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about 11 years ago

paulm wrote:

Jeff Vader wrote:

Feverish wrote:

I think it is pretty standard to ignore post (clean) shot contact so it is a little surprising it was called.

Thought there was too much space allowed to whoever received that infield pass from Costa in the first place. Not the easiest tracking a give and go which I assume Manny was doing

If that had been at the other end, how would we have reacted?

If Sigmund had two footed him, would the ref go 'well its post contact on a shot so doesn't count mate. That foul is identical to what has happened to us the last 2 weeks and we can't sit here and whinge about no protection from the refs when we are doing the same in return.

Who was our guy who got wiped out in the box a while after that? 

I thought that was a peno. Yea the guy took some ball but he bobsledded right through our guy. Definitely no better than their peno, at the very least.

Rewatch it.

Mr Positive

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about 11 years ago
Has anyone else mentioned that not only was this our first win against Victory in Melbourne but we have now won 5 away games in a season for the first time
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about 11 years ago

Thanks Jeff----enjoyed reading that.

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about 11 years ago

Yep, a good post, but I want  Leopold Method analysis, a podcast and a Piney Opinion piece and an N-Bomb stats attack... now if possible.

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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about 11 years ago · edited about 11 years ago · History
Ryan wrote:

I'm surprised Kevin Muscats jaw doesn't fall off with the amount of chewing he does.

Also his inbuilt reaction to every percevied foul against one of his fragile players of shouting "Surely that's a f***** card" at the fourth official would also clock up a few jaw-miles for him. I do like his "Collar Advertising", though. Not every manager could pull off a sponsorship deal for a lingerie company on their collar (probably not a lingerie company but I can't be bothered to research it and maybe a worthwhile rumour to start)

I'm slightly disappointed!

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about 11 years ago

Junior82 wrote:

Yep, a good post, but I want  Leopold Method analysis, a podcast and a Piney Opinion piece and an N-Bomb stats attack... now if possible.

Could live without the stats attack, to be honest.

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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about 11 years ago

Siggy barely touched him the dude was just a pussy btw

Founder

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about 11 years ago

paulm wrote:

Jeff Vader wrote:

Feverish wrote:

I think it is pretty standard to ignore post (clean) shot contact so it is a little surprising it was called.

Thought there was too much space allowed to whoever received that infield pass from Costa in the first place. Not the easiest tracking a give and go which I assume Manny was doing

If that had been at the other end, how would we have reacted?

If Sigmund had two footed him, would the ref go 'well its post contact on a shot so doesn't count mate. That foul is identical to what has happened to us the last 2 weeks and we can't sit here and whinge about no protection from the refs when we are doing the same in return.

Who was our guy who got wiped out in the box a while after that? 

I thought that was a peno. Yea the guy took some ball but he bobsledded right through our guy. Definitely no better than their peno, at the very least.

Geria got the ball away while absolutely cleaning out Burns.

Yellow Fever - Misery loves company

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about 11 years ago · edited about 11 years ago · History

That's the third time we have come back to win after conceding first. Throw in 2 draws and we've collected 11 points from losing positions. We've given up  6 points after scoring first.

In comparison, Victory are 5 points earned and 9 points lost.

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about 11 years ago

patrick478 wrote:

paulm wrote:

Jeff Vader wrote:

Feverish wrote:

I think it is pretty standard to ignore post (clean) shot contact so it is a little surprising it was called.

Thought there was too much space allowed to whoever received that infield pass from Costa in the first place. Not the easiest tracking a give and go which I assume Manny was doing

If that had been at the other end, how would we have reacted?

If Sigmund had two footed him, would the ref go 'well its post contact on a shot so doesn't count mate. That foul is identical to what has happened to us the last 2 weeks and we can't sit here and whinge about no protection from the refs when we are doing the same in return.

Who was our guy who got wiped out in the box a while after that? 

I thought that was a peno. Yea the guy took some ball but he bobsledded right through our guy. Definitely no better than their peno, at the very least.

Geria got the ball away while absolutely cleaning out Burns.

I'm sure it was Muscat. Not as strong a pen case as Siggy v Milligan

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about 11 years ago

Only one misplaced pass by WeeMac out of 43 attempts. Pretty integral part of getting the ball to Burns given the direction of most of those passes.

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about 11 years ago

A lot of angst about stats, was it a penalty, were we lucky etc etc etc. I will just take the points for the win and seeing it was against the Tards...happily take the points

" If you only have a hammer you tend to see every problem as a nail" - maslow

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about 11 years ago

WeeMac is doing all the little things right, for me - really important part of how we play. He sets up Burns to make those runs.

a.haak

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about 11 years ago

Some of you truly are a miserable bunch of cods

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about 11 years ago
Fudge yesssss!!! The dream lives on. Next up radelaide
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about 11 years ago

Djinksta wrote:

valeo wrote:

Watching the highlights; have no problem with the pen, and A-Rod made a fantastic defensive block that I didn't see when I was in the stadium.

