The Dominion Post
Yes, glad it has become available online as well as being in the paper. Hopefully it'll reach more people.
Edit: Screenshot from front page of Dom website! Title is a bit um... Yeah! "Fever soothes sufferers"
I don't believe it.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/10665231/Nathan-Burns-the-key-man-in-fine-Phoenix-win
Unbelievable. Only Stuff could open a story after that performance with a downer of a sentence. How they managed to focus on pouring cold water on it, I'll never know.
AND Hamish Bidwell is wrong.
The game against Victory is ABSOLUTELY NOT the only game that matters. According to the soothsayers of doom at Stuff, like Danny Hay, who inist on regurgitating Mike Cockerill's bullshit, crowd numbers are a critical factor for the Phoenix.
Well, if that is the case the game against the Jets is bloody important too. It is the one people will be talking about at work on Tuesday. It is the performance that will have a MAJOR influence on whether we get 7,000, 10,000 or more against WSW on Friday 7th of November.
Also, going into the Victory game, the players confidence is sky high. It's sky high because of the last two results, AND the way the team played in those two wins. Reviewing what worked, and what they can do better is CRITICAL to how the team will play against the Victory, so next Monday's game is demonstrably NOT the only game that matters.
Very strange line to take. 3 points against victory is the same as 3 points against Newcastle. Very poor editorial line here
Stuff just got owned on Twitter.
Stuff just got owned on Twitter.
Reason's ridiculous latest effort
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/10670824/Reas...
JamesDean's comment at the bottom sums it up beautifully, well done sir
Reason's ridiculous latest effort
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/10670824/Reas...
JamesDean's comment at the bottom sums it up beautifully, well done sir
Whether I agree or not I back his right as a journo to have an opinion.
Reason's ridiculous latest effort
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/10670824/Reas...
JamesDean's comment at the bottom sums it up beautifully, well done sir
Whether I agree or not I back his right as a journo to have an opinion.
I'm not even sure he has an opinion. Is he in favour of overseas players or against them? Can a local team still have an identity, and will fans identify with their local team if the players are from overseas or not? It's poorly constructed, lightweight, wittering, would have taken him 15 minutes to write and really isn't worth the paper it's written on
Reason has spoken: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/64205471/reason-who-would-be-a-goalkeeper
Apparently its Moss' fault we lost.
Reason has spoken: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/64205471/reason-who-would-be-a-goalkeeper
Apparently its Moss' fault we lost.
he said "cost the phoenix victory".
He ironically backs up his own article with that remark. Yes, Moss' mistake did contribute greatly to us not winning the game. But equal blame should also be given to those who missed sitters at the other end.
The reason Goalkeepers mistakes are blamed more often than strikers missing chances is because it doesn't happen as often as a missed chance.
Reason has spoken: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/64205471/reason-who-would-be-a-goalkeeper
Apparently its Moss' fault we lost.
he said "cost the phoenix victory".
He ironically backs up his own article with that remark. Yes, Moss' mistake did contribute greatly to us not winning the game. But equal blame should also be given to those who missed sitters at the other end.
The reason Goalkeepers mistakes are blamed more often than strikers missing chances is because it doesn't happen as often as a missed chance.
Exactly. The game should have been effectively over by the time Moss made his mistake. Even then it is far from a howler, a shot that bounces in front like that is always difficult and keepers with a greater Pedigree than Moss have spilt similar ones before
Ha yeah, it felt so much like a loss i forgot it was a draw. My bad.
Still though, hardly a "colossal blunder" from Moss. He'd be about 2% blame as an individual for us not winning.
Bloody Lia again...
Reason - not a journo, not a football fan, no even really that interested in anything except regalling his tenuous links to the sport 40 years ago.
The story he tells about David James and the divot wasn't actually James, it was Paul Robinson. Only a small thing but you would think that there would be some form of fact check.
The story he tells about David James and the divot wasn't actually James, it was Paul Robinson. Only a small thing but you would think that there would be some form of fact check.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/64331395/100yearsold-and-dancing-on-the-table-top
Nice
Tonights Headlines:
"Dubious penalty earns Wellington Phoenix 1-0 victory over Western Sydney Wanderers"And...
"Kiwi referee Peter O’Leary at centre of controversy again, but on smaller stage"Sam Worthington, you are a boring, negative and predictable cod.
Worthington - generating headline clicks for revenue since ages ago.
Worthington - Putting his arse in the air for rent since ages ago.
He infuriates me. The Dom post have better reporters that write football articles but insist on using that codface.
In his defence, he doesn't write the headings.
But would you be happy to be the one who has to put your work under such garbage headlines, 2ndBest?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/64653497/Jeremy-Brockie-leaves-Phoenix-on-a-high
Has someone hijacked Worthington's typewriter? Surely he can not have written this piece of positivity?
Not even the most vile writer could write something bad about that match. It had everything you could have asked for including Manny scoring and good crowd.
He infuriates me. The Dom post have better reporters that write football articles but insist on using that codface.
Its a Dom Post sort of style thing i.e. headline grabbing, sensationalism, cheap journalism. That's an editorial decision. The journalist gets asked to write up the game but headlines sell papers. Better articles with integrity in NZ Herald sports section e.g. Daniel Richardson.
Nice photo on the front page. That was good.
From WSW match thread:
We are going to get humped. I just know it.
#ninepointer
I'm with you J82. Whats the bet their winless streak will be broken courtesy of us.
When did Stuff change the web page to "Football HQ"?
From WSW match thread:
We are going to get humped. I just know it.
#ninepointer
I'm with you J82. Whats the bet their winless streak will be broken courtesy of us.
When did Stuff change the web page to "Football HQ"?
When NZF started paying them for it.
They have struck a deal with Fairfax to "lead content" there. It's off the back of the live streaming of the futsal last year...NZF provide content and cash and get preferential treatment from Fairfax.
Advertorial ftw.
Nice.
I thought there had been a lot more ASBP write ups recently.
Sam Worthington and the sub editors got carried away again...
"poor draw at Hutt Recreation Ground"
What is "A curious crowd"?
Sam Worthington and the sub editors got carried away again...
"poor draw at Hutt Recreation Ground"
What is "A curious crowd"?
Lots of three-eared folk sitting amid dwarves and giants?
Sam Worthington and the sub editors got carried away again...
"poor draw at Hutt Recreation Ground"
What is "A curious croud"?
Us folks in Lower Hutt ain't never seen us no footsballs before
Worthington is leaving to go to Fox Sports.
Worthington is leaving to go to Fox Sports.
Hopefully they can find someone to replace him that is better than him. If they are worse, then we could see #BringBackSam...
Worthington is leaving to go to Fox Sports.
Yessss!
Hopefully they replace him with someone who has a football background.
.. or enjoys the game.