First Nix game to be broadcast on free to air TV in Australia.
Also, if we don't lose, the Heart will set a record for the number of winless games at the start of the season, surpassing Glory's 11.
no kisnorbo, good job
Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet
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Strebre has the whistle for the game. Nix are P14 W3 D3 L8 under him, whilst Heart are P9 W1 D5 L3.
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Kewell will be out with whiplash after opening Christmas presents to fast.
I have an amazing ability to find my way out of mazes. I'm pathological.
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Even Brocks and Stein will be able to give Kewl shit about his penalty
Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet
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come on boys. we should be able to do this.
Be obscure clearly
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come on boys. we should be able to do this.
Famous last words. lol
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
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come on boys. we should be able to do this.
Do not see why not. The ducks may have finally lined up all in one row.
We were not that far off against the CCM last Thursday night, save for a couple of obvious lapses (gifting a goal - Siggy, not converting a penalty- Stein, missing a sitter - Brockie). But CCM are a better team than Heart, despite their slight slump right now (I expected a more evenly balanced against WSW last night yet it was a clear case of WSW supremacy). So I would say we have a slight advantage.
Let's win it for Paul.
Actually, getting outplayed quite a bit these days
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My line up: 4231
Moss
Fenton Sigmund Durante Muscat
Lia Reira
Bertos/Hicks Hernandez Cunningham
Stein
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Would think we will stick with 4-3-1-2, with Brockie coming in for Ifill. Boyd to get the bench spot.
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Would think we will stick with 4-3-1-2, with Brockie coming in for Ifill. Boyd to get the bench spot.
Grumpy old bastard alert
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We're gonna win the League!
"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009
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The official Doloras prediction: MHT 1 - 2 WPX.
Ramming liberal dribble down your throat since 2009
This forum needs less angst and more Kate Bush threads
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Not sure if Ernie is a big Brockie fan anymore. His comments about Brockie only turning up for a few minutes per game to try score plus him saying that we will recruit a couple of goal scorers in January kind of point to him looking at alternatives.
But Brockie will probably get a start in this game as there are not too many alternatives. Boyd is still some way off being a true A-league player. But at 18 he still has time to develop. The last few games Boyd has come on he has got himself involved and been busy. I reckon Brockie needs a big game against the Heart or he could find himself doing a lot of bench warming.
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Yeah Brockie needs a bucketful.
Both teams have to win.
Big game coming up.
COYN
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Has anyone compared Heart lineup this season to last season's? I am curious if they had any massive changes that would cause them the wobbles, or is it just their slow slide since van't Schipp left the coaching post and Milicic went to WSW. If all of their trouble is due to Johnny Aloisi's steep learning curve as a coach then I'd say we are in for a win despite Paul Ifill's absence. He (Aloisi) does not seem to have new tricks up his sleeve anymore, short of letting Kewell prove himself as a valid proposition.
Actually, getting outplayed quite a bit these days
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Has anyone compared Heart lineup this season to last season's? I am curious if they had any massive changes that would cause them the wobbles, or is it just their slow slide since van't Schipp left the coaching post and Milicic went to WSW. If all of their trouble is due to Johnny Aloisi's steep learning curve as a coach then I'd say we are in for a win despite Paul Ifill's absence. He (Aloisi) does not seem to have new tricks up his sleeve anymore, short of letting Kewell prove himself as a valid proposition.
Grumpy old bastard alert
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Huge game this. Really need our chances to go in because they will see us as a good chance for points too and 1 goal does not mean our finishing troubles are over
Fuck this stupid game
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I'd like to get all starry eyed and say we are going to beat Heart but then I remember that we have never, ever won in Melbourne.
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Sort of game we used to lose. Get a good home win, then stuff it up next game away. Has always prevented Phoenix home crowds building. Failure to win back to back. So a real test to see where Ernie has this side.
We'll have to be up for it, as this will be Aloisi's last chance with Heart, with new owners in. Chance for Brockie to come right, which I think he will. But am bogged down by years of inept away performances under RH, and failure of this club to win away games that they really should win.
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Sort of game we used to lose. Get a good home win, then stuff it up next game away. Has always prevented Phoenix home crowds building. Failure to win back to back. So a real test to see where Ernie has this side.
We'll have to be up for it, as this will be Aloisi's last chance with Heart, with new owners in. Chance for Brockie to come right, which I think he will. But am bogged down by years of inept away performances under RH, and failure of this club to win away games that they really should win.
