R26 V Central Coast Mariners | Friday 17th April | 7:30pm

Guess we have O'Leary tomorrow night then

Hope the Zone can clap him off the field after the game. Best referee this country has ever produced.

So he doesn't have to worry about being assessed now...Use his last game to gift us 3 points?

Would be the only time he's ever favoured a Kiwi team tbf.

Would be the only time he's ever favoured a Kiwi team tbf.

Last chance for him to fudge us over yet again proving to Australians he isn't  biased towards us. He never was but he was harder against us than he was against the Australian sides.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/a-league/677...

Siggy the only confirmed change.  The way the article reads he's a straight swap for Boxall.

I may well be missing my first game...wife's uncle is seriously ill up in Rotovegas.

Hope he recovers LG.  Family >football.

Will the croud be holding up red cards to ref O'Leary as he comes off?

GameDay! Fire Up!

Goal drought to be broken spectacularly tonight. I am going to punt 4,5,6 goals. 

COYN

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Does anyone here know what channel plays aleague in thailand?

Long,long,long day ahead         COYN

game day....

Fudgein excited for Friday football. It seems an age since we played at the start of a weekend.
COYN!!!

TGIF

Fever Friday.. feels like it's been forever

Im putting $5 on CCM..playing for first time under a new manager apparently and Wee Mac says teams always rise to that.

COYN

Dear footballing gods

Please give us 3 points and a kick ass goal difference the club and fans deserve.  

Cheers

George

COYN!!! Firrreeee up!

He's been interim coach since Moss got sack in R19-ish

Pax as of 9:00am is 18645

By rights, none of those guys should have gotten there because of our place in the football population but they did because they were outstanding at what they did.

For me Peter was always that guy whom was so far ahead of everyone else that I just looked on in awe as to how he did it. Even when I got to that FIFA level, literally every game with Pete I learnt 7 or 8 new things and here was I at the same level with him. The thing is, those little things I learned were always such simple simple things but made the game a lot easier. He was never a man that put himself above you cause he was 'the man' - he was always inclusive and made you feel at ease because he was an easy going guy that had humour, a laugh and a smile and never took himself too seriously, only the task at hand and the 2 short blacks 5 mins apart. Retirement well-earned to spend time with his family

I know he has earned some ire over the years in this forum but I would hope that at the end of the game, people would clap him off just once in recognition for what he has achieved in football.

Chris Kerr what a load of bull, All Peter Oleary took to the pitch was his school teacher attitude. Mike Hester was light years ahead of O'Leary hes disliked by most players.

It was Peter O'Leary that gave us a penalty against WSW at home that many did not think was.  At the time I thought it was a good decision, even allowing for bias.  If Peter was so determined not to be seen to be supporting us he could have not given it.  No one would have blamed him.  I have seen a lot worse not given, even this season.

Sure he has made lots of mistakes that we have given him stick for.  But what referee in this league has not?  Let us be fair here.

But tonight is not about Peter.  It is about us getting a much needed 3 points.  So COYN.  But win lose or draw, I am not a referee but will salute the dedication and committment that Peter O'Leary has made to our sport and will clap him off at the end win,lose or draw.

lol, the day I clap a ref off the field will be............well.............today I suppose.

i have to confess I missed both the recent losses, and only saw half the draw last week. First ones of the season I have not been able to watch.

By giving my full attention to the game tonight, I am certain of a healthy victory.

sort of good news, wife wants to go up tomorrow morning. Time to fire up.

You've missed the right games.

I'm definitely out because of work commitments - I had hoped to at least watch the game at home but it looks like I might not even be able to check the score...

Go hard!

And ten thousend will have an excuse not to come.

Man, having a game to look forward to on a Friday evening really makes the day at work feel extra long

at least that manager of yours can't see you on the internet eh?

I'm watching the new Star Wars trailer in a loop to kill time.

PAX just now of 8784 which sounds slightly more realistic