Pre-season friendlies

Pre-season friendlies

Before version 2 of the a-league the Knights planned to have an away pre-season friendly game versus Hawkes Bay (the NZFC team). The Knights then pulled out of the friendly using some pathetic excuse like "the players need to get used to their own pitch". I was wondering if anybody knew if the phoenix were planning to have any pre-season friendly's (not the pre-season cup). If they did have some away games vs NZFC opponents before the pre-season cup then that could build support around the country.

What do you people think???

Be a great idea - they will need games before the NZFC

yeah have games aorund the country, ill go to the canterbury game

Yeah would be a good way to get support

Yeah, good practice too, the more games they can play together as a team before the start of the A-league the better, So that most of the team will be able to work well with the style of play that the South americans will bring....I'm all for local friendly games.

Wont many of the NZFC players still be with their clubs?

You could be right - the relationship between Mick Waitt and others involved in football may see Ricki decide to keep the froiendlies in the Wellington/Manawatu region.

Just play a friendly with Team Wellington first! Handy!

Play friendlies against top local central league clubs such as, Miramar Rangers, Western Suburbs, Wellington Olympic & Lower Hutt City maybe.. just to get the boys to gell together & get there, get some games together before the season kicks off. 

this is the normal practice. melbourne and most a-league teams play with local football teams before the pre-season comp. theres no doubt the pheonix will do the same, especially to get the new team together.

 I thought I read Mark Chote the new Team Wellington chairman was going to make contact with the Phoenix and try to arrange training between the two clubs.

I think there should a reserve comp

Yeah that would be great but I don't think it would be useful at this time..In the future maybe when the clubs ave become more stable and ave enough money to spend on more players so that there can be a reserve squads.

I would love to see WP play Perth in a pre-season game. It would be a really good run for the boys and an easy win too.

COME TO CHCH AND PLAY CANTY

I saw warm up match, Basin Reserve, against anyone! uncle steve2007-05-06 23:21:50

y not give playing the teams from oceania like fijian samoan and solomon island teams.

A game v ACFC would be great - our NZFC Champs v our A League side.

Yeah Wellington Pheonix vs Team Wellington...What a great game that would be...

A match vs tw would be great for tw they would get some better money than usual.

Venue: Basin, Teams: Phoenix V Team Wellington - sorted

I take it Ginger Eejit isn't just a clever nickname ....

Basin would be the best venue no doubt! But Team Wellington. i dno. Maby The NZFC 11 vs Phoenix. That way phoenix can see who steps up for the nzfc team and maby they could become potential signings. Also just have a 5 dollar entry fee. Nothing high. This will bring in the crowd and hopefully this would continue when they play at westpac

Good call pavlos - that'd be perfect

they should face auckland city, up at auckland

The reason I suggest it is to build the hype and excitement in Wellington for the Phoenix, isn't really going to do much for the footballing people in Wellington, if Phoenix go down to ChCh to play a friendly down there.

I was taking the piss. Dont think team Wellington would a gree to that sort of match. Unless they played 4th stringers.

ye let nzfc 11 play the phoenix great oppurtunity to play for a spot in the phoenix side i rekon. Surely Raf de Gregorio is in the mind of Herbert as a bench centre midfielder hes better then Christie neday.

Be good to have them go against the top NZFC teams to see how they compare to them.

You rection DeGregorio...nah i rection hell get Raf a pre-contract let him 'sober' up in Central league, get his fitness and stamina back then next year bring him in.

I reckon an invitation game against Manawatu or Auckland City at Newtown Park would be a goer. Personally I'd like to see YHM play here so we (and Ricki Jervais. .. Herbet) can get a look at Totori.

ye tru good point. And ye Totoris all good but the rest of the teams sh*te and he prob wont get much ball. How about the NZFC 11. Best of the best! That has to be the best!

Obvious problem lads.  The Phoenix first pre-season game is mid-July.  NZFC squads don't even have to be finalised until October.

Just about every NZFC player by the end of the month will be at a winter club who are unlikely to release them for a Pre-Season friendly against us.

More likely to see them play the U-20's before they head for Canada I imagine.
Hard News2007-05-08 20:42:26

There will definitely be a pre-season game in Palmy against Manawatu....our first roadtrip!!!  And possibly one in the Hawkes Bay or the Naki - unconfirmed who against.....

They are keen to generate support all around NZ with a very strong base in Welli.....

how do u knw about the manawatu one?

Why not just keep it wellington and go to Newtown Park when Olympic is playing?

these ideas are all good, we just got be funking organised and get the chants sorted and use them as practise for us hahaha