phoenix vs. tards

bertos has been working hard lately, which has been great. drifted in and out of games though, but far more effective than either or ferrante tonight.

Hell no, we don't want the Tards winning.

Wel it is NZ's most exciting footballer commenting so what would you expect??? The fact that he called out McKain and Muscat shows his football knowledge and when was the last time someone not name Smeltz scored? He scored 12 of our 23. Herbert negative? Its the most positive he has been all season!
Please stay in England.
Agent 472009-01-24 00:31:24

Do the Phoenix not watch replays of their games?? They do the same crap every  week ... so many chances, no capitilisation!

Sydney2009-01-24 00:36:08

its piganova

one thing i cant stand with women's tennis is all the screaming and squealing they do. sharapova was the worst. i often turn the sound down when she plays and just watch!!!

There is a tennis thread in off topic.

[/QUOTE]Wel it is NZ's most exciting footballer commenting so what would you expect??? The fact that he called out McKain and Muscat shows his football knowledge and when was the last time someone not name Smeltz scored? He scored 12 of our 23. Herbert negative? Its the most positive he has been all season!
Please stay in England.
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Says the guy who hijacks virtually every thread with his teenage buddies when he could be using AIM/MSN/U2U/etc.

I have dealt to Danieltra/ Johno/ Tom d.
She wont be bothering us anymore.
Its taken countless texts and phone calls.
so the amount of work ive done behind the scenes is mind boggling.
Stefan2009-01-24 00:55:29

Ill take full credit as that Teenage part,but buddie?i dont know about that

Agree with ginger eejit.  Especially, the 2nd half, one of our better performances.  Whether it was Melbourne shoving everybody back, or whatever, but our play in the last attacking 1/3 was one of constant frustration. 

You and my ex (Danieltra, tom d. and johno) have been the bain of my life on here.

Missing players. not enough support, wild crosses.
Meh.

Melbournes new keeper, Shane Smeltz
Stefan2009-01-24 01:07:45

strange season -

Sums it up pretty well really.
But ive unfortunately come to grips that when playing away. it all turns to custard (Or yogurt which im eating) towards the end of the game.
We desperately want to attack and forget about defending.

Probably not.. Just a longer season.
I'm not sure about the rugby season.
And the new teams would want as much time as possible to get going.
Stefan2009-01-24 01:51:49

it was an awesome atmosphere in the away supporters section....the ref was obviously high on something and wasnt watching or couldnt see what was happening on the feild...I liked the fact that costa got another run....he didnt have the same effect as last week...but still did well at time on the ball...it was good to see Muscats family there supporting the team...they all had matching shirts on with c'mon phoenix on the front and Manny on the back...not sure if that was showed on tele...all in all it was an improvement on last season and cant wait till 09/10 season to begin

Can anyone with more football knowledge than me explain why when we play 4-3-3 we have 8 players behind the ball defending/backing off and yet we still let guys like Ward rock up to the edge of the box without even challenging him? valeo2009-01-24 02:48:11

Bertos played exactly the same role El**ch did in the second match at T. Dome last year. Get the ball out wide a thousand times and deliver one good cross in the midst of 50 rotten ones.

Was loving the wild scenes in the away section. Best mix of the Muscat family, drunk people, sober people and people who just hated Victory.

Was dying to score a goal at the end before that goose Thompson got the 2nd. Wouldn't have helped us but it would have f'ked their minor premiership chances right up.

And Ferrante? My god. My good god. I think the last thing I posted on here before this week a year ago was about how much I couldn't stand him and I'm sticking by that.
Supermercado2009-01-24 03:04:15

where did the topless group come from...they rocked up about 20 mins into the game...lol

I'd love to comment but the dazlling play had me falling asleep in the second half only to wake up just before the second goal. So glad I missed what happened in between.

I actually thought most of th guys played pretty well. Melbourne just got lucky with their goals.
Ferrante seems to have lost some of his touch or confidence or something, he was nothing of his former self - not sure why he wasn't subbed. Daniel did nothing, but still was a better prospect than ferrante, Kwasnik, didn't do much better when he came on.............so really confused by Herberts subbing of Daniel who had the potential to do something with a guy who hasn't done enything all season, whilsrt leaving a guy on who is tripping over himself.

We out shot the tards in the second half, and the best chance we had to score was blocked twice by Smeltz who was standing with his back to the action right in front of the goal. He has been on holiday for the last two games. costa was fantastic and caused plenty of trouble for the tqards D.

I'm disspointed we lost but not with the obvious improvements we have made since last season.

I deleted the rest or for comments cos I reckon your a muppet thinking this season wasn't good.

LocHHead looked like he was going to give the ball a whack, and initially I was pretty upset that he didn't even try, but if you watch the replay, the ball takes a nasty turn on its second bounce. It must have been spinning towards goal and on the bounce it literally jumped out of reach and went goal-bound.

Lochy still could have intercepted it before it hit the deck but I guess that's what hap[pens on a shi*te Tardy deck.

Sam Hunt?

STAND UP FOR THE PHOENIX

Phoenix put in a good effort last night. Gutted we lost but I can't fault them for effort. We actually dominated much of that match but we seem to lack a bit when it comes to opening up opponents' defence. Good build up, but it all falls down in the 18 yard box.

What a whinger, the Nix did better this year than last so at least we've made progress, for goodness sake you can't just expect the Nix to take top spot every year in order to get your respect. Personally I'm proud of the boys this year, they are fighting well above their weight against teams like Adelaide and Melbourne. Herbert is the reason they didn't qualify? Rubbish, you can't blame Herbert for defensive lapses at 85+ minutes against young super subs trying their darndest to impress their coach can you.
timmymadden2009-01-24 10:25:08

Ill be honest. Ricki did make me wonder with his sub choices.

Yeah ok you got me there, I was a bit puzzled myself this week. Why Dura didn't come on any sooner I'll never know. And why Ferrante didn't come off I'll never work out either.

Putting plodder on and leaving ferrante on.. Oh dear.
Ricki will know what he has done wrong though. He isnt an idiot and isnt going anywhere soon
Stefan2009-01-24 10:41:42

You're just bitter, you should Worry about your own team, a Million dollar striker you wont even use and a stumpy looking coach who thinks he's bigger than the game,plus at the moment you're sitting below us on the table with all the hype you've never lived up too. jog on, we've had a bloody good season and were still in with a play off chance unlike you guys who gave up after 16 rounds.
does the fc part of Sydney stand for f**king Crap i'm beginning to wonder
giddyup2009-01-24 10:49:57

lol at Sydney.

the best part of the night was chanting same old aussies always cheating

Piss off Tard, if I want to hear from an arsehole today I will fart!!!

Big Ups to Manny Mascat who chatted with me at McDonalds on Bridge Road at around 11:30pm!

Great season champ, looking forward to more of the same next season. Hope you enjoyed youre cheeseburger as much as I enjoyed my upsized Big Mac meal with two extra Cheeseburgers on the side!!!

You have no idea how happy it is for me to see you are back to your old self.
After looking depressed last night.