Surely some mistake? Our shark defence chosen by our incompetent gaffer must have shipped at least 5 by now.
/sarcasm
2016/17 Phoenix Preseason
Ernie said in an interview earlier this week that its going to be intensive training sessions this week and then the game so wouldn't be surprised if we fade and city come back at us.
Finkler Freekick! 4:1
Surely some mistake? Our shark defence chosen by our incompetent gaffer must have shipped at least 5 by now.
/sarcasm
He had another goal offside as well. You can deride him for his age, etc. But he still gets Australia out of shark most of the time.
Surely some mistake? Our shark defence chosen by our incompetent gaffer must have shipped at least 5 by now.
/sarcasm
Probably never been to Samoa and as his father was English probably did not qualify.
highlights? Maaaan I hope Finkler keeps a few of those to unleash in the regular season. Two free kick goals in one game? How many did we have in the whole of last season?
Surely some mistake? Our shark defence chosen by our incompetent gaffer must have shipped at least 5 by now.
/sarcasm
yawn. Even Ernie admits we need more bodies in defence. a 4-1 pre season win doesn't change anything.
He had another goal offside as well. You can deride him for his age, etc. But he still gets Australia out of shark most of the time.
He had another goal offside as well. You can deride him for his age, etc. But he still gets Australia out of shark most of the time.
I bet he does not fail.
He had another goal offside as well. You can deride him for his age, etc. But he still gets Australia out of shark most of the time.
I bet he does not fail.
He had another goal offside as well. You can deride him for his age, etc. But he still gets Australia out of shark most of the time.
I bet he does not fail.
I bet you would not be making any comment if the FFA was paying him to play for us. Get the chip off your shoulder, this is an Australian league and we should be very happy to be in it. At least it gives NZ players something to aim for.
He had another goal offside as well. You can deride him for his age, etc. But he still gets Australia out of shark most of the time.
I bet he does not fail.
I bet you would not be making any comment if the FFA was paying him to play for us. Get the chip off your shoulder, this is an Australian league and we should be very happy to be in it. At least it gives NZ players something to aim for.
And it's not about him being an Aussie player being subsidised, it's about the fact that the FFA changed the rules to help the richest team in the league out financially. Just like when they changed the rules to let the club they owned have 2 more imports than everyone else.
He had another goal offside as well. You can deride him for his age, etc. But he still gets Australia out of shark most of the time.
I bet he does not fail.
I bet you would not be making any comment if the FFA was paying him to play for us. Get the chip off your shoulder, this is an Australian league and we should be very happy to be in it. At least it gives NZ players something to aim for.
And it's not about him being an Aussie player being subsidised, it's about the fact that the FFA changed the rules to help the richest team in the league out financially. Just like when they changed the rules to let the club they owned have 2 more imports than everyone else.
Fact is you would not be making this comment if the FFA changed the rules for us.
Just live with it, or would you rather we all got pissed off and pulled out of the league.Oz would care less as any team from NZ up until now have bombed out.
He had another goal offside as well. You can deride him for his age, etc. But he still gets Australia out of shark most of the time.
I bet he does not fail.
I bet you would not be making any comment if the FFA was paying him to play for us. Get the chip off your shoulder, this is an Australian league and we should be very happy to be in it. At least it gives NZ players something to aim for.
You're allowed to hate villains: Grella and Cahill were absolute cods of the highest level in that game. Cahill has never to my knowledge apologised for tackles which should have had him receiving game bans in any other league. It was a completely miserable mean-spirited thing to do to players who had managed to qualify for the highlight of their career and for many of us fans the highlight of our NZ football fandom.
The fact that the club is nominally salaried capped and that the richest club is smashing holes in the 'rules' and Cahill is one of the beneficiaries of this doesn't help. Add to the rumours that the campaign to kick out the 'Nix was in part fueled by a desire to get in a new Sydney club with Cahill heavily involved.
Sure Cahill has had a great career for Everton and for the Socceroos. I can respect his football.
Sure you want the best Australian players back in the A-league promoting it.
Cahill deserves our disdain the same way Kevin Muscat does. Football is heroes and villains.
And I can bet you while we'd most likely be very happy to have Timmy if he were here (though he never would as he probably wouldn't be much of a Kiwi drawcard and that'd be half his marketing value wasted), they'd also be a massive discussion about it and I'm sure Conan and others would have something to say....
Just because it's an Australian league doesn't mean anything anyone does we should say- thank you very much, sir. It was to our credit we didn't kick them back in that pre-WC friendly, but I will laugh if someone from another Aussie club kicks lumps out of him and all the hype and cash is wasted.
The other thing is just six months ago he was spewing crap about A-League. He's probably an asshole, I know plenty of Australian fans don't like what's going on with Ca$hil either, but he's no Muscat. And we forgave Sigmund the two footed stomp on the UAE.
So glass houses, you know?
Good result. Good for the confidence. Any videos surfaced?
Wonder what the discussion would have been like had we lost to City. What a crack up. I'm still on a weekend football high. Chatham Cup was great. Promotion relegation emotion. And now a Phoenix win. Cahill has felt our lash. Now for a starting Right Back please Ernie.
And we forgave Sigmund the two footed stomp on the UAE.
I bet the UAE haven't.
Wonder what the discussion would have been like had we lost to City.
Depends on how we lost. If it was due to defensive issues, then we'd be saying how we need a RB, or a DM. If for other reasons, I imagine it would be panic stations.
The other thing is just six months ago he was spewing crap about A-League. He's probably an asshole, I know plenty of Australian fans don't like what's going on with Ca$hil either, but he's no Muscat. And we forgave Sigmund the two footed stomp on the UAE.
