Mo Al-Taay absolutely has to start for me. His combinations with Payne both in defence and attack are unmatched, and without Rufer we’ll need his “destroyer” capabilities to stop the likes of Nisbet and Torres.
Cloudy. Very high chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds east to northeasterly 25 to 35 km/h tending north to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h early in the morning.
I’m picking 2-1 courtesy of a rare David Ball double.
I do not think David Ball ever scored a double, but I am prepared to stand corrected.
You are correct about this, 15 goals on 15 different occasions. His one and only goal last season was the first time we lost when he scored. That clearly broke him.
Honestly got a very bad feeling today. But then, you guys know I'm wrong about everything. COYN.
Not to worry Doloras. Which ever way you look at it the Nix are in the box seat for the rest of the season. This game holds a lot of weight but realistically it is mainly weighty for CCM to stay in the title race. Win or even a draw will see us being the likely winners of the league. A loss brings CCM back into the race.
Even if we lose tonight and everyone says on this forum how we've lost the league, I'd still be fairly confident. CCM have such an insane schedule and are now losing further players to international duty, I'd be shocked if this doesn't impact them. Mark my words, CCM will drop points in the final 3 games and give us another opportunity to win the league even if we do lose tonight.
That being said I think a draw tonight is the most probable outcome. Anything can happen in sport though so who knows. Looking forward to this 🔥🔥🔥
I'm a fan for beating Mariners, beating Victory, beating Jets and beating Macarthur.
But I'm with Doloras. We're doomed.
How can you give a thumbs up to that?
We're not doomed at all.
We're getting 3 points.
looking forward to seeing your boy Pennington dominating Nisbit tonight. Goodbye Rufer (for one game), come on down GIGA Pennington
You know mate. I said 51 points and win the league before the season even started. And you know that I won't be far wrong. I don't believe we'll dominate. What we'll do is find a little cunning to get the 3 points.
I'm off to watch the Ferns live here in Chch, then home to catch WU at their new Tarneit facility, and for the main course the Nix at 7pm. I'll have a football hangover tomorrow
Wellington Phoenix squad (two to be omitted): 3. Finn SURMAN, 4. Scott WOOTTON, 5. Fin CONCHIE, 6. Tim PAYNE, 7. Kosta BARBAROUSES, 8. Ben OLD, 10. David BALL, 11. Bozhidar KRAEV, 12. Mo AL-TAAY, 15. Nicholas PENNINGTON, 17. Youstin SALAS, 18. Lukas KELLY-HEALD, 19. Sam SUTTON, 23. Luke SUPYK, 24. Oskar VAN HATTUM, 25. Jack DUNCAN (gk), 39. Seth KARUNARATNE, 40. Alex PAULSEN (gk), 43. Matt SHERIDAN, 51. Gabriel SLOANE-RODRIGUES. Unavailable: 9. Oskar ZAWADA (injured), 14. Alex RUFER (c) (suspended), 26. Isaac HUGHES (injured).
Central Coast Mariners squad (two to be omitted): 2. Mikael DOKA, 3. Brian KALTAK, 4. Josh NISBET, 6. Max BALARD, 7. Christian THEOHAROUS, 9. Alou KUOL, 11. Angel TORRES, 15. Storm ROUX, 16. Harry STEELE, 17. Jing REEC, 18. Jacob FARRELL, 20. Danny VUKOVIC (gk) (c), 22. Ronald BARCELLOS, 23. Dan HALL, 26. Brad TAPP, 28. Will WILSON, 30. Jack WARSHAWSKY (gk), 33. Nathan PAULL, 39. Miguel DI PIZIO, 99. Ryan EDMONDSON. Unavailable: 5. Noah SMITH (injured), 27. Sasha KUZEVSKI (injured).
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