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Tard Surrender - Post Match

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TouchMe wrote:
Amazing how we can be signficant $$ behind when htere is a salary cap.
 
I wonder if Ricki will bring a couple players in from the cold?? After two complete shockers ( i missed this game bar for radio coverage for the 2nd half) people should be getting dropped.
 
Brin in Mulligan and Costa with Rojas on the bench. Youth and enthusiasm from two of htem, and one hell of a point to prove from the other.


Yeah lets advocate a radical change in bringing in players out from the cold while we are chasing the playoffs....

The best players are for the most part, been in the match day squad for the last couple of weeks. Mulligan and Rojas do not fit that bill and now is certainly not the time for that.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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djtim3000 wrote:
TouchMe wrote:
Amazing how we can be signficant $$ behind when htere is a salary cap.
 
I wonder if Ricki will bring a couple players in from the cold?? After two complete shockers ( i missed this game bar for radio coverage for the 2nd half) people should be getting dropped.
 
Brin in Mulligan and Costa with Rojas on the bench. Youth and enthusiasm from two of htem, and one hell of a point to prove from the other.


I was wondering that while watching the game - is it just coincedence that the clubs from the biggest cities (SFC and Melbourne) or with the most 'money' (GCU) seem to be light years ahead of everyone else even with the salary cap?

It makes you think what these three clubs are doing better than the other 7.
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I agree. It's not time to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
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f**k. f**k. f**k. f**k.

what else is there to say?
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sh*t?
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Pretty ordinary night there I have to say. Yep, 20/20 hindsight and all that but I can tell you my heart sank when I saw three lined up across the back. We had some good moments in the 1st half but really we were restricted to a lot of long shots which is indicative of a team struggling to break down a defence.
 
The only bright spots were a couple of decent YF chants ("You should be at the tennis!" and "A dingo ate your baby!") plus the inflatable sheep. Was a bit demoralised by the sight of Nix players arguing and waving their hands at each other but there you are, that's what happens when your form goes out the window. I hope we can kick on from here.
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We weren't asking much of you guys, a draw would have been fine but sh*t, you didn't even keep the goal difference down.

Still, ta for the 6-0 vs the gold twats
Horza SFC2010-01-27 00:54:19
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um. f**k off
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Horza SFC wrote:


We weren't asking much of you guys, a draw would have been fine but sh*t, you didn't even keep the goal difference down.Still, ta for the 6-0 vs the gold twats

d***
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Stand up if you hate Sydney.
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I for one am standing and hope if any team doesn't win the league its Sydney, FFS I'd prefer Gold Coast over them.
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I still blame the kit, damn FFA shirt designer,

Any game where Kemp scores that easily is not good!
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SC03 wrote:
My conclusion from that one is that Melbourne will be good to watch in the Asian Champions League.

Too bad the other team is Adelaide... haha
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I think Ricki was too slow with his substitutions last night, and thought he brought the wrong players off - excepting Sigmund.
 
Thought Siggie had to come off earlier (in fact I was dissapointed he started), nnot because he played particularly badly but because he's not a natural right back and doesn't offer support in attack that Hearfield does (who I think is a much more effective RB that RM).
 
He brought on Bertos and Caceras  - 'yes!' I thought - this will give us the width we need. But he took Dadi off so now we can get crosses in, but there's no-one to meet them!
 
And Barbarouses for Ifill.... yurk!
 
 
And I don't think we should be missing Lochy that much - Muscat works reasonably well as a LB. But his abscence seems to have made Ricki change what I think is an obvious back four of Hearfield, Durante, McKain and Muscat.
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My dearest Nix
 
This is not an easy letter to write, but I think we need some time apart.  You know how I feel about you, it was love at first sight.  Something happens when we are together but when we are apart it's like you don't love me at all.  l love the way you look, love the way you move and I love to watch you.  Oh, how I love to watch :-).  But all my friends told me I couldn't trust you and they were right. 
 
