R17 v Radelaide Sat 1st Feb 7:30pm SS2

Take your time brockie

Good hussle krishna.

Yup..Control with outside of left foot then curl it in...

Carlos is hobbling a bit. That's a worry.

Another cynical trip from Djite, but he doesn't have a card.

Fuck. Good kid who scored though.

Fuck sakes. Was just thinking how good our defensive shape was looking. If we hold on here we are lucky. Should have scored more. Brockie didn't add much.

Shit, what is it about us and last minute goals?

Full time yesssss.

kenny for Man o match in my opinion. 

Great result, well done Phoenix.

Adelaide beyond shit though tonight. What a boring squad.

I'll take that. Not happy with the discipline but playing against those niggly whinging pricks probably makes it excusable

Usually when it didn't matter

Was in Wellington just a few weeks ago. The weekend was one massive storm lol. 

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington-weather/9573423/Strong-winds-rip-through-Wellington

Win. Ill take it. Nice work lads

Awful, awful last half hour.

Very strange subs again, Ive no idea why Hernandez wasn't the first off - it meant that none of our subs really gave us that boost we were looking for.

Hernandez and Cunningham were great though, as was Lia in a less showy way. And Durante and Sigmund hardly put a foot wrong.

A great result at the end of the day

Kenny played great MOM, very annoyed about the final goal, we deserved a clean sheet.  Bad call bringing on Brockie, not the player he was, can't see his form being good enough for a ticket to Japan as things stand.

Like Brockie, want to see a bit more from him. Should have been more of a threat on the three chances he got there.

Think though that Kenny is starting to become a bit of Merrick's Ifill- we missed a lot of chances, but he's spare our blushes with a brilliant individual goal. 

Thought Boyd looked good, happy for him to keep starting. Krishna would have to show a lot more to get ahead of him there. 

Would like to have seen Ridenton. Carlos was hobbling around and slowing down our game for the last 5 minutes. I think with a fresh player linking the play we might have scored. That move where Carlos picked up his yellow was simply because he was too puffed to win that ball on the edge of the box. 

Anyway- great to have a win over Adelaide. Dislike Djite and Jeronimo. Didn't mind their Dodd-era team, when they weren't smashing us. Be great to finish ahead of them.

Oh and how amazing is Reira. I think we'd defintely lost without him. Shut down attack after attack through the centre. An immense, immense player.

And Nix are out of ninth place. If Newcastle lose or draw next against WSW we will stay eighth this round

Kenny had a great game MOM.  Last 20 minutes were poor by both teams.  Disappointed that we conceded at the end but great to get another 3 points and move up the table

3 points - priceless

Cunningham - excellent

First half - decent

Second half - painful

Eden Park - shit

Great first half. Not quite sure what to make of the last half hour either. Still, was up to Adelaide to chase the game, not us. No impact from the bench again which is a worry. Thought Ridenton might get a run. But hey we deserved the points and needed them badly.

For a crowd of 18k, they sure made fuck all noise.

The point is, the points. Three of them.  Week on week they add up, despite the odd hiccup.  We are heading for the play-offs. I am happy.

18000, eh? See you again next year, on the electric trains! But yeah, shit 2nd half, shit niggly opposition, can't understand why djite keeps getting through us

Jarrod Walsh ‏@jarrodwalsh1h

Have they just pulled out two Wellington supporters from the crowd to commentate this game?#WELvADL