No doubt we were abysmal but I don't think we can read too much into this game. We just looked like we have given up on the season. Next year, with Kosta and a couple of new defenders and no license bullshark hanging over us we could be a very different team.
I think you hit the nail on the head as to why everyone is so pissed off - it looks a bit like we've given up.
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.
Must have been low. They didn't even announce it at the game.
No doubt we were abysmal but I don't think we can read too much into this game. We just looked like we have given up on the season. Next year, with Kosta and a couple of new defenders and no license bullshark hanging over us we could be a very different team.
Yea but we still had a chance at the top 6 didn't we? I mean it was still possible not that we deserve it or were even likely to get there playing like we have been. They all gave up except Watson obviously. The crowd was so quite throughout and I left before the final whistle with a lot of other people looking miserable. This shark ain't fun and after about 8 years of never truly looking like we could win the toilet seat, I can't blame people for not wanting to come. I also support NUFC so I've never tasted success and I feel I can handle that better than others! I am still a member but I do question it after performances like this.
Thanks for that. Need it for my match report and my website.
Cheers,
JR
Our last 6 games we have won 3, lost 3. We beat the teams who are currently 1st, 2nd and 7th, and lost to the teams who are 4th, 5th and 8th.
Clearly our issue is consistency.
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.
We have won 7 out of 24 games this season so our problem is a bit more than merely 'consistency'. We are consistently poor. Those away games in Sydney have masked a truly horrendous run.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone
No doubt we were abysmal but I don't think we can read too much into this game. We just looked like we have given up on the season. Next year, with Kosta and a couple of new defenders and no license bullshark hanging over us we could be a very different team.
Yea but we still had a chance at the top 6 didn't we? I mean it was still possible not that we deserve it or were even likely to get there playing like we have been. They all gave up except Watson obviously. The crowd was so quite throughout and I left before the final whistle with a lot of other people looking miserable. This shark ain't fun and after about 8 years of never truly looking like we could win the toilet seat, I can't blame people for not wanting to come. I also support NUFC so I've never tasted success and I feel I can handle that better than others! I am still a member but I do question it after performances like this.
Out of those 8 years, two of those I believed we could win it. Last season before the wheels fell off and the golden run before the Hand of Payne goal, I believed the Nix had it in them to win. Finals football can be cruel. But given the choice of a team that has a couple of good seasons in 10 and no team at all, I know what I'd rather choose.
Who the hell cast him as Jack Reacher? Baffling
I thought he was great as Reacher and I'm one of the few who actually enjoyed that movie. Just have to get over the short thing, Reacher is more than his height.
And I just know the intern who will soon be doing all of the Glorys marketing for free would agree with me.
But to be fair I haven't actually seen Cruise as Reacher except in trailers so maybe it works better than I would think!
Something something football something something A-Rod something something.
There's a sequel movie coming out late this year, based on the Never Go Back book. And yes, Cruise is signed to play Reacher again.
I was at the game a very poor performance dismal and at 1-0 down we bring on lia what sort of impetus is he gna create? Ernie should be on notice. doest make me wana return. Also where are our songs gone "ring of fire, phoenix city ska our latin American drummers bring back Terry and Herbet.
I was at the game a very poor performance dismal and at 1-0 down we bring on lia what sort of impetus is he gna create? Ernie should be on notice. doest make me wana return. Also where are our songs gone "ring of fire, phoenix city ska our latin American drummers bring back Terry and Herbet.
We can't have Latin American drummers because the team has no fudgeing flare!
We have won 7 out of 24 games this season so our problem is a bit more than merely 'consistency'. We are consistently poor. Those away games in Sydney have masked a truly horrendous run.
If you had an absolutely equal win/draw/loss ratio after 24 games you would expect 8 wins, so 7 wins in 24 isn't significantly worse. Ok, we've lost more than we should have, I'll give you that. I just think all this angst is a bit much. If we had managed to beat CCM twice and the Jest twice instead of losing those games we would be equal on points with the Glory in 5th. Isn't beating good teams and losing to shark teams almost the definition of inconsistency?
Not saying we have been good, but the margins between us and the good teams aren't as great as some people are making out.
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.
Who the hell cast him as Jack Reacher? Baffling
I thought he was great as Reacher and I'm one of the few who actually enjoyed that movie. Just have to get over the short thing, Reacher is more than his height.
And I just know the intern who will soon be doing all of the Glorys marketing for free would agree with me.
But to be fair I haven't actually seen Cruise as Reacher except in trailers so maybe it works better than I would think!
Something something football something something A-Rod something something.
