After 2 down I was waiting desperately for the half time so Ernie could get the team back on track, but back on the field, same crap ball. So that's his fault, kinda blackout, he should have a plan B.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
Well done Ernie, you even got the game plan exactly right for Brockie to score a nice goal.
Best coach in the league.
Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet
Gotta say, Ernie's gotten even more cred in my book by admitting that part of the fault on Sunday was his for playing the same tactics as against Newcastle and hoping the Heart wouldn't notice. Does anyone remember Ricki ever saying "I ballsed it up, I played the wrong tactics"?
Even if Ricki ever attempted to say something like that it never would have come out of his mouth like that. It would have been something more like:
"I think that, really, if you look at this group, and the experience both within and outside of, but also looking inwards towards the group, then probably the accountability that the individuals within the group have, really, collectively as a group, but also individually as individual members of a group, then I think that, to be honest, probably this group's responsibility/accountability matrix was out of alignment with the mission that this group had a collective responsibility to execute today. If I'm honest, without sugar-coating it, you choose what you choose and people can escalate that if they like, but ultimately, probably, we've all taken it incredibly deeply, and will learn to rectify it, really, although probably it's a blessing in disguise".
Normo's coming home
Angst
Random rude words for emphasis!
"Phoenix till they lose"
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I would say "not Ernie's fault if the players CBF", but of course Ernie has a hand in choosing those players.
this excuse never worked for during the sack ricki phase of our existance why would it be available to Ernie?
Queenslander 3x a year.
this excuse never worked for during the sack ricki phase of our existance why would it be available to Ernie?
this excuse never worked for during the sack ricki phase of our existance why would it be available to Ernie?
this excuse never worked for during the sack ricki phase of our existance why would it be available to Ernie?
Kingz .... Knights .... Nix ....
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
You really think so? That the Nix are f**ked?
Ernie gets credit from me, anyway, that he tells it like it is.
“I don’t think we’re going to make the finals now, I don’t think realistically we’re going to make the finals, I think we blew our chance tonight,” Merrick said.
“We’d have to consistently play three good games and win all three of them and I just don’t see us doing that with the lineup we’ve got at the moment.”
this excuse never worked for during the sack ricki phase of our existance why would it be available to Ernie?
I can understand people being frustrated, but we've had a season in which we have lost Fenton, Ifill, Riera, Caira and Hernandez to injury, all who arguably would be in our every week starting 11. And we've also lost Brindall-South and Bertos from the squad to injury. Plus this week we've lost Siggy to a very tough couple of yellow cards.
That's a third of the squad unavailable and HALF OF THE OUTFIELD STARTING 11 missing and six out of ten if you count Siggy. Pretty tough to deal with and I agree with Ernie, you just can't keep papering over those sort of absences from the starting side. No matter how hard the guys try.
I don't think you can blame Welnix for that, and I don't think you can blame Ernie. He made an initial call that Lia and Muscat could do an adequate job at DM and CM, with Carlos added to the mix. I had a problem with that, but he then spent at DM when Ifill was injured. Who'd have thought we'd have been caught out so badly by injuries.
Interesting point Ballane, I'm beginning to blame those bloody cats!
well they nix are here for the next season, and I'm sure that Gareth will want to hang around he has heaps of $$ from Xero now too......
Queenslander 3x a year.
"we've got the wrong Morgan"
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.
Ernie is sick and tired of NZ Football's high-performance manager going on TV and dissing high-performing NZ players like Jeremy Brockie.
When I saw the headline I thought he wanted to beat up Dewhurst like the rest of us, but this is okay too.
Good commentary from Ernie. Smart operator
Grumpy old bastard alert
Forget about freedom of speech.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
"Conflict of interest" is an alien term to football administrators though
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.
Ernie is sick and tired of NZ Football's high-performance manager going on TV and dissing high-performing NZ players like Jeremy Brockie.
When I saw the headline I thought he wanted to beat up Dewhurst like the rest of us, but this is okay too.
I'm not sure it is a conflict - it's probably unwise but where's the conflict? It would really only be an issue if you thought he was holding back criticising NZ players.
Really this just comes across as Ernie doesn't like his players getting stick
Normo's coming home
You mean he is showing some loyalty to his players? Fair enough because Ernie himself can give them a burst when they need it. But if you are referring to Dewhurst, does anyone actually take him seriously? He and de Jong are the negatives of NZ football. Their boring monotone comments rather than commentary is loathsome at best. I heard de Jong getting a burst from a punter today who rang in Radio NZ Sports just after 1pm
Preferably both
Forget about freedom of speech.
Just a little tit-bit for the DomPost reporters looking for a cheesy headline. :)
But seriously, I do think we need a thread for the growing belief that the Nix are underdone, Ernie hasn't filled all the gaps in recruitment, we still haven't got a midfield worth talking about, and we're looking at another wooden-spoon season.
Just a little tit-bit for the DomPost reporters looking for a cheesy headline. :)
But seriously, I do think we need a thread for the growing belief that the Nix are underdone, Ernie hasn't filled all the gaps in recruitment, we still haven't got a midfield worth talking about, and we're looking at another wooden-spoon season.
"We have no excuse for conceding goals like that" (47 in 26). - Ernie M
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
The GM.
The GM's role is quite safe if he is following the wishes of the owners. Would be a completely different situation if Welnix had splashed out on a big name marquee, spend $$$$ on some other top class players, made huge noises about winning the league etc. Then he might be in trouble.
Just a little tit-bit for the DomPost reporters looking for a cheesy headline. :)
But seriously, I do think we need a thread for the growing belief that the Nix are underdone, Ernie hasn't filled all the gaps in recruitment, we still haven't got a midfield worth talking about, and we're looking at another wooden-spoon season.
"Phoenix till they lose"
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" And we've got Manny Muscat and Ben Sigmund and Michael Boxall who continually get yellow cards and they don't really worry too much about it. Of course you pay a price for that at the end of the year when you're desperate. And that's going to change, next year, I can guarantee."
Kin Oath Ernie
Siggy wasn't actually that bad this year for most of the season. Did kind of lose it at the end but for most of the season was very good. I suspect Riera actually had the highest number of yellows compared to minutes played.
It's all very well taking ownership of problems, but it kind of loses the impact when you then go and single out three players in the next sentence. But yeah discipline has been a problem across the team. I think you do need to add Hernandez and Cunningham into that list (out of the public spotlight), they can lose their rag a bit after a call goes against them.
Ernie tells it exactly like it is.
Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet
Siggy wasn't actually that bad this year for most of the season. Did kind of lose it at the end but for most of the season was very good. I suspect Riera actually had the highest number of yellows compared to minutes played.
It's all very well taking ownership of problems, but it kind of loses the impact when you then go and single out three players in the next sentence. But yeah discipline has been a problem across the team. I think you do need to add Hernandez and Cunningham into that list (out of the public spotlight), they can lose their rag a bit after a call goes against them.
Siggy wasn't actually that bad this year for most of the season. Did kind of lose it at the end but for most of the season was very good. I suspect Riera actually had the highest number of yellows compared to minutes played.
It's all very well taking ownership of problems, but it kind of loses the impact when you then go and single out three players in the next sentence. But yeah discipline has been a problem across the team. I think you do need to add Hernandez and Cunningham into that list (out of the public spotlight), they can lose their rag a bit after a call goes against them.
Congrats on your Aussie award - Order of Australia Medal (OAM)
Hope you also get more silverware this season
(medals, not spoons)
