Phoenix Vs Jets - Match thread

What did Milligan do to get sent off? i missed it

The goals will be on Youtube soon. No idea about where to get complete highlights.

Are the goals up?

I think we need to have more confidence . how many shots in total did we have? not many in the first half. Defence I thought played well. But we really need to capitalize, especially when they have 9 men. How did the jets player miss the open goal though.

Or the penalty

It was a very very ugly 3 points and yes, I'll take them.

Really disappointed with the game. Herbert hasn't got a clue. Why take Fred off??? Did Terry spend months geting here as a marque player for 6 weeks only for him to be subbed off.....not likely. Fred and Daniel would have carved up. Get McKain off, he gives the ball away too much. Subs were too late also. Smeltz should start packing his bags if he not going to work his butt off, 9 men... he should of had a field day.   Everyone went home feeling flat

fred had a good game but wasn't doing much in the 2nd half. daniel changed the game. I back ricky on this one

ffs some people are negative . WE JUST WON

After that performance how can crowd numbers improve.

Spot on.

Just back from the game.

Did Griffiths have a little smirk on his face after he kicked Dodd until Dodd kicked him back?

You cant get match fit sitting on your arse on the bench. The game was ideal to get him back into the mix. RH should of left him there, he would have been better for it next week

From what I saw at the game, I thought Fred had taken a bit of a knock not long before being subbed.

He got hit by a Bertos shot in the nuts and before that he had been doing a lot of running plus he is hardly match fit as the MLS has been over for a while. Besides when Daniel came on we looked better straight away. So, I think Ricki made a good sub.

Great to get the win. Fred will be be good value particularly if Smeltz pulls finger and makes the runs and stops straying offside.

Muscat was solid as a rock and unlucky to be dragged while Lochead stayed out there. RH please tell Lochead that he needs to get to the byline and cut the crosses back, credit to him for getting forward but back yourself to get to the line and cut it back.

Paston, great penalty save but some scary moments as well.

RH good call to move to playing three at back and bringing Daniel on. If being picky could have happened a bit earlier.

3 points without playing that great I'll take it.

Did anyone else see that Dodd and Griffiths didn't shake hands at the start of the game?

When you haven't had a game for a while, most coaches will take you off at 60-70 minutes because its the last twenty that you get muscle injuries. I back Ricki taking him off at that time.

I was at the game and I dunno what all the negative people in this thread are on about. Mckain & Brown bossed the centre of midfield while it was 11 v 11, Dodd and Sigmund were the same at the back apart form the mix up between Dodd & Pasty. Muscat was full of running, Lochy didn't have a great game but he did his job defensively, he needs to work on his crossing. Bertos got through a heap of work, but he needs to work on his crossing as well.

Overall I was pleased with the performance, we struggled to get our tactics right against 10 ( and then 9) but switching the play was the right thing to do, unfortunately the crossing was a let down after some great passing moves.

Some defensive mistakes were a worry, but when aren't they?

I thought Tarek El**ch had a great game for them, he casued us alot of problems.

there has to be a point where scraping 3 points against a team below you on the table, when they have 9 men, at home is not good enough.

yes 3 poiints are important timmy, but this is entertainment and we were just not entertained. it was a poor display, fact.

but we'll take the 3 points and move on.


(next time when the foot is on the thoat push the foot through the friggin larynx)
Salmon072008-11-23 22:04:13

Was that the feeling in Waitakere then?

Newcastle won a league title with performances like that last year. Personally, I'll take 3 ugly points any day.

People bitched last year when we outplayed teams but didn't win (cue the Newcastle match last year) and now the team gets a win but didn't outplay the opposition and people still bitch!

You can't please all of the people all of the time - take the 3 points and be grateful!

nah, i'd rather moan!

I believe all that happened was McKain dropped back and Siggy went out wide.

oh ok then- yay we won! and i got my 1000th post on the same day, and we won the u20s and the RLWC

hooray!


Mrs Salmon is calling time on me now so nighty night Nix fans


Salmon072008-11-23 22:19:08

Just had a flick through the crash and burns forums.Bloody hell are they bitter and twisted they make our forums look positively tame after we have had a loss.

As for the game i will take any win when it comes our way,just wish our guys would think about things at times.It was bloody obvious for all to see that high crosses were not the way to go.Our inability to change our tactics is bloody annoying.

Was frustrating for quite a while there but Newcastle did defend well. They have v sound back four and Covic is tremendous. Possession told in the end. Great header from Smeltz and great delivery for both goals. Good to see Bertos playing well. We have controlled games much better in the last few weeks, although Id love to see some more incision up front still.

he hath spoken. let the solemn bells peal with joy at the splendour

yadayada

nighty night

Hello all, well now that was great! Hard work but great! This winning thing is ... well... OK.
Seems that the mantra of "GET YOUR CROSSES IN EARLY"  may well be being chanted somewhere.

Agreed. Whether or not we played attractive football the reality is that home wins are few and far between for the nix. Under the Yellow Fever title at the top it says "Supporters of the Wellington Phoenix FC" and if thats how you feel after a 2-0 victory then maybe you should be elsewhere.

out out brief candle
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