There's a sequel movie coming out late this year, based on the Never Go Back book. And yes, Cruise is signed to play Reacher again.
I like what you've done here, distracting us from a loss by taking us back to our happy place i.e. the world of Jack Reacher
Just got back from the game,pretty inebriated I have to admit ,put on the telly and I'm currently watching Sky sport 3's coverage of the ABSA Cape Epic Live ,its seems to be a completely pointless mountain bike race through some arid desert in the middle of fekin nowhere!
Having said that its already a million times more entertaining that the sludge served up at the stadium tonight!
What an absolute disgrace 5000 plus conned into watching a bunch of lads masquerading as a football team ,okay there was nothing to play for and no doubt most of the current team have booked their holidays but how about a bit of respect for the paying punters,wind ,rain and the rest we show up and the least we expect is a decent attitude , a fight ,tonight there was nothing,the stadium has become a welcome three points for anyone who cares to turn up because there's a good chance the Phoenix won't!!
The answer to life's problems are rarely found at the bottom of a beer glass - but it's always worth a look.
I admire your optimism but there is no other way to interpret 7 wins in 24 and second bottom of the league, other than being shark!
There is no point saying "if we'd won that game and this game..." to be honest. IF we we'd won all our games, we'd be top! The league table doesn't lie. We've been poor, and particularly at Westpac.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone
The game was sharke, Riera kept losing the ball, Moss was under the weather and Roly was lethargic. On the other hand, we had excellent pizza and craft beer at the "Spectators" bar down in Christchurch. So there were some positives after all.
Actually, getting outplayed quite a bit these days
I think it's not as dire as everyone else sees it and we have certainly been in it. We are losing it in the front 3rd though but that's cause City chuck a wall up and we really only have 2 forward. They are certainly hammering Doyle's side but I would expect them to come right down the middle after half with both our CBs on yellows and capable of getting a second. Roly has been holding the ball up a bit much and as a result, is playing laterally once he has pirouetted on the ball. A-Rod has been our best. Covering getting back, good passes... and some people think he does nothing.
Oddly optimistic but I agree. The front third is clearly the problem and maybe only 1 or 2 players away from being really competitive, not the 3 or 4 as some suggest. At some point during the second half we had the ball for about 30 passes in the midfield (after A-rod was subbed) but everything was going lateral. The three front players were static, stuck on their markers and no one looking to come deep to recieve or to create space for each other. Without any threat in the front third of course the team will be under more pressure than desired at the back, with front foot ball the opposition would sit deeper and deeper, the Nix just aren't able to build that pressure without Krishna and Burns...
The game was sharke, Riera kept losing the ball, Moss was under the weather and Roly was lethargic. On the other hand, we had excellent pizza and craft beer at the "Spectators" bar down in Christchurch. So there were some positives after all.
excellent,distance saved you from the distance derby !!
The answer to life's problems are rarely found at the bottom of a beer glass - but it's always worth a look.
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I admire your optimism but there is no other way to interpret 7 wins in 24 and second bottom of the league, other than being shark!
There is no point saying "if we'd won that game and this game..." to be honest. IF we we'd won all our games, we'd be top! The league table doesn't lie. We've been poor, and particularly at Westpac.
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I think what you are trying to say is that we were (to use the Scottish vernacular) utter pish !!!
The answer to life's problems are rarely found at the bottom of a beer glass - but it's always worth a look.
Im well aware we were and have been shark but seriously the calls of shoot from some people are laughable. Yes they dont put up enough shots.and our build up is that FN slow.But fark me some people expect them to be shooting from bloody ridiculous positions.
They were dire tonite and so were we,listening to some people i wonder why they bother coming becuase all they do is farken complain about everything.
They were dire tonite and so were we,listening to some people i wonder why they bother coming becuase all they do is farken complain about everything.
Nobody commenting on the fact that Ernie was trying a couple of different things out on the pitch tonight, looking ahead to next season? Interesting.
It certainly contributed to the "sharktest performance ever" that seems to be a consensus among a certain group of Phoenix 'supporters'.
They were dire tonite and so were we,listening to some people i wonder why they bother coming becuase all they do is farken complain about everything.
Nobody commenting on the fact that Ernie was trying a couple of different things out on the pitch tonight, looking ahead to next season? Interesting.
It certainly contributed to the "sharktest performance ever" that seems to be a consensus among a certain group of Phoenix 'supporters'.
Explain your 'supporters' comment. Are you implying that we don't actually support the team?
We have won 7 out of 24 games this season so our problem is a bit more than merely 'consistency'. We are consistently poor. Those away games in Sydney have masked a truly horrendous run.
