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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Piney's Blog

You know we belong together...

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Nice piece on Fred, but I couldn't help but notice similarities with his summaries of past Nix Brazilians and the pieces on them in My LinkThis[/URL]
You know we belong together...

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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Hey Piney are you still doing your game blogs?


http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/wellingtonphoenix/news-display/Jason-Pine-Phoenix-Will-Be-Happy-With-Draw/41658


http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/wellingtonphoenix/news-display/Jason-Pine-Im-Checking-My-Passport/41801


http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/wellingtonphoenix/news-display/Pineys-View-Goals-Pay-The-Rent/42187


http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/wellingtonphoenix/news-display/Pineys-View-Football-Results-Are-About-Context/42625
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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
So we'll take that as a yes from Piney?

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
quality from piney again!


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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Great article Piney.

Interesting fact you raise about being a fan group enjoying a third successive season of finals football (potentially).

How many other teams have managed that?

Yellow Whever Whanganui

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about 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Assuming we do secure a finals/play-off spot that, according to one true pundit of the game, would be a trophy.  We will need to find a big cabinet at Newtown Park soon to house our third trophy...
 
 

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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about 13 years ago · edited about 13 years ago · History

I'm not sure Piney's glass half full view is going to be backed up

Normo's coming home

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about 13 years ago

Spot on!

"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...

I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...

Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...

Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."

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about 13 years ago · edited about 13 years ago · History

This is exactly what a good local media journalist should produce.  Constructively critical, looking for answers, explaining what has been going on and what was inaccurately reported, while still outlining the naivety of those involved that allowed it to happen.  Not needlessly destructive or looking to create/foment scandal for the sake of it, and outlining facts rather than interviewing his typewriter and adding a question mark (eg. Herbert under pressure?). 


Great work Piney.

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about 13 years ago

aitkenmike wrote:

This is exactly what a good local media journalist should produce.  Constructively critical, looking for answers, explaining what has been going on and what was inaccurately reported, while still outlining the naivety of those involved that allowed it to happen.  Not needlessly destructive or looking to create/foment scandal for the sake of it, and outlining facts rather than interviewing his typewriter and adding a question mark (eg. Herbert under pressure?). 


Great work Piney.


Sums it up nicely. Local journos are crap and are only basically egg ball orientated. 
Piney does a great job and this piece is certainly of the highest standard.
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about 13 years ago

Well done Piney, the voice of reason.

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about 13 years ago

love how piney clearly has a bias towards tawa born fenton - cant remember last article he wrote that didnt mention him lol


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about 13 years ago

Hey! We Tawa-ites don't have much else we can be proud of...


Yellow Fever - Misery loves company

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about 13 years ago

haha yeah its just funny.

Like when you see gourdie presenting a piece on a Man U win, or even funnier when they lose.


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about 13 years ago

I still haven't gotten over Lynn of Tawa

Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet

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about 13 years ago

 Ah, but she was able to change her game-plan (from Shakespearean wannabe to L O T) when she realised she wasn't up to it.

"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...

I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...

Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...

Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."

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about 13 years ago

playwithFire wrote:

love how piney clearly has a bias towards tawa born fenton - cant remember last article he wrote that didnt mention him lol

Perhaps he's not blind.  Fenton is a midfielder who has been asked to do the attacking thing and has done bloody well.

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about 13 years ago

patrick478 wrote:

Hey! We Tawa-ites don't have much else we can be proud of...


Course you do. The factory outlet shops.  Apparently a good bakery too.


"Are you Jville in disguise?"

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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about 13 years ago

The thing I still don't understand - this presentation that RH gave to the board on the future of the club, was that pre-season or did it occur during the season?  If it was pre-season as Gareth and now Piney are indicating - why did he have the meeting that Brockie has referred to in the media mid season after the Morgan interview saying that they would be changing styles?  That just doesn't make any sense to me

Normo's coming home

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about 13 years ago

james dean wrote:

The thing I still don't understand - this presentation that RH gave to the board on the future of the club, was that pre-season or did it occur during the season?  If it was pre-season as Gareth and now Piney are indicating - why did he have the meeting that Brockie has referred to in the media mid season after the Morgan interview saying that they would be changing styles?  That just doesn't make any sense to me

Exactly. That why I intimated that Gareth knows more than he says in his blog that he does

Grumpy old bastard alert

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about 13 years ago · edited about 13 years ago · History

james dean wrote:

The thing I still don't understand - this presentation that RH gave to the board on the future of the club, was that pre-season or did it occur during the season?  If it was pre-season as Gareth and now Piney are indicating - why did he have the meeting that Brockie has referred to in the media mid season after the Morgan interview saying that they would be changing styles?  That just doesn't make any sense to me


Good question. I have just been speculating in the Ownership thread that maybe Ricki was trying to go about it in a more low-key way with the players (having failed to secure better midfield options that Sanchez and Smith in the off-season, and not wanting to scare the horses until he knew he had the personnel to do the job). Then Gareth got excited and forced Ricki's hand. That's actually a pretty plausible scenario if you ask me.


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about 13 years ago

Yeah I agree, that fits in with what we have heard from Piney, Brockie and Gareth, and it ties their 'stories' together really well.

But again, it's only speculation. 


Yellow Fever - Misery loves company

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about 13 years ago

On the other hand, it could have been Colonel Mustard in the Library with the Piece of Rope. 



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