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Only complaint about the crowd yesterday

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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Only complaint about the crowd yesterday

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
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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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
I thought the crowd was excellent yesterday, but I do have 1 complaint - when we missed the penalty, we went very quiet for 10 minutes.   That should have been the time we took it to the next level.  At the next game, if something goes wrong (conceed goal, miss penalty), let's step up the noise to make sure the team know we are still behind them.  It is easy to chant "I'm Phoenix till I die" but you have to prove it as well.
 
Apart from that, to everyone who got involved.

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
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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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Good Call Frankie Mac - a consistent and positive crowd makes all the difference!
 
Closing in on the last 15 minutes, the boys produced some champagne football with no deserved outcome, this lifted the crowd to new heights which, in turn, inspired the boys to that magic last few passages of play which saw us almost grab all three points. The significance of the crowd not only on our players, but, as an intimidatory force to the opposition, should never be underestimated.
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Too right Frankie Mac, we're finding out feet and voice but did an amazing job of bringing the boys back into the game......and all the media and players are acknowledging that today as well. 

Was definitely a quiet period there but now you've brought it to everyones attention.....may it never be silent again......

Great crowd, great voice (not today though), great result and a great start.....MIGHTY PHOENIX!!!
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Yes sudden drop in tempo noted ,then everyone got grumpy with the drummers fir feks sake!!


The answer to life's problems are rarely found at the bottom of a beer glass - but it's always worth a look.

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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
our little yellow stadium is shaping to be a horror for visitors, with lads like you behind us, we're on to a winner.  Big ups all around.
perhaps the imaginative ones amongst us could get together and formulate a chant along the lines of "that's alright, that's ok, we're gunna win it anyway"...for when there's a mishap.
 
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Blimey, Bloc 5 would've come straight back at them.  Yep, time to start singing, 'time to get INto it...clap, clap, clap, clap', overlapping chorus.
Then again, the pub I was in was still talking about the Warriors.
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
you're spot on. But I think that's where yellow fever gotta be steppin in to rark up the crowd. I was quite pleased with the support from us. and you can just tell that most people there are anxious to sing and chant but cos it's not really typical at new zealand sports events, they tend to sit back.
 
as the game wore on tho, you could see rest of the crowd following suit with the yellow fever (especially for the easy phoenix chants) and raising their hands in the air. I think it'll take a bita time to develop for the whole crowd to be in full swing, but definitly feel yellow fever gotsta be leading the way in the situation you bring up frankie.
 
 
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If I could bring up one more complaint tho?
 
The chant that went "same old aussies, they're still cheaters" or something to that effect was quite catchy. but I don't see how we can really sing that when our skipper is a flippin aussie!
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FYI - Ross was officially adopted by the Wellington City Council, thus making him an honourary Kiwi for his time with the 'nix.
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Touche Mr. News.
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kiwikoppa wrote:
you're spot on. But I think that's where yellow fever gotta be steppin in to rark up the crowd. I was quite pleased with the support from us. and you can just tell that most people there are anxious to sing and chant but cos it's not really typical at new zealand sports events, they tend to sit back.
 
as the game wore on tho, you could see rest of the crowd following suit with the yellow fever (especially for the easy phoenix chants) and raising their hands in the air. I think it'll take a bita time to develop for the whole crowd to be in full swing, but definitly feel yellow fever gotsta be leading the way in the situation you bring up frankie.
 
 
 
People were starting chants during that period, but no one was joining in.

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
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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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
true true, still think its a bit silly ;) and how bout richard johnson, vince lia, ferrante and co? I dunno guys, being of minority race, guess I've never been too keen on race based chants!
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
WOW! What a result! You guys sounded fantastic on the Telly - gutted I couldn't make the game next but will try to be there for the next few! Go the Phoenix and well done supporters!
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
kiwikoppa wrote:
true true, still think its a bit silly ;) and how bout richard johnson, vince lia, ferrante and co? I dunno guys, being of minority race, guess I've never been too keen on race based chants!


anyone who plays for the Nix is a New Zealander. End of story.
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well its not NZ versus oz each week. why can't we just sing and support the phoenix, barrage the victory but leave the national ties alone

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kiwikoppa wrote:

well its not NZ versus oz each week. why can't we just sing and support the phoenix, barrage the victory but leave the national ties alone



BECAUSE IT'S FUN
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
lame
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

then don't sing it ffs
I like tautologies because I like them.
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kiwikoppa wrote:

well its not NZ versus oz each week. why can't we just sing and support the phoenix, barrage the victory but leave the national ties alone

 
Aussie
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
the singing was great! however at some points it seemed the top half of 22 were chanting and singing different things then the bottom half.It would great to see everyone standing up a chanting in unison!
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I won't. and settle down dude, I wasn't even angry about this, just reminds me of budget as chanting that the old rival high schools came up with. but we are all represented by the crowd. and when something goes awry then we ALL get labelled and are responsible for it. so excuse me for saying something about it.

 
but enough  of that political bs. its just a stupid chant
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kiwikoppa wrote:

I won't. and settle down dude, I wasn't even angry about this, just reminds me of budget as chanting that the old rival high schools came up with. but we are all represented by the crowd. and when something goes awry then we ALL get labelled and are responsible for it. so excuse me for saying something about it.

 
but enough  of that political bs. its just a stupid chant


fair enough 
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kiwikoppa wrote:

I won't. and settle down dude, I wasn't even angry about this, just reminds me of budget as chanting that the old rival high schools came up with. but we are all represented by the crowd. and when something goes awry then we ALL get labelled and are responsible for it. so excuse me for saying something about it.

 
but enough  of that political bs. its just a stupid chant
 
fourteen and a half thousand people like it, one doesn't.
 