If you had an absolutely equal win/draw/loss ratio after 24 games you would expect 8 wins, so 7 wins in 24 isn't significantly worse. Ok, we've lost more than we should have, I'll give you that. I just think all this angst is a bit much. If we had managed to beat CCM twice and the Jest twice instead of losing those games we would be equal on points with the Glory in 5th. Isn't beating good teams and losing to shark teams almost the definition of inconsistency?
Not saying we have been good, but the margins between us and the good teams aren't as great as some people are making out.
Steve O only ever pops up to moan after a loss and nothing can make him see the sunlight. Sometimes it's best to leave the troll to deprive themselves of oxygen and let them wither away (until next week)
Grumpy old bastard alert
They were dire tonite and so were we,listening to some people i wonder why they bother coming becuase all they do is farken complain about everything.
I'm not saying I won't turn up. I still love going to the home games but it's bloody hard when we are shark. Surely it's ok to vent after a bad game?
Nobody commenting on the fact that Ernie was trying a couple of different things out on the pitch tonight, looking ahead to next season? Interesting.
It certainly contributed to the "sharktest performance ever" that seems to be a consensus among a certain group of Phoenix 'supporters'.
Explain your 'supporters' comment. Are you implying that we don't actually support the team?
I am sure there were other reasons that the wheels fell off in this game (like, "Perth outplayed us"), but I prefer to focus on the listless and unimaginative performance from Roly who was made to look positively pedestrian tonight by a tightly packed Perth midfield.
Anybody else noticed that? Him and Riera were just not there at all, tonight.
Actually, getting outplayed quite a bit these days
They were dire tonite and so were we,listening to some people i wonder why they bother coming becuase all they do is farken complain about everything.
I'm not saying I won't turn up. I still love going to the home games but it's bloody hard when we are shark. Surely it's ok to vent after a bad game?
We have won 7 out of 24 games this season so our problem is a bit more than merely 'consistency'. We are consistently poor. Those away games in Sydney have masked a truly horrendous run.
If you had an absolutely equal win/draw/loss ratio after 24 games you would expect 8 wins, so 7 wins in 24 isn't significantly worse. Ok, we've lost more than we should have, I'll give you that. I just think all this angst is a bit much. If we had managed to beat CCM twice and the Jest twice instead of losing those games we would be equal on points with the Glory in 5th. Isn't beating good teams and losing to shark teams almost the definition of inconsistency?
Not saying we have been good, but the margins between us and the good teams aren't as great as some people are making out.
Steve O only ever pops up to moan after a loss and nothing can make him see the sunlight. Sometimes it's best to leave the troll to deprive themselves of oxygen and let them wither away (until next week)
He's not a troll and he does make some valid points from time to time (all be it in a slightly morose fashion) there has to be negative as well as positive input or else we just become a bunch of cheer leaders ,sad arse licking sycophants unable to call a spade a spade and accepting of our position,I want to see the Phoenix win this league not just turn up every second or third game,the also rans who are fundamentally just happy to be invited to the party and then sit in the corner blushing all night ,feck that for a game of cards,lets grow a pair and let the team and management know we are pissed off ,tough love time,you know it makes sense!
The answer to life's problems are rarely found at the bottom of a beer glass - but it's always worth a look.
Can't believe I missed the grandprix for this. These first few fly away races suck because they clash with the nix more often than not, the least the nix could do is make it worth my while.
Plus I was late to the game anyway and Radio Sport were playing the league on sport extra so missed the start.
If you really want something to complain about complain that the the food that arrived about 20 minutes before the game started.
We are Foundation members ,been to every home game,drive down from Palmerston North every time. Some times we have to drive
back after games like last night very despondent but we still come back next game.
Getting back to the dinner we always enjoy going up to the Foundation members lounge to have a chicken curry but imagine getting up there to be told no curry just cold bangers and mash and it will not be here for another 40 minutes. Now that is something to complain about
We have won 7 out of 24 games this season so our problem is a bit more than merely 'consistency'. We are consistently poor. Those away games in Sydney have masked a truly horrendous run.
If you had an absolutely equal win/draw/loss ratio after 24 games you would expect 8 wins, so 7 wins in 24 isn't significantly worse. Ok, we've lost more than we should have, I'll give you that. I just think all this angst is a bit much. If we had managed to beat CCM twice and the Jest twice instead of losing those games we would be equal on points with the Glory in 5th. Isn't beating good teams and losing to shark teams almost the definition of inconsistency?
Not saying we have been good, but the margins between us and the good teams aren't as great as some people are making out.
