I had a pretty decent year last year. A few holidays, some decent nights out, no hideous diseases contracted. All in all, I'd consider it a good year.
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
I as trying to think what was lacking and I think it was "intensity". That's what the Phoenix were missing. In the first half ACFC had it and could have scored three but for Spoonley's heroics. In the second half ACFC sat deeper hoping to catch the Nix on the break primarily through lack of match fitness, and yet with plenty of possession the Nix midfield still didn't really put them under pressure. The solid ACFC defence wasn't greatly troubled by either Brockie or Stein. Part of that was due to a lack of defence splitting passes from a creative midfielder coupled with a lack of pace from your wide players. I was surprised because I thought you were really going to come on strong in the second half.
I just hope Hernandez can deliver high tempo creativity in midfield and Cunningham some accurate punch up front because I really don't think you can rely on the ageing injury prone legs of Ifill anymore.
To me you needed a Michael Essien type driving you forward, a role Chris Bale did well for ACFC. For all the talk of a DM being needed, I think you need a midfield general to drive the momentum. Where's Roy Keane when you need him. Someone to scare Brockie awake.
I as trying to think what was lacking and I think it was "intensity". That's what the Phoenix were missing. In the first half ACFC had it and could have scored three but for Spoonley's heroics. In the second half ACFC sat deeper hoping to catch the Nix on the break primarily through lack of match fitness, and yet with plenty of possession the Nix midfield still didn't really put them under pressure. The solid ACFC defence wasn't greatly troubled by either Brockie or Stein. Part of that was due to a lack of defence splitting passes from a creative midfielder coupled with a lack of pace from your wide players. I was surprised because I thought you were really going to come on strong in the second half.
I just hope Hernandez can deliver high tempo creativity in midfield and Cunningham some accurate punch up front because I really don't think you can rely on the ageing injury prone legs of Ifill anymore.
To me you needed a Michael Essien type driving you forward, a role Chris Bale did well for ACFC. For all the talk of a DM being needed, I think you need a midfield general to drive the momentum. Where's Roy Keane when you need him. Someone to scare Brockie awake.
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
Meaningless game and meaningless result... Maybe.
If something good could be taken from it, perhaps that could be increased visibility for the under funded, under appreciated asbp. Perhaps, along with acfc's positive result against ccm a couple of years ago we could finally see that our own league is worth attending. That it is worth investing time, money, resources and media coverage in because as well as providing the majority of nzers with a meaningful competition that is accessible to more than just Wellington, that the standard is decent also...
Sadly, I don't see this as a likely outcome. Once the glamourous Australian team rolls out of town, the media lights and football fans will go home and wait for the next time a 'quality' overseas team comes to town.
Auckland City FC
Another good thing about this game is that it provides ACFC with some reasonable quality pre-season opposition.
Auckland City FC
Meaningless game and meaningless result... Maybe.
If something good could be taken from it, perhaps that could be increased visibility for the under funded, under appreciated asbp. Perhaps, along with acfc's positive result against ccm a couple of years ago we could finally see that our own league is worth attending. That it is worth investing time, money, resources and media coverage in because as well as providing the majority of nzers with a meaningful competition that is accessible to more than just Wellington, that the standard is decent also...
Sadly, I don't see this as a likely outcome. Once the glamourous Australian team rolls out of town, the media lights and football fans will go home and wait for the next time a 'quality' overseas team comes to town.
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
Meaningless game and meaningless result... Maybe.
If something good could be taken from it, perhaps that could be increased visibility for the under funded, under appreciated asbp. Perhaps, along with acfc's positive result against ccm a couple of years ago we could finally see that our own league is worth attending. That it is worth investing time, money, resources and media coverage in because as well as providing the majority of nzers with a meaningful competition that is accessible to more than just Wellington, that the standard is decent also...
Sadly, I don't see this as a likely outcome. Once the glamourous Australian team rolls out of town, the media lights and football fans will go home and wait for the next time a 'quality' overseas team comes to town.
Man, you're either a troll, or mildly developmentally impaired.
NZF don't give the ASBP the love it deserves. But under-funded? When your club has the budget it has? Hardly. Maybe ACFC could divert some money from the squad into promoting fixtures and try to draw a crowd themselves?
Remember Welnix? Them what own the licence for the Nix. They're sinking their money into the Phoenix. And that money is what brings the bright lights and media.
