I am a New Zealander living in Australia..and I always Support any
New Zealand team...I just hate seeing Australia win
anything
..Anywayz..
..Anywayz..
For the Last few days I ave been waiting for the news to show
atleast something about Wellingtons first signings but to my dismay
there was not even a single word about it at first I thought it was
just because other football codes took priority but today one of
the first stories on the sports news was about Aurielio Vidmar
being signed as the Coach of Adelaide..
I know that they would cover the news about
Adelaide being an Australian team but it just gets me
abit angry that nothing was said about the Phoenix and even Fox
Sports News who batter us every minute of the
day with their slogan " We bring you sports news from all
over the world 24/7 as it happens. " and they couldn't even be
bother to cover the singings and anything else to do with the
Phoenix who play in the A-league, which Fox has all the coverage
rights too.
Nestling2007-05-03 04:39:32
that must be really frustrating for you
maybe yellow fever needs to open an australian broadcasting
company too. that way we could also remind australians that
neil finn, timm finn and liam finn are new zealanders...
Da Selekta2007-05-03 08:53:50
Thats a bit rough, but if you read some of the other posts you'll
find out we have a hard time getting quality stories about football
at all here, although i thought TV3 did a good job of covering the
player signings the other night. Best bet would be to keep looking
at the a-league website for more signings or here for well
opinionated chat, we all always have something to say
There was a story about Aloisi and Ferrante signing in The Age
sports section yesterday. Suppose it was only because of the ex-MV
player angle but better than nothing.
I watched ESPN's SportsCenter (AUS/NZ Edition), which is based out of Aust, and they featured all the signings...
"You can never get a bloody tradesman at Easter, it's a wonder Jesus got crucified" - Karl Pilkington
I just keep checking this site if I need to know anything about the
Pheonix. I have gotten sick of Sports tonight and Fox Sports news.
The Australian had a very small write up on Tuesday. The West Australian also had the same today.
Mate, welcome to the world of NZ media coverage - Have a read of
Marius Lackatush's posts for some idea as to what we football fans
have had to endure these last, oh, 4 million years.
If it isn't an even bigger poke in the eye with a stick, while
we sit glued to the internet to find anything out about our beloved
Phoenix, some dick head of an All Black stubs his toe and it
warrants a 25 minute expose by the national new carriers as to
the dangers of unwrapping our rugby players from their cotton wool
too early before a world cup...
To add to this insult the additonal bias against anything
football related flows through to sponsorship, youth development,
coaching development and practically anything of consequnce to our
sport...
(barrage of spite over) apologies...
At least with the Phoenix being in town, we'll HAVE to get
some coverage! Surely! Am I wrong?
well i heard people talking about it the phoenix in the
supermarket so even with the crap coverage people are talking bout
it, i guess thats a good thing
Total Football covered about 2 mintues on the Phoenix with the
owner Terry being interviewed.
NZ Footballs best friend Robbie Slater had to have the last
word about how unhappy he is with the PHOENIX playing in their
A-League.
Correct me if i'm wrong, wasn't Slater born in
England!!!
Yeah he was...And I saw the Total Football the thing they had on
the Phoenix was only a few minutes. and Robbie slater...Well
the only thing I can say about him is...I would like to find him
alone in a dark alley so I can show him just how displeased I am
about his comments about NZ football.
So he'd rather a seven team joke league would he ?
So he'd rather a seven team joke league would he ?
He would rather have had the North Queensland team...and he
was not shy about saying so.
Considering they pulled out because they couldn't get it done in
time, his choice was the Phoenix or a 7 team league.
Of course, Slater (like Foster) nevers lets the facts get in the way of his opinion.
- born November 22, 1964 in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Hard News2007-05-04 14:29:30
Of course, Slater (like Foster) nevers lets the facts get in the way of his opinion.
- born November 22, 1964 in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Hard News2007-05-04 14:29:30
Yeah, I hope though that THe Phoenix will do well this year to
shove it back in his face....And also the fans come to support..I
know I will everytime they come here in queensland...And maybe I
will take a sign saying. " Stuff You Robbie! "
And maybe I will take a sign saying. " Stuff You Robbie! "
That'd be a great idea Mate!
It seems as though those f*%kers at TVNZ are at it again or did I
blink when they mentioned about Costas signing .I hope that they
will not be at the games or they will get a mouthful from me thats
for sure .
I think this season for the Phoenix will the decide the amount of
media coverage in the future...If the bloody Big Cats at
the Tv stations see the amount of support that the Phoenix gets
then they will be very quick to join the band wagon..It's a shame
that things are like that but they are running a business after all
and everythings about the money.
It's not just the money.
There is also an entrenched cynicism toward local football
within our media. Most newsrooms and plenty of sports reporters are
instinctively looking to ignore or take the p!ss out of NZ
football.
