With the greatest of respect, anybody who expects/thinks that SKY should fork out money to cover meaningless pre-season games needs their head read, in my opinion.
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
With the greatest of respect, anybody who expects/thinks that SKY should fork out money to cover meaningless pre-season games needs their head read, in my opinion.
Weren't they investigating the possibility of streaming and user paying? I'd def be keen
WeeNix vs Fiji u23 Team Sheet - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CIeSn1yVAAAApvD.jpg
GOAL! Against the run of play, good cross & netted by James McGarry Nix 1-0 #nixinfiji
— Wellington Phoenix (@WgtnPhoenixFC) June 27, 2015
54' nix lose the ball in defence. Matarerega lashes one from outside the box, hits the post & goes in. 1-1 #nixinfiji
— Wellington Phoenix (@WgtnPhoenixFC) June 27, 2015
Sack Ricki!
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80' Fiji with another shot at goal, hits the cross bar on the first attempt but is soon after put into the net by Nakalevu. 2-1 Fiji U23
— Wellington Phoenix (@WgtnPhoenixFC) June 27, 2015
Burns and ARod injured according to team sheet. Blake Powell starting
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24v GOAL Roy Krishna delights the home croud as he gets a rebound off Moss & into the net. 1-0 Fiji
— Wellington Phoenix (@WgtnPhoenixFC) June 27, 2015
41' GOAL! Sigmund to Bonevacia, flicked it onto Appiah cutting inside. Half tackle and the ball fell to Bonevacia who scores. 1-1
— Wellington Phoenix (@WgtnPhoenixFC) June 27, 2015
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According to twitter, sounds like Roy is having a good game against us!
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75' GOAL! a screamer from outside the box nets in the top right corner from Doyle. 2-1 Nix
I'm glad for Doyle. Hope he kicks on this year.
Am happy for Roy that he scored the opening goal wearing white and not yellow & black. Would have pumped up the locals while giving him some form for us down the road.
Interesting to see that McGarry captained the Prems.
Merrick must see potential there.
Straight from the Ricki Herbert manual, Phoenix went 3-4-3 tonight. Expect that this season.
— Simon Hampton (@SimonHampton9) June 27, 2015
Merrick's had a penchant for this formation in the past?
A fan is a fan.
Merrick's had a penchant for this formation in the past?
Straight from the Ricki Herbert manual, Phoenix went 3-4-3 tonight. Expect that this season.
— Simon Hampton (@SimonHampton9) June 27, 2015
I'm a little concerned about the pace of our CBs for this though. One less player in the back line makes it harder to intercept passes or shut out runners coming through, so there's more chance of attackers getting in behind our line. We could always play with a very deep line but then that puts a lot more emphasis on the midfield to cover ground and/or our attackers to track back. But too much tracking back means that then there's no outlet if you win the ball back and want break quickly, and we don't have (and presumably won't have) a striker capable of holding the ball up while he waits for support. Its hard to create chances going forward if you playa possession game with a deep back line, because you need defenders to help the midfield out on attack, even just as an outlet to reset if there's no other options. Which leaves us with trying to transition quickly with our attackers running into space behind the opponents. Obviously that's how a lot of our goals were scored last year but as we saw at the end of the season if opponents defend deep and narrow it doesn't work. If anything, it would be taking an approach which stemmed to have been successfully neutered by our opponents at the end of last season and emphasising it even more than we already did.
I also worry about the balance of our midfield in a 3-4-3. Do we have 2 CMs capable of playing an effective box-to-box role? Roly and A Rod maybe, but then we aren't starting Riera and he's shown time and again how valuable he is to this side. You could put Roly into the back 3 and Riera into CM, but I don't think at his age he's mobile enough to be one of only 2 central midfielders.plus then we lose Roly's ability to turn and open up space on attack which we relied heavily on last season.
I'm not saying that Ernie hasn't thought of this stuff or found solutions to it, but on the face of it it seems like it doesn't really suit our squad, in my opinion at least. If we do try it I would be fascinated to see how Ernie approaches it.
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Straight from the Ricki Herbert manual, Phoenix went 3-4-3 tonight. Expect that this season.