So glass houses, you know?
not really.
You are saying that because Siggie did a stupid two footed tackle in the UAE, that I shouldn't still be angry with Cahill trying to injure players pre-World Cup? Or that because he did that I'm not allowed to be angry or talk about it? Bit of false equivalence.
Do you propose we give him a guard of honour? Or have banners up at Westpac welcoming him?
It'll be one of the interesting things about this season. If he hadn't been such a jerk there'd definitely be less edge to games against his team. Makes it even more pleasurable to beat New Bling/Scum 4-1, but it'd be nice to do it all season too.
I'm saying you should hold players like Siggie to the same level that you do players like Cahill.
Did someone lose their one sided glasses? I watched him play here in japan v aus and have seen him play a couple times. He is a very good player and I'm sure he ha lost a bit of that but still will do well in the league
However he is a cod and we are allowed to think so
While I don't hate Siggy for the stomp, I can totally see why a neutral, let alone a UAE fan, would. The stomp did make me think a lot less of Siggy though. That went well beyond rugged hard man who gives a bit of niggle and doesn't back out of challenges and deep into malicious criminal assault territory.
Ok so hating cohill, siggie, the ffa aside. Anyone know how the match went?
I read that it was a "Kosta, Krishna, and Gui masterclass."
Also of you look at Twitter moss seems to have had s stunning game.
I assume Fox was right back? How did he go. Does he look like a viable option for yhe season?
If anything it sounds like we'll at least be a force from the set piece this season, so that's a nice change.
Attack seems on point though, so more interested to see how the defence is shaping up heading into the season, considering it went MIA too often last season. Intrigued to see what Marco Rossi brings to the table, as well as if Dylan Fox has made some progression from a seemingly promising start last campaign.
Hopefully some defensive reinforcements coming in the next couple of weeks, as we're looking horribly short if shark hits the fan with injuries and suspension, which is inevitably going to happen.
Hopefully some defensive reinforcements coming in the next couple of weeks, as we're looking horribly short if shark hits the fan with injuries and suspension, which is inevitably going to happen.
We are at 18 senior deals, so couple bodies have to come in for sure. Sounds like we are staying in Sydney this week, so maybe D'Cunha and some other trialists might pop in to training sessions?
Reports are that City played a back 3 of Champman, Malik & Brattan but that doesn't take away from 2 free kick goals for Finkler.
Any highlights out there?
Need highlights! There was footage all over twitter of bloody warm-ups and other marketing rubbish, did they turn the cameras off when it kicked off???
Also Finkler x2 free kicks wereagainst Sorensen in goal. This is a guy who's been setting up walls and making saves from the best in the EPL over the last few seasons.
He had another goal offside as well. You can deride him for his age, etc. But he still gets Australia out of shark most of the time.
I bet he does not fail.
I bet you would not be making any comment if the FFA was paying him to play for us. Get the chip off your shoulder, this is an Australian league and we should be very happy to be in it. At least it gives NZ players something to aim for.
And it's not about him being an Aussie player being subsidised, it's about the fact that the FFA changed the rules to help the richest team in the league out financially. Just like when they changed the rules to let the club they owned have 2 more imports than everyone else.
Fact is you would not be making this comment if the FFA changed the rules for us.
Just live with it, or would you rather we all got pissed off and pulled out of the league.Oz would care less as any team from NZ up until now have bombed out.
I mean..the rules ARE different for us already - we are allowed to sign both Kiwis and Australians as 'locals' A club like MV uses an import spot on Rojas. Edging towards agreeing with Leggy here which disturbs me.
Cahill is still a cod, but a talented one.
Tweets from North Queensland Fury lead me to believe that a Rossi mistake led to Codhill's goal.
They also mentioned that the goal was very much against the run of play and we should've been at least one up at that stage.
Mentions us being very structured and composed and dominating the majority of the first two thirds of the match - then a whole bunch of subs and it opened up. Think Moss did quite well at the end to keep City to 1.
He had another goal offside as well. You can deride him for his age, etc. But he still gets Australia out of shark most of the time.
I bet he does not fail.
I bet you would not be making any comment if the FFA was paying him to play for us. Get the chip off your shoulder, this is an Australian league and we should be very happy to be in it. At least it gives NZ players something to aim for.
And it's not about him being an Aussie player being subsidised, it's about the fact that the FFA changed the rules to help the richest team in the league out financially. Just like when they changed the rules to let the club they owned have 2 more imports than everyone else.
Fact is you would not be making this comment if the FFA changed the rules for us.
Just live with it, or would you rather we all got pissed off and pulled out of the league.Oz would care less as any team from NZ up until now have bombed out.
I mean..the rules ARE different for us already - we are allowed to sign both Kiwis and Australians as 'locals' A club like MV uses an import spot on Rojas. Edging towards agreeing with Leggy here which disturbs me.
Cahill is still a cod, but a talented one.
I still hate Cahill.
Also, does that mean that I'd be allowed to bitch about it if I supported one of the other Aussie clubs?
What was city's line up? Was it full strength or close to?
What was city's line up? Was it full strength or close to?
both teams were pretty much full strength, city were missing Manny to the flu.
Good to see Rufer on the team card... promising for him to be resigned, especially with mcGarry out for 6 months.
Great win against a rich team full of 'stars'
Ernie seems happy how we played, and the twitter was full of praise about our structure. 2 golas from freekicks, this a good way to win games against dominating sign and could make a big difference at the end.
As fans we should have a designted villain in every team: Beserk, Codhill. Who else?
Deeeecent lineup.
Man I wish I could see some clips of this.
So excited about the season now, since seeing us at Weka Park, and now this result.