If my psycho-analysis serves me correctly, it comes down to
some rugby-centric insecurity about the threat of the "beautiful
game" to our national pastime (in addition to that, NZ football
does kick itself in the nads just often enough).
Remember, NZ is about the only country in the world in
which it's "soccer" players who are the pansies.
Be warned, Yellow Fever (NZ's most passionate football
advocates) shall grant no mercy to those who ridicule the
great game without just cause.
Marius Lakatush2007-05-04 19:46:59
Bear in mind that the twats that report on R*gby have a vested
interest in keeping it as our main sport. The Likes of Grant
Nisbitch, John Lady McBeth, Keith Quim and Muddy Sneaker all stand
to lose their livelihoods if F*ckby were to lose its popularity
here. They are all sh*tscared of the beautiful game, mark my word.
It says a lot about the mentality of our nation when the only
sports we are good at are the sports no-one else takes seriously. I
mean, Brendon Teflon and his netball expertise? Give me a break. 1)
It's a sport that the women of two countries play, and 2) the guy's
not good enough to get a job commentating on Thugby in Thugby
country. Very, very sad indictment of his talents, I say.
Nix, Leyton Orient and Alloa Athletic supporting schmuck.
I think you will find most newspapers in NZ have a thugger-head running the department. I know my local rag the Waikato Times has one in Even Pegden and his articles on rugger swamp the sports news. That's one reason why I don't buy the paper. The football coverage is pretty poor and when I do supply a photo of a local game FOC they sometimes don't even have the courtesy to credit me with the pic (last Monday for example). The missus gets the paper at her work and she brings it home every night so I get to read the rugger news for free. We should run a list of all the journalists in the country that give football a bad name. I'll nominate Joseph Romanos for a start.
Hmm, Brendon Telfer...you got to question the guys motives for
swanning around the netball scene for so long. Can't he pick up any
pussy elsewhere?
You have given me an idea Nesting, when the PHOENIX play in Perth I
might do a banner saying Slater loves the PHOENIX.
Hmm, Brendon Telfer...you got to question the guys motives for
swanning around the netball scene for so long. Can't he pick up any
pussy elsewhere?
Or maybe he just likes the silky uniforms and wishes he could
be the one out there wearing it.
Hmm, Brendon Telfer...you got to question the guys motives for
swanning around the netball scene for so long. Can't he pick up any
pussy elsewhere?
<cough> JR <cough>
I think you will find most newspapers in NZ have a thugger-head running the department. I know my local rag the Waikato Times has one in Even Pegden and his articles on rugger swamp the sports news. That's one reason why I don't buy the paper. The football coverage is pretty poor and when I do supply a photo of a local game FOC they sometimes don't even have the courtesy to credit me with the pic (last Monday for example). The missus gets the paper at her work and she brings it home every night so I get to read the rugger news for free. We should run a list of all the journalists in the country that give football a bad name. I'll nominate Joseph Romanos for a start.
Matt Brown, Andrew Saville, Terry Maddaford.
Peoples Republik of Aucklandia
Right, Fever need a full page regular article in Soccer Talk. Just
got their latest, and no mention of YF. I think they are jealous
that we have more of a following..
Founder
Yeah give Ed an email. He is more than welcoming for help.
Email Glen Price g-price@xtra.co.nz with whatever
you have to offer Soccer Talk. He relies on people to send him
information, and generally he will use anything provided and give
appropriate credit. Phoenix will get a regular few pages of
coverage as did the Knights in each issue, but you are more likely
to see more readable stuff in ST once they are up and running. They
haven't even got a full squad together yet so I'm sure the coverage
of the team will build up rather well leading into the new A-League
season. You'll have to approach Glen regarding a supporters page.
Remember you have a website and you don't want to replicate what is
on the website in our one and only NZ monthly magazine. No point in
people reading it all here for free and then being expected to pay
$6.20 to get the same news. I'm not the editor on the magazine,
just a contributing photographer but if someone can come up with a
good idea then by all means get your ideas off to Glen. Something
like a supporters profile might be good for starters. See if you
can get some pix of some of the more interesting supporters of the
Phoenix and some stories on what they love about the game and what
they expect from their new A-League team.
The last I knew, Glen was only doing ST as a secondary job so
I wouldn't expect too much too soon. The email address is above so
get your heads together and come up with some interesting reading
material.
Cheers Grant
Thanks you SBS and the world game for doing some decent coverage on
the Phoenix today....Today on SBS, The World Game spent 10 or more
minutes speaking about the Phoenix and also doing an interview with
Ross Aloisi...Ross I think accidentally said blurted out that he
knew who the entire Phoenix squad was going to be or who they
wanted it to be and when Andrew pressed him on the issue he tried
to laugh it off and said that The Phoenix did not want anyone to
know who they were going to be yet..It is all very exciting.
the media are shunning them here too! tv 3 have no coverage of the signings aprt from the 1st 5, SHOCKING
Go to sbs.com.au and you can see the footage of Ross on their video
page under the World Game, have a look, it good viewing
I had the misfortune to tune in on Saturday as Deaker was talking
to Billy Harris. Now I like Billy, but didn't Deaker twist his
words around. Talk about knocking machine. The guy is a walking
mallet.
