Next season; what would you like to see ?

Jason Pine and David Chote calling the games for SKY.  Then we'd see some fun, joy and passion aplenty...

More Chensey Hawkes!

Not just at Phoenix Games, but everywhere!!!

New coach from Oz please. Get that right and everything else will fall into place. Paul Okon or Ante Milicic are top of my list. 

Dont think that getting a coach from OZ will solve all the problems currently, they have shit coaches as well as good ones. Might be better to attempt to spread the net a bit wider as there must be plenty of coaches who would see the nix as a good gig

The bonus of an aussie coach is aussie contacts - I think a kiwi coach would be a huge mistake imo. I just dont think we have the quality and experience on our own shores, we dont have anyone who would have the luring power of an overseas coach either

I think we'd have plenty of overseas options but as we've seen (almost) every Aus club discard an import for a local there is a cautionary message in there for us.

Yep that was my point. Oz coaches are working out in their own league. Clear trend  Already in the loop/network and will know the jigsaw pieces they want. 

This 

Oz coach for me too!

We only have 1 import slot so outside of this any player recruitment is limited to Oz/kiwis. Hopefully any OZ coach will have some talent he can tap up and bring to the Nix. Plus I kind of like the no bullshit positive attitude of lots of Oz sportspeople. I want someone to come in and kick a few arses....like telling Muscat. "I'm the coach...you are a quality RB, you were a shit DM, you are going back to RB, end of story". 

 Seem to recall Manny being the man in the same position last year.Like most of team he is badly off his game.Not sure why just telling him he is going to go back to RB its going to fix things for him

I'd like to see us try and play a ball along the ground game. Short passing as well. These 50 yarders occasionally work but not often enough.  I'd like to see us going up the middle too. We're so predictable going down the wings it's why we've been found out. Sure there is a place for it but not every time we get the ball. I guess you could call it "Plan B".

I would be interested in seeing us playing a tighter game. We've given the ball away far too often - usually with long passing and goalkeeping efforts. Nothing wrong with rolling the ball out to an available defender or midfielder. 

I'd also like to see anyone whom gains possession of the ball in the opposition half and sends it back into our defending half get fined 5k for every time. I've seen not just us but a lot of A Teams sides get down into a greta attacking position only to start passing the ball backwards so much that it ends up with the goalkeeper whom then usually hoofs it up field and gives away possession as well as tactical advantage.

So are you saying you want a return to the days of our side stacked with Aussies at the expense of Kiwis?

You can probably also kiss goodbye to any future recruitment from the ASB Prem with an Aussie coach.

Is this what we want?

sign

liam miller

david williams

mitch nichols

leigh broxham

&

corey gamiero

I'd take miller and gamiero

No-one is keen on the NZ options except Norfolk so where does that leave us??

I dont get the piney love but anythings better than Dewhurst

A 7ft striker target-man for all our crosses and corners! But would settle for Gamiero.

I dunno. But the possibility of a foreign coach coming in with little or no knowledge/respect for the ASB Prem, and maybe Kiwi players in general, is an entirely predictable consequence of Herbert leaving. I'm surprised it hasn't been raised as a concern before now.

Next season: ONE home and away game and ONE regional development.

Akld has had a fair crack so it's time for the Tron to get a look in and also ChCh (hopefully in  that nice looking rectangle stadium).

Also have them on Saturdays so travel is not so much of a problem.

Next season: Fix up these annoying double posts.

Yeh, if theres woodwork available the Nix will hit it

Ahmad deserves some recognition from the club for his work - it wouldn't be untrue to attribute some of the 3k crowd to his efforts.

But really - 3k - that must be close to our midweek game against Furries in the rain (or some such).  Time to regionally develop elsewhere for a spell.

Correct, has to be Friday or Saturday. Am I right that there were no flights even out of Dunedin after game? Using up a day of leave when we've been so bad just wasn't an option. Not to mention the expense of getting to and from Dunedin which is ridiculous at the best of times.

Saturday would be best - gives all the out of towners the widest range of travel options possible.

Agree, Hamilton definitely a good shout.

I would like an Auckland game and a 'Tron game. To go with my pony and plastic rocket.

More 'home away from home' games are inevitable i think, so we'd likely see Auckland and Hamilton, + even a couple more

Fred opinion piece http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/phoenix/8413404/Opinion-There-is-good-news-for-the-Phoenix