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2010/11 Season Draw. OUT NOW

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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
There's been so much footy on since March and more to come, and yet this feels like such a long off-season...

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I wonder when that Auckland game is going to be...
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Footpaul wrote:
I wonder when that Auckland game is going to be...


Preferably in the pre-season. Auckland doesn't deserve competitive football....yet.
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I think we should have one game at the Basin Reserve each year, in the middle of summer. Imagine the atmosphere.
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
monkeyfish wrote:
I think we should have one game at the Basin Reserve each year, in the middle of summer.�Imagine the atmosphere.
impossible, cricket. nice idea though
Fruglo on 15.01.2013 wrote:

Fuck this stupid game

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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Tauranga, january!! Would be epic!
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
simon_hampton wrote:
Tauranga, january!! Would be epic!


At Baypark? Ring of Dirt V2.

Would be nice, but not the best stadium for it. Great in terms of parking, and imbibe is a pretty good pub that'd do well for pre-match fizzies. Certainly a bigger population - 5th biggest conurbation in the country, close to Rotorua, Hamilton and Auckland, + summer influx, and no problem of "scheduling a match in a university town during uni holidays". But yeah, race track and potential chicken wire.

I still say Christchurch and Napier.
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Tony P wrote:
Stefan wrote:
Yep. Perhaps when Tony P gets back from his golf trip he can give us a hint.

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Golf trip when?. �Havent played�in 3 years. Fixtures due any day now just finalising times.

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Some hints::

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1. Members will be happy

2. First game of the season we will play a certain style "on the break"

3. First home game against the team we didnt lose to last year


Didn't you win a golf thing in the apprentice?
Topical.. See what I did there?
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I hear there is this place called Wellington. I reckon they should play their games there.
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I take it 'On the Break' means we have a bye first round?Torne2010-05-13 19:06:33
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Tony P wrote:

3. First home game against the team we didnt lose to last year


Phoenix Reserves?

"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Tony P wrote:
Golf trip when?. �Havent played�in 3 years. Fixtures due any day now just finalising times.

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Some hints::

�

1. Members will be happy

2. First game of the season we will play a certain style "on the break"

3. First home game against the team we didnt lose to last year


Gold Coast..."on the break" as in a break in the surf, if so Gold Coast, baby.
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
when he said "on the break" I thought of a bye.
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
whooooooo wrote:
when he said "on the break" I thought of a bye.


Your probally right.
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
He is right
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Tegal wrote:
CboZ wrote:
How about a hint on the Christchurch date.
I hear its on Christchurch's public holiday
 
Monday 17th january.


What public holiday is that?
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Canterbury Anniversary
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
yeah...or martin luther king jr day ;)

Allegedly

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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
A bye first round would majorly suck but I guess then we get it out of the way early :p

a.haak

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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Yeah, but won't there be three byes? As bye is effectively a team in the draw. Man that sucks, bring on West Sydney next year.
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Mid week games.
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Tony P wrote:
Stefan wrote:
Yep. Perhaps when Tony P gets back from his golf trip he can give us a hint.[/QUOTE]
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Golf trip when?. �Havent played�in 3 years. Fixtures due any day now just finalising times.

�

Some hints::

�

1. Members will be happy

2. First game of the season we will play a certain style "on the break"

3. First home game against the team we didnt lose to last year


[QUOTE=Junior82] Great!

I'm H. A. P. P. Y.


I'm H. A. P. P. Y.

I know I am I'm sure i am

I'm Phoenix til I die



Not quite so happy.

Still I guess Tony P did say "any" day now

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
valeo wrote:
A bye first round would majorly suck but I guess then we get it out of the way early :p


Since we have the most players at the World Cup, I guess it kinda makes sense for us to have it first, more time to recover etc
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
CboZ wrote:
You all know you just want to leak the draw. If you want Send me it and I'll accidently release it.


The image in your sig, which player is it? Link below for reference.

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3491/watajoke.jpg
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
diego's son wrote:
CboZ wrote:
You all know you just want to leak the draw. If you want Send me it and I'll accidently release it.


The image in your sig, which player is it? Link below for reference.

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3491/watajoke.jpg

He's pissed because Duncan Oughton (right) isn't going to the world cup and Jeremy Christie (left) is.
He should let it go.
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
sanday wrote:
diego's son wrote:
CboZ wrote:
You all know you just want to leak the draw. If you want Send me it and I'll accidently release it.


The image in your sig, which player is it? Link below for reference.

