I don't see how these performances against the bottom teams justify change of coach, as I see very little change of approach, tactics, game strategy, personnel.
I may not have a position on this but that is an odd one.
By change of coach I meant Ernie. My argument is that based on what I've seen the last month green & ham are too similar to Ernie. We need a new broom with this cattle.
Grumpy old bastard alert
I agree with dribbling and passing. Countless really simple passes went straight to the opposition. It's a shame and beyond me. A-Rod the only midfielder who can pass the ball hard and to the feet to another player.
After a couple of months with no home games I enjoyed the trip into town, backing the boys and having a go at Adelaide from the zone. Not a classic but love live football.
for crying out loud, were you lot oblivious to the conditions?
A fan is a fan.
It's amazing how even news readers on the radio constantly mispronounce sports peoples names.
It's amazing how even news readers on the radio constantly mispronounce sports peoples names.
not really lot of quality in the journo/news reader department in this country though - none of them do any research if they can avoid it.
Queenslander 3x a year.
5548 - not too cold until the second half - but the football was god awful! Cant imagine we'll get much more than that in 2 weeks time
A lot of eratic wind and fairly slippery. If both sides could finish we might have won that 3-1.
After match comments sum it up for me.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/a-league/88071664/wellington-phoenix-and-adelaide-united-play-out-drab-scoreless-draw-in-miserable-conditions
Phoenix co-coach Chris Greenacre said he was pleased with his side's defensive performance as Adelaide were kept without a shot on target, but felt it was three points lost due to a lack of clinical finishing.
"I think it's a ruthlessness, being really determined to score a goal and I think we just seem to be lacking that.
"The old cliche about going in where the boots are flying and it's dangerous and having that real killer instinct. we just didn't seem to have that."
Wellington now have a quick turnaround before travelling to Perth for Thursday's match. That means two training sessions to get things right in front of goal, which Buckingham said would mean they have to be smart with what they work on.
"It's more about just tweaking certain things. We've come away from the two wide guys and introduced a central forward through the middle, I think we just need to spend a bit more time on making sure we've got the patterns right for those front three and their understanding when we've got possession so we can finish off the chances we create."
What was the crowd size?
5528 or something close to that
/sarcasm off
Grumpy old bastard alert
What was the crowd size?
5528 or something close to that
/sarcasm off
Someone must have counted each ticket twice. No way did the crowd look that size
One aspect of the game I queried was the makeup of the bench. 1 attacker playing the 10th placed team. Seemed odd.
A fan is a fan.
No friggen way was there more than 4k at that game. We started chanting "We double swiped our tickets" when that rogure went up on the screen. Why wont any one shoot...except Roy trying to shoot when he should
poor result
6 points dropped in the last 3 rounds
COYN!
E's Flat Ah's Flat Too
What was the crowd size?
-3 due to the #Ballooninati
We're the WELLINGTON Phoenix
And this is our Home
It's amazing how even news readers on the radio constantly mispronounce sports peoples names.
not really lot of quality in the journo/news reader department in this country though - none of them do any research if they can avoid it.
The research being they can't be bothered going next door to the sports department and asking about the names (for most of the names anyway).
Probably a bit unfortunate not to win the game but it really wasn't great stuff. Greenacre and Buckingham unbeaten of course, but not really causing me any great excitement I have to say. Hopefully Smeltz can finish some of these chances.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone
Keeper can't pick the ball up and run away with it when we want to throw it in. Most blatant yellow card ever!
It's amazing how even news readers on the radio constantly mispronounce sports peoples names.
not really lot of quality in the journo/news reader department in this country though - none of them do any research if they can avoid it.
The research being they can't be bothered going next door to the sports department and asking about the names (for most of the names anyway).
Just on this, the normal Nix announcer Jay, is in Japan on holiday. He is really good at the games and does his research, the guy tonight was a fill in and unfortunately was actually embarrassing. I'm not sure he got any of the Adelaide players names right and was nonexistent when announcing the Nix names so the crowd was just kind of clapping.
What was the crowd size?
-3 due to the #Ballooninati
Grumpy old bastard alert
I don't see how these performances against the bottom teams justify change of coach, as I see very little change of approach, tactics, game strategy, personnel.
I may not have a position on this but that is an odd one.
By change of coach I meant Ernie. My argument is that based on what I've seen the last month green & ham are too similar to Ernie. We need a new broom with this cattle.
We would have won one or both of the games against the Jets and this one if Ernie were coach IMO
weather was appalling so I won't be to harsh, just really we should have finished off at least one of those chances and that would have been enough.Watson had the touch of a heard of elephants for much of the game. I thought the game was hugely enjoyable, if you didn't get too hung up on expecting quality. We had two sides, a ref, and an announcer to abuse, it was great fun. I thought parkhouse and Rodriguez improved things markedly when they came on, I'd play them both next week, maybe parkhouse can add some width we desperately needed tonight. A half fit smeltz has to be a better option up front surely?
