Views on Game

About atmosphere, you always expect chanting and passion from aisle 21, and we heard that tonight. Great work fellas. But at the 1/2 way line, where I am, it was the best it's ever been tonight. People are really picking up on the chanting. I know I could hardly speak by the end and developed a nasty headache from screaming. ;)

Satisfied with the draw.
Fink2007-09-23 00:29:19

halfway was a great ring of fire!!!loved it!!!but maximum respect to the fever in 21/22

Some advise from a Mariners fan still smarting after we lost out on Elrich. But in the spirit of football getting stronger sign Felipe for as long as you can.

thats what we want to hear            

Thought we were VERY lucky to get away with a draw as Adelaide dominated the game. We didn't play well at all. Smeltz goal was lucky but i'll take it. If their keeper didn't suck so much we would've lost 2-0. Though i'll reserve judgement till i've seen the replay - I was pissed off most of the game however.

im bloody annoyed..this was meant to be a triumphant welcome home and it turned out to be a very lucky draw.

Guys on the Melbourne forums reckon we're the consistently loudest crowd in the league this season - and remarked that it seems that the whole ground get involved  - not just the hard core supporters bay.

I have to admit - one or twice during the -'clap clap, clap clap clap, clap clap clap, PHOENIX' chants I take a moment to look round the stadium -and it's looks pretty kick arse to see everyone joining in

What was the crowd last night said 11,000 on the telly but looked more?

12271 I think

I agree with Teza and the colonel req, the referee was apalling, and the linesman closest to aisle 26 was total goose too. The Adelaide guys were getting away with handballs   holding and pushing our guys around at will!  Having said that, I don't think we played all that well either.  We haven't scored a goal at the Ngauranga end of Westpac yet but Felipe sure went close in the first half.  Mossy was great.  I'm very impressed with his positioning.  he is our rock at the back along with Dodd and O'dor. Our pint sized Felipe though was the man of the match for me followed very closely by Moss.  I love the atmosphere in the stadium! YF set the benchmark and the crowds are starting to really join in now.  Three very good home crowds so far.  When we score everything goes mental even the old grey haired pensioner sitting next to me in Aisle 26 was off his feet roaring when we scored! Brilliant!  Bring on Perth Glory!!!!

Casio proved to be a handful and Diego seemed to panic our defense ,need to be a bit more structured and composed at the back, some of the clearances were a joke when our players clearly had more time to deliver the ball in a more constructive manner rather than a sunday league hoof up the park and  generally down the gullet of one of their midfielders !  Kiwi Jambo2007-09-23 08:54:38

Is it just me being one-eyed or have we had terrible match officials at every home game so far?

What was all the rubbish about Dodd having to change his shirt and not being allowed back on the pitch after he had been bandaged up...seemed to go on way too long...

Surely the person with the greatest impact on FIFA's Fair Play initiative is the ref and if they aren't up to scratch you just get more cheating Aussies...

Evidently he had blood on his shirt in that case.

Although - I couldn't understand how that ended up a fk to Adelaide - Dodd gets cleared from behind - the big fella lands on top of him and it's a AUFC FK! - wtf!

DOn't know why you'd be scared of Diego, he's just an MLS reject.  He's more American than Brazilian.

...and while we had ten they scored.  That was one of a long list of ridiculous calls and that one almost cost us any points.
Hard News2007-09-23 09:04:28

was quite surprised to see the ref not yellow anyone. One that sticks out was felipe getting brought down after he got round someone right by the byline down ngauranga end of ground.

An attacking opportunity ended by a foul that was a fairly blatant takedown?? Cant get any more yellow than that.
sir les2007-09-23 09:57:25

Replay on Sky Sport 1 now fyi.

Never have I witnessed such blatant bias in officials at a FOOTBALL game. The irony being that before the game started, both skippers took an oath of allegiance to fair play. What a farce, within 1 minute Daniel was taken out by the worst tackle [apart from Rattin -Argentina 66 world cup] ever perpetrated on a sports field. It could have maimed the bloke for life, only for the ref, who was within yards of the offence, not only ignoring the assault, but saying nothing to either skipper.

There were a huge number of kids at the game last night - what does this sort of action convey to them.

We still seem to lack confidence in front of goal, however I am sure that this will improve with more shots on goal outside the box.

Does anyone check on the attendance stats, as it seems that this is NOT a correct reflection, given that the stadium look almost half full last night - is someone working a tax fiddle!!

For the 2nd goal if Aloisi had held his ground instead of doing a diving header (?) could he have stopped it?

Was a definite yellow...Felipe was on his way...I think Aloisi got a yellow late on...probably thought he'd get away with giving someone a kick as the ref seemed visually impaired...

was talking to my mates about how stupid it was to go for the diving header

I don't know why he did it his head was no where near the ball.

Aloisi is out for next week now

So straight swap with Tim Brown?

I doubt they would drop Aloisi.

I think he was referring to suspension?

na I think he still has one card to go?

The crowd dounded superb on the livestream and I believe helped the Pheonix get over the line.  Welly is doing NZ football proud in a way Auckland never really managed, full credit to you. 

ok maybe i got the suspension thing wrong.

Oi! You haven't seen the Wellington Sunday League then! We don't encourage hoofing!

ha any one else have bruises on there knees from jumping into the seats in front of you? hopefully we can tidy up our game a bit against perth. will Elrich be match fit by then or is he still nursing his knee?

burns is awsome all the hype well worth it and djite is class aswell was a handfull in the end happy with the point and entertaining game!