Every time you go away you cheat on me with our Aussie friends.  Some overrated, flash chancer comes along and you just lift your skirt, drop your pants and lie down.  And now it's happened twice in the last week.  Well, we can't go on like this.  So I am going away to Christchurch this wekend, alone, to try and make sense of it all and forget about you. Whatever you do, don't try to follow me.  It won't work.  I've succumbed to your promise of a wild weekend away in the past and you've let me down. 
 
You always promise me it will be different next time but it never is and you just go back to your bad old ways.  Perhaps in a little while things will be different.  I can imagine a time, perhaps in August, when we are both at a loose end and you will flatter your eyelashes at me like you always do and I will come running once more.  But for now I hurt too much to contemplate that.   
Farewell my love
 
Your devoted Dog, xx
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Outnumbered in the midfield, especially through the middle. Their midfielders shifted to close down our play down the wing and made it hard for us to switch play. Too much space in the middle of the park for Angulo and Hernandez to pick passes and with the pace of Thompson and Kruse we got caught out. Perhaps in hindsight Ricki would have gone with 3 central midfielders.

Hopefully we can move on from this and don't let it affect us.
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so frustrating watching our guys with the ball - you can see a good early pass on but they want to try and beat some-one - lose the ball and Melb put t to goo use..... aarghh... make the ball do the work - stop trying to dribble through the other teams (goes to most most players inc Ifill)

My judgement is still out on Dadi - yes he scored 3 goals early on but really prances about and did not really see him act as target man, receiving ball and distributing...mind you strugle to pas it to him anyway.



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Jose's Dog wrote:
My dearest Nix
�

This is not an easy letter to write, but I think we need some time apart.� You know how�I feel about you, it was love at first sight.� Something happens when we are together but when we are apart it's like you don't love me at all.� l love the way you look, love the way you move and I love to watch you.� Oh, how I love to watch :-).� But all my friends told me I couldn't trust you and they were right.�

�

Every time you go away you cheat on me with our Aussie friends.� Some overrated, flash chancer comes along and you just lift your skirt, drop your pants and lie down.� And now it's happened twice in the last week.� Well, we can't go on like this.� So I am going away to Christchurch this wekend, alone, to try and make sense of it all and forget about you.�Whatever you do, don't try to follow me.� It won't work.� I've succumbed to your promise of a wild weekend away in the past and you've let me down.�

�

You always promise me it will be different next time but it never is and you just go back to your bad old ways.� Perhaps in a little while things will be different.� I can imagine a time, perhaps in August, when we are both at a loose end and you will flatter your eyelashes at me like you always do and I will come running once more.� But for now I hurt too much to contemplate that.� �

Farewell my love

�

Your devoted Dog, xx


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Was looking froward to Greenie and Dadi up front, shame our midfield was playing on another pitch.
 
On the bright side  C Diddy was looking splendid on the sidelines chanting away (before everything went quiet).  Notably it took all my 46inch widescreen TV to fit him in and the hi def really did show all his flaws.
 
 
studsuplads2010-01-27 09:03:11
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we were so sh*t we made Perennial strugglers Liverpool look good studsuplads2010-01-27 09:05:32
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A few points:

Playing with a fricking kangaroo on our tops sounds like a nefarious aussie scheme to screw us over.
 
Not that it would have made a difference but anyone else think their third goal was offside? The dude who made the run down the right (Kruse?) was just in our half when he received the through ball...none of our guys were. Not a peep from the commentators about it of course.
 
The oz commentators sure love Melbourne, and our convict cousins accuse ours of overt bias?
 
Kevin Muscat = t**ser.
 
So depressing, oh well good on the positive dude a few posts back, thanks mate made me feel a lot better
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studsuplads wrote:
Was looking froward to Greenie and Dadi up front, shame our midfield was playing on another pitch.
 
On the bright side  C Diddy was looking splendid on the sidelines chanting away (before everything went quiet).  Notably it took all my 46inch widescreen TV to fit him in and the hi def really did show all his flaws.
 
