Wellington Phoenix Men

Angst please.

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over 13 years ago

wolfman wrote:

 Clearly our grass is too sticky to play a sexy passing game.

It's just a transition year, you see we have quite young grass coming through at the moment which is REALLY sticky. Next year the grass won't be anywhere near as sticky and we'll be aiming to have the best grass in the league again, well top two at least. 

Fuck this stupid game

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over 13 years ago · edited over 13 years ago · History

 Well according to the players, our pitch is mid table medocrity

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over 13 years ago

And atmosphere is 9th...


Allegedly

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over 13 years ago

Transition year FFS.  I suppose we shouldn't forget that Ricki's only had 4 years to get this squad together...FROM NOTHING I TELL YOU, NOTHING!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone

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over 13 years ago

Hard News wrote:

 Two songs, we've only got two songs...


And one of those is out of fucking tune.


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over 13 years ago

I see we resorted to the Durante chant a few times, even though he wasn't playing. 


Allegedly

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over 13 years ago

Hard News wrote:

 Two songs, we've only got two songs...


Needs to be sung at the next match!

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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over 13 years ago

2ndBest wrote:

 Well according to the players, our pitch is mid table medocrity

According to nine players. I suspect if that reflected all the players' opinions we'd be lucky with mid table!

Fuck this stupid game

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over 13 years ago

Get off the grass you lot! 

It IS a transition year..Ricki is talking about his own transition,  from his current role. Sheesh! .Get with the programme. Or song sheet, if you prefer.

Speaking of which, I thought it was strange we were singing the Dura song on Sunday too.. and with that wind blowing it was really hard to hear any of the chants on Sunday, tbh.


  Improving,,on the up, a work in progress from Italiano and the Nix. Bring on the bathroom bling in '24! COYN!

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over 13 years ago

Junior82 wrote:

Hard News wrote:

 Two songs, we've only got two songs...


Needs to be sung at the next match!

Surely that would then mean we have THREE songs!  

We're the WELLINGTON Phoenix

And this is our Home

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over 13 years ago

Tegal wrote:

I see we resorted to the Durante chant a few times, even though he wasn't playing. 

Just fwiw... I was sitting over the other side for the first game (when you sung the whole Du Du Durante chant) and it turns out that "just can't get enough" sounds suspiciously like "just can't get it up" from a distance. I was starting to think that YF had picked up a sponsorship with viagra...

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over 13 years ago

bump...referring 2nite.

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

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over 13 years ago

This is about to go OFF.

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over 13 years ago

Thread ASPLODE

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over 13 years ago

Damn I'm tired of having nothing to angst about

Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet

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over 13 years ago


angst

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over 13 years ago


"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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over 13 years ago

I think I killed it.

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over 13 years ago

SO MUCH FUCKING ANGST. After watching the game I got drunk and watched the Lion King, and not even that could cheer me up. I'm THAT FUCKING ANGSTY. 

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over 13 years ago

Wow



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over 13 years ago

Fitzy wrote:

SO MUCH FUCKING ANGST. After watching the game I got drunk and watched the Lion King, and not even that could cheer me up. I'm THAT FUCKING ANGSTY. 


"Lion King"??
"An Officer and a Gentleman" works a treat for me - everytime.

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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over 13 years ago


I just burnt my toast.

 

FUCK YOU JARRED GILLETT! Why didn't you just tell me to fall over when I walked past the toaster the 1st time, then none of this would have happened!

"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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over 13 years ago

Should the FFA be allowed to throw money away on a guy like Shinji Ono, where instead they could be spending it on the referees.

I remember Paul Ifill talking about how when he first came over here, the biggest thing that surprised him was the amateur referees  and once we sort them then I think we will have a bit more credibility


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over 13 years ago · edited over 13 years ago · History

Angst coverage this week:

1. Proficiency of match officials

2. Integrity of players and ability to not be a diver/cheat/liar

3. Should YF pay Dura's fine?


It's good to be back!

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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over 13 years ago

How dare the Fever use their own money to pay for Dura's fine instead of buying new flags!


Yellow Fever - Misery loves company

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over 13 years ago

patrick478 wrote:

How dare the Fever use their own money to pay for Dura's fine instead of buying new flags!

More flags? Surely singing lessons would be more important.
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over 13 years ago

Hard News wrote:

Nothing is more important than flags!!

