Phoenix vs Glory - MOTM

Phoenix vs Glory - MOTM

Will open post-match, and edit for the final bench make-up.

Get in to it !
Hard News2007-09-30 22:02:25

Open...  The lure of the pub.

Any chance of renaming Daniel 'Christiano Daniel Ronaldo'?

Wahooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

yep, Daniel again - all over the pitch playing his heart out ...

FFS whoever voted Paston.ban stick NOW

Yeah, went for Daniel. So active and so involved. Going to be a test to be without him next week in Queensland.

Vaughan Coveny here....

Daniel.....pure Wellington/Brazilian GOLD....!!!

Felipe to step up at Suncorp on Fri night while Daniel serves his ban.

We're so good it's unbelievable......

Coveny don't know why so many people have voted for Daniel.

yea i voted Covs, daniel had a screamer 2

while both daniel and covs had great games i thought richard johnson had an absolute stunner. the way he played gave daniel more time on the ball, he was magic today. ricky has an embrassament of riches

Daniel for me (again!) - just watched the highlights on Sky which confirmed my memory that he was involved in all the key bits right throughout the game. But really everyone was a star today (except maybe Ferrante with his missing a barn door from 3 paces routine, albeit from an angle, again!). What a day - Nix heaven!   

The scoreline didn't lie - by far the best performance of the season by the best footballing side in the league, and Daniel was at the heart of it all.  Heavilly involved in three of the goals, involved in the build up to the other, non-stop running, the best distribution he's put together this season.  He'll be a huge miss next week.  Plenty of options, but I suspect it'll be more of a 'Christmas Tree' and no wide men - I'd imagine Smeltz up front, supported by Felipe and Elrich (but I'll still hope for George to get a start in Daniel's place).

Coveny for me. Great to see him show us that he still has plenty to offer. Daniel just a superb, we are not short on options to replace him next week, hopefully Ahmad Elrich in for him tho. I love the way the team appreciate the crowd, but u cant blame them because...WELLINGTON IS WONDERFUL.

Fever Zone, front page of the paper (:

Voted Daniel ,especially now that he seems to prefer being vertical for most of the game! 

For someone who hasn't had a big impact until now I thought Coveny had a blinder!

Daniel followed by Coveney for effort and header flickons..although he could have celebrated with the fans as well as his family.....there were a lot of opportunities that went begging in the second half when play opened up with 11 v 10.  The left side dominated but there was space on the right if a quick switch had been done.

Obviously the team as a whole played really well.  Built the play well and the game was played on our terms for long periods.  As for MOTM I voted for Daniel.  He was great today.  Had a hand in all the goals I think.

Definately Daniel, had a great game.

DANIEL! cut them up so much down the wing they almost needed an ambulance

so gutted i couldnt make it to be there for the first home win. watched it on tv tho, one of my female flatmates kept looking at me weird when i would jump off the couch and start chanting at the top of my voice. amazing game! coveny got my vote.

Lochead for me.

I'm with "TouchMe", Lochead was excellent.  His play in the second half was very encouraging.  Agree that he linked particularly well with Daniel.

Daniel had a great distribution game and his touches were top notch.

yep Lockhead for me. Plays left back set up a goal and scored one. Plus he was solid in defense

Daniel's best game of the season so far, he was on fire! Like the rest, I've been so impressed by Lochead, I think he's leading the assists table for the A-League now with 3 crosses (including one off his right foot last week) that lead to goals.

Imagine how much more dangerous we could be if Elrich is a success down the right flank. Most of our best play has come down the left and we haven't had a natural right winger yet this season, with Ferrante tucking in when he has started and nobody really filling that role at all last night.

Daniel had class. are we going to see elrich start or off the bench? I agree we need a decent right wingInter rocks2007-10-01 12:51:09

Highly unlikely he'll even play based on Saturday.

Team Welly Selection vs a 'Wellington' Selection.  Elrich, Brownlie, Costa and Clebo played for the Wellington selection and Elrich looked well short of a run.

Well if the amount of time Ricki held Felipe and George back based on fitness is any indication. we might not see Elrich for a couple of weeks other than off the bench.

Coveny by a long shot. I couldn't believe how fast he was running!

Coveny performed great as did lochead but daniel provided a lot of creativity and did 3 of the crosses which lead to goals. Played very well.

Coveny got my Vote. He was terrorising them. We looked far far better with Coveny playing from the outset with the new formation. 

Daniel for me. His best game of the season so far, he was creative and incisive.

I thought the whole team played well, but as i have to pick one out i will go with Daniel, he was an insperation on the left. My man of the match was Yellow Fever, we rocked the place, Awesome!!