this event is crp. apart from fielding the worst team in the world to play Galaxy in a demo match, jumping on Radio Sports bandwagon to try and increase sales when they do f all for footy most of the time is comical. Id be pssed if i bought a full rpice ticket and now theyre doing 2 for 1.
And why are the media numpties asking him about rugby ffs?
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I think Cnut summed it up nicely - http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/blogs/handofgod/2008/12/04/clowns-on-parade/
LA Galaxy are old news, they've brought a B team, and the All Stars are a rubbish team. Almost everyone on was saying it would flop from when it was announced.
LA Galaxy are old news, they've brought a B team, and the All Stars are a rubbish team. Almost everyone on was saying it would flop from when it was announced.
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When it was first talked about, I thought I might wander along but the more I heard about it, the more Mickey Mouse it got. Waste of time and effort.
They are even trying to sell the fact that there is a 'Celebrity' match on as a curtain-raiser to boost ticket sales. Hmm, the likes of Carol Hirschfield (?spelling) and Monty Betham kicking a ball around then Goldenballs and his mates going through the motions for 90 minutes, and for only $85. No thanks.
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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this event is crp. apart from fielding the worst team in the world to play Galaxy in a demo match, jumping on Radio Sports bandwagon to try and increase sales when they do f all for footy most of the time is comical. Id be pissed if i bought a full price ticket and now they're doing 2 for 1.
I hear that those who purchased a ticket at full price can now get a second ticket for free.
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LOL's @ Dorkland!
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What I don't understand is why isn't Christian Karembeu getting more attention? He is much more interesting than Becks.
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Two-for-one Becks tickets for all buyers Newstalk ZB - December 5, 2008, 11:42 am
The pulling power of soccer star David Beckham has failed to live up to all the hype.
The Auckland Regional Council is battling to fill up Mt Smart Stadium for tomorrow night's match between the LA Galaxy and the Oceania All Stars. Anyone who has purchased a ticket to the game can now get another one for free.
ARC Parks general manager Lance Vervoort admits the council received complaints from people who had paid full price, when it offered a two-for-one deal this morning.
"We've had up to 15,000 tickets go out - and we actually want to fill the stadium . . . we want to get up to capacity, up to 32,000. We want as many Aucklanders as possible to take the opportunity to see these players."
Mr Vervoort is confident the latest offer will fill the stadium.
http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/article/-/5193212/twoforone-becks-tickets-buyersive got a song that wont take long, Adelaide are rubbish.. the second verse is same as the first.. ADELAIDE ARE RUBBISH
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ten for one - get in quick. Brought to you by Ticketek - by mistake. 
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What I don't understand is why isn't Christian Karembeu getting more attention? He is much more interesting than Becks.
The same reason Ruud Gullit got no attention here last year. Ignorant public.
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ZOMG B3CKHAM!!!!!!
*screams*
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1] what a farce, oceania 11 when some like Davids have nothing to do with the region.
2] 2 for one deal.
3] 16,600? WTF - Aucklanders supporting their football like they did with their teams?? Surely there is more than 16,600 football playing adults in Auckland? After all, they keep reminding us how they have a population of over 1 million.
4] For an Oceania team it was intersting to see that our oceania neighbours did not support their countrymen playing.
5] last i heard on the radio yesterday afternoon, they were giving tickets away just to boost crowd numbers, so I wonder how many of those 16,600 actually paid for their ticket.
6] I saw an advert on telly saying that tickets started off at $45 upwards. Didn't we all pay $88 for ours??
7] We all expressed concern when it was announced and yet again, most of Auckland supported our concerns by not showing.
8] I feel for our fellow footballing fans whom come onto this site from Auckland, they were let down by their fellow Aucklanders big time.
9] A very interesting match report on the home page here, just the tone of it is so negative, the whole thing seems to be a big waste of time.
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The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
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Refer my post on the NZFC / OFC forum, Lonegunmen - the moderators need to do a bit of tidying up, as there are threads on this topic all over the shop!
Cheers,
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Correction - make that the NZ and other international teams thread. Told you there were too many!! :-))
Cheers,
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Steven old, an all star.. LOL!
ive got a song that wont take long, Adelaide are rubbish.. the second verse is same as the first.. ADELAIDE ARE RUBBISH
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I think it's a real shame the thing tanked.
