Phoenix vs Jets 4pm Sunday 7th

for all those mulligan fans join the group on facebook.

Mulligan.. who is this Mulligan person?

I thought he was some kind of myth like the Yeti, Nessie, and the MooseCat...

Isn't Costa goneski?

No he's Barbarouses.

...and still here.  He's signed for next season.

Mulligan? or Costa?

He means Costa is still here - he's signed for Brisbane for next season.

ahh. *insert witty picture of dawning comprehension here*

side topic- how do you get a picture into a post- i've got a screen print off the BBC website where they've called Chris Wood and Woods on the same webpage...

http://www.yellowfever.co.nz/forum/new_reply_form.asp?TID=12094&PN=21&TR=407 Press the little picture of the tree

Or link to an online image:

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Hard News2010-03-01 21:55:50

Like this ...

casue there are only sngle seats left and the diddy needs 2

Jets seats are disappearing. He better get in quick.

Is this match a record for the cake tin... crowd I mean..

Nah. Not for a Sporting event or Music.

Top effort by you guys. Who would have thought that Wellie would have filled the cake tin twice in the last 6 months? If there was a supporter of the year competition, you guys would romp it in. You're all as mad as cut snakes for the shirts off thing and a special mention for the ladies giving us some eye candy. May there be many more of them this weekend, young and old.

The jets are my second team but for the sake of the a-league (and my eye candy diet), I hope you win. Just a little concerned about the the upheavel in your preparation.  

Hope to see Mulligan on the bench.  He's got to be ahead of Diego (lol), Ferrante (lesser lol), Rojas (huge lol) and that other quitter (Costa).

So:

                       Reddy                                   ||     Bench
Hearfield Sigmund Durante Lochhead              ||  Crowther
                      Muscat                                   ||  Mulligan
            Brown                Lia                          ||  Daniel
Bertos                                       Ifill              ||  Barbarouses
                    Greenacre                                ||  Dadi


Mulligan is our only defensive cover. We have Manny and possibly Lia or even Timmy to drop back if needed but i would prefer Mulligan on the bench over Ferrante personally.  He won't have to come on, but if he did, atleast we'd have a dead ball specialist . Otherwise its Rojas which I think is a bit silly as he is an attacking player again and it'd be a whole lot of pressure on the young lad.

And then there is also the Diego option which perhaps may be the better choice
playwithFire2010-03-02 01:34:59

I hate this international window. The timing couldn't be worse

It pains me to say but I'd have Ferrante over Mulligan. Simply for experience. Ferrante has played a lot more at this level than Mulligan (who hasn't actually played a competetive game for close to 2 seasons).

 

http://www.theherald.com.au/  

LOL chant for Sunday: "Town full of cokeheads / You're just a town full of cokeheads..."

Branko gonna take on YF

http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/sport/football-soccer/culina-crowd-killer-coach-urges-jets-to-silence-wellington-early/1764243.aspx

COACH Branko Culina has challenged the Newcastle Jets to take the crowd out of the equation when they meet Wellington Phoenix in the elimination semi-final in front of a full house at Westpac Stadium on Sunday.
Only 100 tickets reserved for Newcastle fans remained available yesterday at the 34,500-capacity "Cake Tin", ensuring the visitors are in for a hostile reception.

"There is no doubt it will help the home side," Culina said.

"The important thing for us is to start the game well and not allow the crowd to play a part.

"If we can silence them early by, hopefully, scoring a goal or dominating the game, it will work in our favour. That way we keep them quiet.

"On the other hand if they dominate early and score, it could be a hard day at the office for us."

Phoenix striker Chris Greenacre said the players were buzzing at the thought of a sell-out.

"It's phenomenal; it's given the boys that extra edge," Greenacre said. "Hopefully [the crowd] will be as good as it has been and we can put on a performance to justify the big crowd."

A bright start by the Jets is not only essential for reducing the impact of the crowd, it will also test the energy levels of the home side.

Phoenix vice-captain Tim Brown, Leo Bertos, Tony Lochhead and Ben Sigmund will play for New Zealand against Mexico in Los Angeles tomorrow and do not arrive back in Wellington until Saturday.

Captain Andrew Durante is also on international duty, with the Socceroos, alongside Jets pair Matt Thompson and Ben Kantarovski.

With that in mind, Culina plans to play an up-tempo game a stark contrast to the patient approach in the win over Gold Coast on penalties.

"This game will be all about getting on top," Culina said.

"Against the Gold Coast we wanted to weather the storm.

"Physically there was a question mark about us. We had four or five players coming back from injury who weren't 100 per cent.

"The two-week break in between games has given us a chance with some of the players to get a bit of fitness. We will be better prepared.

"That means we can approach the game in a different way.

"We can be in their faces rather than allow them to dominate.

"If you do it to them, I don't think they will enjoy it.

"And if there is a question mark about their fitness, due to travel or whatever, that will play a big part."

The Jets resumed training yesterday after the weekend off. Tarek Elrich (knee) ran strongly and hopes to train with the main group today.

"Today was an easy session," Culina said.

"It is a different preparation. For Gold Coast we had five or six days to prepare, this time we have 14 days.

"Tomorrow we will pick it up a touch, Wednesday we will do set pieces and Thursday we travel. Once we are there we will start to really step it up."

Mulligan is by far the biggest LOL of them all.

History this season has showed that Ricky's prefered to use Diego over both Mulligan and Ferrante when short-handed in this type of situation, so common sense would say that that will be the case this time too.

The bench will likely be Crowther, Daniel, Diego, Dadi, Costa.

Relive the glory v the Glory

Awesome clip. Is that Gourdie playing the elephant?

Why does Branko assume we can be silenced if we go a goal down?

Indeed.  It's not like it will be a shock to us.

costa a quitter...grow the f**k up el grap

Go back and read that again vet.

cheers it wasn't working in the kiwis overseas sub forum for some reason

Can't believe you said that EG.

Disappointed.

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nice buzz round work for this match and (to a lesser extent - but still there) the AWs on Thurs

hopefully all the Nix lads emerge unscathed

plus he has brought diego on as a defensive midfielder before, and diego has finals experiencemjp22010-03-02 20:12:30

Surely Daniel will start over jet lagged Bertos..the other AWs have to start basically.

Shaping up to be a tv fan's dream week with the semis, the womens' finals and AW Mexico. Hopefully Stratos will show ACFC against this Saturday too against Magenta in Noumea.

Have I missed something, are they televising the wimmins game ?

...and don't Waitak play Friday ?
Hard News2010-03-02 21:16:19