In The Zone - The End

Try find your happy place by listening to V105 of #InTheZone. It's available at www.yellowfever.co.nz/podcasts. 

In an expletive ridden pod, the team reacts to what Ben Williams dished up in Melbourne, discusses Huysegems' contract negotiations, Hernandez latest tanty, and next week's trip to Newcastle. Back home Auckland City claim the double by taking out the ASB Premiership and ASB Youth League.

Ha. It's a kazoo-a-thon!

ive listened to 55seconds and Im already liking where it is going

Not enough kazoo for my liking.

We wouldn't have Krishna if Ifill was fit would we?

53mins of kazooing innuendos

loved it

That's what I was trying to tell News.

After listening to this masterpiece I think you should have to record all pods immediately after each match!

ACL rules for foreign players is 3+1, not 4+1.

Is it? opps.

Absolutely *KAZOO* amazing! Ben Williams is a *KAZOO* with a capital C!

Should have competition on who can fill in the kazoo blanks.

Sorry guys, I still think Sigmund did commit a foul on that second yellow. There's not a lot in it but he's late and sticks his leg up and impedes Kewell (who admittedly made the most of it but that doesn't change the fact it was a foul). I agree that it shouldn't have been a yellow but I think you're right about the ref being more likely to give it after the call just before. It's like the first one was a card and a half and the second one was half a card. Here's a video of it. Footage at 1:50 

Kewell was out wide and didn't have much support - Siggy could have just tracked Kewell wide. Kewell doesn't have the pace these days to get away and there was cover centrally anyway. I maintain that Sigmund was dumb to go into a 50/50 challenge with a big foot in the air minutes after getting a yellow card that could have been red, even if he didn't think the first one was justified.

A number of pundits have debated the validity of the first yellow let alone it being 1.5 yellows.

*KAZOO* yes!

I disagree Conan. I see it that he got the first one right and I say that because if you watch the replay, its not like he has to reach into one pocket then the other to find a card. He went and got his yellow out immediately. He then sees Sigmund again not 2 mins later and goes 'hold on, I just fucking had you 2 mins ago, have you not learned? Bang'

I think no one disputes its a foul by Sigmund on Kewell. I think no one agrees its worthy of a yellow card, let alone a second yellow. Hence why I believe this is more of a case of putting your hand back in the cookie jar too soon.

Hard News is all about the trains! ..loved listening to that unfold.

...and tanks.

Football, trains and tanks. What a catch.

I think the first one was definitely a yellow and the second one definitely wasn't a yellow.

On the point about Harry Ngata and his commentary - my old man said to me after watching the final on TV that Harry seemed to be in the unique position of having played the game at a high level yet knowing almost nothing about football

You just descrbed Fred de Jong. ;)

The ability to coherently relay a game that's being played in front of you, to commentate, and "knowing something about the game" aren't necessarily related.

I think it's one of the most disrespectful things you can say about a former professional player, that "he knows nothing about football." 

I also think Harry Ngata is one of the finest role models football has ever produced in this country. 

I'm in no position to judge JD's father's knowledge of the game, but I can only assume it must be considerable. Otherwise, any person of a reasonable intelligence would feel like a fool saying something like that.

Old people are always saying things like that to be fair.

I still think he got the name wrong. He described de Jong to a T.

a little bit precious.

Surely the goal of commentary is to describe what is happening and inform the view of things that they might not know, be it in the form of statistics (usually provided by the main commentator) and insight (from the comments man, who is usually an ex player).  Therefore, as a comments man, it is to be expected that Ngata should indeed know something about the game.

I don't think that it is disrespectful to say about a former professional player, that "he knows nothing about football" if he (or she) is not able to actively display that (and it is their job to do that).  There are a huge number of pundits and commentators over here who played at an even higher level than Ngata and can in no way display that ability.  Paul Merson is the most obvious (if you have seen any of them) but by far not the only one. 

And I don't think that anyone questioned how suitable of a role model Ngata is, but I have no idea how that is relevant in anyway.

I agree totally, Harry led by example on the field, He has been great to talk to off the field, certainly an inspiration to my boys. Maybe he isn't the greatest commentator, but the "knows nothing" type of comment just comments on the person saying it.

Haha. Great response JD. You're right I was being a bit of a twat when I wrote that.

I don't think Ngata is a great commentator but I do think he's a great guy and it irked me to hear him slated so mercilessly.

I don't agree with Frankie that it isn't disrespectful. There are many more nuanced ways to say it.

And he clearly does know something about football. He knows how to play it a lot better than any of us. He's just not very flash at talking about playing it.

Give me Harry Ngata over those other two twats any day.

7:30 recording.  We could break out the Feverish and knock back 4 turbo-shandies in 30 minutes to fire-up.

Needs a trains segment 

Ok I'll ask. Whats a turbo-shandy?

A shandy without any lemonade?

Buy a tray of whatever beer they do in plastic cups at the stadium. 

Buy a tray of Smirnoff Ice. 

Mix fifty/fifty and neck them in 30 minutes.

Back when I could drink alcohol, I would have been all over something like that. Alas, alcohol and me are not friends.