Phoenix Vs. GCU

just looked at the A-league.com.au poll..everyone thinks we're title contenders apparently:

Who's your favourite for the Hyundai A-League championship?

Gold Coast
17 %
Melbourne Victory
38 %
Sydney FC
14 %
Perth Glory
10 %
Wellington Phoenix
16 %
Someone else
5 %

Such a gutsy effort im so proud of the boys! Wow i feel good. Now chelsea to beat arsenal at the bridge!

Fantastic second half defensive team performance - created enough on the break too - hopefully still have enough petrol in the tank for CCM Friday. ozespri2010-02-07 23:06:38

Yusssssss Looks like pay day came early, 20 bucks just turned into 120 :D

woo hoo!!!  go the nix!!!  home semi now come on 

now for the Mariners to do us two favours in 4 days: beat the jets and then lose to us!

Can hear Nix boys singing their lungs out behind Culina's post match interview.

Miron is on fire in the post match interview

Talking about the wild west



I heard 'come on phoenix' with a few mins to go

Great stuff
valeo2010-02-07 23:10:32

GET. IN. THERE.

brilliant effort!!

I just think that was absolutely excellent.  Really excellent.  Good point made above that the Phoenix could possibly be back there on March 6....and would certainly back themselves.

Of course the Nix have a hoodoo against GCU - we are the only side who know how to counter Smeltzy.

I'm coming down from Auckland for Friday's game. :)
Doloras2010-02-07 23:13:43

You can say what you like about Miron, but at least the Post Match interviews are interesting when he's involved

could hear the nix fans all the game, good effort?

Small point here...no yellow for Tim Brown tonight, meaning he can afford to get one next week and still not miss any playoff games.

i think i am going to cry.


good on you phoenix you are f**king legends.

Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...

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You magnificent bastards.

Mckain and Dura - f*ckin outstanding...

Smeltzy, what's the score?

I'm pretty chuffed Judas and his mob could score against us in three games.

Reddy for Marquee

That was the best  defensive effort of the season (being away from home and at such a vital time of the season) . Durrante and McKain were relentless, never backed down and beat  back attack after attack. Combined with Lia and Brown camped in front thats got to be an insurers wet dream.

You know what really amazes me? Looking at the 442 comments boxes and seeing that Australian football fans respect the Nix now. They respect us, and they fear the Cake Tin. Making Aussies respect Kiwis? That's amazing.

A thought for Terry S - how happy must he so deservedly be ?

Corrected

Woohoo!!! that's the stuff!  Overall well done Wellington Phoenix.
 You have put yourselves in the box seat for fourth (and seriously dented the GCU intent of a 1st place finish. How sad.)
 Top shelf effort.
 Maintained the GCU bogey team status also.
GCU and Shane Smeltz have never scored against us.  1 draw, 2 wins...WF 7   GCU 0   so far.

Solid defence... Dura and McKain were outstanding,Lochy and Hearfield good efforts overall. Lia hassled the hell out of Charlie Miller and Culina to a lesser extent. Brown some good moments.Muscat torid time of it too.good move to sub him by Ricki when he did.
Ifill was great ...loving his penalties...but noticeably more passes from him going astray this week and in recent weeks. Certainly a case of very close marking on him shutting down his options way faster. Greenacre just keeps running. What a ticker he's got. Shame he skied his shot on goal. Caceras not as convincing as recent games, but good effort.Leo great touches and pressure at the end.
I've gone off Dadi since the Perth debacle, he held up well a couple of times but for
a man of his size seemed largely ineffectual when challenged.Still, every bit helps.
Reddy,what a master in goal. Hope he finds Wellington a more attractive option next season.

Well done boys, I was busy and so can't see the game but this is great news. Any youtube coverage??

Give Reddy a big contract. He's better than Paston. Crowther is usless. 

Hey don't they go back to zero for the playoffs, Piney?
(btw, nice merseyside derby result this morning..Yes!)
RedGed2010-02-07 23:52:33

Yahoo. That was awesome. Just the tonic to get us all through the week with anticipation for Friday! So stoked! Absolutely excellent.

Great result.
Oo er, the fourth place is still on then.
The Phoenix have emerged from a blip all the stronger.