With yet another announcement of a pre-season tour to Australia by a premier league team (this time Leeds and Crystal Palace), do you think there's any chance we'll get anything over our side of the ditch this year as well? Was the West Ham/Newcastle tour a few years ago considered a success? Are there any connections with people at Nix HQ (or even players) which might make particular teams more likely? Discuss.
I'd love to see another Westham/Newcastle/Syndey/Nix type mini tourney held here! No idea how much of a success it was or wasnt but surely if the likes of Leeds and Crystal palace are spending money coming to Aus we could be involved in getting other teams to come down under for a game or two in NZ.
Unless someone other than Welnix funds it cant see it happening sadly. Certainly wouldnt expect Welnix to be expected to pay for it given what they have had to outlay the last couple of years.
As much as I'd love it to happen. Especially with Newcastle to have Chris Wood come through by about July in between seasons we tend to be down to about only 4 or 5 contracted squad members, and right in the throes of a full squad rebuild. Not sure how feasible it would be for that reason let alone the financial side.
With yet another announcement of a pre-season tour to Australia by a premier league team (this time Leeds and Crystal Palace), do you think there's any chance we'll get anything over our side of the ditch this year as well? Was the West Ham/Newcastle tour a few years ago considered a success? Are there any connections with people at Nix HQ (or even players) which might make particular teams more likely? Discuss.
These tours are organised by event promoters in conjunction with State Governments, who are putting in cash to attract them. So its very unlikely.
With yet another announcement of a pre-season tour to Australia by a premier league team (this time Leeds and Crystal Palace), do you think there's any chance we'll get anything over our side of the ditch this year as well? Was the West Ham/Newcastle tour a few years ago considered a success? Are there any connections with people at Nix HQ (or even players) which might make particular teams more likely? Discuss.
These tours are organised by event promoters in conjunction with State Governments, who are putting in cash to attract them. So its very unlikely.
Yeah I presume the only groups remotely likely to make any money from the games are the touring clubs, not the local ones? Still, I think the Wellington Economic Development people or whatever it is should consider it, on the grounds that I would enjoy it quite a lot.
We probably wouldn't have to do it on the same scale as the previous tour with 3 visiting teams (2 from UK all the way to Wellington), 4 games, 3 cities etc
We could just enquire about having 1 of the UK teams that are already in Australia, popping over to Wellington for a 3 day, 1 game situation.
Probably not this season due to the covid hangover / squad inconsistencies. But maybe in a years time when life is *hopefully* a bit more settled
My understanding was it still costed the owners a lot of money to have Newcastle and West Ham play in NZ the last time they did it. With the drain on finances from being in Australia, the women's team and the WeeNix. I doubt having International club teams come play is high on their priority though a "because we are back home" and good PR case could be made for it. Plus not doing it on such a big scale wouldn't cost as much, It's down to them.
The games where big sellers, though the ticket prices where really cheap at like $35. I believe the cost of Newcastle and West Hams travel and accommodation had to be covered as well as the three stadium hires (Forsyth Barr, Westpac and Eden Park). Sure there was local council funding provided but I'm sure I remember it being a money loser for the owners.
We probably wouldn't have to do it on the same scale as the previous tour with 3 visiting teams (2 from UK all the way to Wellington), 4 games, 3 cities etc
We could just enquire about having 1 of the UK teams that are already in Australia, popping over to Wellington for a 3 day, 1 game situation.
Probably not this season due to the covid hangover / squad inconsistencies. But maybe in a years time when life is *hopefully* a bit more settled
It’s also a WC year and I wouldn’t be surprised if any International players bypassed Leeds and Palace’s trips to Oz for example.
We probably wouldn't have to do it on the same scale as the previous tour with 3 visiting teams (2 from UK all the way to Wellington), 4 games, 3 cities etc
We could just enquire about having 1 of the UK teams that are already in Australia, popping over to Wellington for a 3 day, 1 game situation.
Probably not this season due to the covid hangover / squad inconsistencies. But maybe in a years time when life is *hopefully* a bit more settled
It’s also a WC year and I wouldn’t be surprised if any International players bypassed Leeds and Palace’s trips to Oz for example.
For them the WC is a long time away, they might be keen for it to help build their fitness and sharpness, especially fringe players. The timing of this years WC is great for players, as they will not lose their off-seasons for once as is normal in a WC year.
The Hurricanes won't know themselves, Rugby League park is such a shark hole, it doesn't even have a flat pitch.
What's happening to Martin Luckie park? The nix still going to use that too or are they dropping it after so much was invested in it? With the team being away because of covid it was probably hardly ever used.
The Hurricanes won't know themselves, Rugby League park is such a shark hole, it doesn't even have a flat pitch.
