Phoenix vs Glory 5pm Sunday

Perth captain Jacob Burns, who played 118 minutes in the midfield while nursing a hamstring strain, voiced disappointment at his team's inability to finish their chances.

"We kind of played them off the pitch but if you don't put the ball in the back of the net, it normally comes back to bite you.

Who would agree with that second paragraph??

The 2 who missed their penalties

I think he is confused between the terms 'played' and 'kicked'.

Those whom received a car parking ticket as the result of extra time are to have their tickets reviewed and the council will probably wipe it - allegedly. Just heard a guy from the council on the radio after numerous complaints along Thorndon Quay etc.

Some press reports for you guys

From the SMH

Kennedy saves the day as Jets' finals campaign gets off the ground

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/a-league/kennedy-saves-the-day-as-jets-finals-campaign-gets-off-the-ground-20100221-onym.html

Phoenix rise above Perth in thriller at Cake Tin

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/a-league/phoenix-rise-above-perth-in-thriller-at-cake-tin-20100221-onyo.html

Phoenix spot-on in shootout

http://www.theworldgame.com.au/a-league/phoenix-spot-on-in-shootout-292061

Wellington grab penalty shootout win over Perth Glory in A-League semi-final

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,26753395-5000940,00.html

Perth Glory exits A-League finals after penalty shootout thriller

http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/soccer

Wellington beat Perth

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/soccer/wellington-beat-perth/story-e6frey4r-1225832731668

Perth Glory heartbreak as Wellington Phoenix wins elimination thriller

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/perth-glory-heartbreak-as-wellington-phoenix-wins-elimination-thriller/story-e6frg7mf-1225832725474

The best and most creative headline out of those was "Wellington beat Perth". Bet they mulled over that one for a while

just woke up. feel like i have been brain raped, but very very happy to see it wasnt all a glorious drunken dream.... cant wait for two weeks time,legends.

Well, at least my drunk middle-aged men took the hint and went away when I gave them a transparently false name. I hope you didn't have to use physical force to maintain your personal space.

But - if they're watching the Nix in the gay boy bars, that means that you guys here who use "fag" or "homo" as an insult had better watch your language and stop alienating our fans. Doloras2010-02-22 12:35:15

I bet his butt was quivvering in fear!

Two best songs;

I remember the stadium changed their burgers for a wee while there and they were amazing. Back to being crap again however.

the two chaps behind us started off the 'i shagged matilda' song. my dad was singing it on the way home and we were still pissing ourselves laughing. nice one!

New chant: "We suck dix and we follow the Nix"

So some girl said she saw me at the game last night and asked if I "stayed until the end". Hahahaha. She left after 90 minutes because she was "hungry".

funniest thing for me was being classed as a newbie by the people in front and getting told i better not want to sit down and watch the game

where's the best auckland pub to watch football games? albeit i had to watch this at home with the fam, whilst we're all wellingtonians it was a dry midafternoon in front of the tele when i could've done with a brew with likeminded strangers

Barfifa is supposed to be quite good. Football themed pub. I think it's in Ellerslie.

No, Barfifa is on the corner of Dom Rd and Valley Rd, near Mt Eden Foodtown.

 

Cheers. I stand corrected!  

bugger, as per usual you need a car to get anywhere of importance in Auckland. Does the train run anywhere near there?

Maybe one of the Irish pubs in the city would accomodate some Kiwi-Austro football from time to time

I love that we held on even though we were outplayed for much of the match.  When penalties looked imminent I was thinking to myself "we are so f-ing lucky to have Reddy in goal right now", and boy did that prove true.  Great match, nerve wracking extra time, sublime penalties.

Yeah Mark Paston has never saved a penality in his life...oh hang on!

Reddy has been and is brilliant however.

Yeah, as others have said, Barfifa is the best one for A-League in Auckland. I've watched about half of this season's Nix games there and it has generally had a decent atmosphere. Not quite as good as watching it at the Ring o' Fire though... I'll be down there for the next one!

Text a half-time from New York. Friend, Brian, had managed to find a means to watch the match. Brian has never been to NZ. He heard about Phoenix through me and has managed to see us live (as in TV live) about four times now!!

I don't agree that we were outplayed. We were out-muscled in a few areas, and the Perth players got away with a fair bit that should have been yellow-carded.

If you watch the replay of the first 10 minutes of the game, the ref was calling free kicks for just about any half-decent contact.

As the game wore on, people (Muscat) were getting up-ended, and the referee didn't even slow down to take a second look.

And Burns with his deliberate big shove on Hearfield in the box was a penalty. Hearfield didn't do himself any favours with his dive in the first half though (as the commentators pointed out).

So lesson for the next game - don't dive if you want to get actual penalties awarded.

TV3 had more changing room scenes in their story.

What was that song they sang?

Thanks, yeah I'll give Bar Fifa a go for the Mexico friendly perhaps. I'm sure doesn't quite beat being at the Stadium, the Bencher or 4 Kings but hey, Auckland will never meet up to Wellington standards :P
As for the Minor Final, I hope to join the punters in the YF minivan!

I'm not saying Pasty couldn't have saved a penalty or two from the glory, but Reddy's arrogance along with the zone's who are yas are a tough combo.  Plus after the Bahrain save Pasty was like "yeah I guessed the right way", whereas Reddy's response was far more confident "I looked at their run ups and went that way".

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but for those who were wondering, Troy Hearfield was the fifth penalty taker for the Phoenix.

Bra Girls at 7mins 35secs into the clip.

Also on Close Up tonight apparently

Thought it would have been Dadi.

Turns out Sainsbury is a cock.