He was bleating on about the fact that the players that they
had signed (at that time eight) were not going to win the
championship and "was it going to be a DISASTER, like the Kingz and
the Knights."
Then he started raving on about the fact that the club didn't
have a CEO, so how were they going to make any decent signings
without a CEO.
A couple of talkback callers later, he started on about SOCCER
people, how they are always stabbing each other in the back, blood
all over the place he said. That's what's wrong with the soccer in
this country, they can't stop stabbing each other in the back, he
bellowed.
Not that it occured to this lame-brain loudmouth that none of
those SOCCER people had anything to do with the Phoenix.
No it's not Soccer people stabbing each other in the back
that's wrong with the sport in this country, it's all the
Rugbyheads in positions of authority, who only take a negative
slant on football and take every opportunity to run it down when
they can.
I still remember Deaker's classic with the Kingz. Whined and
whined that the side in Season 3 was all imports, no heart, we
needed kiwi players.
Then when Fallon stepped in started whining that NZ players weren't up to it and we needed imports.. He switches sides quicker than Phil Gifford... I assume he's a chiefs fan now ?
Then when Fallon stepped in started whining that NZ players weren't up to it and we needed imports.. He switches sides quicker than Phil Gifford... I assume he's a chiefs fan now ?
He's a dead set shocker, but the worst part is he is just typical of the rugbyhead bashing machine. And he's so influential.
The tele is just full of anti-football types, from Mirams at TV One to Dobson at TV3 (who have the biggest rugby cheerleader on the planet, that McKay goober).Funnily enough there are a few real football fans in high
places in the print media. The Sunday News editor and the assistant
sports editor at the Sunday Times are both hardcore Gooners, and
there are Potters tragics in high places in both those papers.
Matho is a Spurs fan, while there are plenty of other football fans
in other papers, the Dom being a case in point and one of the best
thing about having the Phoenix in Welly is that it will at least
get a sympathetic press - unlike the Granny which was a dead
loss.
But telly is going to be really hard to crack, particularly
since the A League is on SKy and both TV# and TVNZ hate their
satellite cousin with a Middle East styled passion.
I'm not a fan of John Matheson. The stuff he writes in the Sunday
News is often half-fiction, or else he's just having a larf (Allan
Ball for the Knights comes to mind). I mean last week he said "The
coach (Herbert) faces the prospect of trying to stop a Welsh team
which will include Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy and Manchester
United wizard Ryan Giggs" which whilst sounds good to the
non-footballing public (who wouldn't know any better), is a just
name-dropping exercise. They are in the squad but with a
European Championship clash with the Czech Republic the
Saturday following the friendly with New Zealand, the Welsh
are more likely to run with Norwich City's Robbie Earnshaw (19
goals in the championship) and Sarfend Unarteds' Freddy Eastwood up
front against us than risk Bellers and Giggs getting crocked in a
friendly.
Jim Kaye always used to write some great stuff but I haven't
read the Truth for a while now.
This is probably the most intelligent discussion on this
forum!! I guess what we as fans have to do is try and
contribute in a positive way so that the media's only option is to
report in a positive way. The warriors were the media
whipping boy 1999/2000 but come 2002 they were the first story on
sunday sports news. Sure success had a lot to do with
it. But fans turned up in their droves and made it impossible
to ignore. Attendances and performances are the two things
that people love to knock football about. We can't do
anything about performances but attendances are where we can play
our part. Ring into Radio Sport if people are talking rubbish
about football (Willie Lose and Deaker springs to mind readily),
turn up to the games rather than watch it on TV and remind people
that there are hundreds of thousands of kiwi football fans.
And show Billy Harris and the Auckland football media up for the
negative, whinging tragics they are.
PS: Kevin Sinnott at TV 3 is a good friend of the
Fever.
Normo's coming home
Ring into Radio Sport if people are talking rubbish about
football (Willie Lose and Deaker springs to mind readily), turn up
to the games rather than watch it on TV and remind people that
there are hundreds of thousands of kiwi football fans.
Folks, good noises here! See this thread for suggested
actions: http://www.yellowfever.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=351
I'm not a fan of John Matheson. The stuff he writes in the Sunday
News is often half-fiction, or else he's just having a larf (Allan
Ball for the Knights comes to mind). I mean last week he said "The
coach (Herbert) faces the prospect of trying to stop a Welsh team
which will include Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy
Bellamy will be in the Liverpool squad for the champions league
final. He probably wrote that article before the semi was
decided?