Oh well.

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
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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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
If it makes you feel better kiwikoppa I think the chant is referring to Australian teams not individuals...and Australian referees like that charchee yesterday

Normo's coming home

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i suggested to my mate yesterday at the game we should get on of the security guys down on the pitch to conduct us and keep us in time. it'll come right as we go along im sure
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Frankie Mac wrote:
kiwikoppa wrote:

I won't. and settle down dude, I wasn't even angry about this, just reminds me of budget as chanting that the old rival high schools came up with. but we are all represented by the crowd. and when something goes awry then we ALL get labelled and are responsible for it. so excuse me for saying something about it.

 
but enough  of that political bs. its just a stupid chant
 
fourteen and a half thousand people like it, one doesn't.
 
Oh well.
 
gee didn't think i'd generate such debate here haha and I promise this is the last I'll say about this k!
 
I promise you the crew i was with were not so crazy about that chant either. So i can guarantee that at least 5 people didn't like it! And typically if there's one (or 5!) then there's someone else somewhere else who thinks in kind.
 
and just to clear up for the new commers to this mini debate(!), I just thought the chant was silly cos we got aussies in our side. and of course our skipper is aussie. adopted kiwi or not, I'm sure he doesn't feel like a kiwi(?). I just thought about the whole race thing after. I realise its a harmless chant but we got aussies in our team!!!
 
But on a personal level, I recall another 'harmless' chant that those charming st pats silverstream boys would chant at sports excahnge, "show us your passports" directed at the pacific island boys of the opposite school. being a pacific islander at st pats silverstream, did not sit well with me...
 
k thanks for listening ya'll!
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Christo wrote:
i suggested to my mate yesterday at the game we should get on of the security guys down on the pitch to conduct us and keep us in time. it'll come right as we go along im sure
 
haha yeah that was funny! hey how come the yellow fever are where they are? would they better serve the rest of the stadium if they were more central?
 
and being a liverpool fan, I'd love to see us sing (da da da styles) the tune to ring of fire (if we are going to dub the stadium 'the rign of fire')
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
nuh the corners fantastic (i think anywho) specially when those guys got the goals down our end in the second half, you've got most the vocal fans there celebrating with ya!
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I reckon we are in the best spot we could possibly be. Being next to the players tunnel is gold.

The Melbourne lads weren't too happy about the lack of acknowledgement from their team by the way.

Founder

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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
yea that's true! was just thinking for purposes of leading the crowd and stuff. so when yellow fever grow do they consume more aisles and stuff? shucks, it'd be awesome if they grew so large as to take up the whole end of the ground ala the kop.
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Don't bring Liverpool into this, they're sh*te.
 
As for the "same old aussies..." chant, its brilliant. Probly the best chant of the day. Many people i have spoken to who didn't go to the pre-season games have even commented on it being a highlight. Its gold and may it continue
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wingback4eva wrote:
Don't bring Liverpool into this, they're sh*te.
 
As for the "same old aussies..." chant, its brilliant. Probly the best chant of the day. Many people i have spoken to who didn't go to the pre-season games have even commented on it being a highlight. Its gold and may it continue
 
yeah 5 european cups is proof of that. shoulda had 6 last time round the useless bustuds
 
kiwikoppa2007-08-27 13:57:18
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I am in favour of the 'Same old Aussies' chant. It wellington versus 7 australian teams, the aussies in our team will realise they are playing for our team so they have to get over it. I am sure they couldn't give a f&&k
 
As for seating, being behind a goal I reckon will lift our lads. What more inspiration could you need than scoring a goal right in front of all your supporters.
 
The team yesterday were loving it
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kiwikoppa wrote:
true true, still think its a bit silly ;) and how bout richard johnson, vince lia, ferrante and co? I dunno guys, being of minority race, guess I've never been too keen on race based chants!



Race ?  Australians are not a race they are a nationality... that's a pretty fundamental and huge difference. 

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Here, here... completely different.

Someone starts making Monkey noises at a game I'll give them a slap, someone starts chanting a Dingo ate your baby and I'm singing my lungs out... Baiter2007-08-27 14:08:58


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Frankie Mac wrote:
fourteen and a half thousand people like it, one doesn't.
 Oh well.
Better make that two Frankie.  I am a Kiwi, lived in Aussie for a decade but back now.  The one most obvious change when you get back here is Kiwi's sports "fans" going on about how they want to beat the Aussies and (especially in Rugby) booing an Aussie kick or whatever.  It's crap.
 
Looking from both sides it just makes us look like little brothers, unable to cope with big brother.  I hate this in us!  Let's grow up.  We don't have to look up to Australia .. just be ourselves and proud of it.
 
And anyway, this is not NZ vs Australia.  We're in the A-League, A for Australiasia.  They are all professional clubs, not country teams.
 
We want to win this competition.  That's not the same thing as beating Aussies.
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over 18 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
i ask this of you Smith, what do the australian teams think of us? are we just another club in the competition or the kiwi team?
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Hard News wrote:
kiwikoppa wrote:
true true, still think its a bit silly ;) and how bout richard johnson, vince lia, ferrante and co? I dunno guys, being of minority race, guess I've never been too keen on race based chants!



Race ?  Australians are not a race they are a nationality... that's a pretty fundamental and huge difference. 
 
picky. you get the point tho...
 
ooops my bad. wasn't sposed to say anymore on this!
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