Auckland FC squad: 1. Michael WOUD, 2. Hiroki SAKAI, 3. Scott GALLOWAY, 4. Nando PIJNAKER, 5. Tommy SMITH, 6. Louis VERSTRAETE, 8. Luis TOOMEY, 9. Max MATA, 10. Guillermo MAY, 12. Alex PAULSEN, 14. Liam GILLION, 15. Francis DE VRIES, 17. Callan ELLIOT, 18. Finn MCKENLAY, 21. Jesse RANDALL, 22. Jake BRIMMER, 25. Neyder MORENO, 27. Logan ROGERSON, 28. Luis Felipe GALLEGOS
(One to be omitted) Ins: Nil Outs: Nil
Melbourne Victory squad: 2. Jason GERIA, 3. Adama TRAORE, 5. Brendan HAMILL, 6. Ryan TEAGUE, 7. Daniel ARZANI, 9. Nikolaos VERGOS, 10. Bruno FORNAROLI, 11. Clerismario SANTOS RODRIGUES, 14. Jordi VALADON, 16. Joshua INSERRA, 17. Nishan VELUPILLAY, 18. Fabian MONGE, 19. Jing REEC, 21. Roderick MIRANDA, 22. Joshua RAWLINS, 25. Jack DUNCAN, 26. Luka KOLIC, 27. Reno PISCOPO, 28. Kasey BOS, 30. Daniel GRASKOSKI
(Two to be omitted) Ins: 16.Joshua INSERRA (promoted), 26. Luka KOLIC (promoted) Outs: 8. Zinedine MACHACH (suspended) Unavailable: 8. Zinedine MACHACH (suspension)
It will be interesting to see what sort if crowd AFC pull in tomorrow. No trains in Auckland for the whole of January. Buses running on Sunday timetable. I might give this game a miss. Dont fancy being stranded in Penrose waiting for non existent public transport
Public transport isn't non-existent. The 66 bus to Mt Albert is running every 15 minutes. Don't know about the Great South Road buses but I can't imagine they're less frequent.
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It will be interesting to see what sort if crowd AFC pull in tomorrow. No trains in Auckland for the whole of January. Buses running on Sunday timetable. I might give this game a miss. Dont fancy being stranded in Penrose waiting for non existent public transport
Ticket sales looking slower than usual. I’m usually really good at this, it will be around 12k I guess
12k would be incredible. Half the city is away and the other half is hungover.
It will be interesting to see what sort if crowd AFC pull in tomorrow. No trains in Auckland for the whole of January. Buses running on Sunday timetable. I might give this game a miss. Dont fancy being stranded in Penrose waiting for non existent public transport
Public transport isn't non-existent. The 66 bus to Mt Albert is running every 15 minutes. Don't know about the Great South Road buses but I can't imagine they're less frequent.
No. 70 runs between Britomart & Glen Innes every 20 mins. Then to Penrose. Also buses are replacing trains acc. to train timetables.
As much as I would like them to, I don't see Victory winning this. Then again, WU well and truly proved me wrong when I predicted an "inevitable AFC win," on the morning before that match.
It will be interesting to see what sort if crowd AFC pull in tomorrow. No trains in Auckland for the whole of January. Buses running on Sunday timetable. I might give this game a miss. Dont fancy being stranded in Penrose waiting for non existent public transport
Public transport isn't non-existent. The 66 bus to Mt Albert is running every 15 minutes. Don't know about the Great South Road buses but I can't imagine they're less frequent.
No. 70 runs between Britomart & Glen Innes every 20 mins. Then to Penrose. Also buses are replacing trains acc. to train timetables.
I agree there are buses. My problem is bus capacity after the match to move potentially say 1000+ people to Britomart. The train replacement buses on the Great South Rd route leave Penrose at 7.25pm, 7.45, 8.05 and 8.25. Thats four buses, with 40 people per bus equals 160 total in the hour post match. I wont work!
We have had to put up with no trains for years is actually good to see them experiencing some of the issues we have had to put up with
I have previously suffered in life so now i take pleasure in seeing other people also suffer.
Sums up what kind of person you must be. A proper sad act.
WTF you really are a miserable cod fortunately most other fans arnt like you. Have you forgotten your on a Phoenix fan forum where we are allowed to post that sort of stuff. To the best of my knowledge we have never meet so not sure why you think you can make judgement on someone. Given some of the shark you have posted over the years dont think your in any position to take the moral high ground. Again this is a PHOENIX fan forum dont like it crawl back to your Auckland forums.
