19 Days until the Nix's first game
20/21 Season - Wellingong Phoenix
19 Days until the Nix's first game
It's just like an advent calendar!
Sounds like local interest is ramping up in Wollongong. One of my sons, who lives over there, was tracked down as a Nix fan and interviewed today for a local tv item on the Nix.
Does anyone even believe we will win a game this season?. I started thinking this is the season for silverware, but now think we are destined for the spoon. Playing in front of 1k crowds @ the gong wont help also its not really a home game in Wollongong so all the NSW teams will smash us. Our squad is a mixed bag of could be's to half season lazy pants. If only the club let Talay spend the money needed to strengthen the squad.
Does anyone even believe we will win a game this season?. I started thinking this is the season for silverware, but now think we are destined for the spoon. Playing in front of 1k crowds @ the gong wont help also its not really a home game in Wollongong so all the NSW teams will smash us. Our squad is a mixed bag of could be's to half season lazy pants. If only the club let Talay spend the money needed to strengthen the squad.
Does anyone even believe we will win a game this season?. I started thinking this is the season for silverware, but now think we are destined for the spoon. Playing in front of 1k crowds @ the gong wont help also its not really a home game in Wollongong so all the NSW teams will smash us. Our squad is a mixed bag of could be's to half season lazy pants. If only the club let Talay spend the money needed to strengthen the squad.
The whole Royz troll act got old a very long time ago.
Does anyone even believe we will win a game this season?. I started thinking this is the season for silverware, but now think we are destined for the spoon. Playing in front of 1k crowds @ the gong wont help also its not really a home game in Wollongong so all the NSW teams will smash us. Our squad is a mixed bag of could be's to half season lazy pants. If only the club let Talay spend the money needed to strengthen the squad.
The whole Royz troll act got old a very long time ago.
@Royz you should open your own thread called "Royz' Ramblings" so you can expel all of that negative energy, and we can all avoid it like the plague
we'll still have to quarantine for two weeks when we return though.
we'll still have to quarantine for two weeks when we return though.
Of course, but all starts to put a bit of pressure on NZ Govt, to make it a 2 way travel bubble.
Most of the Australians states (WA still not?) now allowing Kiwis to arrive without the 2 week hotel MI requirement. Covid situation in Australia as a whole now no worse than NZ. NZ tourism industry would get a welcome boost from Aussie tourists. I'm sure NZ Govt looking at it closely now. This QLD announcement came as a bit of a surprise.
Managing or trying to separate passengers who are coming via Australia to NZ (ie only transiting though Aus) and therefore need to go into 2 weeks MI, from Australian resident travellers is probably the biggest challenge. But when I flew into NZ back in October from LA, there were a bunch of people just transiting through Auckland enroute to Brisbane. I presume the Australians are somehow separating those people on arrival, from those on the same plane coming direct from NZ?? Or maybe they have completely different planes ie no mixing of people from different origins.
A 2 way travel bubble, obviously makes games at the ROF a strong possibility.
Does anyone even believe we will win a game this season?. I started thinking this is the season for silverware, but now think we are destined for the spoon. Playing in front of 1k crowds @ the gong wont help also its not really a home game in Wollongong so all the NSW teams will smash us. Our squad is a mixed bag of could be's to half season lazy pants. If only the club let Talay spend the money needed to strengthen the squad.
we'll still have to quarantine for two weeks when we return though.
Managing or trying to separate passengers who are coming via Australia to NZ (ie only transiting though Aus) and therefore need to go into 2 weeks MI, from Australian resident travellers is probably the biggest challenge. But when I flew into NZ back in October from LA, there were a bunch of people just transiting through Auckland enroute to Brisbane. I presume the Australians are somehow separating those people on arrival, from those on the same plane coming direct from NZ?? Or maybe they have completely different planes ie no mixing of people from different origins.
