R6 vs CCM | Sat 12 Nov | 7:35pm | SS4

fudge, i feel old......

Someone didn't want to be seen on camera?

They were lame

No Jack Lame is a TV 1 non personality. There cannot be two of them can there?

Hey! We (Mariners) are less shark than I expected this season. We might just win this!

:)

Flying SingaporeAir to Canberra?

It's time for the Dog jokes to take a paws then. 

I think we an give CCM a decent go despite  the squad limitations.

They do look a very young squad in that photo

Wellington Phoenix squad: 2.Jacob TRATT, 4.Roly BONEVACIA, 5.Ryan LOWRY,6.Dylan FOX, 7.Gui FINKLER, 8.Alex RODRIGUEZ, 11.Hamish WATSON, 13.Marco ROSSI, 14.Alex RUFER, 15.James McGARRY, 17.Vince LIA (c), 18.Ben LITFIN, 20.Lewis ITALIANO (gk), 21.Roy KRISHNA, 23.Matthew RIDENTON, 24.Logan ROGERSON, 30.Oliver SAIL (gk)

As he was last week thus the marked improvement at the back (probably helped that we weren't playing Victory in Melbourne).

I thought McGarry was out for months with a serious knee issue?

DoomdoomDOOM

Weather is said to be 30 with thunderstorms.

I thought so too . Has he even played a Stirling Sports Prem game ? Hope he is not exposed too soon on return , as a young guy they should look after him 

Apparently they couldn't repair whatever ligament it was so they just removed it. Thus a quicker recovery

Great news for him if it does not limit him moving forward, and great news for the u20 side where I expect him to play a really big part in the team moving forward.

Another option for LB.

He's played everywhere but keeper over the last two years.

I can confirm that "better out than in" is a valid and often successful medical approach.

He played solely as a LB for the u17's so has the experience.

Lads, be intimidated cause they've brought a piece of home to Canberra. 

Sauce?

Phoenix XI: Italiano Tratt Lowry Rossi Ridenton Lia Rodriguez Finkler Bonevacia Watson Krishna #CCMvWEL

— Jason Pine (@pineyzb) November 12, 2016

So:

Mambo

Tratt Lowry Rossi Ridenton

A-Rod Lia Roly

Watson Finkler Krishna

Fox suspended or on the bench?

Actually not too bad a line up

He was suspended against the Jets after a red card in the game against Victory.

Hudson should've called up Storm Roux for 2 reasons:

1. He's one of our best right-backs
2. It would've weakened the Mariners thereby helping the Phoenix

Annoying because we could've exploited the left wing against a player that doesn't play as often.

Are we sure that Roux has been cleared as eligible for NZ - not born here, hasn't lived here for 5 years after the age of 18? Did his exemption come through in the post-Olympic qualifying shambles?