Pre-Season 2018/19 - vs Victory

This Singh guy seems pretty good

1-0 at the half.  Reports say pretty much all Phoenix. Callan Elliot again playing very well.

Ben Waine on for Burnsy.

on a scale of 0 to 15, Was it worth the $15 to watch?

Well they only played 83 minutes. So $13.80

So, added on time was -7 minutes??

There's an easy but slightly unfair rhyme there. Only slightly. 

Callan Elliott did indeed look very good, good, high energy athlete with an eye for a good pass. Fenton and Fox had a solid game too. WU didn't really trouble the Nix too much and we should have won by more.

TAHW pulled up just before kick-off, not serious though, looks like just a muscle issue. 

A great night, my 9 YO was absolutely thrilled by the approachability of the Nix players and coach. A really good marketing exercise by the club, more please.

Filip Kurto looks a bit different in person? https://twitter.com/kiwibardy/status/1019105196058636288

Pretty sure the Miramar game was 80 minutes too

Any reports on the trialists? Quite keen to hear how Wallen went in particular. A real shame about TAHW but hopefully it's nothing serious and he gets another chance soon.

The only trialist that really stood out for me was Callan Elliott. Josh Wallen did look good in an understated way, sat quite deep with adequate distribution. Jack Henry Sinclair can play a lot better than he did, and although he's not really a trialist as such (but is probably "on trial" of sorts) Louis Fenton looked good, apart from having a penalty saved.

When you look at the players who got on the pitch only really Singh, Burns, Libby and Fox would be regulars. Ryan Lowry played a full game, as did Oli Sail. I guess Sail is our first choice keeper right now, he certainly did nothing to suggest he couldn't handle the role permanently.

The good thing about Elliot is that he is young enough to play for the WeeNix if he was not required for first team duties. Surely that boosts his chances.

Still haven't seen any mention of when we are playing that game in Beijing this month tho.

I only ever suggested one chant in my life on here, it was a year or two ago, and I stand by it. Should we ever sign Hudson-Wihongi, then it surely has to be;

Poi-e, Hudson Te Atawhai

Poi-e, Hudson Te Atawhai

Poi-e, Hudson Te Atawhai

POI TAKU POI E!

I know it mish-mashes his name a wee bit, but it just rolls off the tongue... perhaps the Hudson part could be changed to something else, like "we've got", not sure. But there's gotta be something there... 

Actually on further reflection, the "we've got" thing might be a lot better... 

Poi-e, we've got Te Atawhai

Poi-e, we've got Te Atawhai

Poi-e, we've got Te Atawhai

POI TAKU POI E!

That was then....

7 hours is a long time in football.

Nice

Ha ha, I didn't know Nixie was still a thing

(The missus saw him over my shoulder on YouTube and was "what the hell was that? It looks like an evil Bert!")

There is some good news. A guy I work with went to his first ever Phoenix game with his kid and told me last night that he'd definately take his son to another game with the Nix. Encouraging words.

Off to Gold Coast at the weekend.  Hope the imports don't just stay there, or aren't kidnapped by Clive Palmer.

They won't like it. Too hot, not enough ground movement, no wind.

I seriously hope it isn't similar to this from the AFL!!!

How about yourself? A good place for early retirement I believe.

I think Palmer would cause a lot of ground movement by himself.

If the imports have partners into shopping at all they won't want to stay on the GC!

I hope the Tratt trial goes well. Love that guy.

Will 4Kingz show the game you reckon?

Looks like there will be no updates about the closed doors game vs the Roar today.

Brisbane have announced they will be updating the closed doors game with the Nix tonight

Interesting. The Phoenix have been very adamant that they were not allowed to.

Roar came out an hour a go saying there wouldn't be too.  

"It’s important to note a couple of items about visiting teams.

"Firstly, when these Hyundai A-League clubs organise a pre-season match in our state, we are their guests. Therefore, these clubs choose the venue to host a match and direct terms on which a practice match will be played."

“Our club is designated as the visiting team for these fixtures and on most occasions, these clubs choose to hold the match behind closed doors.”

BRFC endeavours to have as many open pre-season games as possible, however we must respect those Hyundai A-League clubs who wish to play behind closed door especially as their guests.

“We’re often asked about streaming pre-season games live. For full transparency - Fox Sports hold all streaming rights throughout the entire season including pre-season. Where we can, our club will reproduce footage where we can throughout pre-season within the guidelines imposed upon us,” Pourre concluded.

https://www.brisbaneroar.com.au/news/roar-take-wellington-pre-season-match

.@brisbaneroar beat @WgtnPhoenixFC 2-1 in today’s behind-closed-doors trial at Robina. Story soon at @cmail_sport #ALeague

Taggart & Bautheac scored for the Roar, Burns for the Nix according to this https://www.news.com.au/sport/football/a-league/brisbane-roar/prized-recruit-adam-taggart-opens-brisbane-roar-account-with-trial-goal-against-wellington/news-story/917af283d6708b9517c807d29ddc0200

Well, at least we scored from a CORNER.

And it was Burns who scored. Great signs!

Great! Back to losing again. I know 'Rudan out' is meant to be joke, still no buying into, so far it's all words.