Pre-Season 2018/19 - vs Victory

According to twitter a bet b 5-0, Singh, og, Taylor, Krishna x 2

Great goal from Taylor. Dura looked average tbh.

Singh,Taylor, Krishna x 2 - this to be the story of our season please (plus clean sheet,of course)

Also unfair to call it own goal, when in fact it was Durante's fault, Krishna stole him the ball, for a second I thought hope this guys is a trialist. Williams was good, he looks very skilled and powerful. Taylor great goal celebration. Burns unlucky but got least one assist and one assist to an assist with a great ball. Tratt looked good and I liked Fenton's performance, a lot of good interceptions. I really didn't looked at Kopa, at least I can't remember any negatives, which could be good for midfielder. They still all lack a bit of chemistry.

I only caught the second half but it looked a bit rough. Kopa invisible.

Well we've been trying to replace Tim Brown for some time!

Yoo Byung Soo's career looks alright. Scored a ton of goals (37 in 67 games) between 2009 and 2011 in the K-League, moved to Saudi Arabia where he carried on his form, then went to Russia with Rostov in 2013 but only played 28 times and scored three goals in three seasons.

Been playing in the South Korean fourth division (!) since 2017. Three caps for South Korea won in 2010 and 2011

Thanks for the rap mate. Wasn’t much around not even on Twitter.

Good run, to late pass.

Looks like the last two years have been during his 2 years compulsory military/public service, so may have been something to do with that.

We should be giving Troy Ruthven from the NPL Victoria a go in these types of games. He’s exactly the type of DM Rudan has stayed he wants, someone who has size and strength, is strong defensively, good ball passer with some pace.

hmmm... 18 posts... nearly all mentioning Ruthven...

harsh! i'm sure all 18 posters have seen ruthven play and have formed their own opinions on his ability

Think he was referring to one poster posting 18 times

Gonna be awkward when all but 20 people leave after the 'curtain raiser' on Saturday especially since Marist got pumped in the first leg.

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Squads

Wellington Phoenix Available Squad

1. Filip KURTO (GK), 3. Ben WAINE (Academy), 5.Ryan LOWRY, 6.Dylan FOX, 7.Nathan BURNS, 8.Mitch NICHOLS,10. David WILLIAMS, 14. Alex RUFER, 15. Michal KOPZCYNSKI, 16. Louis FENTON, 18.Sarpreet SINGH, 19.Tom DOYLE, 20.Oliver SAIL (Gk), 21.Roy KRISHNA, 22.Andrew DURANTE (c), 26.Liberato CACACE, 27. Steven TAYLOR

Napier City Rovers Available Squad

1. Mack WAITE, 3. Liam SCHOFIELD, 4. Drew MATTHEWS, 5. Kaeden ATKINS, 6. Jamie WILKINSON, 8. Karan MANDAIR, 9. Martin BUENO, 10. Patryk MISIK, 12. Ethan LADD, 14. Josh STEVENSON, 15. James HOYLE, 16. Danny WILSON, 17. Fergus NEIL, 18. Bjorn CHRISTENSEN, 19. Bill ROBERTSON, 20. Zac MADSEN, 21. Kyle BAXTER

Waine still in. No Tratt or Yoo Byung Soo on the list, but presumably they'll be there if they're around and still on trial. Maybe other triallists too.

Am I right in assuming the game will be at the Ring of Dirt part of CET Arena or will it be on one of the back fields?

Pretty sure it's at the RoD.

I thought we had pre session games in Asia organised this year, are they not happening?

Australia is in the AFC

Yes Tratt.

We need more senior players. This startup looks fragile.

Burns scores early

Its been all Nix so far shouldnt be long before we see a second here as we continue to press on and create chances

No Nichols?

Yoo has been great so far, delivering a great cross for Krishna to volley home and then gets on the end of a deflected cross for his first goal in the nix colours. Great start! The Nix taking their chances so far

Taylor has gone down but it looks like he will be able to play on here. It came off a dangerous ball into the box from Napier. The Rovers still on the back foot but are looking to create some opportunities.

4 - 0 sweet

Best Gimpo Citizen probably ever seen in a Nix uniform?

Napier should have had a penalty there but the referee waves it away. The Phoenix really should have payed for that. Napier starting to really gain a foothold in this match and keeping possesion but they havent been able as of yet to challenge Kurto in goal. Credits to defence just need to hold possesion.

Doyle. 4-0

Kopa sent off for second yellow. His distribution had been good but he was pretty reckless with his challenges. 

Interesting that Libby is part of the back three. Has had an absolute mare so far. The Korean is very average.

Other than that pretty comfortable outing.

Tom Doyle from outside the box finds the far corner and the Phoenix if they havent killed the game off already have now just as Napier were starting to grow into this game. Their defence looks extremely fragile. 4-0 Nix right on halftime