This is the main problem - no idea on how Australians are managing it, but having people from outside Australia travelling on a same plane along with returning NZers from Brisbane to Auckland is a risk that NZ government is not prepared to take at this stage. And unless some sort of fool proof way of doing that becomes apparent, I don't see any changes in MIQ policy until the vaccines become readily available here.
Does anyone even believe we will win a game this season?. I started thinking this is the season for silverware, but now think we are destined for the spoon. Playing in front of 1k crowds @ the gong wont help also its not really a home game in Wollongong so all the NSW teams will smash us. Our squad is a mixed bag of could be's to half season lazy pants. If only the club let Talay spend the money needed to strengthen the squad.
18 Days!
we'll still have to quarantine for two weeks when we return though.
Managing or trying to separate passengers who are coming via Australia to NZ (ie only transiting though Aus) and therefore need to go into 2 weeks MI, from Australian resident travellers is probably the biggest challenge. But when I flew into NZ back in October from LA, there were a bunch of people just transiting through Auckland enroute to Brisbane. I presume the Australians are somehow separating those people on arrival, from those on the same plane coming direct from NZ?? Or maybe they have completely different planes ie no mixing of people from different origins.
This is the main problem - no idea on how Australians are managing it, but having people from outside Australia travelling on a same plane along with returning NZers from Brisbane to Auckland is a risk that NZ government is not prepared to take at this stage. And unless some sort of fool proof way of doing that becomes apparent, I don't see any changes in MIQ policy until the vaccines become readily available here.
we'll still have to quarantine for two weeks when we return though.
Managing or trying to separate passengers who are coming via Australia to NZ (ie only transiting though Aus) and therefore need to go into 2 weeks MI, from Australian resident travellers is probably the biggest challenge. But when I flew into NZ back in October from LA, there were a bunch of people just transiting through Auckland enroute to Brisbane. I presume the Australians are somehow separating those people on arrival, from those on the same plane coming direct from NZ?? Or maybe they have completely different planes ie no mixing of people from different origins.
This is the main problem - no idea on how Australians are managing it, but having people from outside Australia travelling on a same plane along with returning NZers from Brisbane to Auckland is a risk that NZ government is not prepared to take at this stage. And unless some sort of fool proof way of doing that becomes apparent, I don't see any changes in MIQ policy until the vaccines become readily available here.
I'd imagine in a bubble we'd have isolated parts of airports and dedicated bubble flights without people transiting.
What the PM said a couple of months ago was that we needed a plan from Australia at a federal level around how they will respond to an outbreak, the amount of cases that are acceptable before a state is closed, etc.Because the federal government is anti lockdown that's not going to happen.
Go support another team then, your inane shtick won't be missed here
I disapprove with the idea of purging Royz because trolling and being annoying are not nearly the worst thing people do in this forum. A lot of people don't post here any more, and if you think that cutting it down even further will make things more enjoyable, I'd disagree. Anyway, you fudgers would purge me next. Pastor Niemoller said it best: "First they came for the Royz..."
we'll still have to quarantine for two weeks when we return though.
Managing or trying to separate passengers who are coming via Australia to NZ (ie only transiting though Aus) and therefore need to go into 2 weeks MI, from Australian resident travellers is probably the biggest challenge. But when I flew into NZ back in October from LA, there were a bunch of people just transiting through Auckland enroute to Brisbane. I presume the Australians are somehow separating those people on arrival, from those on the same plane coming direct from NZ?? Or maybe they have completely different planes ie no mixing of people from different origins.
This is the main problem - no idea on how Australians are managing it, but having people from outside Australia travelling on a same plane along with returning NZers from Brisbane to Auckland is a risk that NZ government is not prepared to take at this stage. And unless some sort of fool proof way of doing that becomes apparent, I don't see any changes in MIQ policy until the vaccines become readily available here.
I think the logistics could easily be sorted out. I had a friend who flew out of Paris recently. He was given a Covid test when he got to the departure lounge, result in 15 minutes. When he was cleared negative he got a certificate and got on the plane.
