Galaxy post game banter.

They are the phoenix strippers pretty much.

They pretty much grab them from the street

I had a couple of drunk fellas besides me in Aisle 18 who were abusing Beckham the whole first half. God knows why. Jealousy? I managed to move to Ailse 20 for the second half and get away from it. I wish I could have passed a ball, a cross or done the simple one touch moves he produced.  I think the secret is he kept it simple but made it quality. No fancy stepovers just simple and so very quick. I reckon he could still do it for England.

I was Aisle 35 i think. We started a few clap clap clap clap clap clap phoenix chants which was good to see if not too adventurous. Was a bit annoyed about everyone applauding Galaxy goals, yes its a friendly but we weren't up to the standard we should've been. Costa was class when he came on, he'll be playing in 2010 at the world cup if we make it. 

I'll just say that on tv it certainly appeared that the 'real' Nix fans were making plenty of noise, with the surreal celebrating of Beckham's corners clearly coming from the part-timers.  The "game-time" noise was something to be proud of.

i wasnt at the game, im in australia. but god for a group that isnt yet a year old we are turning into right snobs. just my impression from this thread

Oh yea and celebrating the LA goals was a big no-no ... remember, we're here to see the phoenix!!

I cant figure that one out, it was a friendly so why are some giving grief to those who cheered the Galaxy goals?? Come on, some of them were bloody good goals. I repeat, it was a friendly! I certainly would not cheer on the opposition but I would acknowledge them if they scored a good goal in a friendly.

Just for once I find myself agreeing with everything said by my QPR chum (glad you made it).  Nice touch of humble pie eating as well LGM.

I haven't seen the Nix play since attending the opening game (don't have Sky). I'd have to say that most of the Nix players impressed me with the exception ofg Elrich (who I think we should be getting mor eout of for the money we've paid). I know this was a friendly and players are likely to perform differently in the heat of an A League battle. However, Old was a completely different player to the one I saw in the opener. Brownlee looked dangerous when he was on. Costa.... gee he looked the goods to me - get him on - nice touches and quick!!!!!! such confidence for a young bloke. Liked the look of Lia as well and Ferrante is still as busy as Ii remembered. Don't know why he was taking the free kicks outside the box tho - perhaps it was in case Beckham got any and it would be easier for the non-footballing attendees to tell the difference between a good kick and a bad one  Beckham showed how easy football is didn't he? lovely to watch, reminds a bit of the old days when we had the likes of Trevor Brooking and Mick Channon playing down here - made evrything look easy.

Also, big ups to whoever put the match programme together.  As a bit of a connoisseur and collector of football programmes I can say this was easily the best by far I have ever seen for a game in NZ - and that includes the rugby and cricket ones produced as well.  My boy took the Beckham poster out of the middle and was delighted to find a poster of his hero Daniel on the back.  Guess which one is going on the wall!!

MMMmmmm, I stood the whole game but I decided I would be friendly and got right up to the back so I wasn't infront of anyone. We had a security gaurd next to us but he was a decent one he was having a chat and a laugh with us as he did his job.Even joint in with a few chants haha! I could understand the noise after Beckhams penalty I joined in but the rest of the Galaxy goals we should of gone silent like we do in A-League goals.

Jake_1442007-12-02 09:06:00

Glad i went, some of beckham's passes alone were worth the price of admission.

At the start I looked around and thought in terms of the crowd - this is how life should be all the time.
Quite moving.

Felt a bit sorry for our lads as the tiredness set in, but most of them looked like they enjoyed the chance to be on the park playing against Beckham.

Thanks Jose, I really don't have a problem admitting I was wrong, because I was.

Can someone clarify for me who was our keeper last night?  I'm sure at the stadium he was announced as Moss, he looked like Moss, he saved like Moss - so why did Lama, Sumner, and Hickey call him Paston the whole first half? 

Moss 1st half, Paston 2nd

I was behind the goal and it was Paston in the first half, even the radio commentators noticed it. well the jersey had Paston on it.

What a great weekend it was, football fans from all over walking the streets of Wellington. I bumped into so many from my home area Eastern BOP, and others I knew from Auck etc, it was a celebration of football. Well done to Terry and co for making it happen.

It was Paston both halfs...

 it was a good bit of fun i thought, Beckham made a few beautiful passes...


the only thing that pisses me of are those blow up "clappers" - they are THE DEVIL

But they make a good sound when you jump on them!

oh and Beckham is amazingly quick on the ball. it's like he decides what to do with it before he receives it...something our players at quite bad at in comparison...and i wanna see more of Costa! he looked sharp as a tack, just needed to back himself more and have a few shots

"he looked sharp as a tack, just needed to back himself more and have a few shots"

nah i remember Browlie just missed in the first Melbourne game...i agree that we are gunshy though!

We also got told to sit down, I explained to the guy that I have come to every home game and this is the fever zone so I'm not sitting-end of. luckily I was not blocking anyones view, also it seems some of the stewards used their brains and moved families over the other side.

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ForteanTimes2007-12-02 12:09:30

The club website indicates the areas between aisles 21 and 22 as the Yellow Fever zone. The Yellow Fever stand. Hence, that should surely count as official standing area. Even then, Ticketek surely should have figured out by now that we stand at football matches. Either they didn't make the effort to ensure they knew what they were selling, or they just didn't care.

I would love to see Ticketek forced to refund anyone inconvenienced out of their own pocket, since there is no reason why the club should have to pay for Ticketeks incompetence.

why are you always quick to  put down the efforts of the yf zone  when you very rarely sit there yourself  i have no voice after TWO night of singing and chanting 

how do you join in a  mexican wave when your already standing up ????
we weren't the only ones starting chants either  people all over were starting them and we  would join in with them too

this os off target but that penalty LA got was a joke! didn't even seem to touch him on the replay

err this is the first time I have said anything about the YFZ in this context. my only other critisms were when those few persons were spraying beer and threw a few empty bottles. Perhaps you should re-read all of my threads.

Now wait just a minute! Are you condoning mexican waves? 

yep at the time i was booing cobi jones when ever he got the ball after that, - little yankee weasel!!

Not condoning it but hey if the rest of the stadium were doing it, why not join in? If I am correct the Mexican Wave started when the World Cup was held in Mexico was it not? Lonegunmen2007-12-02 13:14:01

I think Mexican Waves are great - for sports where you sit down to watch the match. It's just not the same when you're standing up and cheering. Besides, it always seems like it's a sign of boredom to me.

What about the rest of the Bay of Plenty? Is Tauranga not good enough for ya?

agreed about the result being disappointing and that the quality of our football was below our usual but Teza you really have displayed a lack of understanding in your post

I note that you didn't go for an 8 hour bike ride followed by another 8 hour bike ride -
and riding a bike is an activity that is frequently repeated on a next day basis

professional football teams are never expected to repeat a match activity within a 24 hour period- not least because the recovery times from (even minor) contact injuries are longer than those for DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness), also minor tearing of muscle fibre is going to happen far more often in football than when you are on your bike

finally, i would suggest you are under less mental stress riding your bike than professional footballers are during a match - not all tiredness is physical

in a nutshell, riding your bike then go for a run the next day doesn't equate to what the Nix players were expected to do last night!! (it might make you feel good about your fitness, but it's got naff all to do with your central point  -the allegation that fitness wasn't a factor last night)