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Pre-season v All White XI Rotorua 22 Sept 2013

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over 12 years ago
Ryan wrote:

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Ticketmaster New Zealand


*WELLINGTON PHOENIX UPDATE*

A-League football alternatives being explored for Rotorua

Rotorua District Council's events unit, Rotorua Events and Venues, is examining alternative match arrangements following advice from A-League football champions Central Coast Mariners that they are no longer able to make the previously planned pre-season match against Wellington Phoenix.

The match was scheduled to take place in Rotorua on Sunday 22 September. The Mariners have cited a clash of pre-season fixtures as the reason behind their decision.

Events & Venues' operations manager Crispian Stewart said his management team was in discussions with a number of other A-League cubs and the Wellington Phoenix to try and secure a replacement opponent, as well as exploring the possibility of a date change.

"We remain committed to finding an alternative if at all possible so that Rotorua still gets the opportunity to host its first pre-season A-League fixture. We anticipate being able to confirm some final arrangements as soon as next week"

Mr Stewart said ticket sales were currently on hold temporarily until an alternative match could be confirmed. Existing ticket holders would have the option of redeeming tickets for the alternative event or getting a full refund.

Please call 0800 111 999 or email customer.help@ticketmaster.co.nz with any enquiries.

 

Crispian?!

 

"Ticketmaster are pleased to announce that Crispian has spoken to his boi Aslan and the two of them have arranged a replacement fixture with Narnia FC.

"'We are delighted,' said Aslan, 'you're my boy Crispian'.

"Ticketmaster are expected to recommence ticket sales shortly, and a travel package for magical creatures from far away lands is also expected to be announced."

 

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over 12 years ago
Fitzy wrote:
 a travel package for magical creatures from far away lands is also expected to be announced."

 


The West Sydney Unicorns are playing?

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over 12 years ago

Haha nice. This forum almost needs its own 'know your meme' type website/database!


Allegedly

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over 12 years ago

They are to CONFIRM something next week......Like the Central Coast was not confirmed...?????????....

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over 12 years ago

The phrasing of that release is priceless:


"Rotorua District Council's events unit, Rotorua Events and Venues, is examining alternative match arrangements following advice from A-League football champions Central Coast Mariners that they are no longer able to make the previously planned pre-season match against Wellington Phoenix."


CCM are "no longer able to make it" - they're not coming round for a Sunday bbq!!! But, but, we had it in the diary for 3 weeks now??

Normo's coming home

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over 12 years ago
james dean wrote:

The phrasing of that release is priceless:


"Rotorua District Council's events unit, Rotorua Events and Venues, is examining alternative match arrangements following advice from A-League football champions Central Coast Mariners that they are no longer able to make the previously planned pre-season match against Wellington Phoenix."


CCM are "no longer able to make it" - they're not coming round for a Sunday bbq!!! But, but, we had it in the diary for 3 weeks now??

Adelaide are in the same tournament in Indonesia and have a game scheduled for the same date (22/9) against WSW. I've been asking around on twitter to see if that game will still go ahead. Maybe the tournaments dates were altered from the original plans?
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over 12 years ago

there's the replacement match right there......west sydney

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over 12 years ago
Napier Phoenix wrote:

there's the replacement match right there......west sydney

We already have an away game against WSW scheduled on 21/8. Wanderers are meant to be playing Adelaide in Penrith, so probably have booked the stadium for it.
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over 12 years ago

Very cool concept.

Nix were probably too scared to ask Auckland City for a game


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over 12 years ago

Is there anything worse than having your thread locked? ha


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over 12 years ago

Yes having your 2nd locked

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over 12 years ago

We never did find out the results of Dura's FIFA thing, did we?


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over 12 years ago
Not a whisper. For those who had brought tickets, are you more excited or gutted by this match?



Auckland will rise once more

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over 12 years ago
AucklandPhoenix wrote:
Not a whisper. For those who had brought tickets, are you more excited or gutted by this match?