Kiwis have been flying into NSW for over a month and there have been zero issues with Covid. I just think the NZ govt is being way to cautious. The Australian cases are the same as NZ. Tourism is our biggest foreign exchange earner and Australians are the largest group of tourists.
It would be easy to Covid test everyone in a A-League team. Then fly them to Wellington, they could keep in their bubble while in the city and then play the Nix. Ditto for the Nix going back and forth to play in OZ. This is just bullshiite IMO. Life has to get back to normal.
Its not bullshark just because Oz and us have done well dosnt mean we should open things up. Whats happening else where shows that things arnt ready to be thrown open. Until there are guarantees that travelers havnt been in transit with passengers from elsewhere its only right to keep things tight. With cases still arriving in both countries more tyhan happy for the cautious approach.
Seems to be this thing here that because we havnt had it bad its not that much of a problem i for one am glad the cautious route has been taken
nothing will happen to after our school holidays - we want to keep our domestic tourists here
we'll still have to quarantine for two weeks when we return though.
Managing or trying to separate passengers who are coming via Australia to NZ (ie only transiting though Aus) and therefore need to go into 2 weeks MI, from Australian resident travellers is probably the biggest challenge. But when I flew into NZ back in October from LA, there were a bunch of people just transiting through Auckland enroute to Brisbane. I presume the Australians are somehow separating those people on arrival, from those on the same plane coming direct from NZ?? Or maybe they have completely different planes ie no mixing of people from different origins.
This is the main problem - no idea on how Australians are managing it, but having people from outside Australia travelling on a same plane along with returning NZers from Brisbane to Auckland is a risk that NZ government is not prepared to take at this stage. And unless some sort of fool proof way of doing that becomes apparent, I don't see any changes in MIQ policy until the vaccines become readily available here.
I think the logistics could easily be sorted out. I had a friend who flew out of Paris recently. He was given a Covid test when he got to the departure lounge, result in 15 minutes. When he was cleared negative he got a certificate and got on the plane.
Kiwis have been flying into NSW for over a month and there have been zero issues with Covid. I just think the NZ govt is being way to cautious. The Australian cases are the same as NZ. Tourism is our biggest foreign exchange earner and Australians are the largest group of tourists.
It would be easy to Covid test everyone in a A-League team. Then fly them to Wellington, they could keep in their bubble while in the city and then play the Nix. Ditto for the Nix going back and forth to play in OZ. This is just bullshiite IMO. Life has to get back to normal.
It has been clearly demonstrated here that negative tests before departure are meaningless, as there have been multiple cases of people developing Covid once in the country despite testing negative before departure (this includes the Pakistan cricket team). The number of Australian cases isn't so much the issue as those transiting through Aus airports from other places travelling through to NZ. A lot of NZ MIQ cases are people travelling from Europe/Middle East/Subcontinent vis Brisbane. Guess separate planes and airport areas and staff would work but might be trickier to pull off than people think.
The reality though is that there is practically zero tolerance for another outbreak here by NZ population at large, this isn't only coming from the Govt (and National realised this before the election and changed their tune after Bridges and Muller had tried to push a more 'liberal' approach). And with the economy performing way better than anyone had forecast the pressure to open up international tourism just isn't there at a national level. It's more likely that the Govt will just provide additional financial support to tourism operators rather than opening up borders in a hurry.
Go support another team then, your inane shtick won't be missed here
I disapprove with the idea of purging Royz because trolling and being annoying are not nearly the worst thing people do in this forum. A lot of people don't post here any more, and if you think that cutting it down even further will make things more enjoyable, I'd disagree. Anyway, you fudgers would purge me next. Pastor Niemoller said it best: "First they came for the Royz..."
