Kiwi Players Elsewhere

Ben Waine (Port Vale | England)

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10 Jan 21:05

Joined.

 'YOU HAVE INSUFFICIENT PRIVILEGES TO REPLY HERE.' message though on the match thread, so assume I have to wait a bit before I can add useless comments on another forum!

I can see someone linked to a fan shot of Waine's goal:
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10 Jan 21:13
Looks like you're in now as you are the newest member. 
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10 Jan 21:34 · edited 10 Jan 21:39 · History
And he's been substituted, job very well done Ben.

His goal is a traditional Waine header.
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10 Jan 22:00
Outstanding. Imagine if he gets to a cup final at Wembley three months after arriving in the UK. Hell of a debut that.
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10 Jan 22:43
“Ben Waine: Papa John’s Trophy winner” just sounds right
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10 Jan 22:43
Looks like a good start for him - fans voting him MotM on their forum:

a.haak

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10 Jan 22:52
Should have had a hat-trick, but not the best pitch, missed a couple of real good chances. Great to see him make an awesome start!
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11 Jan 01:28 · edited 11 Jan 01:30 · History
Np
Should have had a hat-trick, but not the best pitch, missed a couple of real good chances. Great to see him make an awesome start!

Yeah, it's unfortunate he missed some chances he would normally put away, but like you said. Plus the fact he was making his first start in just his 2nd appearance, nerves would've probably got to him, even after he scored.
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11 Jan 06:36 · edited 11 Jan 06:37 · History
He's probably right at home in the UK currently. Been bloody windy and wet but not cold for about 8/9 days now. He's certainly "taken the weather with you".

Green Army...
Supporter world's best and worst football teams: Waikato/WaiBop, Kingz, Knights, Phoenix, The Argyle, The Whites & the All Whites

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11 Jan 10:48
We'll look after him over here., he says he feels like he's home because we are known as Britain's Ocean City.

Here's a photo of our City.

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11 Jan 14:22
And the Waine Train will be playing in a decent stadium in Plymouth.
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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11 Jan 20:35
2ndBest


That's some miss from Waine and the second chance you expect him to do better.
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12 Jan 07:50
The pitch was terrible to be fair and it looks like he studded a wee bit. We're all excited by his movement and his ability to be a nuisance. 

Wait until he plays at Home Park on a very decent pitch. 
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12 Jan 09:34
I saw a game at Home Park a few seasons back on TV, It was an excellent surface and a great stadium. Much like what we should have had in Wellington instead of that Lemon shaped lemon we do have.
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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12 Jan 11:05
Most of love it. Some wanted a brand new stand but many of us love the fact that we have a grandstand with history.
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14 Jan 14:07
Waine on the pine.
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14 Jan 18:13
Comes on in 66th min with Plymouth down a goal. They grab a 93rd min equaliser for 1-1.

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14 Jan 18:21
Plymouth Pilgrim
Most of love it. Some wanted a brand new stand but many of us love the fact that we have a grandstand with history.
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In all fairness the old Mayflower stand was waayyy beyond its use-by date, you and I both know it, yet the referb has really breathed new life in to it.  Now for those still unsightly corners...
Supporter world's best and worst football teams: Waikato/WaiBop, Kingz, Knights, Phoenix, The Argyle, The Whites & the All Whites

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14 Jan 18:23
Happy with Argyle and the Nix both getting decent away results today.  Was over at Ipswich for the match, great atmosphere as usual from the Green Army.

The Beeb has a great pic from todays match:


Pinched form the BBC scores page.
Supporter world's best and worst football teams: Waikato/WaiBop, Kingz, Knights, Phoenix, The Argyle, The Whites & the All Whites

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15 Jan 00:25
 
A Norwich City loanee with the goal for Plymouth against Ipswich.

https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/report-ipswich-town-1-argyle-1

That and the personnel changes took all the momentum out of proceedings; after almost ten minutes of no action, Walton gave his own team another scare, dallying on the ball and letting substitute Ben Waine block his clearance, but the ball ricocheted wide.

Azaz and Sam Cosgrove entered the fray, as Schumacher looked to force the issue and change system, but the stop-start nature of the final stages prevented Argyle from building momentum. A Randell corner threatened to loop into the far corner, but Walton back-tracked well to punch away the danger. As Ipswich efficiently broke up the game, it seemed unlikely that the Pilgrims would find a way back into the game – but a Norwich City loanee (Mumba) had other ideas at Portman Road.

With the home side dropping deeper, Azaz slid a clever pass through the lines to Mumba, who had come inside from the right flank. The wing back controlled well, looked up, and curled a wonderful strike into the postage stamp of the far corner. Just as he did at Home Park, Mumba’s superb goal pegged back Ipswich Town, sending the packed away contingent into raptures.
 
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16 Jan 01:58
Plymouth Pilgrim
He certainly seems to be enjoying his early days at Argyle.

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an actual Waine Train

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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18 Jan 01:53
why did we never come up with that???

Queenslander 3x a year.

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21 Jan 22:18
On at 65 mins (3-1) as Plymouth win 4-2.
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22 Jan 20:58
Ben had a couple of attempts when he came on, the first a shot on the run but from a very acute angle hit the side netting, quite a few 1000 thought it had gone in.

We had four players making their proper home debut yesterday and all did well.

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03 Feb 21:08
Waine's high flying Argyle are back in action tomorrow. Tough task though, top of the table clash against Sheffield who have the biggest GD in the league. 
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04 Feb 17:46
Finishes 1-0 to Wednesday who go 1st on GD from Plymouth 

Waine subbed at HT. Plymouth had made 4 of their 5 subs by HT
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04 Feb 19:11
coochiee
Finishes 1-0 to Wednesday who go 1st on GD from Plymouth 

Waine subbed at HT. Plymouth had made 4 of their 5 subs by HT

They lost a CB and then their GK to injury early. 

By the sounds of things Waine was playing as a lone striker and they were hoofing the ball up to him vs some big CBs, so a tough day at the office for him.
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07 Feb 12:06
From Flying Kiwis after his starting debut at Wednesday on the weekend.

While it clearly wasn’t the starting debut that Waine-o will have been day-dreaming about as he walked onto the pitch, his manager made a firm point of backing his kiwi striker afterwards as well as pointing out the tactical reasons for Waine’s selection and also why he subbed him...

Steven Schumacher: “We just felt with Waineo down the middle and Tyreik there that we might be able to hit them on the break because sometimes at home if they pass it out they can be caught on counter attacks. They didn't really pass it out that much, Sheffield Wednesday, they went a bit more direct and we didn't get our counter attacks and breaks that we expected so we had to change it at half-time. We just felt that getting Sam on there and Ryan up there might give us a little bit more to build from. Ben Waine is going to play in loads of these big games against big centre-halves like Aden Flint so he will learn from the experience.”
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