Quite interested in seeing all the new young fellas have a run
it's fine for me, was passing by anyway and $15 is peanuts for a bit of a look at NZA and NixB
should be a fun day
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over 12 years ago

This will be interesting if you are named Aaron Clapham.

On one hand you want the new gaffer to sign you but on the other, the guy picking the other side doesn't think you are good enough.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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over 12 years ago

Normall I don't like these sort of games but this one could be quite interesting. They should sell it as the New Nix vs the Old Nix.....because thats what it looks like it will be. There should be a few players who will have points to prove. Maybe a coach as well


As for the outcome?  I think the NZ A side would be more embarrassed to lose. Could be a very very interesting match with quite a few individual battles. 

For Ernie it is a great chance to do a dummy run without his AW's.....a rehearsal for the seasons opener! I guess the Nix would look something like

                  Italiano

Fenton   Boxhall   Adams   Caira

          Muscat   Lia/import

               Carlos

Ifill         Stein       Rufer/Boyd

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over 12 years ago
austin10 wrote:

Normall I don't like these sort of games but this one could be quite interesting. They should sell it as the New Nix vs the Old Nix.....because thats what it looks like it will be. There should be a few players who will have points to prove. Maybe a coach as well


As for the outcome?  I think the NZ A side would be more embarrassed to lose. Could be a very very interesting match with quite a few individual battles. 

For Ernie it is a great chance to do a dummy run without his AW's.....a rehearsal for the seasons opener! I guess the Nix would look something like

                  Italiano

Fenton   Boxhall   Adams   Caira

          Muscat   Lia/import

               Carlos

Ifill         Stein       Rufer/Boyd


No idea who makes up NZ A tho


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over 12 years ago · edited over 12 years ago · History

You can bet on Moss, Bertos, Durante, Sigmund and Lochhead at the back. 

Brockie in there and maybe some Kosta.. Wee Mac? Ivan as well. 

Grumpy old bastard alert

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over 12 years ago
Jeff Vader wrote:

You can bet on Moss, Bertos, Durante, Sigmund and Lochhead at the back. 

Brockie in there and maybe some Kosta.. Wee Mac?


If clubs release. Kinda doubt tho.

Dont wanna see christie or clapham. If released try get roux, appiah kubi along with kosta & weemac. Add vicelich & have a look at eagar


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over 12 years ago · edited over 12 years ago · History
. It would be nice to see as many all whites as possible playing for the crowd. With the exception of Reid, Smith and Wood, we could almost put out our entire starting line up for our first WC qualifying game.


It the strongest side is put out I would actually prefer to watch this one then the CCM


Auckland will rise once more

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over 12 years ago

A great replacement. Road trip planned and tickets in hand. 

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over 12 years ago
TV wrote:
Jeff Vader wrote:

You can bet on Moss, Bertos, Durante, Sigmund and Lochhead at the back. 

Brockie in there and maybe some Kosta.. Wee Mac?


If clubs release. Kinda doubt tho.


Dont wanna see christie or clapham. If released try get roux, appiah kubi along with kosta & weemac. Add vicelich & have a look at eagar

"New Zealand-based All Whites"
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over 12 years ago
2ndBest wrote:
TV wrote:
Jeff Vader wrote:

You can bet on Moss, Bertos, Durante, Sigmund and Lochhead at the back. 

Brockie in there and maybe some Kosta.. Wee Mac?


If clubs release. Kinda doubt tho.


Dont wanna see christie or clapham. If released try get roux, appiah kubi along with kosta & weemac. Add vicelich & have a look at eagar

"New Zealand-based All Whites"


Boo


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over 12 years ago


Christie !!!! Bloody eck is it April again...

 

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over 12 years ago

Gutted I can't lock this one in until I know the outcome of my golf Club Championships Matchplay Semi Final on 31st August. 36 Hole Final is set down for the 21st Sept should I be lucky enough to win through I may be very hung over...

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over 12 years ago

I think this is a really interesting fixture - much better than a pre-season friendly against CCM.