 
 
 
I do make the stripes look sh*t hot don't I!!!

"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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I would like to know what happened at half time...what was said? what was the tactical change?

Coz at half time we were well in there. wE conceded an unlucky goal but had lots of shots ourselves. Brown went close twice and Ifill had one saved and blazed two over the bar. The possesion was close to even and we were not being overrun.
 
Then the second half....what a disaster. We fell apart in midfield. We stopped close marking Hernandez and they tore us up. Melbourne are a very very good side...if you let them play. But they are not a 4 goal better side than us.
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My hand hurts and I cant work out why.
 
Help someone...please!!!

"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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Congrats to the victory, at least a 4 goal better side on the day. Could have been more.
Nix, ffs, what was that crap? Ricki, forget about the world cup when the Nix are playing aye mate. Focus, and get your players to do the same.
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Jose's Dog wrote:
My dearest Nix
 
This is not an easy letter to write, but I think we need some time apart.  You know how I feel about you, it was love at first sight.  Something happens when we are together but when we are apart it's like you don't love me at all.  l love the way you look, love the way you move and I love to watch you.  Oh, how I love to watch :-).  But all my friends told me I couldn't trust you and they were right. 
 
Every time you go away you cheat on me with our Aussie friends.  Some overrated, flash chancer comes along and you just lift your skirt, drop your pants and lie down.  And now it's happened twice in the last week.  Well, we can't go on like this.  So I am going away to Christchurch this wekend, alone, to try and make sense of it all and forget about you. Whatever you do, don't try to follow me.  It won't work.  I've succumbed to your promise of a wild weekend away in the past and you've let me down. 
 
You always promise me it will be different next time but it never is and you just go back to your bad old ways.  Perhaps in a little while things will be different.  I can imagine a time, perhaps in August, when we are both at a loose end and you will flatter your eyelashes at me like you always do and I will come running once more.  But for now I hurt too much to contemplate that.   
Farewell my love
 
Your devoted Dog, xx




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akatarawa wrote:
Jose's Dog wrote:
My dearest Nix
 
This is not an easy letter to write, but I think we need some time apart.  You know how I feel about you, it was love at first sight.  Something happens when we are together but when we are apart it's like you don't love me at all.  l love the way you look, love the way you move and I love to watch you.  Oh, how I love to watch :-).  But all my friends told me I couldn't trust you and they were right. 
 
Every time you go away you cheat on me with our Aussie friends.  Some overrated, flash chancer comes along and you just lift your skirt, drop your pants and lie down.  And now it's happened twice in the last week.  Well, we can't go on like this.  So I am going away to Christchurch this wekend, alone, to try and make sense of it all and forget about you. Whatever you do, don't try to follow me.  It won't work.  I've succumbed to your promise of a wild weekend away in the past and you've let me down. 
 
You always promise me it will be different next time but it never is and you just go back to your bad old ways.  Perhaps in a little while things will be different.  I can imagine a time, perhaps in August, when we are both at a loose end and you will flatter your eyelashes at me like you always do and I will come running once more.  But for now I hurt too much to contemplate that.   
Farewell my love
 
Your devoted Dog, xx




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Jose's Dog wrote:
My dearest Nix
�

This is not an easy letter to write, but I think we need some time apart.� You know how�I feel about you, it was love at first sight.� Something happens when we are together but when we are apart it's like you don't love me at all.� l love the way you look, love the way you move and I love to watch you.� Oh, how I love to watch :-).� But all my friends told me I couldn't trust you and they were right.�

�

Every time you go away you cheat on me with our Aussie friends.� Some overrated, flash chancer comes along and you just lift your skirt, drop your pants and lie down.� And now it's happened twice in the last week.� Well, we can't go on like this.� So I am going away to Christchurch this wekend, alone, to try and make sense of it all and forget about you.�Whatever you do, don't try to follow me.� It won't work.� I've succumbed to your promise of a wild weekend away in the past and you've let me down.�

�

You always promise me it will be different next time but it never is and you just go back to your bad old ways.� Perhaps in a little while things will be different.� I can imagine a time, perhaps in August, when we are both at a loose end and you will flatter your eyelashes at me like you always do and I will come running once more.� But for now I hurt too much to contemplate that.� �

Farewell my love

�

Your devoted Dog, xx


Wonderful prose young fella,wonderful Mills & Boon eat ya heart out.

