Match 26 vs Macarthur | Fri 4th June | 9:05pm | SS7

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siac

I can't remember a game I've looked forward to less...

Hopefully Ben Old gets a start or decent minutes, to provide something interesting about the match.

It will also be worth watching if Rufer scores his first goal, it has to happen one day right?

Does this game have any bearing on our FFA cup draw and what round we enter at?

Only the bottom 4 have their FFA Cup place affected - we're safe unless we get spanked by 5+ tonight.

Valley FC til I die?

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almost 5 years ago

andrewvoerman

siac

Ben Old's on the bench for Lower Hutt at Fraser Park tonight, unfortunately.

Central league must be better than the A-League then if he is only on the bench!

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almost 5 years ago

siac

andrewvoerman

siac

Ben Old's on the bench for Lower Hutt at Fraser Park tonight, unfortunately.

Central league must be better than the A-League then if he is only on the bench!

WeeNix up 1-0 after 5min, hard to argue with the selection so far!

Valley FC til I die?

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almost 5 years ago

Nelfoos

siac

Only the bottom 4 have their FFA Cup place affected - we're safe unless we get spanked by 5+ tonight.

Seems almost that the FFA Cup is more of a burden in recent years that takes them to Australia at the very start of preseason. Haven’t we only won one FFA Cup game? Last two seasons lost to Bentleigh and Brisbane Strikers, and just created a whole lot of consternation that our imports are busts (think Dávila being written off and David Ball’s two missed penalties). I suppose that Bentleigh game gave Ben Waine his debut and Strikers gave Callum McCowatt a debut goal, other than that...

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almost 5 years ago · edited almost 5 years ago · History

you don't know how much I wanted to see Paulsen given a debut today. On the bench for Lower Hutt as well

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almost 5 years ago

Feeling an Alex Rufer screamer, Ben Waine hat trick and Oli Sail 90th minute bicycle tonight.

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almost 5 years ago

carlind

Nelfoos

siac

Only the bottom 4 have their FFA Cup place affected - we're safe unless we get spanked by 5+ tonight.

Only 1 win in the FFA cup sounds correct. I know we have lost to non A-League teams a few times.. Nix got second in the pre season cup once which is about as close as a team I've supported (Kingz/Knights/Phoenix) has ever got winning a trophy!

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almost 5 years ago

Friar Tuck

Feeling an Alex Rufer screamer, Ben Waine hat trick and Oli Sail 90th minute bicycle tonight.

I'm feeling a Rufer goal too.

Would put money on it but the NZ TAB is awful, only offering $10 for him to score when he is 0 goals from 80 games!

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almost 5 years ago · edited almost 5 years ago · History

Ball starting in a meaningless game when he has a strapped knee seems a bit dumb. Also, this seems like a perfect opportunity to give a guy like Old a serious run out - why the fudge is Ngoy on the bench>?

a.haak

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almost 5 years ago

MacArthur line up is pretty weak none of their imports playing while we’ve got our strongest 11 on paper playing hopefully a big win to end the season then

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almost 5 years ago

valeo

He hasn’t really played for the situation has Talay, it must grate some of the guys who haven’t played in months seeing a guy strapped up starting again for a meaningless fixture. He’s likely never going to get a better chance to experiment players at this intensity without major consequences, why not throw a spanner in the works

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almost 5 years ago

Guess any goal celebrations tonight will be muted...quietly jog back to halfway?

A small town in Europe........looking to bounce straight back up....well that aint going to happen

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almost 5 years ago

Piscopo with the lovely pass that David Ballsed up

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almost 5 years ago

It shows how well the team has done, and the attractive football we have played the last few years, that Bozza seems like a fan these days... it wasn't that long ago he was questioning what we offered the league, now he's very complementary.

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almost 5 years ago

carlind

valeo

maybe just maybe Ball wants to play, regardless of the meaning of the game he wants to be involved to finish on a high.
Plenty of time for the kids or unplayed players to show their skills in the preseason.

Queenslander 3x a year.

