Singh's transfer and Nix registration may not even have been completed yet.
But yes I'd say from the 3 of him Tuiloma and Kartum, he is the most likely to quickly be a Nix starter. He was playing some recent friendlies for TSC, unlike Kartum hasn't been injured recently and should be coming in with a higher game readiness/fitness than BT.
Hopefully playing a bit with Rufer and Payne at the AWs, Sarpreet can quickly start to form some on field combinations. But he seems to go best when he has a bit of a licence to roam around, and the team structure is not to rigid.
As Nelfoos said Eze is about to get some goal openings that only a Singh can create, lets hope he can convert a few.
Players in Europe play two games a week all the time but players here need a 6 week ramp up to play one game a week? Give me a break. Too much reverance is given to sports/fitness scientist types who will always err on the side of caution, and again, I will repeat myself here, this approach doesnt even seem to be effective because we have been decimated by injuries over the past two seasons anyway.
Edit: of course the above doesn't apply to players returning from injury, or players at the very start of preseason. I am talking about players who are not injured, who havent been overloaded by too many recent games, who have been training regularly. It shouldn't be crazy to expect such a player to manage 60+ minutes of football
Give me a break dude. There are very few players in the world that can play two full games per week, week in week out.
Also how do you think they got to that point in the first place? It sure as hell wasn't by the coach just chucking them straight into the team and seeing how they go.
Coaches in Europe manage load to the point of planning out minutes of game time months in advance. They know if they dont do this they may not be able to play their best players at the end of the season for all the most important matches i.e. final match weeks of the Prem, FA cup, Champions league etc etc
Singh wont be in the squad tonight - the squad will be announced at 6pm but the club won't announce his signing until 6:45 - so earliest we will see him will be next week
Singh wont be in the squad tonight - the squad will be announced at 6pm but the club won't announce his signing until 6:45 - so earliest we will see him will be next week
LCoY might get to see his debut, that would be pretty cool.
The A league is probably the easiest league in the world in terms of fixture congestion and quantity of games.
Why you guys are comparing it to leagues with 38 or 46 games plus cups, I don’t know.
and despite this anybody with any knowledge of how difficult it is to be a professional athlete should know you cant just chuck a player into a game with low loads in their legs.
In response to anaveragestem, most teams in the Championship/League 1 play far closer than 2 games a week than 1. 46 game league season (20 more than the A-League) plus several cup competitions and potentially promotion playoffs. And lots of players start the vast majority of them.
In response to anaveragestem, most teams in the Championship/League 1 play far closer than 2 games a week than 1. 46 game league season (20 more than the A-League) plus several cup competitions and potentially promotion playoffs. And lots of players start the vast majority of them.
Aaaand how do you think those starters got to that point of being able to do that? You dont just magically get that level of fitness in your legs. They are built very carefully to that level.
Also I follow plenty of teams at many levels of Europe. It is quite rare to see many players regularly play 2 games a week consistently. Most teams have a large squad and a lot of rotation. The majority of the starters are on average doing 1.5 games per week with the special cases playing 2 games a week.
All I am saying is, relative to the much greater workloads that players elsewhere do, I think Chiefy could be a little less slow sometimes when building a player up, that's all. You have to acknowledge he seems to be quite cautious and we don't exactly have a great injury record to vindicate his approach. Very possible that if he was slightly less cautious we wouldn't see a rise in injuries at all.
Player need 4-6 weeks to get up to full game fitness and 5-6 games to peak. Rumors are that the A-League teams are lazy trainers, that is in excusable. I always thought fitness should be the most straightforward to achieve. It all about correct training, nutrition, physio and rest. For example, Florian Wirtz already played 32 games and 72 min/game this season and that even includes playing for Germany.
Singh should be fully trained, so he will be jet lagged for week and off he goes. And under no way should he follow any Italiano instructions, he is creative midfielder and should do his creative things.
Yes exactly, unless Singh has a niggle he should be expected to be able to start from next week - I just expect that Chiefy wouldn't even consider it due to an abundance of caution
Unrelated to the above but I’ve been thinking that a positive about Auckland’s presence in the A-League is the Phoenix have stepped up their social media big time. Auckland were joking and taking the mick constantly and the Nix were dead boring by comparison. Definitely a positive change.