— Simon Hampton (@SimonHampton9) June 27, 2015
I'm a little concerned about the pace of our CBs for this though. One less player in the back line makes it harder to intercept passes or shut out runners coming through, so there's more chance of attackers getting in behind our line. We could always play with a very deep line but then that puts a lot more emphasis on the midfield to cover ground and/or our attackers to track back. But too much tracking back means that then there's no outlet if you win the ball back and want break quickly, and we don't have (and presumably won't have) a striker capable of holding the ball up while he waits for support. Its hard to create chances going forward if you playa possession game with a deep back line, because you need defenders to help the midfield out on attack, even just as an outlet to reset if there's no other options. Which leaves us with trying to transition quickly with our attackers running into space behind the opponents. Obviously that's how a lot of our goals were scored last year but as we saw at the end of the season if opponents defend deep and narrow it doesn't work. If anything, it would be taking an approach which stemmed to have been successfully neutered by our opponents at the end of last season and emphasising it even more than we already did.
I also worry about the balance of our midfield in a 3-4-3. Do we have 2 CMs capable of playing an effective box-to-box role? Roly and A Rod maybe, but then we aren't starting Riera and he's s hown time and again how valuable he is to this side. You could put Roly into the back 3 and Riera into CM, but I don't think at his age he's mobile enough to be one of only 2 central midfielders.plus then we lose Roly's ability to turn and open u p space on attack which we relied heavily on last season.
I'm not saying that Ernie hasn't thought of this stuff or found solutions to it, but on the face of it it seems like it doesn't really suit our squad, in my opinion at least. If we do try it I would be fascinated to see how Ernie approaches it.
You're probably right, if it is more of a 3-5-2/3-4-1-2 then I don't have concerns with our CMs.
I still think Siggy and Dura aren't mobile enough to cover the extra ground they would need to in a 3-man backline though.
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You're probably right, if it is more of a 3-5-2/3-4-1-2 then I don't have concerns with our CMs.
I still think Siggy and Dura aren't mobile enough to cover the extra ground they would need to in a 3-man backline though.
Formations can be so fluid now days, a 41212 can morph easily into a 3412 with the DM dropping into defence. We have been quite flexible in shape in attack and midfield, maybe Ernie wants more flexibility in our defensive shape depending on the situation so is getting the team to play these formations and then maybe later in pre-season work on transitioning between systems during the game. Adelaide are a team that shift their defensive shape during games depending on the situation.
That's true, and I agree that formation notation often doesn't reflect the actual shape or roles of players on the pitch. However for me the key difference is how advanced your fullbacks/wingbacks are. We already play with fullbacks that bomb forward often and Riera would shift into the back line to help out so it wouldn't be a huge change. But if our wide defensive players aren't coming as deep when we lose the ball in a 3-4-3 then our outside CBs will have to cover more space.
This is all hypothetical for now of course, it's based off one tweet from one preseason game after all.
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.
This is all hypothetical for now of course, it's based off one tweet from one preseason game after all.
Good enough for me.
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what digits do a call to renew my season pass? cant remember my webs login
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what digits do a call to renew my season pass? cant remember my webs login
Wellington Phoenix Hotline: 04 384 2457.
Just say that you know the YF Founder Smithy. That'll get you sorted quickly.
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what digits do a call to renew my season pass? cant remember my webs login
Wellington Phoenix Hotline: 04 384 2457.
Just say that you know the YF Founder Smithy. That'll get you sorted quickly.
Dura probably calls Smith direct
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Published on Jun 29, 2015
Chris joins the Wellington Phoenix as they head on a tour of Fiji. It turns out he does;t know how to spell Kava.
Wellington Phoenix @WgtnPhoenixFC 11m11 minutes agoFiji
21' GOAL! Wonderful passing on Singh, one touch by Bell & finished by Cahill-Fleury in bottom left of the goal #nixinfiji 1-0 nix
WeeNux
Wellington Phoenix @WgtnPhoenixFC 2m2 minutes agoFiji
32' GOAL! @WGTNPhoenixSS Max Mata scores of a Singh cross to take the Nix Premiers 2-0 up. #nixinfiji
43' Fiji's Tuivuna puts a shot just wide before play swings & a shot is stopped at the other end 2-1 nix
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What's the Mata?
I remember a Ben Mata being in the U-17 squad pre-Hay and Zorro and Max Mata is playing in this game. Both seem to be with Onehunga Sport so WYNRS/AuckNix. Are they the same person or two brothers?
Also, ethnicity? Polynesian? Latin?
Wellington Phoenix
@WgtnPhoenixFC
9m9 minutes ago
Fiji
15' GOAL! some Bonevacia magic puts Appiah in front who fires into the top of the net. 2-0 nix #nixinfiji #wellytofiji
Wellington Phoenix
@WgtnPhoenixFC
11m11 minutes ago
Fiji
13' GOAL! Gulley left hand side attempted a cross & deflected into the goal. 1-0 nix #nixinfiji
