Why?
I'm sorry buit you and Frankie sit on the other side of the world and comment that it's paranoia and Marius who has never condemned a media organisation in his life lambasts people for it.
It's not the same as the first few years. Sure it's sweetness and light since Terry got the archer but for the last 8 months there has been little to no sports coverage of the Phoenix but the club has been in the papers every second day, on more than a few occassions in articles that have little or nothing to do with Terry the club and Terry were dragged into it.
I try and keep out of this but comments suggesting the DomPost have been unconditional supporters of the club through the whole existance as suggested there are a joke.
I am not sure what side of the world we live on has any relevance - it is simple to get newspapers, etc so we see the same coverage that you do.
I would suggest that there has been very little sports coverage in the last 8 months as there has been very few sports stories - we have played no games, signed very few players, etc. The big news has been Terry, and that is what they have reported about. There might be a debate about the quality of that reporting, but again, that has been done to death. Overall, I think that there coverage of the the Wellington Phoenix football team has been pretty good, and for them to get ridiculed for suggesting that is a bit over the top.
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
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It's not what they're covering. It's how they're covering it.
"Phoenix till they lose"
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Tards are still goalless (4 games now according to the commentators). Lets's aim for 5 and they leave wellington with no points.
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Hurry up next week. Quite looking forward to hosting the Tards.
Apparently they are quite "disappointing".
Apparently they are quite "disappointing".
"Phoenix till they lose"
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Man i hope M/V don't find their scoring boots next week, they're due a few now
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Tards are still goalless (4 games now according to the commentators). Lets's aim for 5 and they leave wellington with no points.
Their last goal was in the 65th minute of their last round robin game last year v Adelaide.
That's nearly six and a half hours without an A-League goal.
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According to one Wynton Rufer, Tards will be arriving here on Friday. Harry Kewell will be arriving tonight for some extended training sessions at rongotai college. I think this is brilliant.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10761129&ref=rss
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10761129&ref=rss
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According to one Wynton Rufer, Tards will be arriving here on Friday. Harry Kewell will be arriving tonight for some extended training sessions at rongotai college. I think this is brilliant.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10761129&ref=rss
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10761129&ref=rss
"Hi Kids. Today we are going to practice doing GORGEOUS instinctive passes.
Tomorrow we will learn how to be an argumentative prat and remonstrate with the referee without getting a yellow card."
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Good on the doom post for this, however i do giggle at this: "We have been right behind the Phoenix since day one" What with a knife?
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Dominion Post Marketing Manager Paul Williams says that the paper was keen to show its support in a very real way.
�We have been right behind the Phoenix since day one and with the recent changes and what we believe is a new future for the Phoenix, we really wanted to get in behind the club and the fans at the beginning of this new season. We are really pleased we could work with the Phoenix to bring the children of Wellington this special offer.�
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As far as I can tell this is just them saying (again): we wanted Terry gone, and now that he has we'll support the club.
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Is it Airplane there is a good coffee spitting scene in..or is it one of the Naked Gun movies...? hungover....
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It's not what they're covering. It's how they're covering it.
This.
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
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Manny suspended AARRRGGHH!!
If ever we need a right back too, it's this one. Marco could tear us a new one.
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Manny suspended� AARRRGGHH!!
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If ever we need a right back too, it's this one.� Marco could tear us a new one.
What are we going to do next week? Back 3? Griffiths in CD Siggy to RB? Tsatt/Smtih/Downey to RB? Can Downey even play(injured?)?
We don't even have a proper defensive mid left... Brown?
If Melbourne don't manage to score against us they really will be in trouble.
"Yellow Fever are fantastic – I have to say that"
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You'd imagine Downey will come in if fit.
Otherwise perhaps Lindsay can do a job there?
Or, considering Victree can't score to save their lives, maybe we just run with a back three and take the game to them!Smithy2011-10-24 08:21:17
Otherwise perhaps Lindsay can do a job there?
Or, considering Victree can't score to save their lives, maybe we just run with a back three and take the game to them!Smithy2011-10-24 08:21:17
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
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manny, noooo 
Central Hawkes Bay Nix
and tragic follower of Charlton Athletic
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RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIVALS!!!!!!!
Oh Wait...
Oh Wait...
"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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FTT
(small font for now)
(small font for now)
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Could Leo play right back? Ward move out to the right, and Brown into the mids
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Could Leo play right back? Ward move out to the right, and Brown into the mids
Could be a goer, Leo could do with a refreshed brief. Really need an idea of where Ricki reckons Tsat, Griffiths and Lindsay can play. I think if there's no one particularly well equipped to play fullback, Downey's pace could be the deciding factor if he's fit. Praying Ifill is ready to go in time, if so Bertos to the bench I think.
Warner
SigmUnd Durante
Downey Lochhead
Brown
Ifill/Ward Sanchez Smith Daniel
Greenacre
Paston
Tsattalios
Bertos/Ifill
Ward/Lindsay
You know we belong together...
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have we got PAX yet? i might just buy a ticket to see where it's at..
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Downloadable Poster here:
http://admin.ffa.sportalhosting.com/site/_content/document/00000237-source.pdf
http://admin.ffa.sportalhosting.com/site/_content/document/00000237-source.pdf
Yellow Fever - Misery loves company
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The loss of Manny is huge for us....he's easily been our best player. I don't think Rickie has any confidence in Downey at right back. The way he defended in preseseaon games makes you think he would only get a gig there if we have only 11 fit players. Dumb recruitment IMO. All the aussie blogs said he couldn't defend to save himself and we went ahead and signed him. So here we are once again...year five and still we have have not signed a proper right back!