TiFo is fUlY sIK!

FLOG!

"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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over 13 years ago

Hard News wrote:

Nothing is more important than flags!!

TiFo is fUlY sIK!


Flares are way more important than flags.
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over 13 years ago

Piss off with your bell bottoms!

Hippies.


  Improving,,on the up, a work in progress from Italiano and the Nix. Bring on the bathroom bling in '24! COYN!

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over 13 years ago

playwithFire wrote:

Should the FFA be allowed to throw money away on a guy like Shinji Ono, where instead they could be spending it on the referees.

I remember Paul Ifill talking about how when he first came over here, the biggest thing that surprised him was the amateur referees  and once we sort them then I think we will have a bit more credibility

 

All the diving, contentious offsides, goals not given and bad penalty decisions could be solved in one swoop - allow the captain of each team to demand a video referee decision on any contentious decision. If a referee isn't sure then he makes the same call. You could allow each captain to make this call only three times per game so as not to take up too much time. This would solve all issues with bad calls - as is does with League. It's so obvious and simple it's mind boggling that Fifa is still stuck in the 19th Century and refuses to solve the issue of bad calls ruining games. This isn't about reason, this is about prejudice.

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over 13 years ago

Isn't about delays in play as much as anything?

One of the joys of football is that we get value for money for our 90 minute game unlike the stop strt sports that live on the video officials.


How's my driving? - Whine here

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over 13 years ago

Trueblue wrote:

playwithFire wrote:

Should the FFA be allowed to throw money away on a guy like Shinji Ono, where instead they could be spending it on the referees.

I remember Paul Ifill talking about how when he first came over here, the biggest thing that surprised him was the amateur referees  and once we sort them then I think we will have a bit more credibility

 

All the diving, contentious offsides, goals not given and bad penalty decisions could be solved in one swoop - allow the captain of each team to demand a video referee decision on any contentious decision. If a referee isn't sure then he makes the same call. You could allow each captain to make this call only three times per game so as not to take up too much time. This would solve all issues with bad calls - as is does with League. It's so obvious and simple it's mind boggling that Fifa is still stuck in the 19th Century and refuses to solve the issue of bad calls ruining games. This isn't about reason, this is about prejudice.

Video refs would ruin the game far beyond what diving and shite refs currently are.

Fuck this stupid game

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over 13 years ago

Hard News wrote:

Isn't about delays in play as much as anything?

One of the joys of football is that we get value for money for our 90 minute game unlike the stop strt sports that live on the video officials.

Not to mention that video refs in various sports get their decisions wrong with a fair amount of frequency.

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over 13 years ago

Hard News wrote:

Isn't about delays in play as much as anything?

One of the joys of football is that we get value for money for our 90 minute game unlike the stop strt sports that live on the video officials.



Yep, i'm a huge fan of video refs in stop start sports, but it just won't work in football without ruining the flowing nature of the game.  I am all for goalline technology, and anything else that can make a ruling almost instantly, thus not disrupting the game.

Also, until extra technology can somehow solve the problem of the camera not looking directly down the line, it would be next to useless for definitively resolving contentious offside calls (probably what it would mostly be needed for), and the distortion of the angle can actually make the problem worse, as was seen in rugby league, hence it no longer allowing forward passes to be considered by the video ref.
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over 13 years ago


I've just had lunch, and I'm still hungry! That angsty enough for you? Huh?

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

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over 13 years ago

I think video refs arent the answer, however I wonder if there could be a way linesmen could have a signal which means play on but there is a suspicion of offside. If a goal is scored during that sequence then they could video check to see if they are offside and reverse goal is necessary. 

This would promote the attacking side, and would only mean a stop in play if there is a goal scored - where there is already a break anyway


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over 13 years ago

playwithFire wrote:

I think video refs arent the answer, however I wonder if there could be a way linesmen could have a signal which means play on but there is a suspicion of offside. If a goal is scored during that sequence then they could video check to see if they are offside and reverse goal is necessary. 

This would promote the attacking side, and would only mean a stop in play if there is a goal scored - where there is already a break anyway

 

If ref, linesmen and 4th official are all miked up, there's no reason why a video "referee" couldn't be in there as well. The AR could just talk to the video guy.

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

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Edit: Woops wrong thread

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