In The Zone - The End

Listening back, we missed plenty opportunties to make some drink. poor from us.

In NZ we get waaaaaaay to excited whenever we hear the words "premier league".  Look at the numbers going through premier league academies - I read a stat a while back - 2 years after signing pro forms (which you do at 18) only 20% of footballers are still in the football league.

Oh I agree. I was using it to prove a point to be honest. It was more that the kid gets sandbagged before he kicks a ball and his background isn't dissimilar from Fenton.

 In The Zone V47 is live at www.yellowfever.podomatic.com & Itunes bit.ly/YFZone. It's rating better than Seven Sharp!

On a bumper In The Zone episode, the pod reviews yet another away loss for the Wellington Phoenix FC, looks ahead to the double header against Adelaide United FC and Newcastle Jets , and questions whether Hernandez will fix our midfield woes next year. Elsewhere, the All Whites head to Dunedin on their way to Brazil, Waitakere United clinch top spot in the ASB Premiership, Exodus Team Wellington youth lose again, and there is the usual round up of kiwis abroad.

Blatantly copied and pasted from Facey. ;)

Tim Brown scored 6 goals last year (1 every 410min) and Sanchez 5 (1 every 348min)

I think the Paston/Moss angle and the Hogg/Lochhead are an area where it is a weakness having RH coaching both teams.  Both Lochhead and Paston are All White stallwarts and will be in any squad even if they are second choice right up until the World Cup (if we qualify).  But probably one of Lochhead or Paston should probably be let go to free up some cap space - but won't on the basis they're probably not going to get an equivalent gig in the A-League and the AWs need them to be playing regularly.  Fine for me as I want the AWs to do well but could be a problem

yeah, it's just not very effective us of the salary cap if we're paying full price for two international keepers when only one can start.  We're supposedly at the cap with a pretty av squad, this is the kind of decision you can take to save some money

When's the new pod coming out?

Tonight. Will also look to have one done on Saturday morning to cover tomorrow's game.

Mint.

 Morning schedule:

1.  Get up.

2. Cycle to Bencher.

3. Record Podcast.

4. Re-record Podcast after Ricki story breaks.

5. Bencher Brekkie, omnomnomnomnom

 In The Zone V48 is live at www.yellowfever.podomatic.com & Itunes bit.ly/YFZone.

On In The Zone 48, the pod reacts at Ricki Herbert’s resignation as coach of Wellington Phoenix FC and reflects back on his tenure. On the field, the Phoenix keep their slim playoff chances alive after drawing with Adelaide United FC and will anyone turn up on Wednesday night against Newcastle Jets? And in ASB Premiership land, Waitakere United blow their unbeaten season, YoungHeart Manawatu claim the wooden spoon, and Exodus Team Wellington finish on a high.

Five seconds in

"Ricki Lloyd Herbert".

Hahaha.

Good stuff guys.

Bit scared about the Wednesday night crowd. Expecting Gold Coast-esque figures.

Food for thought.   Peter Reid former manager Man City talks about managerial pressure

Peter Reid - Link 

Lowest attendance so far is 3,625.

Was that a very rainy wednesday?

i think it'll be 10000

I reckon 4k. At least it'll be fun in the Zone.

With such a low crowd - 4080 - even the players could hear us. At half time I yelled out "change the goalkeeper" cause pero cameron wasn't trying. And he looked up into the stand trying to see who it was. 

 V49 out tomorrow morning I think. 7am recording = decent outtakes

 In The Zone V49 is live at www.yellowfever.podomatic.com & Itunes bit.ly/YFZone.

As the Wellington Phoenix FC crash to another loss at home, the pod dissects our woes and looks ahead to Sunday's game in Dunedin. Meanwhile, the All Whites U20s squad is named for qualifiers in Fiji, and there's the usual wrap of Kiwis abroad.

Recent pod - Spragg didnt get picked in U20's because he has been redshirted the last couple of seasons due to injury

http://www.gohuskies.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/spragg_thomas00.html

I think Boxie has nailed it on Boxhall.  In a small squad you can't carry pure backups - you still need to have confidence in your reserves to step up and put pressure on starting players.  If someone is only good enough to be a sub are they really justifying their place in the squad? Someone who is "ok as a backup" could end up in the starting lineup v quickly due to injury. Same as Totori really

I think his one real 'mare was the Mariners and based on that you'd have chopped Manny and Ifill as well as everyone else who stunk up the pitch that day.

It's tough with defenders though eh. Combinations have to be worked on, I'm not sure if many centre backs can just slot right into a team seamlessly. Generally the better back fours in football have played a stack of games together and that has been true with us aswell in previous seasons. 

Yep agreed, it's a tough gig all right.  I jut think you need to believe in Boxhall as a starter not just as a guy filling a place on the bench to justify keeping him on

Thanks that's helpful.  People were probably getting a bit confused there

Thanks!  This is one thing that frustrates me SO much.  I hate it when people spell my name incorrectly.  It's common courtesy.

Corey Gamiero hates it when people spell his name Cory too, which lead to us singing "C-O-R-E-Y, C-O-R-E-Y, C-O-R-E-Y, Gamiero was his name-o" at the match on Sunday.