Glad to hear the Doom post are 100% behind the Nix.....I will watch my back now.
Perhaps we could ask them to get Sam Worthlesston to be a bit more positive in his articles....every week he has to put in a negative dig. Recently its been..." real disapointing for the club to only get 7000 at the first home game, they should have had 10,000" Well Sam, you don't seem to have noticed there were two other huge games on thet day.
He also said that after being unbeaten after the first two games that we " were overly flattered because in reality the Jets and the GC were also ran teams" Well Sam, is that the same Jets who are now a clear third on the table.
The day the Doom post get a decent football writer like Piney or Freddie and fire that two bit hack Worthington, might be the day that I decide to start buying the paper again.
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Please enjoy your three points, with our compliments,
love Mem and The Gang.
love Mem and The Gang.
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Please enjoy your three points, with our compliments,
love Mem and The Gang.
love Mem and The Gang.
I'm not too sure KP. I honestly woke up at 3.30am in a cold sweat last night. My mind was racing: "Oh Manny, wot have you done"!
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Please enjoy your three points, with our compliments,
love Mem and The Gang.
love Mem and The Gang.
It's us. You know our luck. The week you turn up we won't.
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I will wait until we see who is available before giving up hope, but for now I am quite happy to accept that WE ARE DOOMED!
(still; FTT)
(still; FTT)
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The loss of Manny is huge for us....he's easily been our best player. I don't think Rickie has any confidence in Downey at right back. The way he defended in preseseaon games makes you think he would only get a gig there if we have only 11 fit players. Dumb recruitment IMO. All the aussie blogs said he couldn't defend to save himself and we went ahead and signed him. So here we are once again...year five and still we have have not signed a proper right back!
Hamish Bidwell seems to be a nice chap:
Glad to hear the Doom post are 100% behind the Nix.....I will watch my back now.
Perhaps we could ask them to get Sam Worthlesston to be a bit more positive in his articles....every week he has to put in a negative dig. Recently its been..." real disapointing for the club to only get 7000 at the first home game, they should have had 10,000" Well Sam, you don't seem to have noticed there were two other huge games on thet day.
He also said that after being unbeaten after the first two games that we " were overly flattered because in reality the Jets and the GC were also ran teams" Well Sam, is that the same Jets who are now a clear third on the table.
The day the Doom post get a decent football writer like Piney or Freddie and fire that two bit hack Worthington, might be the day that I decide to start buying the paper again.
But they flogged the top-of-the-table Glory everywhere, except on the scoreboard. And shut a few folk up. Not least on the press benches, where there had been complaints that half the Phoenix team were such last-minute ring-ins that they didn't even feature in the league media guide. Those players that were listed weren't given much credit either.
"Phoenix till they lose"
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i am ge3tting two tickets today so i will update the pax for sunday as of this afternoon
I LOVE LAMP
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The loss of Manny is huge for us....he's easily been our best player. I don't think Rickie has any confidence in Downey at right back. The way he defended in preseseaon games makes you think he would only get a gig there if we have only 11 fit players. Dumb recruitment IMO. All the aussie blogs said he couldn't defend to save himself and we went ahead and signed him. So here we are once again...year five and still we have have not signed a proper right back!
Hamish Bidwell seems to be a nice chap:
Glad to hear the Doom post are 100% behind the Nix.....I will watch my back now.
Perhaps we could ask them to get Sam Worthlesston to be a bit more positive in his articles....every week he has to put in a negative dig. Recently its been..." real disapointing for the club to only get 7000 at the first home game, they should have had 10,000" Well Sam, you don't seem to have noticed there were two other huge games on thet day.
He also said that after being unbeaten after the first two games that we " were overly flattered because in reality the Jets and the GC were also ran teams" Well Sam, is that the same Jets who are now a clear third on the table.
The day the Doom post get a decent football writer like Piney or Freddie and fire that two bit hack Worthington, might be the day that I decide to start buying the paper again.
But they flogged the top-of-the-table Glory everywhere, except on the scoreboard. And shut a few folk up. Not least on the press benches, where there had been complaints that half the Phoenix team were such last-minute ring-ins that they didn't even feature in the league media guide. Those players that were listed weren't given much credit either.
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I concur with Junior82....
FTT!
FTT!
"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 concur with Junior82....
FTT!
FTT!
FTT
(watch me grow day by day)
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I concur with Junior82.... FTT!
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So who is going to be at right back against victory?
They will probably play Kewell wide on the left and Rojas wide right and interchange during the match. We will need to be on top of our game defensively.
If ifill is fit then we have a good shot at winning this....provided we can defend. Victory have been shiite so far this season. 270 minutes without a goal....who would have thought!
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So who is going to be at right back against victory?
IIRC Kewell has not started any of their games out wide so far. He might because they need to try something different but I wouldn't say probably. He is also coming accross to Wellington early ahead of their team, which makes changing things up a bit difficult for them. Ifill should only play if fit. The team should be backing themselves to win this regardless.
I'm guessing Downey has to start at RB, there is no other realistic choice.rjmiller2011-10-25 18:47:27They will probably play Kewell wide on the left and Rojas wide right and interchange during the match. We will need to be on top of our game defensively.
If ifill is fit then we have a good shot at winning this....provided we can defend. Victory have been shiite so far this season. 270 minutes without a goal....who would have thought!
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got my tickets just short of 6000 as of lunch time today
I LOVE LAMP
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