Elimination Final v Melbourne City | Sunday 3rd May | 7:00pm

It is called promoting the game within New Zealand and shows just how much respect the Phoenix get from various sources.

This is awesome! Great stuff from the stadium.

Piney aside the Doom Post and local media's support of the Nix's biggest game for 3 years is a disgrace - compounded by the FFA's sharkhouse marketing. So - nothing's changed.

Does anyone know if we can use our 'Foundation Member' passes for Phoenix Lounge on Sunday?  Good news that we can get the $10 parking again this weeek.

Little marketing would have been needed if the team had kept winning.. 

I don't think so, I tried to get passes for the Ronald McDonald House families and the Nix don't have the lounge this weekend, it is a FFA run one instead and costs $99 per person.

Croud estimates have been dropped with sluggish sales, thanks FFA.

http://www.radiosport.co.nz/sport-news/football/cr...

Thanks guys. I can't recall but I don't think they put games on in aussie at 7 on a Sunday nite is just a bloody crazy time.

For you guys maybe, but that is 5pm on the east coast and that is where the biggest TV viewing will come from.

I pick the diamond goes for the first half at least and its old school 442.   Reira sits in that midfield line and monsters Moy....

Ha. Auto-correct stuffs up the link.

City have no fans though.

Lol, but football fans will still be watching.

Mooy is the one player I fear. He can either be dogshark but more often brilliant. Against us as per normal, it will be brilliant.

not convinced there will be many neutrals. Be interested to see the viewership numbers after.

Fever Friday, time to start firing up.

7pm works out perfect for me, cos I'll get to watch Mayweather v Pacquiao first (hopefully)

edit: actually it might start earlier than I originally thought...

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Guessing 9-10k. If Hurricanes weren't playing Sat we'd maybe sneak 12.

If we get 12k for an elimination final do you thnk this will have a serious adverse effect on our chances of a licence extension?

none whatsoever 

I remember in our preliminary final (semifinal) in Sydney they only had 13k. They still seem to have a licence. 

I posted this in the crouds thread the other day...

Ouch league test has been moved till 6pm on Sunday. Dilemma for me as League is my 2nd sport after football.

Not going to help croud numbers....

Yeah pretty tough choice

For all you living in Christchurch, skinhead or otherwise, get to Spectators at Addington Raceway for the match.

Regular HQ for the Chch Nix Supporters club, should be a good croud in to watch the game together.

Free feed of Pizza at halftime too, it's bloody nice pizza as well!

The croud is going to be shark.

Crap kick off time, poor form, not very exciting opponents, higher prices than usual, season tickets not included, total lack of media hype.

All of those factors combined and you get less than 10k. Well done to all parties involved in these decisions.

Your last sentence is so true it hurts.

Whoops didn't mean to quote you on that one

All good, your point is valid, who wants to see a half empty stadium. If as the weather forcast suggests, it is cloudy, cold and at 7pm on a Sunday, I am hoping for a 15k croud but in reality expect closer to 8k. Domey hoping for 30k is like me hoping to win Powerball on Saturday night.

I can't remember another season where so many factors have conspired against us getting decent home crouds: bad weather, the Asian Cup interruption, the cricket world cup, being forced to play at a ground with a capacity of 8000, the world cup final, a suddenly overachieving Hurricanes, and now tepid FFA marketing and an unhelpful kickoff time. It's so frustrating.

Some might say that's making excuses but it's been incredibly difficult to capitalise on the Nix's momentum and success.

Adelaide got 20,155, us getting less than half isn't going to be good.  It's all a conspiracy to boot us out.

enough croud angst.  almost game day.  win = all probs gone.

Booked for Melbourne Friday -you can do it lads.

5-1 Burns hattrick