Steve O only ever pops up to moan after a loss and nothing can make him see the sunlight. Sometimes it's best to leave the troll to deprive themselves of oxygen and let them wither away (until next week)
We've had 13 losses this season and you won't find many comments from me after most of them.
You're a bigger troll than me Jeff - you come out with the same crap every time I post!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone
We have won 7 out of 24 games this season so our problem is a bit more than merely 'consistency'. We are consistently poor. Those away games in Sydney have masked a truly horrendous run.
If you had an absolutely equal win/draw/loss ratio after 24 games you would expect 8 wins, so 7 wins in 24 isn't significantly worse. Ok, we've lost more than we should have, I'll give you that. I just think all this angst is a bit much. If we had managed to beat CCM twice and the Jest twice instead of losing those games we would be equal on points with the Glory in 5th. Isn't beating good teams and losing to shark teams almost the definition of inconsistency?
Not saying we have been good, but the margins between us and the good teams aren't as great as some people are making out.
Steve O only ever pops up to moan after a loss and nothing can make him see the sunlight. Sometimes it's best to leave the troll to deprive themselves of oxygen and let them wither away (until next week)
He's not a troll and he does make some valid points from time to time (all be it in a slightly morose fashion) there has to be negative as well as positive input or else we just become a bunch of cheer leaders ,sad arse licking sycophants unable to call a spade a spade and accepting of our position,I want to see the Phoenix win this league not just turn up every second or third game,the also rans who are fundamentally just happy to be invited to the party and then sit in the corner blushing all night ,feck that for a game of cards,lets grow a pair and let the team and management know we are pissed off ,tough love time,you know it makes sense!
Fudge, yesterday's game was shark. Everyone knows that. But this is the same core of the squad which came 4th last year, and the same team who have beaten the 1st and 2nd best teams in the league in recent weeks. Ernie fudgeed up his recruitment this year, but the license issue is at least partly to blame for that. Next year our attack already looks better - Krishna will be back, Kosta will be here, and those two are more direct than anyone playing yesterday. Powell and Watson have shown enough that they can be decent squad players. We just need a RB to replace Muscat and a CB to replace Sigmund.
One shark loss doesn't automatically turn us into CCM. Yeah it's frustrating but I'm just trying to put a bit of perspective into the chicken little routine.
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.
Nobody commenting on the fact that Ernie was trying a couple of different things out on the pitch tonight, looking ahead to next season? Interesting.
It certainly contributed to the "sharktest performance ever" that seems to be a consensus among a certain group of Phoenix 'supporters'.
like what?
Founder
The same CCM that hammered us at home in an embarrassing capitulation?
How many home games have we won this season? I missed the City game so I think the last time I seen us win at Westpac was 4-2 v Adelaide, 5 months ago!
We have a squad that has beaten a couple of the better teams when they've had horrendous off days and we've turned up.
If we were merely inconsistent we'd be mid-table, not languishing.
It's fine though, Ernie was trying new stuff for next season - LOL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_B5CzbTJo - Caceres winning penalty v Perth - footage from the Fever Zone
Nobody commenting on the fact that Ernie was trying a couple of different things out on the pitch tonight, looking ahead to next season? Interesting.
It certainly contributed to the "sharktest performance ever" that seems to be a consensus among a certain group of Phoenix 'supporters'.
like what?
The most frustrating thing for me is the inconsistencies. We go from a clinical, disciplined performance against West Sydney one week, to twice taking the lead against Newcastle the next only to end up losing the next. Then a fantastic defensive game against free scoring Melb City, to being hammered by Adelaide a week later. Then last week was a brilliant, clinical first half where McGlinchey had a field day taking players on, beating them on the outside then getting crosses in (from which we scored 2 goals), to last night where the players were constantly cutting inside into a packed midfield, and struggling to create chances. Taking 92mins for a shot on goal isn't really good enough.
We've shown that we're good enough to beat the top teams, only to fall apart against the bottom teams.
The most frustrating thing for me is the inconsistencies. We go from a clinical, disciplined performance against West Sydney one week, to twice taking the lead against Newcastle the next only to end up losing the next. Then a fantastic defensive game against free scoring Melb City, to being hammered by Adelaide a week later. Then last week was a brilliant, clinical first half where McGlinchey had a field day taking players on, beating them on the outside then getting crosses in (from which we scored 2 goals), to last night where the players were constantly cutting inside into a packed midfield, and struggling to create chances. Taking 92mins for a shot on goal isn't really good enough.
We've shown that we're good enough to beat the top teams, only to fall apart against the bottom teams.
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.