Good call young man.

agree with akatarewa post of the year.

Take note Tony P.
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Jose's Dog wrote:
My dearest Nix
 
This is not an easy letter to write, but I think we need some time apart.  You know how I feel about you, it was love at first sight.  Something happens when we are together but when we are apart it's like you don't love me at all.  l love the way you look, love the way you move and I love to watch you.  Oh, how I love to watch :-).  But all my friends told me I couldn't trust you and they were right. 
 
Every time you go away you cheat on me with our Aussie friends.  Some overrated, flash chancer comes along and you just lift your skirt, drop your pants and lie down.  And now it's happened twice in the last week.  Well, we can't go on like this.  So I am going away to Christchurch this wekend, alone, to try and make sense of it all and forget about you. Whatever you do, don't try to follow me.  It won't work.  I've succumbed to your promise of a wild weekend away in the past and you've let me down. 
 
You always promise me it will be different next time but it never is and you just go back to your bad old ways.  Perhaps in a little while things will be different.  I can imagine a time, perhaps in August, when we are both at a loose end and you will flatter your eyelashes at me like you always do and I will come running once more.  But for now I hurt too much to contemplate that.   
Farewell my love
 
Your devoted Dog, xx
 
 
Can't wait for the movie. What a tear-jerker.
scribbler2010-01-27 10:41:04
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At half time I was full of...

optimism noun 1 the tendency to take a bright, hopeful view of things and expect the best possible outcome. 2 philos the belief that we live in the best of all possible worlds. 3 the theory that good will ultimately triumph over evil. Compare pessimism. optimistic adj. optimisticallyadverb.
ETYMOLOGY: 18c: from French optimisme, from Latin optimus best.

At full time...

disappoint verb (disappointed, disappointing) 1 to fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of someone. 2 formal to prevent (eg a plan) from being carried out. disappointed adj having one's hopes or expectations frustrated. disappointing adj causing disappointment; frustrating one's hopes or expectations. disappointment noun 1 the state of being disappointed. 2 something that disappoints.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c, originally meaning 'to remove someone from office': from French desapointer.

...but I know that by Saturday I will be...

happy adj (happier, happiest) 1 feeling or showing pleasure or contentment � a happy smile. 2a happy day for the company. 3 suitable; fortunate � a happy coincidence. 4a happy reply. 5 colloq slightly drunk. 6 in compoundspower-happy � bomb-happy. happiness noun. happy as Larry colloq completely happy.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from hap. causing pleasure � suitably expressed; appropriate � overcome with the thing specified, usually implying irresponsibility �


...because, hey, that's football.... 

Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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auskiwi wrote:
Congrats to the victory, at least a 4 goal better side on the day. Could have been more.
Nix, ffs, what was that crap? Ricki, forget about the world cup when the Nix are playing aye mate. Focus, and get your players to do the same.
 
Good to see you are a mind reader there Auskiwi.
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This has probably been said before but whenever you watch the Phoenix compared to other teams, the ballcarrier is always isolated, especially in midfield and hardly ever given an option of an easy pass. They are always expected to beat the player and get a cross in. This happened more so in the 2nd half last night and we constantly lost possession.
This isn't rocket science but it annoys me when we get the ball and everyone else runs away from the ballcarrier.
I reckon the standard of passing and build up play in the NZFC is better than what the Nix come up with.
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Gooner 4 Life wrote:
This has probably been said before but whenever you watch the Phoenix compared to other teams, the ballcarrier is always isolated, especially in midfield and hardly ever given an option of an easy pass. They are always expected to beat the player and get a cross in. This happened more so in the 2nd half last night and we constantly lost possession.
This isn't rocket science but it annoys me when we get the ball and everyone else runs away from the ballcarrier.
I reckon the standard of passing and build up play in the NZFC is better than what the Nix come up with.
I reckon you haven't watched much NZFC then. Check any of the 8 sans Manawatu and Auckland.. Simply horrible football. You'd see more hoofs than a Taranaki dairy farm or a Manawatu university bar.

