The Warriors got mentioned as they played a league game at home.
We played a Pre-Season game in Rural Queensland. Air New Zealand Cup sides are currently playing Pre-Season matches and you don't hear a peep about those generally.
Get over it.
Get real guys think your getting a touch sensitive,its a pre season game.Very rear you see warrior or rugby pre season games covered
GET YOUR SHIRTS OFF FOR THE BOYS
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If the stupid buggers running the league had just called it the A League Cup there would not be as much of an issue with coverage, it's that they put pre-season in there is the problem 
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What if they didn't know? come on guys.
They are supposed to be journalists, it is their job to do a bit of research! Come on it is not that hard to find this site.
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agreed
"finally on sport the wellington phoenix have held queensland roar to a 1-1 draw on the sunshine coast in the aleague preseason cup....blah blah after the ads there's weather blah..."
that is all I ask
You know we belong together...
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The Warriors got mentioned as they played a league game at home.
We played a Pre-Season game in Rural Queensland. Air New Zealand Cup sides are currently playing Pre-Season matches and you don't hear a peep about those generally.
Get over it.
We played a Pre-Season game in Rural Queensland. Air New Zealand Cup sides are currently playing Pre-Season matches and you don't hear a peep about those generally.
Get over it.
Well said HN - spot on
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Fair. Making the final will hopefully warrent a mention, the 5000 season ticket goal depends on it I think, the season could snowball from there. Good to see we got Queensland at home first game after we drew on their home turf.
Oh Wellington is wonderful. We got the wind, the rain and the phoenix. Oh Wellington is wonderful.
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Get real guys think your getting a touch sensitive,its a pre season game.Very rear you see warrior or rugby pre season games covered
every game the Allblacks played before Tri-nations was a warm up they just call them tests
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Oh Wellington is ...
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
G D
Pts
1
Wellington Phoenix FC
2
1
1
0
2
1
1
4
2
Sydney FC
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
3
3
Queensland Roar FC
2
0
1
1
2
3
-1
1
4
Central Coast Mariners FC
1
0
0
1
0
1
-1
0
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Whitby boy2008-07-27 19:02:19P = played | W = wins | D = draws | L = losses | F = goals for | A = goals against | GD = Goal Difference | Pts = points
He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)
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On a another matter where are we playing sydney next week? The ring of fire???
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And in their defense the warriors played at 2
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Warriors played at about the same time, I'm sure Phoenix must be catching up to them in status in the nz sport hierarchy. But the warriors got mentioned and we didn't.
The Warriors were in the business end of the NRL regular season and beat probably the best team in the comp. They played 2 hours earlier, in NZ and had TV coverage. They started at 2pm.
The Phoenix played a preseason match against a mid table team, with no tv coverage and got a draw. They started at 4pm......
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Oh Wellington is ...
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Wellington Phoenix FC
2
1
1
0
2
1
1
4
2
Sydney FC
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
3
3
Queensland Roar FC
2
0
1
1
2
3
-1
1
4
Central Coast Mariners FC
1
0
0
1
0
1
-1
0
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P = played | W = wins | D = draws | L = losses | F = goals for | A = goals against | GD = Goal Difference | Pts = points
Surely CCM deserve some points for smashing bling!!!
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Its in Sydney next Saturday night. Then hopefull a final the week after and then 1st round the week later august 17th at Ring Of Fire vs Queensland again
Oh Wellington is wonderful. We got the wind, the rain and the phoenix. Oh Wellington is wonderful.
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http://sportal.com.au/Football-news-display/roar-and-phoenix-finish-all-square-53220
therez the match report
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Yeah on that table Queensland move up to 3 pints as well
Oh Wellington is wonderful. We got the wind, the rain and the phoenix. Oh Wellington is wonderful.
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Get real guys think your getting a touch sensitive,its a pre season game.Very rear you see warrior or rugby pre season games covered
every game the Allblacks played before Tri-nations was a warm up they just call them tests
Thats an international team, you cant compare them. They show some All Whites friendlies...
They dont mention Blues pre-season games all that much (that i recall)
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A-league site write up;
Roar and Phoenix finish all square
Sunday, 27 July 2008
Massimo Murdocca
Queensland Roar and Wellington Phoenix have fought out a 1-1 draw on the Sunshine Coast on Saturday afternoon, leaving the home side's Pre-Season Cup final's chances resting on the result of Sydney FC's match against Central Coast Mariners.
It was a niggling start to the cross-Tasman clash, both sides guilty of giving away cheap fouls, but it was Queensland who had the best of the early chances, Wellington going unpunished after the Roar failed to capitalise on several free-kicks in the opening minutes.
In the 18th minute the home side's early persistence paid off, when Massimo Murdocca found himself in space on the left flank. The midfielder did well to beat some heavy Phoenix defence, before cutting back to a waiting Sergio Van Djik at the top of the box, who finished coolly with a surging strike into the top right-hand corner.
