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2016/17 Phoenix Preseason

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over 9 years ago

djtim3000 wrote:

james dean wrote:

djtim3000 wrote:

james dean wrote:

Bench is more important than the starting XI?  That is a new one on me. 

The composition of your bench is probably more important over the course of the season than a single position in your starting XI. That is what I wrote and I believe that to be true.

Right oh.  Well I am going to suggest something that for some reason seems revolutionary and that is sign some defenders to improve our defence.

Last 4 seasons we have been objectively really bad. Finishing 10th, 9th, 4th and 9th; GD of -18, -6, +10 and -20 over the past 4 seasons - it doesn't make great reading!! 180 goals conceded in 108 games for 122 points (source; Wikipedia). 

After season 2013/2014 the Nix finished 9th with a -6 goal difference. The next season they signed exactly ONE defender who only played less than a third of the season and the team finished with a +10 goal difference. The main difference? Depth and capability on the bench.

Hmm, or perhaps we signed 2 of the best 3 players to ever play for the club (Burns and Bonevacia)

Normo's coming home

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over 9 years ago

I thought you meant Gao & Cleberson

Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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over 9 years ago

You could say we've essentially gone and done that again with Finkler and Barbarouses?

This time we added what looks like a quality CB as well.

We just gotta find a quality RB now. Somehow. Somewhere. 

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over 9 years ago

james dean wrote:

djtim3000 wrote:

After season 2013/2014 the Nix finished 9th with a -6 goal difference. The next season they signed exactly ONE defender who only played less than a third of the season and the team finished with a +10 goal difference. The main difference? Depth and capability on the bench.

Hmm, or perhaps we signed 2 of the best 3 players to ever play for the club (Burns and Bonevacia)

Possibly. And if that is the case it suggests that we don't need to focus entirely on defenders to improve our defense. We can improve by having better quality over the whole pitch, which as Paulm has pointed out - it looks like that is what has happened.

With that said, a proper FB would be good, I just wouldn't drop A-Rod to find one.

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over 9 years ago

It's obvious that having a cohesive unit up front helps the defence too - but I still think we need reinforcements. The one good thing to come out of last season was that Fox got a whole lot of experience, so should be ready to slot in when needed.

a.haak

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over 9 years ago
Lolz they exclude Cahill's!
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over 9 years ago

That was 3 goals...



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over 9 years ago

2ndBest wrote:
Lolz they exclude Cahill's!

he probably wants a royalty fee

yung thug

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over 9 years ago

Those free kicks were probably best left to the imagination, haha. Both pretty bad, somehow squeezing through.

Other two goals were nice though

a.haak

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over 9 years ago

Yeah bit of a let down.  Only good thing was they were on target and they went in..a goal's a goal.

A small town in Europe........looking to bounce straight back up....well that aint going to happen

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over 9 years ago
We score two goals from a freekicks and people complain about that where deflections. I hope this season will be all how 'not actually great' our goals where shot.
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over 9 years ago

Whoops. I missed Finklers 1st goal lol. Blink and ya miss it!



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over 9 years ago

number8 wrote:
We score two goals from a freekicks and people complain about that where deflections. I hope this season will be all how 'not actually great' our goals where shot.

I hope it is! Much better topic than where is our next goal coming from?!

Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet

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over 9 years ago

I think the first free kick took a deflection, but the second one was just perfectly placed. Either way, I'm stoked that we are a threat from set pieces now! No more cynical fouling Roly on the edge of the box.


Yellow Fever - Misery loves company

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over 9 years ago

Krishna's second was absolute quality

Love that guy

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over 9 years ago

Who knocked the pass? Rossi? Dura? Lia?

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over 9 years ago

2ndBest wrote:

Who knocked the pass? Rossi? Dura? Lia?

Dura. Great pass, first touch, turn and finish.

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over 9 years ago

2ndBest wrote:

1 October v Intra-squad, Westpac Stadium, Wellington.

Apparently this is 12pm

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over 9 years ago

2ndBest wrote:

Who knocked the pass? Rossi? Dura? Lia?

And who scored?  Kosta?  Was a lovely take from whomever brought that ball down

Normo's coming home

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over 9 years ago

Krishna

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over 9 years ago

<3 Krishna

a.haak

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over 9 years ago

Krishna



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over 9 years ago

Krishna

I like tautologies because I like them.
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over 9 years ago · edited over 9 years ago · History

Hare, Hare

People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.

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over 9 years ago

ConanTroutman wrote:

Hare, Hare

Nah, Liam Hare was left behind in Wellington.


Yellow Fever - Misery loves company

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over 9 years ago

patrick478 wrote:

ConanTroutman wrote:

Hare, Hare

Nah, Liam Hare was left behind in Wellington.

Rama Rama then?

People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.

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over 9 years ago

Mata?

                                                                        COYN    

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over 9 years ago

Cahill goal

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over 9 years ago

RR wrote:

Cahill goal

I can't tell if that is a bad touch from Rossi(?) or a great touch and turn from Cahill.

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over 9 years ago

djtim3000 wrote:

RR wrote:

Cahill goal

I can't tell if that is a bad touch from Rossi(?) or a great touch and turn from Cahill.


Me neither, hopefully the latter!

Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet

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over 9 years ago

Oi Oi Edgecumbe wrote:

djtim3000 wrote:

RR wrote:

Cahill goal

I can't tell if that is a bad touch from Rossi(?) or a great touch and turn from Cahill.


Me neither, hopefully the latter!

Hard to tell, but for me it comes off the Phoenix player

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over 9 years ago

djtim3000 wrote:

RR wrote:

Cahill goal

I can't tell if that is a bad touch from Rossi(?) or a great touch and turn from Cahill.

That touch was Cahills, but Rossi should've stopped it.

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over 9 years ago

Tasman in the curtain raiser vs weenix. 3-1 to Tasman. Iffil with a pen and a brace for the Swedish chef? Other predictions?

"Ufuk with the Club, Ufuk with the Country".

 If your girlfriend's got gloves, she's a keeper.

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over 9 years ago

George Costanza wrote:

captain vinnie

Fox at RB, Vinnie at CB, Parkhouse at LB? or are we playing with 3 CBs and Parkhouse + Ridenton are wingbacks?

I have an amazing ability to find my way out of mazes. I'm pathological. 
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over 9 years ago

Ryan Lowry is a LB from ECU Joondalup, the team Mambo played over winter with. Ex Glory youth player that was in that WA select side that faced the Glory.

Jacob Tratt is a CB that can play RB, he was contracted with Sydney FC last season

Shayne D'Cunha is another CB that can play RB, previously at WSW last season.

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over 9 years ago

GK wrote:

Tasman in the curtain raiser vs weenix. 3-1 to Tasman. Iffil with a pen and a brace for the Swedish chef? Other predictions?

1-0 Tasman. 90-something minutes, Coey free-kick.

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