Hats off to the The Port, still going strong in an absolute downpour. Not sure the Nix have ever played in conditions this bad. 1-2
The away game in Brisbane quite a few years back? Called off early and the win awarded to us with at least 10 minutes to go. That's my memory of it anyway.
Hats off to the The Port, still going strong in an absolute downpour. Not sure the Nix have ever played in conditions this bad. 1-2
The away game in Brisbane quite a few years back? Called off early and the win awarded to us with at least 10 minutes to go. That's my memory of it anyway.
That match and one in Welly vs Gold Coast leap out to me as the worst. I don't think either were this bad. The Brisbane pitch was bad, so it pooled much worse, quicker imo. 1-2
Gutting for the Jets that their only option to shoot is in the air otherwise the ball stops dead directly in front of Woud!
Yes I don't understand why Woud was so desperate to stop the game. It's like having the greatest defender ever on your side, Newcastle are never going to score at that end.
I remember a game in Wellington and it was against Perth. May have been 2011 or 2012 when the weather was absolutely atrocious and we have a very low crowd. I thought it was like 1k or so. Or am I misremembering?
Weather aside, Auckland lost this game well before the conditions made the game a farce. Before the worst of the downpour started, it already looked as a good chance for a draw, at best, but Delianov had an excellent day in the office anyway. My thoughts are that May has not recovered properly from the procedure he had in the off season, and the resulting goal creation is way off for Auckland without him. They have excellent performers in Verstraete, Hall, de Vries and others, but they seem to have lost the scoring edge of last season, Cosgrove's and Randall's efforts to date notwithstanding.
Actually, getting outplayed quite a bit these days
Hats off to the The Port, still going strong in an absolute downpour. Not sure the Nix have ever played in conditions this bad. 1-2
The away game in Brisbane quite a few years back? Called off early and the win awarded to us with at least 10 minutes to go. That's my memory of it anyway.
That match and one in Welly vs Gold Coast leap out to me as the worst. I don't think either were this bad. The Brisbane pitch was bad, so it pooled much worse, quicker imo. 1-2
the pitch in wellington is designed to drain really well. I think it may have been Rickie that said watering isn't that effective as it drains off relatively quickly.
I remember a game in Wellington and it was against Perth. May have been 2011 or 2012 when the weather was absolutely atrocious and we have a very low crowd. I thought it was like 1k or so. Or am I misremembering?
very cold and wet early season game when we used to start in Aug/September. I think it was 4k
ah thank you, so not 1k as I thought. Well there's still time to sink that low Bullion
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I remember a game in Wellington and it was against Perth. May have been 2011 or 2012 when the weather was absolutely atrocious and we have a very low crowd. I thought it was like 1k or so. Or am I misremembering?
very cold and wet early season game when we used to start in Aug/September. I think it was 4k
I remember a game in Wellington and it was against Perth. May have been 2011 or 2012 when the weather was absolutely atrocious and we have a very low crowd. I thought it was like 1k or so. Or am I misremembering?
I remember a game in Wellington and it was against Perth. May have been 2011 or 2012 when the weather was absolutely atrocious and we have a very low crowd. I thought it was like 1k or so. Or am I misremembering?
very cold and wet early season game when we used to start in Aug/September. I think it was 4k
Was gonna ask if it was the Bertos free kick game but googling for vision of that, I found reports have us at 10k for that match.
I remember a game in Wellington and it was against Perth. May have been 2011 or 2012 when the weather was absolutely atrocious and we have a very low crowd. I thought it was like 1k or so. Or am I misremembering?
I think I know what one you're talking about, Glory scored late from a corner to win 1-0.
I think I found it, and my mistake it was from a free kick.
Poor from Auckland. IMO Gallegos is a much better player than Howieson. Plus he's not a striker. So why not play Brimmer up front, like last year, and pair Gallegos with Verstraete at DM? But apart from that, lots of players had off days, eg some poor touches from Hall, and Randell needs to put those chances away. Sluggish defending from G-R for the first goal too, who seemed reluctant to get in the way of the shot. Though understandable after getting bowled middle stump last week.
I have never been at a football game where the crowd was literally cracking up laughing every few minutes.
But whoever said that AFC had probably lost the game before the downpour started was right. My vibe is that the Jest had a great tactic - just bash through the AKL defence much like a rugby forward pack - and it worked, twice. Helps to have Lachlan Rose speeding around the place too. AFC lacked two things:
a) someone running forward to catch the ball on the rebound/from spills. Poor Jesse Randall was getting it off the woodwork and off the defence and NO-ONE was running through to pick up the crumbs.
b) a tactical Plan B. In the first half, De Vries was doing his usual pinpoint crosses which were *never* going to an AFC head. Once the downpour started, he kept trying to do those crosses and they looked ludicrous.
As I say, I really feel for Jesse Randall, who could have got 4 on a better day. Also impressed that Woud kept his composure even during the "water polo" part of the game.
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I remember a game in Wellington and it was against Perth. May have been 2011 or 2012 when the weather was absolutely atrocious and we have a very low crowd. I thought it was like 1k or so. Or am I misremembering?
I think I know what one you're talking about, Glory scored late from a corner to win 1-0.
I think I found it, and my mistake it was from a free kick.
Attendance was 3,898 according to Wikipedia.
I was there. One of the 3898. Precious memories. Man I miss Wellington sometimes.
Central Hawkes Bay Nix and tragic follower of Charlton Athletic