Wellington responded quickly, some good build up play setting up their first shot on goal ten minutes later when Michael Ferrante drilled the ball hard towards the top corner, but an outstanding save from Roar keeper Liam Reddy denied the visitors.
Phoenix defender Jon McKain was shown a yellow card by referee Regis Queffelec in the 39th minute when he took Roar striker Tim Smits down on the edge of the box with a tackle from behind but the resulting free-kick from Van Djik floated wide.
Phoenix came out faster in the second half, Reddy tested early as the visitors peppered his goal forcing him to make another brilliant save in the 61st minute, when he pushed Troy Hearfield's scorching shot from the top of the box over the bar.
Phoenix evened the score in the 74th minute when the Roar's backline failed to clear a ball directly in front of goal. New Phoenix recruit Adam Kwasnik pounced on the gifted chance, smashing it home and leaving Reddy stranded.
Farina's men were lucky not to find themselves behind when Smeltz fired another shot born of a Roar defensive error minutes later which went just wide.
While both sides surged forward in the dying minutes, neither could find the back of the net, and both sides were left to take home a point each.
Queensland Roar 1 (Van Djik 18)
Wellington Phoenix 1 (Kwasnik 74)
He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)
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Warriors played at about the same time, I'm sure Phoenix must be catching up to them in status in the nz sport hierarchy. But the warriors got mentioned and we didn't.
The Warriors were in the business end of the NRL regular season and beat probably the best team in the comp. They played 2 hours earlier, in NZ and had TV coverage. They started at 2pm.
The Phoenix played a preseason match against a mid table team, with no tv coverage and got a draw. They started at 4pm......
thats a fair call im backing nightline to cover it, if its on on sundays
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Thanks very much for the updates. Think I have just about survived this experience with my sanity intact! Its horrible having such patchy coverage.
Hear what you say HN about realism on coverage - but clearly many people interested and surely the A-League could consider keeping interest as high as possible.
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Cant waaait for the new season to kick off!!!!!!!!!
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Yeah on that table Queensland move up to 3 pints as well
They do no such thing, the team with the pre-teen supporters are on 1 point as they lost to sydney and drew with us.
WLG: 4
SYD: 3
CCM: 3
QLD: 1
I'm sure the A-League site will be updated soon.
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So.. we beat CCM... who are beating SYD.. and drew QLD who lost to SYD... leaves this WIDE open.
ive got a song that wont take long, Adelaide are rubbish.. the second verse is same as the first.. ADELAIDE ARE RUBBISH
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i wonder if the preseason cup final will be on tv.
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Get real guys think your getting a touch sensitive,its a pre season game.Very rear you see warrior or rugby pre season games covered
every game the Allblacks played before Tri-nations was a warm up they just call them tests
Thats an international team, you cant compare them. They show some All Whites friendlies...
They dont mention Blues pre-season games all that much (that i recall)
All that much is something,and i would suggest you to listen next eggball pre-seasonof all codes for you will get all the results on tv of pre-season games
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i wonder if the preseason cup final will be on tv.
If it's in Wellington I can guarantee it'll be on the radio at least.
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If we beat Sydney will it be in Wellington?
Oh Wellington is wonderful. We got the wind, the rain and the phoenix. Oh Wellington is wonderful.
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If we win and adeliade do not its in welly
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depends - both ADL and WGTN are on the same GD, so if the reds win it'll come down to that. If they don't (and we do), it'll be in wellington. Thats my understanding.
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Table updated after CCM v Sydney result;
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Wellington Phoenix FC
2
1
1
0
2
1
1
4
2
Central Coast Mariners FC
2
1
0
1
3
1
2
3
3
Sydney FC
2
1
0
1
2
4
-2
3
4
Queensland Roar FC
2
0
1
1
2
3
-1
1
He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)
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If we win and adeliade do not its in welly
who they got and hows their chances
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Sydney just got 3 put past them so hpefully we can repeat that
Oh Wellington is wonderful. We got the wind, the rain and the phoenix. Oh Wellington is wonderful.
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...in Mt Gambier.
I bet they just did that so Perth have to travel further! In all seriousness, it's good to see the aussie teams giving the regional centres some pre-season love.
The reds have a much better chance against Perth than we do against Bling :(
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We have the same points, goal difference and goals scored as Adelaide so it will come down to who gets the best result next weekend - points, gd and then gs.
If that doesn't separate us it's red cards then yellow cards.
Whitby boy2008-07-27 19:32:05He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)
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time for a new thread?? ie adelaide vs nix
You know we belong together...
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Perth and good.
its best we don't have a home final as i am saving to come to the first home game, the allure of a cup final might ruin my plans for the rest of the family
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yayy cheers HN. Sorry everyone for that moment of being a twat.
good man for apologising to the other lads
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