Posted November 04, 2025 08:04
· last edited November 04, 2025 08:08
AucklandPhoenix
The odds on that are very long.
So it will be necessary coochiee
Not necessarily.
If by the 3rd derby game at the ROF (March next year?), both teams are in the finals mix, and head to head it is 1-1, that ROF crowd could be bigger than this Saturday.
Is a long way to go, but I think the chances are better than average that the Nix will be a more enticing watch next March, than they were finishing last season.
And that's a big factor in limiting the crowd this Saturday. How dire the Nix were season 24/25, incl the most recent derby result, that 6-1 shellacking.
Also if the Nix are playing well, they often get their biggest crowds Feb-March in the late summer twilight. By then the World Cup will also be very much looming on the horizon, and football will be more topical. Still the Nix will need to be playing well, in finals contention and be seen as having a genuine chance to beat the Estonians.
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Unknown editoredited November 04, 2025 08:08
AucklandPhoenix
The odds on that are very long.
So it will be necessary coochiee
Not necessarily.
If by the 3rd derby game at the ROF (March next year?), both teams are in the finals mix, and head to head it is 1-1, that ROF crowd could be bigger than this Saturday.
Is a long way to go, but I think the chances are better than average that the Nix will be a more enticing watch next March, than they were finishing last season.
And that's a big factor in limiting the crowd this Saturday. How dire the Nix were season 24/25, incl the most recent derby result, that 6-1 shellacking.
Also if the Nix are playing well, they often get their biggest crowds Feb-March in late summer twilight. By then the World Cup will also be very much looming on the horizon, and football will be more topical. Still the Nix will need to be playing well, in finals contention and be seen as having a genuine chance to beat the Estonians.
Unknown editoredited November 04, 2025 08:07
AucklandPhoenix
The odds on that are very long.
So it will be necessary coochiee
Not necessarily.
If by the 3rd derby game at the ROF (March next year?), both teams are in the finals mix, and head to head it is 1-1, that ROF crowd could be bigger than this Saturday.
Is a long way to go, but I think the chances are better than average that the Nix will be a more enticing watch next March, than they were finishing last season.
And that's a big factor in limiting the crowd this Saturday. How dire the Nix were season 24/25, incl the most recent derby result, that 6-1 shellacking.