No habla Espanol - the NZFC bitch fight

who you talking about?

so we dont pick Wellingtonians beacuse they werent born here? hmm

I'm not saying that at all. I think we're both talking about different things here. The feeling I got from the two posts after yours was that Auckland are hiding the fact they are paying players. It wasn't a response to your post.

I never said it was a problem exclusive to Auckland.

But as jag said,it's a bit rich ACFC fans coming on here spurting about the Phoenix taking money from NZF to develop players,when they're spending money that could be used to develop footballers,on paying foreigners to play for them in an amateur league.

If I thought that was the point you were getting at I would have agreed with you. I thought it was a dig at player payments at ACFC in which case wouldn't have been the first time people have criticised them for paying players on here and it gets a bit old particularly because everyone's doing it.

ACFC 4 - Amicale 0

Good game by ACFC today. I'm looking forward to the Club World Cup!

Certainly an interesting discussion over the last few pages. I'm pretty new to supporting City considering I've backed the Nix for two seasons and live in Auckland. I thought it was a bit weird I've been to Wellington five times (and Adelaide) and never been down to the road to see the local team. I used to go to Knights and Kings games but that is an aside.

Anyway, I definitely enjoyed the last couple of games at Kiwitea I've been to. City play entertaining football and there is fantastic atmosphere. The chants go all game and are for the most part really clever, catchy tunes. But the occasional anti-Phoenix chant just reeks of sour grapes. Wellington has the A-League licence, Auckland doesn't. Get over it. Both teams do good things for New Zealand football, but in different ways. Both teams need support from the football community. And I don't see any problem supporting both teams, which I do. I'll continue to go down to Wellington to cheer on my Nix, but next season I'll be at Kiwitea every chance I get. But as much as the City fans make the home games brilliant - some of the chants are just a bit sad.

Just my thoughts.
Footpaul2011-04-18 14:49:23

They do anti nix chants even when Wellington aren't in town?

Felicitaciones de Auckland, en su gran victoria.

Es fant�stico que Espa�a es ahora la garant�a de tener al menos un equipo en la Copa Mundial de Clubes.

Yeah there's a few! Something about supporting a Kiwi team and something about the Aussies in the Nix. Came out against TeeDubs, Waitakere and Amicale. They also sing their anti-Waitak chants (which are good, I might add) when they're not playing Waitak.

For a supporters group with some very clever chants they all too often miss the point.

You may cringe at some of their chants but at least they don't sing about air crash disasters, stadium crushes or wars that happened several generations ago.

The only way to settle this is a big exhibition match. Nix vs ACFC. Yellow Fever vs. 248 Crew. We can hold it at Waikato Stadium, we could pack it out.

Exhibitionism? NZCopley ftw.  Oh.  Exhibition.  Shame.

Meanwhile, back at the park, there was a good game of football yesterday.

I've said it before, but I've said it again - I'd be keen to form a pro-Nix ACFC supporters' group.

NZ Football should stop feeding money into the Phoenix and trying to save them. Its Auckland City FC who are again playing on the world stage and getting football in this country recognized..Auckland City are the most well known Nz Club team around the world.

Great game yesterday and some great individual performances. Is Manel Exposito the best import to ever step foot in in this country???? total quality.

Great crowd in. O-League is a great competition and has a good format.

Should probably learn how to take a peno though.

Ifill?

Not sure if Exposito is even the best import in NZFC history.

With three Spaniards on the field and a Spanish coach all taking spots off good, honest Kiwis?

Tribuletx es un nombre Catalano, no?

All I know is he ain't a good, honest Kiwi.

Found a lovely photo of the ACFC knitting circle celebrating their win...



That's El Jordy Beano on the right.

The flaws in the whole post are limitless, but let's try just this one.



For the millionth time, show us where NZF are spending any money on the Phoenix other than paying part of Ricki's salary.  A salary they would be paying him directly anyway if he was full time coach of the All Whites.

Exactly how are they saving them?  Could it be in the bit where Frank van Hattum repeatedly says they can't justify spending a cent to save them?

Didnt your mother ever tell you not to ruin a good yarn with sense

You forget that the Phoenix are Australian, therefore Ifill has never actually been to New Zealand.

According to jordybean (I think? It was one of them knitting circle types) Wellington is geographically a part of Australia even!Tegal2011-04-18 20:53:21

The best import in NZFC history is Keryn Jordan. And I think he will be the best for a long time.

Nice to make the FIFA website.

Hard News2011-04-19 09:05:41

... okay, I can't let this slide. You know perfectly well that all the nasty, mean-spirited, backbiting, "hope your team ceases to exist" stuff comes from ACFC fans. Go tell jordybean that "rivalry" puts you to sleep.

I keep saying again and again that the thing that puts me off full-blooded support for ACFC is the arseholish attitude of their fanbase to the Nix. Don't pose like it's YF who are initiating the bad feeling.

To be fair to edward I his comments on here are usually pretty reasonable. But you're absolutely right - a small minority of ACFC fans make it very difficult to feel any real warmth towards the club. Despite that, I do genuinely wish ACFC all the best at the CWC. Great achievement.

I notice that El Jordy Beano (pronounced el-hor-dee-bee-no) hasn't been logged on here since the day he was doing a hamfisted job of discussing ACFC's relationship with Trillion Trust. Am wondering if someone at the club told him to stfu?

Or he could just be concentrating on his Spanish lessons.

Hola Jordy!


terminator_x2011-04-19 09:24:17

This. Sidesplitting.

Anti-Nix? I've started going to City games since last year, afer I decided to stop supporting the Phoenix. But as far as I've seen the 248 crew only sing songs regarding Serepisos' money problems and that they support a team in the national league and not an Australian one. Pro-Nix group might not go down well in Auckland as firstly no-one will join you and you would be better off joining the 248 crew and helping them fine tune their current chants. Feel free Doloras to go onto the club website and go on the fans forum link -http://www.aucklandcityfc.com/links/

Geography fail. We're Wellingong. NSW.