What new owners? I must have missed this.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
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Our away form this year has been decent from a performance point of view. No results though.
Considering we have lost Ifill yet we won last week, it would be reasonable if you were a fence sitter on this one.
Heart are shit though
Grumpy old bastard alert
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Thanks. I knew that it was on offer, but pretty sure it is not a done deal yet.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
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Jesus the club is valued that high? I would have thought when you consider that the squad is paid for by the HAL salary cap, what are you buying? If they are $9m, what is the Phoenix worth?
Grumpy old bastard alert
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Thanks. I knew that it was on offer, but pretty sure it is not a done deal yet.
Same here. But as you know, Ray Gatt's pretty onto it at The Australian. Not normally wrong.
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Has anyone compared Heart lineup this season to last season's? I am curious if they had any massive changes that would cause them the wobbles, or is it just their slow slide since van't Schipp left the coaching post and Milicic went to WSW. If all of their trouble is due to Johnny Aloisi's steep learning curve as a coach then I'd say we are in for a win despite Paul Ifill's absence. He (Aloisi) does not seem to have new tricks up his sleeve anymore, short of letting Kewell prove himself as a valid proposition.
Definitely a lot of changes since last year. They released a number of ageing players who played quite a bit last year.
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2012/13 |
2013/14 |
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1 |
Clint Bolton |
Andrew Redmayne |
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2 |
Michael Marrone |
Jeremy Walker (Youth) |
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3 |
Brendan Hamill |
Rob Wielaert |
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4 |
Simon Colosimo |
Orlando Engelaar |
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5 |
Fred |
Sam Mitchinson (Youth) |
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6 |
Matt Thompson |
Patrick Gerhardt |
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7 |
Rutger Worm |
Iain Ramsay |
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8 |
Kristian Sarkies |
Massimo Murdocca |
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9 |
Maycon |
Dylan Macallister |
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10 |
Wayne Srhoj |
Harry Kewell (Captain) |
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11 |
Alex Terra |
Michael Mifsud |
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12 |
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13 |
Jonatan Germano |
Jonatan Germano |
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14 |
Kamal Ibrahim |
Golgol Mebrahtu |
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15 |
David Williams |
David Williams |
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16 |
Aziz Behich |
Aziz Behich |
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17 |
Jason Hoffman |
Jason Hoffman |
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18 |
Curtis Good |
David Vranković (Youth) |
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19 |
Eli Babalj |
Ben Garuccio (Youth) |
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20 |
Adrian Zahra |
Tando Velaphi |
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21 |
Kliment Taseski |
Stefan Mauk (Youth) |
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22 |
Nick Kalmar |
Nick Kalmar |
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23 |
Mate Dugandžić |
Mate Dugandžić |
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24 |
Nikola Roganović |
Patrick Kisnorbo |
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25 |
Andrea Migliorini |
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26 |
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27 |
Craig Goodwin |
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Jesus the club is valued that high? I would have thought when you consider that the squad is paid for by the HAL salary cap, what are you buying? If they are $9m, what is the Phoenix worth?
About the same as Auckland City.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
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To quote an old Elvis song..."It's now or never!"
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
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Jesus the club is valued that high? I would have thought when you consider that the squad is paid for by the HAL salary cap, what are you buying? If they are $9m, what is the Phoenix worth?
About the same as Auckland City.
That's an interesting question...assets of the club would be few. I'd imagine the value of the club would be in (off top of my head):
Players' contracts (you can sell them overseas anyway).
HAL licence.
Sponsorship contracts.
A small number of fixed assets.
A dubious amount of goodwill.
I can't think of anything much else that the club might have of value?
BTW this game is a day of reckoning for El Grapadura who has been saying for ages that the Heart are better than we are.
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
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Gotta win this if we are to have any chance of climbing the table. Hope we attack the shit out of them. Play like we did against Sydney and we have every chance of taking three points.
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BTW this game is a day of reckoning for El Grapadura who has been saying for ages that the Heart are better than we are.
Twisting my words again, I believe I've been saying we're not better than them...
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Gotta win this if we are to have any chance of climbing the table. Hope we attack the shit out of them. Play like we did against Sydney and we have every chance of taking three points.
Really? I thought the match against Sydney was one of our worst in recent weeks.
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I hope it comes right, but it seems our strikers are like rabbits in headlights, and without Ifill I fear it will be worse.
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To be honest our strikers finishing was still pants with ifill
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