We need more of these sorts of initiatives in NZ, and this is just going to make people gunshy.
Booo Auckland for not getting out for it, but also booo ARC for putting on a very poorly run event (flat balls...wtf!)
We need more of these sorts of initiatives in NZ, and this is just going to make people gunshy.
Booo Auckland for not getting out for it, but also booo ARC for putting on a very poorly run event (flat balls...wtf!)
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
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To be fair, Old was better than most of the players on the Oceania team (but still not an Oceania All Star in my books either).
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(flat balls...wtf!)
flat balls >>>>>>>golden balls
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needed more Salmon07 pulling the strings
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needed more Salmon07 pulling the strings
didn't want to say it myself...nah, it was a balls up across the park
Nix took the major risk in 07-THAT is the major difference
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needed more Salmon07 pulling the strings
didn't want to say it myself...nah, it was a balls up across the park
Nix took the major risk in 07-THAT is the major difference
and noone at WCC wanted this venture to fail, the implications for the events industry could be grave and far reaching..we shared info with them about the training day, but the product was not as fresh and the discerning public smelt it.
i switched off at half time - a good decision in hindsight
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Got very messy in the second half, looked like noone was enjoying the game (players). The ref was rather star struck I though and didn't help with the potential 'spectacle' that the game should have been. He was so far up the Galaxy's arse..........
Queenslander 3x a year.
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I heard there wasa freekick outside the box every few minutes...my mate thought that was rigged up....He even left at halftime
Wonder what the first half and second half attendances were
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I heard there wasa freekick outside the box every few minutes...my mate thought that was rigged up....He even left at halftime
Was your mate Mark Bosnich?
robbwatson2008-12-08 11:51:02Was your mate Mark Bosnich?
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What was up with Bos clearly doing his rag at halftime in the Sheds? And someone should have told him he is a rolemodel and that on national television he should have kept his shirt on.... think of the children!
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Fatty persecution - That's a banning.
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Id hardly persecute myself! But the young people of NZ have an obesity problem News, its a fact!
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It was a "if you keep eating you will end up looking like this" so it probably helped.
Never know,a bit of scare tactics could work
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Id hardly persecute myself! But the young people of NZ have an obesity problem News, its a fact!
So do some of the old people...
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Got very messy in the second half, looked like noone was enjoying the game (players). The ref was rather star struck I though and didn't help with the potential 'spectacle' that the game should have been. He was so far up the Galaxy's arse..........
Same ref that did the LA Galaxy v Nix game, in front of twice as many people.
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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this whole episode is mind boggling. who on earth was advising ARC? everybody I talked to about this when the event was only a rumour agreed it was a foolhardy venture. Last year was all about media hype. the press went bananas here and in Aust over the novelty of having Beckham in town. That was never going to happen again. and the game was always going to be very difficult to market. unlike the phoenix, nobody identifies with an "Oceania XI". The risks and challenges to this project were so obvious - its hard to fathom how the decision to go ahead was made - particularly with ARC carrying the risk.
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Some good points here about this fiasco. I live in Auckland and never considered going.
As for the people blaming Auckland football fans for the poor attendance they need to consider in exactly the same circumstances would they have gone?
As for the people blaming Auckland football fans for the poor attendance they need to consider in exactly the same circumstances would they have gone?
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The people saying it is Football fans who messed this one up need only look at the crowds the girls got only about three weeks ago
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The people saying it is Football fans who messed this one up need only look at the crowds the girls got only about three weeks ago
Those idiots are the same people who say Yellow Fever are responsible for poor attendances at Phoenix matches
Those kind of people also don't have better sperm.
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The people saying it is Football fans who messed this one up need only look at the crowds the girls got only about three weeks ago
Those idiots are the same people who say Yellow Fever are responsible for poor attendances at Phoenix matches
Those kind of people also don't have better sperm.
Well it was actually Richardson on Radio Sport this morning saying the issue was largely a 'soccer' issue, he normally is quite sensible. I would consider myself a 'soccer' person and I actively avoided watching the game.
Kent Johns was saying something similar and his basic thoughts were the WC playoff next year will be the real test for Football fans in NZ.
Some strange logic
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Richardson's a moron, he doesn't have a clue what he's talking about.
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Richardson's a moron, he doesn't have a clue what he's talking about.
He could save kittens from a burning building and I reckon you still wouldn't be able to say anything nice about him
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