Grumpy old bastard alert

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My first time in the away section (I know, slack). Pretty depressing after we went 4 down - disappointing only 5 or 6 of us were trying to chant as well (and a couple of dudes up the back)

I was behind the guy who kept dropping his drinks

a.haak

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we are going on an away tour next season, melborne was going to be the crowning glory - having second thoughts now though! christchurch will be the closest thing to an away game yet. lets hope its a good one!
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akatarawa wrote:
Jose's Dog wrote:
My dearest Nix
 
This is not an easy letter to write, but I think we need some time apart.  You know how I feel about you, it was love at first sight.  Something happens when we are together but when we are apart it's like you don't love me at all.  l love the way you look, love the way you move and I love to watch you.  Oh, how I love to watch :-).  But all my friends told me I couldn't trust you and they were right. 
 
Every time you go away you cheat on me with our Aussie friends.  Some overrated, flash chancer comes along and you just lift your skirt, drop your pants and lie down.  And now it's happened twice in the last week.  Well, we can't go on like this.  So I am going away to Christchurch this wekend, alone, to try and make sense of it all and forget about you. Whatever you do, don't try to follow me.  It won't work.  I've succumbed to your promise of a wild weekend away in the past and you've let me down. 
 
You always promise me it will be different next time but it never is and you just go back to your bad old ways.  Perhaps in a little while things will be different.  I can imagine a time, perhaps in August, when we are both at a loose end and you will flatter your eyelashes at me like you always do and I will come running once more.  But for now I hurt too much to contemplate that.   
Farewell my love
 
Your devoted Dog, xx




POST OF THE SEASON NOMINEE
 
This is a magnificent read. Just, truly wonderful.
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akatarawa wrote:
Jose's Dog wrote:
My dearest Nix
 
This is not an easy letter to write, but I think we need some time apart.  You know how I feel about you, it was love at first sight.  Something happens when we are together but when we are apart it's like you don't love me at all.  l love the way you look, love the way you move and I love to watch you.  Oh, how I love to watch :-).  But all my friends told me I couldn't trust you and they were right. 
 
Every time you go away you cheat on me with our Aussie friends.  Some overrated, flash chancer comes along and you just lift your skirt, drop your pants and lie down.  And now it's happened twice in the last week.  Well, we can't go on like this.  So I am going away to Christchurch this wekend, alone, to try and make sense of it all and forget about you. Whatever you do, don't try to follow me.  It won't work.  I've succumbed to your promise of a wild weekend away in the past and you've let me down. 
 
You always promise me it will be different next time but it never is and you just go back to your bad old ways.  Perhaps in a little while things will be different.  I can imagine a time, perhaps in August, when we are both at a loose end and you will flatter your eyelashes at me like you always do and I will come running once more.  But for now I hurt too much to contemplate that.   
Farewell my love
 
Your devoted Dog, xx




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Jose's Dog.  That's gold.  You win a prize.  PM me your postal address.
 
Smithy.
 

Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.

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akatarawa wrote:
we are going on an away tour next season, melborne was going to be the crowning glory - having second thoughts now though! christchurch will be the closest thing to an away game yet. lets hope its a good one!


Go to the Melbourne Heart game

a.haak

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Thanks Smithy.  Clear your messages as I can't send you anything. 
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valeo wrote:
akatarawa wrote:
we are going on an away tour next season, melborne was going to be the crowning glory - having second thoughts now though! christchurch will be the closest thing to an away game yet. lets hope its a good one!


Go to the Melbourne Heart game


ahhhh i like your thinking! hopefully they will be as pisss poor as nqf are
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