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almost 5 years ago

theprof

carlind

valeo

I can’t imagine many footballers not wanting to play every game, but it’s about managing workload, and man management to ensure players don’t get disenfranchised

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almost 5 years ago

Pants

Mr Positive

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almost 5 years ago

Stupid Fenton should be passing in the goal mouth not shooting from a angle

Mr Positive

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almost 5 years ago

carlind

theprof

carlind

valeo

I can’t imagine many footballers not wanting to play every game, but it’s about managing workload, and man management to ensure players don’t get disenfranchised

workload? they have the longest off-season to heal/recover etc. As for the young guns they have to earn their time, If Talay doesnt think the rest are good enough to start then that is the way it is.

Queenslander 3x a year.

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almost 5 years ago

i dont think Uli is going to pass tonight if he has even the slightest sight of goal...

I have an amazing ability to find my way out of mazes. I'm pathological.

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almost 5 years ago

what is the story here? Can we not qualify for the finals no matter what the result?

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Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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almost 5 years ago · edited almost 5 years ago · History

How have we not scored there? Davila been a bit selfish and tbh given the last few weeks performances I don’t think we’ll miss him as much as I thought we would

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almost 5 years ago

YUSSSSSSSSSSSSSS nice goal

Mr Positive

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almost 5 years ago

Class from Hemed

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almost 5 years ago

How good was that from Hemed.

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almost 5 years ago

that was a classy backheel!!

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almost 5 years ago

nope we cant get into the finals at all - we are on 35 points, 38 if we win, Adelaide are on 39 (6th)

great run from ball to score!!!!

Queenslander 3x a year.

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almost 5 years ago

Frankie Mac

what is the story here? Can we not qualify for the finals no matter what the result?

We can if we win/lose/draw AND One of the six teams above us loses 13 points for Celery Cap breach!

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almost 5 years ago

wilbaker

How have we not scored there? Davila been a bit selfish and tbh given the last few weeks performances I don’t think we’ll miss him as much as I thought we would

terrible take.

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almost 5 years ago

Ball does seem to be struggling with his knee, still gets into good positions and involved in the game but not sharp when moving.

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almost 5 years ago

We're finally starting to play to Hemed's strengths. It's only taken the large part of a season, but that assist was exactly why he's beneficial to the team.

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almost 5 years ago

There is no doubt that Davila will be greatly missed. Certainly our best player

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almost 5 years ago

Bullion

Ball does seem to be struggling with his knee, still gets into good positions and involved in the game but not sharp when moving.

the fact that he made that run from 40m out to score the goal would suggest he's feeling fine.

Queenslander 3x a year.

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almost 5 years ago

theprof

Bullion

Ball does seem to be struggling with his knee, still gets into good positions and involved in the game but not sharp when moving.

the fact that he made that run from 40m out to score the goal would suggest he's feeling fine.

It's an MCL injury right? He's clearly not having any issues running in straight lines, got a great engine, but he doesn't look as dynamic in tight areas as he has been for us in the past.

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almost 5 years ago

djtim3000

theprof

Bullion

Ball does seem to be struggling with his knee, still gets into good positions and involved in the game but not sharp when moving.

the fact that he made that run from 40m out to score the goal would suggest he's feeling fine.

It's an MCL injury right? He's clearly not having any issues running in straight lines, got a great engine, but he doesn't look as dynamic in tight areas as he has been for us in the past.

Yeah, mcl. He is not turning as sharply and putting weight on his left leg in certain positions to control the ball and you can see him struggling a little.

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almost 5 years ago

kwlap

wilbaker

How have we not scored there? Davila been a bit selfish and tbh given the last few weeks performances I don’t think we’ll miss him as much as I thought we would

terrible take.

I’m not saying we won’t miss him, he’s still our best player and we’ll for sure miss his x-factor but I thought we’d be a lot worse without him than what we’ve been

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almost 5 years ago

YUSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Mr Positive

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almost 5 years ago

Hemed makes it two!
Bulls are awful without Derbshire leading the line.

Queenslander 3x a year.

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almost 5 years ago

and we go again!! another magic assist, though I'm not sure Uli knew much about it...

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almost 5 years ago

Hemed now with the best goals per game for the nix - EVER.

Queenslander 3x a year.

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