You cant just pick and choose which laws to follow. Sure Id like to tape a baseball game without the express written consent of major league baseball, but thats just not the way it works.-Hank Hill
I don't know how many of you watch the official AL content, I try catch it all, but its super disappointing their coverage of the Nix. Total ALeagues just did an end of transfer update and no mention of Singh but happy to talk about bdl 3 sfc player - we just signed a bdl 3 winner with double the games in bdl 2.
Eze, what a legend. Top of the Golden boot table playing for a team near the bottom of the table. Shout out for Armiento. Five goals and second on the table for crosses completed
Maybe wrong thread but keen for others opinions. Why is the demographic of AFC Fans / The Port so different to yellow fever? They seem to be mostly of 20 - 30 somethings.
Where as lots of football people I talk to in Wellington within that age group don’t associate with the nix at all? And I’d say fever is typically an older crowd. Where is that equivalent in Wellington and why are they not getting amongst the fever? We’ve also had years of promotions to get gets involved are we not converting them as adult fans?
It results a a very different level of active support
Maybe wrong thread but keen for others opinions. Why is the demographic of AFC Fans / The Port so different to yellow fever? They seem to be mostly of 20 - 30 somethings.
Where as lots of football people I talk to in Wellington within that age group don’t associate with the nix at all? And I’d say fever is typically an older crowd. Where is that equivalent in Wellington and why are they not getting amongst the fever? We’ve also had years of promotions to get gets involved are we not converting them as adult fans?
It results a a very different level of active support
it is interesting that average age of yf has sort of trended with the age of the club, might happen to the port over time. what the club should have is student discounts for the fever zone, heavily discounted.
Will also add, when yf was setup social media wasn’t like it is now - if yf were to setup now its unlikely we would have a dedicated forum and just be where people already are (fb, discord, insta etc.) I think the forum is great BTW. Its not closed off like private groups or discord channels.
When I watch AFC games at Mt Smart I see a few older folks at The Port end.
But it's also at times visibly pretty crazy in there (flares, lots of stuff being thrown), and the older you get the less you like those shenanigans.
Those travelling down to the ROF from Auckland, would have been heavily weighted towards those without family commitments and so yeah in that 20-30 age cohort.
There also seems a strong Brit expat element in The Port. Not sure if they are just young short term working holiday visa types, or longer term expats.
Yeah also keen to see what everyone thinks the level of support is like in the Fever at the moment? If you look at The Port (And I'm sure other clubs but this is just a good example), they're absolutely bouncing from 9/10am on a gameday right through to after fulltime, but I feel the fever are very much going through the motions right now.
Understand the constant derby spankings may have something to do with it, and don't get me wrong the first 22 minutes of the game were very good in terms of chanting etc, but there should be more of a matchday experience type thing imo. Meeting at the Featherston is good, but its all very chill in there, not getting many chants going and keeping vibes high.
Jets had over 14,000 at their home game verus Macarthur yesterday. And it looked loud.
They have had home crowds down in that 3,000-4,000 range in recent seasons.
I live in Aussie and don't get to many Nix games. But in that 2023/24 season, there was a stretch of games where the Nix would play before the Mariners, Nix would win, and you could hear the 'we are top of the league, we are top of the league' YF chants through the telly. Domey was posting the footage on social media. Very cool, and obviously a very upbeat vibe going around.
Yeah also keen to see what everyone thinks the level of support is like in the Fever at the moment? If you look at The Port (And I'm sure other clubs but this is just a good example), they're absolutely bouncing from 9/10am on a gameday right through to after fulltime, but I feel the fever are very much going through the motions right now.
Understand the constant derby spankings may have something to do with it, and don't get me wrong the first 22 minutes of the game were very good in terms of chanting etc, but there should be more of a matchday experience type thing imo. Meeting at the Featherston is good, but its all very chill in there, not getting many chants going and keeping vibes high.
Think you may find that YF has become a very splintered fan group. For a start very few of the regulars take an active part in the forums and havnt done so for some time with some actively avoiding them. Seems other forms of social media are used often in closed groups. Back in the bad old BB days chants were regularly a part of the build up but havnt been for some time. For a variety of reasons many have actually moved out of the zone and prefer to watch from elsewhere. While others meet at different pubs before games namely Old Baily,Backbencher, and Trax. Not sure what the answer is but the team performing and winning consistently may go some way to rectifying it.