What was the crowd size?
-3, who were thrown out for blowing up balloons!
We're the WELLINGTON Phoenix
And this is our Home
What was the crowd size?
-3 due to the #Ballooninati
Not at all JV, I was ejected from the stadium for blowing up balloons!
(& my two daughters left with me)
We're the WELLINGTON Phoenix
And this is our Home
What was the crowd size?
-3, who were thrown out for blowing up balloons!
Crowd = 5548
Mr Positive
It's amazing how even news readers on the radio constantly mispronounce sports peoples names.
not really lot of quality in the journo/news reader department in this country though - none of them do any research if they can avoid it.
The research being they can't be bothered going next door to the sports department and asking about the names (for most of the names anyway).
Just on this, the normal Nix announcer Jay, is in Japan on holiday. He is really good at the games and does his research, the guy tonight was a fill in and unfortunately was actually embarrassing. I'm not sure he got any of the Adelaide players names right and was nonexistent when announcing the Nix names so the crowd was just kind of clapping.
Goes to show the contempt that the Stadium has for the Phoenix games. Surely 5 minutes of research is not too much to ask for a PROFESSIONAL Stadium announcer!
We're the WELLINGTON Phoenix
And this is our Home
Last five weeks we have played the bottom four teams (other than us) and have won just one. That isn't going to propel us into the top six, and doesn't bode well for playing the top five.
It's amazing how even news readers on the radio constantly mispronounce sports peoples names.
not really lot of quality in the journo/news reader department in this country though - none of them do any research if they can avoid it.
The research being they can't be bothered going next door to the sports department and asking about the names (for most of the names anyway).
Just on this, the normal Nix announcer Jay, is in Japan on holiday. He is really good at the games and does his research, the guy tonight was a fill in and unfortunately was actually embarrassing. I'm not sure he got any of the Adelaide players names right and was nonexistent when announcing the Nix names so the crowd was just kind of clapping.
Goes to show the contempt that the Stadium has for the Phoenix games. Surely 5 minutes of research is not too much to ask for a PROFESSIONAL Stadium announcer!
he was shocking - the only name he got right was Hamish Watson! It's well embarrassing when he can't even get the home team players names right! He summed it up at the end by saying the final score was zero zero
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Last five weeks we have played the bottom four teams (other than us) and have won just one. That isn't going to propel us into the top six, and doesn't bode well for playing the top five.
Spot on.
These last 4 games was the chance to get on a roll.
We have not. I feel like we've missed our shot, now.
It will not get any easier; starting with a trip away to our grrrivals.
a.haak
It's amazing how even news readers on the radio constantly mispronounce sports peoples names.
not really lot of quality in the journo/news reader department in this country though - none of them do any research if they can avoid it.
The research being they can't be bothered going next door to the sports department and asking about the names (for most of the names anyway).
Just on this, the normal Nix announcer Jay, is in Japan on holiday. He is really good at the games and does his research, the guy tonight was a fill in and unfortunately was actually embarrassing. I'm not sure he got any of the Adelaide players names right and was nonexistent when announcing the Nix names so the crowd was just kind of clapping.
Goes to show the contempt that the Stadium has for the Phoenix games. Surely 5 minutes of research is not too much to ask for a PROFESSIONAL Stadium announcer!
he was shocking - the only name he got right was Hamish Watson! It's well embarrassing when he can't even get the home team players names right! He summed it up at the end by saying the final score was zero zero
Either pop next door to the sports dept or even go see club officials from both teams and get the pronounciations ritht, not rocket science is it?
Hatter, we were wondering what that was about. Stadium security and their cctv complained to the fun police and asked you to be removed. Only at Westpac where sober fans having fun can get ejected and drunks annoying people get to stay.
Next up, Westpac Stadium security staff to implement new policies. The first one is: Anyone caught cheering on their team is to be ejected, 2) Anyone caught in a good mood is to be ejected, 3) Anyone caught banging a drum is to be ejected, 4) Anyone caught with a balloon or condom (includes both new or used ?) on their personage is to be ejected.......
I thought someone was letting off fireworks lol. We need new management asap. Greeny and co has to go i'm sorry. We played like sharke against an even worse team than us. It's tiring and i'm losing interest in the club.
If us, as fans of the club, are finding it a tough watch then how do we expect to win over the casuals we need to be turning up or watching us on Sky so the club can meet its #metrics and survive?
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.
to be fair the popping of the balloons was rather annoying and rather unnecessary - were you that bored? If so perhaps going home was the best option.
Even if this is true, throwing him out seems a bit extreme.
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
Kiwi Hatter an early favourite for the 2017 Balloon D'or?
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.
Hatter probably wouldn't have been blowing up balloons had the action on the pitch been an exciting and productive effort. Sad that it took till the 89th minute to finally come alive. The rest of the match was basically boring and crap and it only went to endorse comments passed by a certain Fox spokesman.
