Will Petone cope with Central League football in 2008?
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will the Central league even exist next year?
Normo's coming home
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Naki to crush petone.
Game Set match.
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Stop Out seem to do alright
Founder
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Petone have to avoid a repeat of last seasons choking and qualify
first.
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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Yes, they will cope
A dog with a bone :)
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I think its hard for any team that gets promoted to be competitive
- the bulk of the players in the top 4-5 teams are unlikely to move
so it makes it harder for these teams to be competitive - lets face
it, you need seasoned experienced players to be competitive.
But perhaps the focus is not about winning the CL but competing from a regional perspective its good to have the Nakis, Gizzy, Palmy to provide exposure of football that would not normally be available in those areas.
It also allows the youngies a pathway through to CL, NZFC and who knows A-League??
But perhaps the focus is not about winning the CL but competing from a regional perspective its good to have the Nakis, Gizzy, Palmy to provide exposure of football that would not normally be available in those areas.
It also allows the youngies a pathway through to CL, NZFC and who knows A-League??
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Let me get this right. Taranaki finish last and get a second bite.
<RANT STARTS> Hmmm so a team could lose every
single game in the League, say, FIFTY-NIL. Get a 0-0 draw in
first leg of the playoff and then win 1-0 and till stay up. That's
nuts.... The current system means you can score ONE
goal in a season and stay up. My idea is , stay with me here, if
you finish last you get relegated. </RANT OVER>
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 now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
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Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
20/5/20
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Let me get this right. Taranaki finish last and get a second bite.
<RANT STARTS> Hmmm so a team could lose every
single game in the League, say, FIFTY-NIL. Get a 0-0 draw in
first leg of the playoff and then win 1-0 and till stay up. That's
nuts.... The current system means you can score ONE
goal in a season and stay up. My idea is , stay with me here, if
you finish last you get relegated. </RANT OVER>
I like the idea of the play-off - if the team that wins the
league below is not better than what is already there, why should
they go up. If the bottom team lose every game 50-0, but
still beat the top team from the league beow, logic suggests to me
that the other team would lose by more than 50-0 every week.
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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I tend to the thought that gving the last place team a second
chance is rewarding failure.
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 now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
20/5/20
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
20/5/20
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I see that point, but there is also no benefit with replacing them
with a team that is worse than what is already there.
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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I think I tend to agree with Frankie M
If in a 2-game playoff a team that is on all roll winning most games all season can't beat a team that has lost every game that year (even if they only lose 1-0 in the playoff) it shows that, at the very best, the teams are pretty much equal, and the team from the lower grade hasn't strongly shown it deserves to be up there.
Sorry to mention rugby, but its a bit like the NPC div 1 and div 2, northland used to lose every game all year, but they'd always thrash the winner of div 2 in the playoff bcos there was (pre salary cap) a big gulf in the divisions
If in a 2-game playoff a team that is on all roll winning most games all season can't beat a team that has lost every game that year (even if they only lose 1-0 in the playoff) it shows that, at the very best, the teams are pretty much equal, and the team from the lower grade hasn't strongly shown it deserves to be up there.
Sorry to mention rugby, but its a bit like the NPC div 1 and div 2, northland used to lose every game all year, but they'd always thrash the winner of div 2 in the playoff bcos there was (pre salary cap) a big gulf in the divisions
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I think Petone will be fine. They'll attract a few new faces as
always happens when teams are promoted. I think 3-4 new players and
they will be very competitive. Probably not top 4 but won't be as
bad as the 'naki.
Its no longer a problem.
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The other team wont have their NZFC superstars - so they could do
alright
Founder
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Let me get this right. Taranaki finish last and get a second bite.
<RANT STARTS> Hmmm so a team could lose every
single game in the League, say, FIFTY-NIL. Get a 0-0 draw in
first leg of the playoff and then win 1-0 and till stay up. That's
nuts.... The current system means you can score ONE
goal in a season and stay up. My idea is , stay with me here, if
you finish last you get relegated. </RANT OVER>
I 100% agree with dairyflat here. You lose, you're gone.
Bottom teams get relegated in all other leagues, but not from CL
for some reason.
Naki should be punted and Petone or Maycenvale (who?) go
up.
If Petone go up, they will actually be a stronger side next
year given their ability to attract quality players as a CL team.
Whereas Naki will be as strong in the playoffs as they will ever
be.
Poor system. Needs changing.
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Let me get this right. Taranaki finish last and get a second bite.
<RANT STARTS> Hmmm so a team could lose every
single game in the League, say, FIFTY-NIL. Get a 0-0 draw in
first leg of the playoff and then win 1-0 and till stay up. That's
nuts.... The current system means you can score ONE
goal in a season and stay up. My idea is , stay with me here, if
you finish last you get relegated. </RANT OVER>
In fact, if you won the play offs on pens, you could
potentially score NO goals all season and still stay up
Marius Lakatush2007-08-10 14:06:59
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Let me get this right. Taranaki finish last and get a second bite.
<RANT STARTS> Hmmm so a team could lose every
single game in the League, say, FIFTY-NIL. Get a 0-0 draw in
first leg of the playoff and then win 1-0 and till stay up. That's
nuts.... The current system means you can score ONE
goal in a season and stay up. My idea is , stay with me here, if
you finish last you get relegated. </RANT OVER>
In fact, if you won the play offs on pens, you could
potentially score NO goals all season and still stay up
I, for one, hope that this happens next season.
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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U have to have a playoff. Taranaki may still be a class over
petone. I dnt believe they r and i think petone will beat them and
hopefully they do but ye.
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A playoff is a must. The gap that can emerge between leagues
in this country is two big. Why not have Team naki play
off against Petone or Maycinvale. Remember Naki were good
enough to win this playoff less than a year ago.
Also dont write off Maycinvale. 8 ex national league
players and one ex all white. Can't be all bad. I have
heard most there ex national league players are only there because
thay can't get a game at City Rovers. But I'm sure the
playoff is far far far from a sure thing for Petone.
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how does it work?
maycenvale vs petone and the winner plays taranaki?
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Taranaki have had their go over the whole season and shown that they aren't good enough, I see no reason why they should have another opportunity via the playoffs. Playoff form means nothing for the next year, a team could be conceivably much stronger the following year after promotion once they attract players keen to play at the higher level (or in Taranaki's case weaker, apparnetly they lost qute a few of the side which won their playoff).
Normo's coming home
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if and when these teams play against each other i think,Taranaki
will beat petone coz they will choke like last time, bt i hope im
wrong!! Flag goin to the taranaki its a waste of time.
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Hey jimmy, i think we get it. No need to bold everything you think
is important cousin.
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how does it work?
maycenvale vs petone and the winner plays taranaki?
Because the Middle of the country's leagues have split in the
East and West leagues, they have to play off against each other (at
this stage it looks like Pamlerston North End v Maycenvale).
The winner plays Petone, who then plays Taranaki...I think the
difficulty of that process also reinforces that Taranaki should go
down, the winner of that has done the hard yards and deserves to go
up!
Normo's coming home
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Maycencale play Red Sox Manawatu in HB and Palmerston North End
play Napier Marist in Palmy in Central zone semi finals (or the
'Rod Pelosi Challenge'), winners play off in final, and the winner
goes through to play Petone.
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