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Mid Season Reviews - Comparisons

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almost 19 years ago · edited almost 14 years ago
Mid Season Reviews - Comparisons
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almost 19 years ago · edited almost 14 years ago
I think that both were fair in their representations of the Phoenix's performance thus far. Whilst Terry focussed on the comparision is wasn't unfair at all.

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almost 19 years ago · edited almost 14 years ago
In the Dom Sports supplement, alongside the comparision review Woodcock did (as posted above), he has done a statistical/factual Knights vs Phoenix comparison. Unfortunately, its not online.
 
While im not a fan of making comparisons, if people are going to make them, they should be done properly and looking at all the facts - which Woodcock has done really well. It is pretty compelling.
 
That is not to say Maddaford's comparison was unreasonable, but when you see the stats and facts Woodcock has provided, you can see that there is a lot more to making comparisons than where the two sides sit/sat on the league table.
Marius Lacatus2007-11-02 11:10:01
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almost 19 years ago · edited almost 14 years ago
I thought Fred's piece was excellent - the Dom coverage of the Phoenix has been the business.

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Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
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almost 19 years ago · edited almost 14 years ago
Maddaford wrote -
Too many under-performing, over-paid footballers who, by all accounts, were signed on as being more than capable, are again dragging the game down to a level where sometime soon A-League bosses might say "enough is enough".
which IMHO is COMPLETE BOLLIX!!!
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's living in Agadez, Niger.  Spending more time in town, Agadez, as bad people in the desert are spoiling the good life.
19/4/26.

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almost 19 years ago · edited almost 14 years ago
If comparisons are going to be made  shouldn't they be made on the first seasons performance by the Knights which was truly abysmal?
 By the way Terry who are these "under-performing, over-paid footballers"?
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almost 19 years ago · edited almost 14 years ago
I thought this was a pretty accurate summation in a few sentences in the Woodcock article.
 
�It has been a rollercoaster ride already - and there has certainly been a lot of rubbish said about the Wellington Phoenix over the past 10 weeks.

�After the round six 4-1 win against Perth at Westpac Stadium they were being touted by many as A-League top four certainties. It was nonsense then and will remain nonsense till the Phoenix can get some stability across the park.

�Now, after four straight losses, some pundits have them down as being no better than the Knights - once again, nonsense.�

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almost 19 years ago · edited almost 14 years ago
i'm with dairy flat and sanday re the sweeping statements re  'under performance, over payment etc."

Maddaford also used the term "marginally better" (if i remember correctly to describe a situation where we have double the Knightz points) that for me exemplifies the difference in tone between the two articles

It also interests me the assumption made that crowds will automatically fall if there are further losses in the near future - yes such results wouldn't help - but there is a culture of football fandom growing in wellington that might surprise some commentators with its loyalty.


edit 10pm ish, just opened hard copy of Dom sports, (as ML said) much more than impressive than online- impressive double page of Phoenix analysis - well done fred woodcock!


tigers2007-11-02 22:26:41
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