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3491/watajoke.jpg

He's pissed because Duncan Oughton (right) isn't going to the world cup and Jeremy Christie (left) is.
He should let it go.


OK thanks. Christie is ex-Perth Glory from memory?
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Yes, and ex-Phoenix.
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I hope we get melbourne heart. Ive been on there forums, and alot of there fans seem to be picking phoenix to finish either 1st or 2nd.
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Tegal wrote:
Members will be happy = no home game away?
 
Fixed
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
monkeyfish wrote:
I think we should have one game at the Basin Reserve each year, in the middle of summer. Imagine the atmosphere.
 
What's the capacity of the basin reserve?
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
SiNZ wrote:
monkeyfish wrote:
I think we should have one game at the Basin Reserve each year, in the middle of summer. Imagine the atmosphere.
 
What's the capacity of the basin reserve?



Nooooooo. The Basin is sh*t for football. Don't forget the playing area is a lot bigger than the RoF. You're miles from the action. If it rains most of the crowd gets soaked. The only atmosphere at the cricket is on the bank and even that's massively over-rated.

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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
terminator_x wrote:

Nooooooo. The Basin is sh*t for football. Don't forget the playing area is a lot bigger than the RoF. You're miles from the action. If it rains most of the crowd gets soaked. The only atmosphere at the cricket is on the bank and even that's massively over-rated.


Agree with you there
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
SiNZ wrote:
monkeyfish wrote:
I think we should have one game at the Basin Reserve each year, in the middle of summer. Imagine the atmosphere.
 
What's the capacity of the basin reserve?


Basin doesn't meet the requirements to be a A-league venue (i.e. no lights). So unlikely.
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Fixtures coming out on Monday according to Tony P
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
terminator_x wrote:
SiNZ wrote:
monkeyfish wrote:
I think we should have one game at the Basin Reserve each year, in the middle of summer. Imagine the atmosphere.
 
What's the capacity of the basin reserve?



Nooooooo. The Basin is sh*t for football. Don't forget the playing area is a lot bigger than the RoF. You're miles from the action. If it rains most of the crowd gets soaked. The only atmosphere at the cricket is on the bank and even that's massively over-rated.
 
hmmm you guys might be right, in my visualisation the benefit of the basin is that you are very close to the action, but I haven't actually been to a football match there since Chatham Cup final Miramar vs Wellington United back in the day. 
 
Even at ROF I feel like I'm being held back from the action around the halfway line (that's where I like to go) although you are much closer to the field of play if you go to one of the corners, ie Yellow Fever zone. 
 
I'm really looking forward to catching a game at Melbourne Heart's new 'rectangular stadium.' It is purpose built for football so the crowd gooes all the way down to the touchline. There is even talk of creating standing room terraces behind either goal. Sweet.
 
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Perth Glory v NQ Fury on Friday Night
Newcastle v Adelaide on Friday Night
 
Sydney FC v Melbourne Victory on Saturday
Queensland v Gold Coast
 
Melbourne Heart v Central Coast Mariner
 
Looks like Nux have the bye. Wish we had an away game week 1.
 
 Any Pre-season game in Wellington on the weekend of July 31st Tony... 
 
Think fixtures come out Monday.
 
 
Egan2010-05-16 02:44:52
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
2ndBest wrote:
SiNZ wrote:
monkeyfish wrote:
I think we should have one game at the Basin Reserve each year, in the middle of summer. Imagine the atmosphere.
 
What's the capacity of the basin reserve?


Basin doesn't meet the requirements to be a A-league venue (i.e. no lights). So unlikely.
 
No argument from me, but I wondered what the capacity of the place was - surely on that single metric it isn't big enough is it?
 
Let alone how rubbish cricket venues are for football generally, with all spectators being a long way from the pitch - Westpac Stadium included.
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
SiNZ wrote:
No argument from me, but I wondered what the capacity of the place was - surely on that single metric it isn't big enough is it?

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Let alone how rubbish cricket venues are for football generally, with�all spectators being a long way from the pitch - Westpac Stadium included.


Think I saw about 15k crammed in there once for an ODI, but it was a pretty tight squeeze.
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
15k? Wow. I would have guessed a third of that. It's bigger than it looks - but I've only been around it never inside!
 
It's now past 9am in Australia.... shouldn't the fixures be out?
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almost 16 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
It's not unusal to have around 10k for the bigger tests (Aus, England) even these days. You can fit quite a few people on the bank if you really wanted to.

But as a football venue it's pretty bad.
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