Go support another team then, your inane shtick won't be missed here
I disapprove with the idea of purging Royz because trolling and being annoying are not nearly the worst thing people do in this forum. A lot of people don't post here any more, and if you think that cutting it down even further will make things more enjoyable, I'd disagree. Anyway, you fudgers would purge me next. Pastor Niemoller said it best: "First they came for the Royz..."
Go support another team then, your inane shtick won't be missed here
I disapprove with the idea of purging Royz because trolling and being annoying are not nearly the worst thing people do in this forum. A lot of people don't post here any more, and if you think that cutting it down even further will make things more enjoyable, I'd disagree. Anyway, you fudgers would purge me next. Pastor Niemoller said it best: "First they came for the Royz..."
no ban. His posts are harmless. They are not racist, aggressive, sexist or anything else morally repugnant. They are just annoying. Scroll past it and move on. Quite simple really.
Like many immigrants with limited English, living in the soulless vast suburban shark hole of greater Western Sydney, Royz will be pinning now and again for his homeland and a sense of community belonging. It's good for anyone's mental health to belong to a community - even an online one.
But Royz come up with some new material. The whole Jinx angle is now very dull and boring.
Meanwhile some good news travel wise.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/123685...
But sadly does seem little urgency from the NZ Govt, to make the Trans Tasman border a 2 way travel bubble. Would be interested to know what Aus Govt is doing differently, to assuage themselves that they are safe from any Kiwis (or transiting passengers entering on flights from NZ) bringing in Covid.
Couldn't you have Australian incoming flights coming from one just destination, eg Sydney - with a group of NZ immigration officials based at that airport. Aussies booking flights from Sydney looking have a NZ holiday, when booking the flight have to fill in an Immigration form declaring they have not been out of Australia in the preceding 2 weeks, and NZ immigration officials then go through their passports checking that is correct, ie no evidence of other country's entry/exit stamps. We live in a digital age. Travel information is being easily captured. You think there would be a way, if there was a strong motivation to make it happen. Again obviously the Aussies have found an avenue that works for them.
We'll be providing updates from today's pre-season friendly against Welllington Phoenix.
— WS Wanderers FC (@wswanderersfc) December 12, 2020
Stay tuned for updates #WSW #WSWvWEL
Starting XI against Wellington: Margush (GK), McGowan, Ziegler, Mourdoukoutas, Aquilina, Russell, Lesiotis, Al-Taay, Muller, Auglah and Cox #WSW #WSWvWEL
— WS Wanderers FC (@wswanderersfc) December 12, 2020
Substitutes: Georgievski, Constable, Pelekanos, Badolato, Hovar, Grozos, Cancar, Monge, Wilmering, Pagden, Carluccio, Natta, Antonis, Lopane, Triantis and Kalac (GK) #WSW #WSWvWEL
— WS Wanderers FC (@wswanderersfc) December 12, 2020
Goal. 1-0. We concede an early set piece by Wellington #WSW #WSWvWEL
— WS Wanderers FC (@wswanderersfc) December 12, 2020
6' | GOAL! We take the lead through Luke DeVere's tidy finish from the edge of the box following a short corner.
— Wellington Phoenix (@WgtnPhoenixFC) December 12, 2020
?? | #WSWvWEL 0-1
Thought we might have started seeing Davila getting a run. He's been out of quarantine for a while now. But no.
24' | GOAL! Great build up from your #Nix and good combination from Bally and Sotirio as the latter releases a well placed shot beyond Margush in the Wanderers goal.
— Wellington Phoenix (@WgtnPhoenixFC) December 12, 2020
?? | #WSWvWEL 0-2
Goal. 3-0. Wellington make it three by Ball #WSW #WSWvWEL
— WS Wanderers FC (@wswanderersfc) December 12, 2020
54' | GOAL! Your #Nix hit Wanderers with a counter attack ending with McGarry's shot on goal which is parried out to David Ball for the tap in.