We have had to put up with no trains for years is actually good to see them experiencing some of the issues we have had to put up with
It's a nationwide problem due to decades of deferred maintenance and the sheer apathy from central government to rail. We can only hope that, in Auckland's case, this nonsense stops in 1 year's time when the CRL comes online.
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We have had to put up with no trains for years is actually good to see them experiencing some of the issues we have had to put up with
I have previously suffered in life so now i take pleasure in seeing other people also suffer.
Sums up what kind of person you must be. A proper sad act.
You must be new to this football lark then 😂
More a case of pot kettle black dishes it out but dosnt like it when someone else does it. Apart from the fact dont see what was so wrong with stating something thats true.
Thanks for the bus advice from those who know Auckland better than me. Ill give it a go. If any of you are driving around south Auckland late tonight and you see a sad lonely lost football supporter, stop and give me a ride.
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It will be interesting to see what sort if crowd AFC pull in tomorrow. No trains in Auckland for the whole of January. Buses running on Sunday timetable. I might give this game a miss. Dont fancy being stranded in Penrose waiting for non existent public transport
Ticket sales looking slower than usual. I’m usually really good at this, it will be around 12k I guess
12k would be incredible. Half the city is away and the other half is hungover.
Was a bit disappointed that they couldn’t create any real chances in that last ten with a lot of bodies forward and moving the ball well.
As well, Randell is still a step below the others on today’s evidence. Lots of Kiwis in this squad. Tommy Smith very composed and well positioned I thought.
Verstaete is mad fit. He seems to do everything Rufer does at twice the pace.
Did quite enjoy Duncan keeping them at bay early in the half too.
How do they not create more and better opportunities though?
Neither side had any proper chances so 0-0 is fair.
The Vuck had a chance in like the last minute of regular time which curled just past Alex's far post
Frustrating game. Significantly better than the last game, in that AFC only booted useless long balls *half* the time, and the other half went back to the tight possession football that got them so many wins on the trot. I agree with the kudos for Verstraete and Jack Duncan (must have learned something from Alex last season lol), and Geria getting PotD for his runs down right wing is fair enough
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AFC do some really good stuff. But when they get into the final third they do lots of dumb stuff. How many corners or set pieces hit their targets? Less than 10% IMO. DE Vries is a very good footballer. Verstraete is a beast. The guy must have 3 lungs
Good they both dropped more points today, keeps them within reach. Credit where it's due though, the crowd was outstanding (in numbers and vocally) and AFC play attractive football imo.
Regarding Rene Piscopo, a T-AFC comrade was heard to comment: "why do all these Australians leave the Phoenix to end up at an equal or probably inferior Aussie club?"
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Call me paranoid, many do: but I really think they are gradually ramping up the Black Knights branding in merchandising, ground announcements, etc., on a "boiling frog" principle.
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AFC do some really good stuff. But when they get into the final third they do lots of dumb stuff. How many corners or set pieces hit their targets? Less than 10% IMO. DE Vries is a very good footballer. Verstraete is a beast. The guy must have 3 lungs
De Vries, Verstraete, Brimmer & Gallegos are the driving force of this team. If these 4 last the distance they'll make the play-offs whoever else comes and goes. NB looks like Toomey's lost his place in the game day squad. And McKenley will lose his soon as Howieson is fit.
AFC do some really good stuff. But when they get into the final third they do lots of dumb stuff. How many corners or set pieces hit their targets? Less than 10% IMO. DE Vries is a very good footballer. Verstraete is a beast. The guy must have 3 lungs
De Vries, Verstraete, Brimmer & Gallegos are the driving force of this team. If these 4 last the distance they'll make the play-offs whoever else comes and goes. NB looks like Toomey's lost his place in the game day squad. And McKenley will lose his soon as Howieson is fit.
One of the few occasions where Sakai was adequate rather than outstanding. Agreed that De Vries, Verstraete and Brimmer had a solid performance, Gallegos probably supporting rather than leading. Good solid game, again, for Tommy Smith. While I am a fan of Gillion, I can see what others meant by saying he does not often do much with the ball once he beats the next opponent; his final touch is sometimes questionable.
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