Stop being so God damned miserable. Lots of good can and did come from that game. I hope it happens every year.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
Meaningless game and meaningless result... Maybe.
If something good could be taken from it, perhaps that could be increased visibility for the under funded, under appreciated asbp. Perhaps, along with acfc's positive result against ccm a couple of years ago we could finally see that our own league is worth attending. That it is worth investing time, money, resources and media coverage in because as well as providing the majority of nzers with a meaningful competition that is accessible to more than just Wellington, that the standard is decent also...
Sadly, I don't see this as a likely outcome. Once the glamourous Australian team rolls out of town, the media lights and football fans will go home and wait for the next time a 'quality' overseas team comes to town.
Man, you're either a troll, or mildly developmentally impaired.
NZF don't give the ASBP the love it deserves. But under-funded? When your club has the budget it has? Hardly. Maybe ACFC could divert some money from the squad into promoting fixtures and try to draw a crowd themselves?
Remember Welnix? Them what own the licence for the Nix. They're sinking their money into the Phoenix. And that money is what brings the bright lights and media.
Stop being so God damned miserable. Lots of good can and did come from that game. I hope it happens every year.
I as trying to think what was lacking and I think it was "intensity". That's what the Phoenix were missing. In the first half ACFC had it and could have scored three but for Spoonley's heroics. In the second half ACFC sat deeper hoping to catch the Nix on the break primarily through lack of match fitness, and yet with plenty of possession the Nix midfield still didn't really put them under pressure. The solid ACFC defence wasn't greatly troubled by either Brockie or Stein. Part of that was due to a lack of defence splitting passes from a creative midfielder coupled with a lack of pace from your wide players. I was surprised because I thought you were really going to come on strong in the second half.
I just hope Hernandez can deliver high tempo creativity in midfield and Cunningham some accurate punch up front because I really don't think you can rely on the ageing injury prone legs of Ifill anymore.
To me you needed a Michael Essien type driving you forward, a role Chris Bale did well for ACFC. For all the talk of a DM being needed, I think you need a midfield general to drive the momentum. Where's Roy Keane when you need him. Someone to scare Brockie awake.
Careful you're starting to sound like a fan of ACFC and the Nix :)
It can happen.
Heaven's above Smithy, is there a cure? Will therapy help?
Actually I'd love the Phoenix to win the A League this season, then we can say we've beaten the A League champions - just a minute, didn't CCM win the title the year we beat them? Sorry, we've done that already. Seriously, I want all the NZ teams to do well. perhaps not WU because you've got to hate someone, don't you JV?
Meaningless game and meaningless result... Maybe.
If something good could be taken from it, perhaps that could be increased visibility for the under funded, under appreciated asbp. Perhaps, along with acfc's positive result against ccm a couple of years ago we could finally see that our own league is worth attending. That it is worth investing time, money, resources and media coverage in because as well as providing the majority of nzers with a meaningful competition that is accessible to more than just Wellington, that the standard is decent also...
Sadly, I don't see this as a likely outcome. Once the glamourous Australian team rolls out of town, the media lights and football fans will go home and wait for the next time a 'quality' overseas team comes to town.
Man, you're either a troll, or mildly developmentally impaired.
NZF don't give the ASBP the love it deserves. But under-funded? When your club has the budget it has? Hardly. Maybe ACFC could divert some money from the squad into promoting fixtures and try to draw a crowd themselves?
Remember Welnix? Them what own the licence for the Nix. They're sinking their money into the Phoenix. And that money is what brings the bright lights and media.
Stop being so God damned miserable. Lots of good can and did come from that game. I hope it happens every year.
Ali is Scottish, it's his job to be miserable. Sorry Ali, I owe you a beer. He's actually a great ASBP supporter and a good lad, wish there were more like him.
Meaningless game and meaningless result... Maybe.
If something good could be taken from it, perhaps that could be increased visibility for the under funded, under appreciated asbp. Perhaps, along with acfc's positive result against ccm a couple of years ago we could finally see that our own league is worth attending. That it is worth investing time, money, resources and media coverage in because as well as providing the majority of nzers with a meaningful competition that is accessible to more than just Wellington, that the standard is decent also...
Sadly, I don't see this as a likely outcome. Once the glamourous Australian team rolls out of town, the media lights and football fans will go home and wait for the next time a 'quality' overseas team comes to town.
