in the picture.

 

I guess there was some nerves, but I would like to think that we could have put more passes together and got more shots on goal.

 

Hopefully we are more convincing against Vanuatu.

Yeah I noticed that

 

Had to laugh as the commentator confidently concluded that Vicelich was offside for the first goal (and ditto for Smeltz's first offside goal).  How anyone could conclude that from the angle of a camera on half way is beyond me.  Perhaps it was based on the fact he was beyond the last defender when he received the ball? 

 

But why would you want to? Average, very average, from us to Fiji to the coverage, the pitch (shocking) and the Officials (probably the pick of the whole game). FIFA and the OFC (and Football NZ) have got a lot of work to do here if they want to lift the profile of football in this part of the world. That wasn't good enough. Disappointed at the standard of play by the All Whites, they had everything going out there from woeful passes and poor options to shocking technique. Looked like they had all been on the piss for a week! I know they are better than this but some of those guys didn't deserve to be wearing our national shirts.

 

Nah. It was based on the fact the commentator was a pissed off Fijian supporter with no other excuse for poor defending. Vicelich was onside when the ball was knocked back over, although to the match officials it was probably not so obvious, however games are about goals and if there is any doubt they should let it go which they did. I'm surprised the commentator didn't find fault with Smells (of Halifax) cracker at the end!

 

Without wishing to hijack the thread or show my age, but when did average come to mean the same as bad. And what do people say now when they really want to say average?

 

Up to the individual. I didn't see it as all bad (Smeltz goal, Paston, Lochead etc) so I rated it as average. That perception covered the opposition, who I felt were quite good in patches and outplayed us football wise, the state of the pitch, lack of atmosphere etc. I've seen worse and I've seen better better, so I rated it as average (very average actually). Some others might see it as bad that's fine. I think the general gist of the thread is that the game and the All Whites were disappointing and that we all hope to see a marked improvement next time out. If we'd lost then I would have seen it as bad . And if I'd paid money to go and watch it I would have rated it as disappointing. And if I'd .........

he also says "book" instead of "cool" because that's the first word that shows up when you type "cool" into your text message.  Took me a while to figure out why all these teenagers were saying "yeah, book" watching Die Hard.

What a "spat", first word that shows up when I type "prat".