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Auckland Pride - Make Auckland Great Again

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about 2 hours ago
Ok, watched the replay now.

Dan Hall, what a defensive performance. How this guy is not in the Australian team, god knows. And the guy sang both national anthems. What a legend. He is too good for this league and should be off now having achieved silverware galore but I hope one day when he finishes overseas that he comes back to Auckland.

Woud, he had virtually nothing to do but by god it’s lucky as he looked as nervous as hell and terribly indecisive on two occasions. 

Howieson, what a story. His performances this final series has been immense and if there was any doubt about getting a new contract, it’s now gone. 

Very fitting after last years semi against Victory that the winner came from a deflected goal!!

Auckland will rise once more

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about 2 hours ago
Did anyone else notice the t-shirt a guy sitting in the crowd behind Steve Corica was wearing? It kept showing up in the first half, but in the second half he was wearing a jacket. Unsure if he was asked to cover it up or if it just got cold.
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about 1 hour ago
Saw that.

Interesting.

Auckland will rise once more

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about 1 hour ago · edited about 1 hour ago · History
loyalgunner wrote:
Did anyone else notice the t-shirt a guy sitting in the crowd behind Steve Corica was wearing? It kept showing up in the first half, but in the second half he was wearing a jacket. Unsure if he was asked to cover it up or if it just got cold.
He was definitely "asked" to cover it up lol.

For those who didn't see, it was a reference to a Tupac Shakur song: "Never Ignorant about Getting Goals Accomplished." And it was a black guy wearing it fwiw.

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33 minutes ago
martinb wrote:
 imanixsupporter wrote:
Ignoring the obvious examples of success from this year in Adelaide and the Jets, neither of whom are big spenders. Using the Mariners as a distraction doesnt make us any less pathetic. 
Were the other clubs pathetic before? The Jets were pathetic losers before this season? Adelaide before? 

We were the good news story, ) the Hearts story, sadly, ) before that. 

It’s normal in a salary capped league for there to be oscillating runs if success. It’s also normal for the bigger cities to have better supported, more successful teams. 

Are Leceister, with a PL title and an FA cup, losers compared to Arsenal or City? Extreme examples in a non-salary capped league, but no, they were overachievers. The little club with the small billionaire that could, even though they’ve plummeted.

I do think analytics could help us identify players and our conditioning.  

But also who’s to say Greenie won’t be the next Mark Milligan, break out coaching star? A lot of NZ football folk and Dura and Mossy loved that winner Rudan. He was a false dawn.

I just don’t think this is about the Nix. 
"It’s normal in a salary capped league for there to be oscillating runs if success."

Exactly. It is normal for every team to have their moments of success in a salary-capped league, as indeed every single team has had. Except for us. There are no possible excuses, we are losers. 

Hard to imagine Greenacre will be the man to change this when he is a club man through-and-through and has been forged in this environment of utter mediocrity. He will probably go into the season aiming for 6th as his biggest KPI and finish 7th and everyone at the Nix HQ will pat themselves on the back for giving it a damn good try. 
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