Glory vs LOLington - Match Thread

Wellington Phoenix Squad. 1. Mark PASTON (gk), 3. Tony LOCHHEAD, 4. Jon McKAIN, 5. Karl DODD, 6. Tim BROWN, 9. Shane SMELTZ, 10. Michael FERRANTE, 11. DANIEL, 12. Richard JOHNSON, 13. Troy HEARFIELD, 15. Adam KWASNIK, 16. David MULLIGAN, 18. Ben SIGMUND, 20. Glen MOSS (gk), 21. Leilei GAO, 22. Andrew DURANTE (captain).
* one to be omitted.

In. 10. Michael FERRANTE (promoted), 15. Adam KWASNIK (return from injury).
Out. 8. Vaughan COVENY (omitted).
Unavailable. 7. Leo BERTOS (groin � 1 week), 17. Vince LIA (knee � season)

Head-to-head
Three A-League meetings: Perth - 0 wins, Wellington - 3 wins, Draws - 0

Results so far
Perth:
Round 1: Adelaide United 1 Perth Glory 0, Hindmarsh Stadium
Round 2: Perth Glory 3, Newcastle Jets 3, Members Equity Stadium
Round 3: Sydney FC 5, Perth Glory 2, Sydney Football Stadium
Round 4: Queensland Roar 3, Perth Glory 0, Members Equity Stadium

Wellington:
Round 1: Wellington Phoenix 1, Queensland Roar 1, Westpac Stadium
Round 2: Wellington Phoenix 2, Melbourne Victory 4, Westpac Stadium
Round 3: Adelaide United 3, Wellington Phoenix 0, Hindmarsh Stadium
Round 4: Wellington Phoenix 0, Central Coast Mariners 0, Westpac Stadium

Dodd's plays from last week
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsdt8Jcf3q8

Don't get the point of that really

Youll win this - My mob are absolute pants.

well corks...any chance you could shed some light on what you reckon about the video and answer Oska's question?

That was me being chicken.

The stumbling block to this is the League Rule that only allows 4 subs on the bench,one of which is a goalkeeper. This means that if your keeper isn't injured/carded, the manager is committing to his 3 outfield substitutes pre-match. If the rule was changed to allow 7 subs on the bench, Costa could be named along with Coveny/Kwasnik, and Ricki would have the flexibility to make the changes depending on the match situation.

perhaps put the subs up to 5 , 7 seems a bit much for this league (travel costs etc)

You have played some decent football at times unlike us though. Amaral was good for you.

p.s. hope Kwasnik doesn't play.
valeo2008-09-20 17:49:16

Alright, one day away now, so I'm gonna lay out what I want to see played tommora:

I've been away for the afternon.
Doddy's clip is my first Youtube posting so sorry if it doesn't work.  I'm using a Mac and the clip works for me so any responses on why it doesn't work would be appreciated.

Oska if you are able to view the video, there is no point to it just as there is no point to our meagre human existence, I've just started paying for bandwidth and uploads etc, and I thought this was a better way of using it than slowly undressing in front of a web cam while Nelly or some such played in the background. 

Us to win, by at least 2 goals.
TAB is paying almost $3 for a phoenix win. Could be easy money?

oh right, my bad. Thought you were making an abstract point as to why Dodd should/shouldn't be played

To me it proves that Dodd CAN pass, defends his heart out, and was possibly one of our most creative players last week.

Meanwhile back to the match - as a consequence of last night's match, a mere 5 goal win and we go ahead of Queensland on the table.  Remember Riyadh!  I bet Ricki does.

Corkster, nice effort.
One suggestion though, perhaps leave a little more footage on either side of the event you're most keen on.
It jumps too quickly between scenes at the moment.

This will be close... Perth will give us a good fight

auskiwi, are you all those blokes on FFT who have suddenly turned from thinking we're great for the league to the most pants team in history?

If perth can put up a good fight then god help us next week against Bling

What time is the game at?

7pm our time.

Does anyone know of a live commentary radio link from Perth? I've tried SportsFM and PR something-something but none of them seem to mention anything...

Arhhh...looks like it is on RadioSport. Sweet.

For future refference, the FFT match previews have the local radio 'partners' of the clubs playing.

Hey C. Lemon, nope.

Daniel's plays from last week

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex19d15gp0o

Is todays game on radio sport (online)?

good work Corkster...though I didn't see a great little flick pass about 20-25 minutes into the game? Ahh got it now it's at about 27 to Covs I think, but you sliced it a little bit.

Yeh its hard to say with him isn't it?

Someone might get on the end of one of those passes and crosses and score and we'll call him a genius, but it did seem he had something of an off game. Or perhaps not a lot of like minded players around.

get downstairs to 4 kings to watch us pulverise Perth!

Cheers martinb, yep I'm still learning the lead times for the clips, it's a bit jumpy to watch.

Here's hoping Daniel has a better game tonight,  3 nil to the Phoenix I reckon 

That actually looks like a really good team. I would love to see Brown start!

Phoenix at $5.25 half/fulltime? Yes please thank you.

Just getting dinner ready and havin some mates over. Gals in the kitchen and the boys in front of the box, surround sound on, and the beers flowing. Come on Phoenix... I really hope 3 points is what we get tonight just to top off a great weekend...

Bit optimistic over at Radio Sport....

Phoenix hope Perth will be an easy win tonight
21/09/2008 5:24 p.m.
The Wellington Phoenix face the bottom placed Perth Glory in tonight's A-League football match hoping to breeze to a win

Expect to see a more adventurous Phoenix side when they take on the Perth Glory in football's A-League tonight.

The Phoenix picked up a hard fought and unspectacular point against the Central Coast Mariners last week, but coach Ricki Herbert is likely to replace one of his defensive midfielder's with a more attacking option, like Chinese play-maker Lei Lei Gao.

Phoenix Midfielder Troy Hearfield says they have to take all three points off the bottom placed Glory. Hearfield says they particularly need the front four or five players to do well tonight.

The match kicks off at 7pm New Zealand time

just been down the Temperance to see the lions and the Shield on display. A Nix win will be cap off a top weekend of results for me - Warriors, Dreamers, Lions and Shield, the Nix. C'mon ye Nix! C'mon!