A-Rod's defensive block sums up why he's in the team over lia. haha

If Boxall would had put the same effort, the first goal would not happend, he was ball watching. Rest of the game, Boxall was massive!

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about 11 years ago

If Siggy gave away a pen, then Manny should have got one. He was cleaned out in the box.

Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet

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about 11 years ago

Well done you lot. Thoroughly deserved. That Burns is a fine player, I hope we pinch him :)  

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about 11 years ago

i also thought it was a much improved shift from both Roly and WeeMac compared to the game against Newcastle.  Their contribution alone was for my money a key change.  

And Boxall would be a loss if he left us - I think he is already a very good option for us, not necessarily just as a spare CB, but able to fit in as a competent fullback. He appears to be just as fast (if not faster) than Fenton while he is also more robust / resilient than Louis.

Actually, getting outplayed quite a bit these days

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about 11 years ago

And he can score from free kicks.

Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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about 11 years ago

According to the A League's website, Roly's freekick has gone viral. They provide no evidence to back up that claim though.

People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.

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about 11 years ago

Bullion wrote:

patrick478 wrote:

paulm wrote:

Jeff Vader wrote:

Feverish wrote:

I think it is pretty standard to ignore post (clean) shot contact so it is a little surprising it was called.

Thought there was too much space allowed to whoever received that infield pass from Costa in the first place. Not the easiest tracking a give and go which I assume Manny was doing

If that had been at the other end, how would we have reacted?

If Sigmund had two footed him, would the ref go 'well its post contact on a shot so doesn't count mate. That foul is identical to what has happened to us the last 2 weeks and we can't sit here and whinge about no protection from the refs when we are doing the same in return.

Who was our guy who got wiped out in the box a while after that? 

I thought that was a peno. Yea the guy took some ball but he bobsledded right through our guy. Definitely no better than their peno, at the very least.

Geria got the ball away while absolutely cleaning out Burns.

I'm sure it was Muscat. Not as strong a pen case as Siggy v Milligan

on another look at this - Manny gave the ball a little dink in the air -expecting a challenge. Sheer luck he got a bit of the ball with his body after he launched himself.

Founder

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about 11 years ago

Feverish wrote:

Bullion wrote:

patrick478 wrote:

paulm wrote:

Jeff Vader wrote:

Feverish wrote:

I think it is pretty standard to ignore post (clean) shot contact so it is a little surprising it was called.

Thought there was too much space allowed to whoever received that infield pass from Costa in the first place. Not the easiest tracking a give and go which I assume Manny was doing

If that had been at the other end, how would we have reacted?

If Sigmund had two footed him, would the ref go 'well its post contact on a shot so doesn't count mate. That foul is identical to what has happened to us the last 2 weeks and we can't sit here and whinge about no protection from the refs when we are doing the same in return.

Who was our guy who got wiped out in the box a while after that? 

I thought that was a peno. Yea the guy took some ball but he bobsledded right through our guy. Definitely no better than their peno, at the very least.

Geria got the ball away while absolutely cleaning out Burns.

I'm sure it was Muscat. Not as strong a pen case as Siggy v Milligan

on another look at this - Manny gave the ball a little dink in the air -expecting a challenge. Sheer luck he got a bit of the ball with his body after he launched himself.

totally, if the dink was executed properly would have been the easiest pen decision a ref could make.

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about 11 years ago

MB wrote:

Played so well today but im going to have to be the one that says this. Burns is a hog...

The sage that is Sam Malcolmson said on Telfers show today that 'Burns was the best player on the pitch'


"You can never get a bloody tradesman at Easter, it's a wonder Jesus got crucified" - Karl Pilkington

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about 11 years ago · edited about 11 years ago · History

Dougie Rydal wrote:

MB wrote:

Played so well today but im going to have to be the one that says this. Burns is a hog...

The sage that is Sam Malcolmson said on Telfers show today that 'Burns was the best player on the pitch'

ROTFL.

#ClassOf82 combined with #TelferGenius.

Must be true!


Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.


Phoenix fans. We have to win them over one fan at a time.

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about 11 years ago

Telfer.

He had a rant about not supporting/liking football a while back (was it the 2010 WC?) - anyone remember what it was all about?

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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about 11 years ago

Telfer had that infamous phone interview with Smithy, I think it was around the time of the ownership change or potentially after the total football call.

Made some (sorry too long ago for details) incorrect and clearly unresearched statements whilst dismissing anything Smithy said with "well I haven't heard that so it can't be true" arrogance.

Can remember being very impressed with Smithy's ability to maintain his composure and deciding immediately to add Telfer to my "don't brake for" list.