And it's a promoters dream if you do it right - you can pitch this as a game where just about every player has a point to prove

Normo's coming home

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over 12 years ago


I bet Lochie is the best left back on the night

Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet

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over 12 years ago

You know OOE, I suspect a few games into the season, people will be wishing Lochhead was playing.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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over 12 years ago

We always missed him when he was unavailable last season

Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet

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over 12 years ago

Exactly but you can't tell those that need a scapegoat for failure. Tim Brown was the same. What we would have given for him last year

Grumpy old bastard alert

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over 12 years ago

I know its remote but with NZ Football involved in the game now, does the chance that Sky may show the game live increase? I can't find room in the budget to get to the game but would love to see the game. It would probably mean a lower crowd tho.

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over 12 years ago
Jeff Vader wrote:

You know OOE, I suspect a few games into the season, people will be wishing Lochhead was playing.

Yeh, it's the planned weakness in a salary capped squad
score more goals than the other guys is the philosophy
I think we all know that with Lochie there we'd not have all of Kenny, Carlos and new DM.  If Lochie had accepted a lower salary we might have had them all
which doesn't alter the fact that Lochie may well be the best LB on the field
I'll just be optimistic and hope the young guys develop well and quickly.
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over 12 years ago

The overriding opinion is that Lochhead was on a wedge and perhaps he did not like the new terms offered but no one has actually come out and said that this was the case.

I guess from two fronts, minimum football wage is better than no wage and experienced LB is better than no LB. Even if he does not fit the style Ernie wants, surely they must come together for a chat.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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over 12 years ago
Jeff Vader wrote:

Exactly but you can't tell those that need a scapegoat for failure. Tim Brown was the same. What we would have given for him last year

Don't want to start anything as it is the wrong thread, but as one of the bigger criticisers of Brown (at times), I still maintain our midfield was just as bad with him in it and I stand by my criticisms. He did however start to get into the form of his life as his time at the nix ran out - I was eating my words then.

Allegedly

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over 12 years ago
Blew.2 wrote:

A great replacement. Road trip planned and tickets in hand. 

a Micky Mouse REPLACEMENT......could not get any other team to play against.......will be such a " total " very friendly match...eg, is Durante going to tackle Ifill at 100%...not likely.
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over 12 years ago

Given the lack of options due to CCM pulling out late, I'd say its a really good and quite clever replacement. 


Allegedly

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over 12 years ago
SuperFrank wrote:
Blew.2 wrote:

A great replacement. Road trip planned and tickets in hand. 

a Micky Mouse REPLACEMENT......could not get any other team to play against.......will be such a " total " very friendly match...eg, is Durante going to tackle Ifill at 100%...not likely.

Not so sure about that.....there will be plenty of motivation by many players to prove they should be picked or should not have been dropped. You think Locky might want a big game? 
Remember that if we qualify for the WC then there are slots in the squad to go to Brazil next year still up for grabs. Thats plenty of motivation for the likes of Boxhall, Adams, Fenton etc.There are plenty of  young kids coming through who want to show both Ricki and Ernie that they are as good as or better than some of the old guys.  
I think there is a fair bit of spice to this game.....more than there would have been against CCM
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over 12 years ago
austin10 wrote:
SuperFrank wrote:
Blew.2 wrote:

A great replacement. Road trip planned and tickets in hand. 

a Micky Mouse REPLACEMENT......could not get any other team to play against.......will be such a " total " very friendly match...eg, is Durante going to tackle Ifill at 100%...not likely.


Not so sure about that.....there will be plenty of motivation by many players to prove they should be picked or should not have been dropped. You think Locky might want a big game? 

Remember that if we qualify for the WC then there are slots in the squad to go to Brazil next year still up for grabs. Thats plenty of motivation for the likes of Boxhall, Adams, Fenton etc.There are plenty of  young kids coming through who want to show both Ricki and Ernie that they are as good as or better than some of the old guys.  

I think there is a fair bit of spice to this game.....more than there would have been against CCM

Remember this is our chance to test the team who will play our first home game. So no waste. 

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