What's happening to Martin Luckie park? The nix still going to use that too or are they dropping it after so much was invested in it? With the team being away because of covid it was probably hardly ever used.
martin luckie park has been well used over the years, the kids have been training there and using it regularly. might change now that the facility in Upper Hutt has been opened though.
The Hurricanes won't know themselves, Rugby League park is such a shark hole, it doesn't even have a flat pitch.
What's happening to Martin Luckie park? The nix still going to use that too or are they dropping it after so much was invested in it? With the team being away because of covid it was probably hardly ever used.
martin luckie park has been well used over the years, the kids have been training there and using it regularly. might change now that the facility in Upper Hutt has been opened though.
Would seem daft to use it when you've got a world class facility. Guess they may run academy games out of there?
The Hurricanes won't know themselves, Rugby League park is such a shark hole, it doesn't even have a flat pitch.
What's happening to Martin Luckie park? The nix still going to use that too or are they dropping it after so much was invested in it? With the team being away because of covid it was probably hardly ever used.
martin luckie park has been well used over the years, the kids have been training there and using it regularly. might change now that the facility in Upper Hutt has been opened though.
Would seem daft to use it when you've got a world class facility. Guess they may run academy games out of there?
Only thing I guess is there's going to be a lot of teams based out in Upper Hutt - three nix teams, multiple rugby teams, etc. plus people that want to rent the facilities.
Seems like we will not be competing in the Australia Cup.
What makes you say that?
They posted on their Instagram a list of qualified clubs which did not include the Phoenix. That post now appears to have been deleted. Must've been an error then.
that makes sense - the deletion. only the bottom two teams of the league enter at the qualification stage, the rest are automatically in the round of 32 I think?
that makes sense - the deletion. only the bottom two teams of the league enter at the qualification stage, the rest are automatically in the round of 32 I think?
Arnold also revealed that he will be lobbying to bring forward the start of the A-League Men’s season this year to give his players the best opportunity to be match-fit before the World Cup in Qatar.
The A-League Men season is due to get underway in mid-October but in years gone past, disruptions due to COVID-19 have caused the start of the seasons to be shifted.
Arnold was confident those involved would support his request to provide as much time as possible to assess players for the tournament, which begins on November 21.
“That (starting the season early) is something I’ll speak to James Johnson and Danny Townsend about this week because we need the players fit,” Arnold said.
I need to be able to see players to select because it takes a good five to six weeks to get started in a new season.
“So that is something that will be spoken about but I’m sure we will get the support from them."
FIFA's International Transfer Calendar has 30th September penciled in for the start date but some random account on Twitter posted a screen shot of Bein Indonesia advertising a 7th October start.
The Australian Cup is going to come around fast for Wellington Phoenix. First R32 game is less than a month away. Draw is next Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/vnC0MpwNHj
The Australian Cup is going to come around fast for Wellington Phoenix. First R32 game is less than a month away. Draw is next Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/vnC0MpwNHj
Those are the dates for matches in those rounds of the competition. A-League sides will probably get the later dates in July so they have enough time to get up to fitness. That 4th July probably should be 4th August.
The Australian Cup is going to come around fast for Wellington Phoenix. First R32 game is less than a month away. Draw is next Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/vnC0MpwNHj
This might spell it out easier. Basically some sort of Australia Cup match every week from the week of Mon Jul 18 (three weeks away) except during the September international window.
FWIW Phoenix pre-season is set to start next Friday (or so I was told). Gather the AWs might be back slightly later.
OFC U-19 (U-20) Cup set to take place at some stage in September.
Round of 32 draw: Wed Jun 29 9.30pm NZT
Round of 32 matches to be played
– Thu Jul 21, Sat Jul 23, Sun Jul 24
– Wed Jul 27, Sun Jul 31
– Fri Aug 4
Round of 16 matches to be played
– Wed Aug 10, Sat Aug 13, Sun Aug 14
– Wed Aug 17
Quarterfinals to be played (exact dates TBC)
– Sat Aug 27, Sun Aug 28
– Mon Aug 29, Tue Aug 30
Semifinals to be played (exact dates TBC)
– Sat Sep 10, Sun Sep 11
– Tue Sep 13, Wed Sep 14
Men's international window: Mon Sep 19 – Tue Sep 27
I'm excited that potential cup match/es are just a month or so away. Hopefully we get another good cup run out this time around too.
Would we want another A-League side first up or rather an NPL team so that we can warm ourselves into the thing?
NSW has been carnage for the NPL sides. One NPL1 side, two NPL2 sides and Wollongong United from the Illawarra Premier League (the 6th tier) are their representatives. So a nice trip to the 'gong would be nice.
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