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about 11 years ago · edited about 11 years ago · History

Yep.  "Some bloke from Yellow Fever"

There was some chanting or incident that got him all riled up and as a result not supporting football or the AWs or something....

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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about 11 years ago

I would love to hear that interview. Telfer is a complete knob and I really dislike his interviewing style. 

Never lets the interviewee finishes his point with his kinda 'oh what you are saying is irrelevant lets move on' tone

Grumpy old bastard alert

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about 11 years ago

Telfer like most of the other NZ media  they run hot and cold over us.Just watch them all fall over them selves when we make our charge to the GF.


GET YOUR SHIRTS OFF FOR THE BOYS

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about 11 years ago · edited about 11 years ago · History

ConanTroutman wrote:

According to the A League's website, Roly's freekick has gone viral. They provide no evidence to back up that claim though.

Theres a couple of vids on youtube with a couple hundred views a piece - so yeah hardly viral. Even a google video search picks up nothing

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about 11 years ago

AJ13 wrote:

ConanTroutman wrote:

According to the A League's website, Roly's freekick has gone viral. They provide no evidence to back up that claim though.

Theres a couple of vids on youtube with a couple hundred views a piece - so yeah hardly viral. Even a google video search picks up nothing

Maybe it's just a really hard to contract virus?

People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.

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about 11 years ago

Telfer used to be very dismissive of football and it wasn't until his kids grew up playing the game and getting right into it that he did an about face. What we hear from him today is not so much anti football but just being a fudgeing idiot on the subject and knowing fudge all.

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about 11 years ago

Feverish wrote:

Bullion wrote:

patrick478 wrote:

paulm wrote:

Jeff Vader wrote:

Feverish wrote:

I think it is pretty standard to ignore post (clean) shot contact so it is a little surprising it was called.

Thought there was too much space allowed to whoever received that infield pass from Costa in the first place. Not the easiest tracking a give and go which I assume Manny was doing

If that had been at the other end, how would we have reacted?

If Sigmund had two footed him, would the ref go 'well its post contact on a shot so doesn't count mate. That foul is identical to what has happened to us the last 2 weeks and we can't sit here and whinge about no protection from the refs when we are doing the same in return.

Who was our guy who got wiped out in the box a while after that? 

I thought that was a peno. Yea the guy took some ball but he bobsledded right through our guy. Definitely no better than their peno, at the very least.

Geria got the ball away while absolutely cleaning out Burns.

I'm sure it was Muscat. Not as strong a pen case as Siggy v Milligan

on another look at this - Manny gave the ball a little dink in the air -expecting a challenge. Sheer luck he got a bit of the ball with his body after he launched himself.

So much of it is about where it happens on the pitch.

Because it was in the box the question the ref asks himself is 'penalty or no penalty?'. You make that same challenge outside the box and the ref is asking himself 'yellow or red?'

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about 11 years ago

Dougie Rydal wrote:

MB wrote:

Played so well today but im going to have to be the one that says this. Burns is a hog...

The sage that is Sam Malcolmson said on Telfers show today that 'Burns was the best player on the pitch'

Tue, 03 Mar 2015 9:29a.m.

Former All White Sam Malcolmson joins Brendan to discuss some of the latest happenings in domestic and international football.

http://www.radiolivesport.co.nz/Sam-Malcomson/tabid/454/articleID/23647/Default.aspx

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about 11 years ago

paulm wrote:

Feverish wrote:

Bullion wrote:

patrick478 wrote:

paulm wrote:

Jeff Vader wrote:

Feverish wrote:

I think it is pretty standard to ignore post (clean) shot contact so it is a little surprising it was called.

Thought there was too much space allowed to whoever received that infield pass from Costa in the first place. Not the easiest tracking a give and go which I assume Manny was doing

If that had been at the other end, how would we have reacted?

If Sigmund had two footed him, would the ref go 'well its post contact on a shot so doesn't count mate. That foul is identical to what has happened to us the last 2 weeks and we can't sit here and whinge about no protection from the refs when we are doing the same in return.

Who was our guy who got wiped out in the box a while after that? 

I thought that was a peno. Yea the guy took some ball but he bobsledded right through our guy. Definitely no better than their peno, at the very least.

Geria got the ball away while absolutely cleaning out Burns.

I'm sure it was Muscat. Not as strong a pen case as Siggy v Milligan

on another look at this - Manny gave the ball a little dink in the air -expecting a challenge. Sheer luck he got a bit of the ball with his body after he launched himself.

So much of it is about where it happens on the pitch.

Because it was in the box the question the ref asks himself is 'penalty or no penalty?'. You make that same challenge outside the box and the ref is asking himself 'yellow or red?'

That's poor refereeing then. A foul is a foul regardless of where it happens on the pitch.

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about 11 years ago

AJ13 wrote:

That's poor refereeing then. A foul is a foul regardless of where it happens on the pitch.

You say that like its a surprise with the HAL.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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