— Wellington Phoenix (@WgtnPhoenixFC) December 12, 2020
?? | #WSWvWEL 0-3
GOOAALL!! PELEKANOS! 3-1 #WSW #WSWvWEL
— WS Wanderers FC (@wswanderersfc) December 12, 2020
FULL TIME | We go down 3-1 to Wellington in today's pre-season friendly #WSW #WSWvWEL
— WS Wanderers FC (@wswanderersfc) December 12, 2020
Laws pushing for a start ahead of Te Atawhai?
Full 90 for Laws and Ridenton?
Updates on McGarry and Muratovic?
Where has he been playing Lewis? Who else do we have in the mids besides Matty and Alex? Feel we could be vunerable to injury and form, though would be happy to be disappointed.
Not looking like a break-out season for Waine?
Fire Up! Phoenix til I Die!
Laws pushing for a start ahead of Te Atawhai?
Full 90 for Laws and Ridenton?
Updates on McGarry and Muratovic?
Where has he been playing Lewis? Who else do we have in the mids besides Matty and Alex? Feel we could be vunerable to injury and form, though would be happy to be disappointed.
Not looking like a break-out season for Waine?
Fire Up! Phoenix til I Die!
Stark difference from the Nix team who were very well organised. They scored early, and were able to play the rest of the game on their terms. WSW ended up with most of the ball, but couldn't do anything productive with it
— Joshua Stevenson (@JoshStevo95) December 12, 2020
Laws pushing for a start ahead of Te Atawhai?
Full 90 for Laws and Ridenton?
Updates on McGarry and Muratovic?
Where has he been playing Lewis? Who else do we have in the mids besides Matty and Alex? Feel we could be vunerable to injury and form, though would be happy to be disappointed.
Not looking like a break-out season for Waine?
Fire Up! Phoenix til I Die!
Seems fairly clear from the pre-season lineups that
Marinovic
Payne, DeVere, Laws, McGarry
Devlin, Rufer
Dávila, Piscopo
Ball, Hemed
is what Talay has in mind as a fully-fit, first-choice XI.
Piscopo v Lewis is probably the one contest alive, while it remains to be seen at what stage Dávila and Hemed (who trains with the team for the first time this Wednesday) are able to be considered fully-fit, and there is also plenty of fixture congestion in January.
Ridenton, Laws, Lewis, Hudson-Wihongi, Payne would be the back-up options in central midfield, probably in that order.
Laws pushing for a start ahead of Te Atawhai?
Full 90 for Laws and Ridenton?
Updates on McGarry and Muratovic?
Where has he been playing Lewis? Who else do we have in the mids besides Matty and Alex? Feel we could be vunerable to injury and form, though would be happy to be disappointed.
Not looking like a break-out season for Waine?
Fire Up! Phoenix til I Die!
Seems fairly clear from the pre-season lineups that
Marinovic
Payne, DeVere, Laws, McGarry
Devlin, Rufer
Dávila, Piscopo
Ball, Hemed
is what Talay has in mind as a fully-fit, first-choice XI.
Piscopo v Lewis is probably the one contest alive, while it remains to be seen at what stage Dávila and Hemed (who trains with the team for the first time this Wednesday) are able to be considered fully-fit, and there is also plenty of fixture congestion in January.
Ridenton, Laws, Lewis, Hudson-Wihongi, Payne would be the back-up options in central midfield, probably in that order.
Knew I was bleeding forgetting someone. Devlin injured I suppose.
Front 3rd is much the same as last season, but we have lost Matti and Libby, so worried about a little dip in quality there, but McGarry is a good Phoenix kid with pedigree, as is Rufer.
Is this our most settled pre-season since Ricki? 7-8 of our starting 11 continue and our coach too and hopefully Hemed is like for like with Hooper.
Do we think we have any spare cash for an import CB or mid if circumstances allow?
DeVere is capo?
Newcastle Jets, probably our next preseason friendly opposition next week.