Man, you're either a troll, or mildly developmentally impaired.
NZF don't give the ASBP the love it deserves. But under-funded? When your club has the budget it has? Hardly. Maybe ACFC could divert some money from the squad into promoting fixtures and try to draw a crowd themselves?
Remember Welnix? Them what own the licence for the Nix. They're sinking their money into the Phoenix. And that money is what brings the bright lights and media.
Stop being so God damned miserable. Lots of good can and did come from that game. I hope it happens every year.
+2
Grumpy old bastard alert
Meaningless game and meaningless result... Maybe.
If something good could be taken from it, perhaps that could be increased visibility for the under funded, under appreciated asbp. Perhaps, along with acfc's positive result against ccm a couple of years ago we could finally see that our own league is worth attending. That it is worth investing time, money, resources and media coverage in because as well as providing the majority of nzers with a meaningful competition that is accessible to more than just Wellington, that the standard is decent also...
Sadly, I don't see this as a likely outcome. Once the glamourous Australian team rolls out of town, the media lights and football fans will go home and wait for the next time a 'quality' overseas team comes to town.
Man, you're either a troll, or mildly developmentally impaired.
NZF don't give the ASBP the love it deserves. But under-funded? When your club has the budget it has? Hardly. Maybe ACFC could divert some money from the squad into promoting fixtures and try to draw a crowd themselves?
Remember Welnix? Them what own the licence for the Nix. They're sinking their money into the Phoenix. And that money is what brings the bright lights and media.
Stop being so God damned miserable. Lots of good can and did come from that game. I hope it happens every year.
+2
+4
+n
where n is a very large number.
Ali G has been a miserable git ever since he started posting.
So much so he could almost be a Nix fan. Almost.
"Phoenix till they lose"
Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion.
Genuine opinion: FTFFA
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
Not going to your teams game because you dont like the other team?
Thats how it's done guys
Highlights the different level of passion engendered by genuine professional football doesn't it. There are Fever fans from Wellington driving to Auckland right now to watch, and I'm seriously considering throwing away $500 to fly up and back for it. We go all over Australasia to watch the Nix.
Not going to your teams game because you dont like the other team?
Thats how it's done guys
Highlights the different level of passion engendered by genuine professional football doesn't it. There are Fever fans from Wellington driving to Auckland right now to watch, and I'm seriously considering throwing away $500 to fly up and back for it. We go all over Australasia to watch the Nix.
You mean the previous post where I said that people were doing the drive and I was seriously considering flying up? And contrasted that with Aucklanders who wouldn't cross town to watch?
That was all totally accurate. And I'm not sure the point you're trying to make?
Edit - actually I am sure the point you're trying to make, but you're not making it. Let's move along.
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
We all know there are football fans who will go anywhere to watch their team and fairweather fans who will turn out if the stars align - like a sunny day, a much hyped match, the team on a good run and the ground close to home. Unfortunately, as you guys know, the hard core fans are outnumbered by the fairweather fans.
To those who didn't come to Kiwitea Street to see ACFC vs Phoenix, well you missed a cracker of a game. However it was a pretty full house so I'm not sure we could have fitted many more in anyway. To those Phoenix fans who drove/flew up from Wellington, good on you. Just like the ACFC fans planning to fly down to Wellington for ACFC vs Team Wellington next month. Those away trips are a great day out. To me that's what being a football fan is all about.
We all know there are football fans who will go anywhere to watch their team and fairweather fans who will turn out if the stars align - like a sunny day, a much hyped match, the team on a good run and the ground close to home. Unfortunately, as you guys know, the hard core fans are outnumbered by the fairweather fans.
To those who didn't come to Kiwitea Street to see ACFC vs Phoenix, well you missed a cracker of a game. However it was a pretty full house so I'm not sure we could have fitted many more in anyway. To those Phoenix fans who drove/flew up from Wellington, good on you. Just like the ACFC fans planning to fly down to Wellington for ACFC vs Team Wellington next month. Those away trips are a great day out. To me that's what being a football fan is all about.
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
We all know there are football fans who will go anywhere to watch their team and fairweather fans who will turn out if the stars align - like a sunny day, a much hyped match, the team on a good run and the ground close to home. Unfortunately, as you guys know, the hard core fans are outnumbered by the fairweather fans.
