What was the croud by the way?
Dear Phoenix squad.
I can very much sympathise the disgusting 39 degrees last week. The game should never have been played. I can symlathise that it mitht take a few days to recover too.
But fudge me, I drove 4 and a half hours each way, spending $110 on petrol, getting home at 2:30am. I expected a little more effort than the dross I saw. I have seen wet bus tickets put up more resistance. You guys looked good for the first twenty and after that .......total crap.
One day will you guys actually pass the ball accurately to each other? Will you get the ball to Smeltz's feet where everyone knows he likes it? Will you ever stop being hot on attack only to end up passing it back to our centerback Captain? Is he our new attacking creative midfielder? Plan b seems to consist of going hot on attack down the wings, only to end up passing it back to Durante or even back to Moss who just lumps it up the field to anyone. Sorry guys but you gift the ball back to the opposition way too much.
Yes, the match officials were crap. "Offside" - the bald lino has been around since season 3 and he has been shark ever since. The one on the zone side of the field doesn't know what an offside is and the referee was a clown.
However, as professionals, our players should at least try and rise above them, yet Durante seems more intent on antagonising the referees with his in your face theatrics, rather than just asking for a please explain.
I enjoyed visiting stadium number 12, it is a great layout and the view of the Mount was awesome. And that was the only highlight. Very disappointed and again I feel let down by guys whom really should have tried a lot harder. It really makes it hard for me to justify it to my wife and kids as to why I travel to all the games. If it wasn't for this damn record, I would be giving North Harbour a miss. I dont really want to drive all that way for 90 minutes of lameness.
