Phoenix City - Farewell

Hi All

The change in alert level has impacted work for a couple of us and therefore changed availability. As such we aren't going to be able to record this week.

Sorry folks, hopefully back to normal next week. Stay Safe, Stay Home, Stay Apart

The Phoenix limp into the playoffs after a 3-0 loss to Newcastle, we try to work out what's going wrong and if it can be solved before the upcoming elimination final.

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/thekidsareallwh...

well played on the header pun

Yeah Hooper leaving like a good week before the playoff is interesting. Must have been some chance of his hammy improving over that time, with regular physio.

Even 10-15 mins off the bench at not much above a jog he'd be a goal threat, for his club who are in the finals but struggling to score. Remember Wood's 20 min cameos for AWs against Peru, when he had a dodgy hammy.

Unfortunately sadly just makes it more like Gaza, ain't returning and wants to get himself fit for some trials in the UK. Did he just say, sorry I don't want be here anymore. Guess we'll never know.

Yeah I am probably being bit unfair on him. He did come back and sacrifice 2 weeks of his life in a sharkty hotel quarantine after all, when a number of other visa players refused to return. So apologies Gary.

But a bit did change after his return that would have made staying around less attractive, and also make him far less likely to come back for another season.

Nix went from pre Covid form horses to pretty mud, and now long odds to win 3 games in 8 days.

VIC & NSW had new Covid outbreaks seeing borders closed off to other states. NZ with a new outbreak. All of which makes it highly likely the new season will start with another hub away from family.

The reality of the salary cap reduction would be being discussed amongst the team, plus the fact Nix will generally just have less cash around likely without home games etc. So it would have started to firm up, that he would have to take a pay drop if he wanted come back for another season. He may have even had some early discussions on how much that pay drop could have been with Dome & Co. That would be pretty natural for him to seek some money feedback on what Nix may have offered, when you know the clubs in England the UK are already doing their recruiting for the new season.

All in all I don't think it would take a really bad injury, to make him leave for Blighty. But again kudos to returning downunder, and going through the whole sharkty 2 week quarantine etc.

Not fair on the Auckland listeners for you to record from a pub!

Hooper and Payne going home early might save some $ as well.

My take on Hooper is he's publicly said he'd like to stay on but with Covid the club probably can't afford him so without a contract on offer he's less likely to want to hang around supporting the club with his injury and more likely to want to return to Europe to find another contract.

Are you guys going to be recording a pod this week? And will you keep going up to the final? Thanks.

The Phoenix are bundled out of the playoffs by Perth, we discuss whether this was a disappointing result or whether it was inevitable.

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/thekidsareallwhite/episodes/2020-08-26T23_38_31-07_00

In case anyone cares my teenage brain can define blursed as something that is both blessed and cursed

Did I doze off, or did you guys not the discuss the penalty shout for the high foot on McCowatt at all?

Surely your grand final review needs to be titled "Rhyan Grant's nipple"

wow- that's a serious bot

i had to search for others the other day - somrthing called the full 90 or something is not half bad to listen to old eposides while you are waiting 

Hi Guys, I know its a little early but will you put together a pod for before the upcoming England friendly with the All Whites and whatever else that is happening in the NZ football community?. Thanks and keep safe.

get Uffie on? We had one signing and I'm totally upbeat on the whole situation now

There's been a rumour of a signing, but nothing confirmed.

No pod for a log time, I am wondering if we are financially in the shark like the Nix? House of cards?

Dunno in the last pod people were told not to talk about stuff, so it could be talked about next time

Havent we lost three players since then? Something to talk about there, even if in its a positive way?

2 young kiwis in europe, etc etc

There's a pod on patreon, pretty sure you can access it for just a few bucks.

so i was right we are financially in the shark? All user pays and act stuff now?

After a small hiatus, we're back with a new episode where gaze into the crystal ball and try to see what is on the cards for the Nix and the A-League.

It's available on our Patreon right now and in your podcast app of choice from tomorrow onwards. #PhoenixCity

— Phoenix City Podcast (@PhoenixCityPod) October 8, 2020

Through the off-season, we'll be posting new episodes to our Patreon slightly earlier than the public feed, so head on over to https://t.co/NDhy4LmQf7 and join the $5 tier or higher to get the latest episodes as soon as they've been recorded.

— Phoenix City Podcast (@PhoenixCityPod) October 8, 2020

Will the podcast be available from the yf app?

The pod team return after a short hiatus for the first episode of the off-season, and navigate their way through all the issues plaguing the A-League and the Phoenix ahead of a potential season restart. Meanwhile, similar issues around creating an ISPS Men's Handa Prem draw are plaguing NZF.

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/thekidsareallwh...

Over the off-season, episodes will be released slightly earlier on our Patreon than on the podcast feed, head to http://patreon.com/PhoenixCity to support the podcast for as little as $1 a month. 

Looking forward to seeing the NZ v England home based squads. Would be a great game!

good pod cheers

Maybe is a good time to invite on Mr Dome and/or Mr Talay, given we now have a start date about 10 weeks away.

Appreciate there is still a lot they probably don't know for sure yet about the upcoming season, but usually after listening to 1 hour of a reassuring Domestar fireside chat, feel much better about Nix's place in the football world.

Both the A-League and the ISPS Premierships have announced the schedule for their season restarts, and the NZ leagues have taken it one step further by releasing the full season draw. Plus, big disagreements on whether that new All Whites away kit is good or bad.

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/thekidsareallwh...

In a slightly late-release of an episode, the pod crew discuss all the news in Phoenix-world, with player signings and contract extensions galore. Meanwhile, the ISPS Handa Premierships begin, and the pod preview a round of football that has now already been played.

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/thekidsareallwh...

(yes we recorded this last week, sorry)

I wonder if the podders have changed their opinion on the Nix W League story since they recorded

What did they say about it?

Hey guys will there be a pod anytime soon? we are only 3 weeks away from kick off. Thanks.

Spotted this up on Nix website. Hopefully is okay to post here. 

https://www.wellingtonphoenix.com/videos

As someone who is really only a Nix supporter of the last 7-8 years, appreciate the hard work that likes of Dave have done since the Phoenix came into be. Nice gesture from the club, especially coming from David Ball.

Happy Christmas to all, and hopefully 2021 is a great improvement on sharkty 2020 for everyone.