To those who didn't come to Kiwitea Street to see ACFC vs Phoenix, well you missed a cracker of a game. However it was a pretty full house so I'm not sure we could have fitted many more in anyway. To those Phoenix fans who drove/flew up from Wellington, good on you. Just like the ACFC fans planning to fly down to Wellington for ACFC vs Team Wellington next month. Those away trips are a great day out. To me that's what being a football fan is all about.
If you're down from Auckland and can find me at the Davey F clubrooms come and say hi and I'll buy you a beverage.
We all know there are football fans who will go anywhere to watch their team and fairweather fans who will turn out if the stars align - like a sunny day, a much hyped match, the team on a good run and the ground close to home. Unfortunately, as you guys know, the hard core fans are outnumbered by the fairweather fans.
To those who didn't come to Kiwitea Street to see ACFC vs Phoenix, well you missed a cracker of a game. However it was a pretty full house so I'm not sure we could have fitted many more in anyway. To those Phoenix fans who drove/flew up from Wellington, good on you. Just like the ACFC fans planning to fly down to Wellington for ACFC vs Team Wellington next month. Those away trips are a great day out. To me that's what being a football fan is all about.
If you're down from Auckland and can find me at the Davey F clubrooms come and say hi and I'll buy you a beverage.
Happy to meet you lads for a beer. Looking forward to seeing TW's new lineup.
I'll point him out to you Smithy so you can avoid him.
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
I'll point him out to you Smithy so you can avoid him.
You'll be in the jack boots and tin hat flicking the riding crop I hear Hard News.
I'll point him out to you Smithy so you can avoid him.
Was this taken at the Phoenix academy when news of the ACFC game filtered through?
I'm confused. Isn't this a Phoenix supporters forum? Why are you here? Not enough action on your own forum or something?
I'm confused. Isn't this a Phoenix supporters forum? Why are you here? Not enough action on your own forum or something?
I'll point him out to you Smithy so you can avoid him.
Was this taken at the Phoenix academy when news of the ACFC game filtered through?
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
So I was in Auckland for a long weekend up from Welly and I went along to the game on Saturday - Nice set up at Kiwitea street. I sat in the grandstand about 6 rows below the Auckland City FC core supporters. Around me were families with kids supporting ACFC. Strange, I didn't see an knitting needles???
My take on the whole experience: I loved it - I didn't have any pre hopes for the game, just that I was there to watch a game of football...
The weather - typical Auckland 4 seasons in one day (but cleared come game time)
Pre-Match entertainment - Some fella rocking out to Thin lizzy singing 'the boys are back in town' over and over and over and over... but the crowd in the stand liked it.
Game Time - Well Auckland City came to play from the start and the Nix didn't, ACFC should of scored within the first minute.....hit the post. That set the tone for the first half with ACFC having multiple chances - backed up by some great saves from Spoonley. With the Nix having a couple of chances one by Sigmund that needed a top save from the Auckland keeper.
If things has panned with that first shot going in it could have been 3-1 easily at halftime.
Second Half - Coaches ring the changes and the Nix start to get more ball. but can't do much with it.
Auckland scored a late goal that was a bit out of nowwhere from where i was sitting in the stand and I thought Moss should have saved it. However, the Auckland fans were up and at 'em when they scored - Well done! And with Auckland winning the game it was a fair result. (It could have been 5-2 if some of the shots had beaten the keepers)
So, I was impressed with ACFC and the fans had there chants going from time to time. I'd welcome more games in the future as some have mentioned prior. Either @ Kiwitea again or in Welly.
Both teams played below strength linups - would the result have been different if both were at full strength? - is irellevant untill it actually happens...
I can't wait for the inter squad game on Sunday!
Cheers,
Just
Masters Grade aint no run in the park on a Saturday...
Great post! Don't forget to get along to the Backbencher before the game on Sunday for a soothing ale.
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
What's the plan for this Sunday? Is there a YF launch party happening?
Or just meet up at BB for an early lunch & some beers?
What's the plan for this Sunday? Is there a YF launch party happening?
Or just meet up at BB for an early lunch & some beers?
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
Is this game this Sunday?
what do I need to do to actually get into it (aside from spending money?)
Also, forum favourite Run Stacey Run is racing at 2:20 on Sunday - does the BB have the TAB channel?
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