Personally Saturdays result has left me very deflated just cant get over the lack of effort with little attempt by players to get together and try and lift things. Would be awesome for a change to see the players offer the same level of commitment that the fans do especially those who spend money to travel. Honestly im thankful i only have 2 games left at the stadium and am glad i didnt spend money to go to Christchurch. However i look forward to the Wahnix taking part in finals and travelling to support them. COYN PHOENIX TILL I DIE I KNOW I AM I SURE I AM PHOENIX TILL I DIE
Also agree with the comment above that winning changes everything.
Do think however we HAVE to get up for any derby under any circumstances (Obviously not when you're down 4-0 before halftime) but just before the game. It was decent just expected a little bit moreballane
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Yeah also keen to see what everyone thinks the level of support is like in the Fever at the moment? If you look at The Port (And I'm sure other clubs but this is just a good example), they're absolutely bouncing from 9/10am on a gameday right through to after fulltime, but I feel the fever are very much going through the motions right now.
Understand the constant derby spankings may have something to do with it, and don't get me wrong the first 22 minutes of the game were very good in terms of chanting etc, but there should be more of a matchday experience type thing imo. Meeting at the Featherston is good, but its all very chill in there, not getting many chants going and keeping vibes high.
Think you may find that YF has become a very splintered fan group. For a start very few of the regulars take an active part in the forums and havnt done so for some time with some actively avoiding them. Seems other forms of social media are used often in closed groups. Back in the bad old BB days chants were regularly a part of the build up but havnt been for some time. For a variety of reasons many have actually moved out of the zone and prefer to watch from elsewhere. While others meet at different pubs before games namely Old Baily,Backbencher, and Trax. Not sure what the answer is but the team performing and winning consistently may go some way to rectifying it.
Personally Saturdays result has left me very deflated just cant get over the lack of effort with little attempt by players to get together and try and lift things. Would be awesome for a change to see the players offer the same level of commitment that the fans do especially those who spend money to travel. Honestly im thankful i only have 2 games left at the stadium and am glad i didnt spend money to go to Christchurch. However i look forward to the Wahnix taking part in finals and travelling to support them. COYN PHOENIX TILL I DIE I KNOW I AM I SURE I AM PHOENIX TILL I DIE
What’s the cause of the splintered yellow fever? Is it a bit heavily policed or something? I remember being on a train to the derby in Auckland and some yellow fever were getting angry at other fans for swearing? And then the backlash at the fans last season for the cheify out banner.
What’s the cause of the splintered yellow fever? Is it a bit heavily policed or something? I remember being on a train to the derby in Auckland and some yellow fever were getting angry at other fans for swearing? And then the backlash at the fans last season for the cheify out banner.
With the disclaimer that I’m just a random who turns up to games, I think there’s a bunch of things going on.
First of all my impression is the YF is far more loose knit than people think (me included until recently). Maybe it was more cohesive back in the day when Tracy and Dale were organising things, but my take is there are multiple clusters of people involved that overlap to varying degrees.
As ballane said a lot of it is generational - there are still the OGs, but many of them have moved away from Wellington, are busy raising families, or simply don’t enjoy the vibe in the Zone the way they used to. Then there are newer fans who’ve come in at different times and have absorbed varying degrees of the traditional YF culture. Not saying that’s a bad thing (I’m a relatively new Nix supporter myself), but generational change is never smooth even though it’s vital to keeping a culture alive in a changing world.
So it’s not surprising that not everyone who identifies as Fever stands in the Zone, or that not everyone standing in the Zone would call themselves YF (the “Chiefy Out” banner being a case in point). And as others have said technology is a big part of that - personally I much prefer an independent forum like this to selling my soul to the social media tech bros, but clearly the majority of the world has moved on. I do think it’s telling that there’s not a lot of overlap between active posters here and the people who’re on the drum or organising flags, marches, etc. Again, that’s not a criticism or a complaint, just the reality of the YF in 2026.
So are we splintered? Maybe. Is that a problem? Not if we harness it as a strength rather than a weakness.
