Huawei Wellington United Phoenix Academy Football School of Excellence - WeeNix

Yes , yes , very surprising ,I'm shocked ..... I'd have bet on him ripping NZF a new one , right up to them not finding room for several of the womens teams and a new franchise based in NZFs lunchroom ....

But then again , Ivans a Pro and knows what the current spin required is ....

...wheres that sarcasm emoji when you need it ....

Some people do lash out when dealing with conflicting emotions...

when pressed, ivan's hardly going to say he disagrees with it.  we are not allowed to have opinions in new zealand.

Thats true but then what skin does Ivan have in it anymore? He is in the twilight years and as much as Danny Hay talks bollocks, at least he speaks his mind. I agree that Ivan might trot out the party line but do you think he would if he was really really against it?

it's not like it's the only league in the world to have a reserve team in it. Don't see too much downside to be honest. 

Would love to see this team in the semis, just because they are not allowed to win it.

Yep ...and the Under 20s too , just to underline what a complete clusterf@ck the whole shemozzle is ...

Aren't they? I know they can't qualify for O Lge- but what are the other conditions?

Shambles.

FFS. We're either in this competition or we're not. This half in with only certain players playing if the other team agrees and only being able to play up until the semifinals is a load of half arsed bs. 

Ironically it is probably those who say our inclusion in this competition makes it a joke who are insisting on these conditions and therefore they are the ones making it a joke. Reserves teams are in leagues around the world, it's actually quite normal. 

In a nations top tier though? Bit weird you must admit.

that's true. But it's not like our national league really has a second tier. Even then, I don't see much downside to the nix being in the league. Hardly the end of the world. 

Looks like on social media just now they are calling the reserve team the "Wellington Phoenix Premiership Team" or "Phoenix Premiers" for short. Maybe trying to not downgrade the rep of the league by calling their team the "reserves"?

Which leagues are those then?

NIX XI:Sail(GK), Blake, Dimairo, Boyd, Hicks, Gulley, Rufer, Cunningham, Pratt, Boxall, Stevens

Chucked $8 on the Wee Nix after seeing that line up, $4.50 seems very good value.

Boyd makes it 1-0 to the Wee Nix

28' GOAL BOYD with some great work down the right, cuts and turns and puts it in the back of the net, 1-0 to the NIX. #TWvWP #Coyn

— Wellington Phoenix (@WgtnPhoenixFC) November 2, 2014

Goal Teedubs! Corralas creates an opening inside the box and buries it past @oli_sail. 1-1 with 5 to play before the half.

— Yellow Fever (@YellowFever_NZ) November 2, 2014

How was the first half -Even play? Also what was the starting line up?

Had to save this tweet for posterity. 

Ian Smith picks up a spilled shit? Unlikely but genius.

Tee Dubs up 2-1 after converting from the spot.

Rufer sent off for a second yellow

Not true. Asked about this. Can win the thing. just can't compete in O-league.

Thought it was quite competitive and even in first half. TW deserved win in the end though, nix fell away in second half. 

Not the greatest of games today, although wind probably didn't help in that regard. Thought Tee Dubs tried to play far too much long ball, particularly in the second half. Midfield for both sides was pretty non-exisitent for the last 20-30 minutes leading to end to end play. 

Final score? 

2-1 to Teedubs

Also having this team makes it easier for Ernie to scout Auckland City's talent...

That TW side has some good players in it.

O'Keefe, Fa'arodo, Peverley, Smith, MUSA, Chettleburgh, Corrales being the ones that I've heard of who've made a bit of noise and I'm sure the others are decent. 

Actually, who the f played? https://www.facebook.com/wellingtonphoenixfc/photo...

this post has the team without Boxall and then in comments Boxall conceded the peno? Or is the Phoenix FB not sure about its players...

I suspect that graphic was done before TW allowed the 2 U20 players to play. They probably forgot to update the picture before posting it. 

Dunno what I expected today. Looking at the line ups I might have guessed that the Phoenix with a line up that included Boxall, Boyd, Hicks, brindell-South, Cunningham and Rufer ( all first team squad members albeit with different levels of playing time) might have been a bit strong.Boyd was solid ( first half especially) , Hicks was a bit inconsistent and Rufer had moments of real class but also got cleaned up a bit. B-S looked like he was playing CB next to Boxall ( and did OK without really standing out) , Gulley at LB.Cunningham did bugger all. A kid from St Pats ( McGarry , any relation to Michael?) that Jr knows came on for about 15v minutes and looked quite good in the limited things he had to do.

Funniest thing for us- Corrales ( could pick a fight in an empty room) was gobbing off at the ref and got told to stop. Carried on in what I assume was Spanish and the ref didn't understand a thing. Jr's been doing Spanish at school and was able to fairly accurately translate for me

Oh,  those spicy sausages - big thumbs up from Jr and me

thought Cunningham was too for the first half hour. But didn't see a lot of the ball after that. 

Yeah James McGarry is Mike's son. Think he is 16.