Vs Jets Sunday 16th 4:30pm

So proud of the guys....

Wasn't that Lochhead?

You are, well and truly, f**ked in the head.

Very pleased with performance - a real team effort. I thought we looked very well organised, fit and motivated.

Some of you opinions aren't the most endearing at times Buffy.

You are the one that is f**ked.
Why would cheer someone that had just been sent off and has let the team down-for the next game as well.

You've probably hit the nail on the head Whitby. Dumb yellows. Lochhead? Dumb.

We've suffered from players being suspended for 5 yellows in the past and dumb cards don't help. I do feel for Brown because that was a harsh 2nd yellow but In Ward, he got a yellow last week, a yellow this week and a red that should have been a 2nd yellow this week. We do let ourselves down in terms of yellow card discipline.

Fair enough. But who the hell would suggest that fans should boo their own players? Might be common at Old Trafford but I would like to think Nix fans wouldn't be idiotic enough to entertain such an idea.

Because he scored the opening goal and played with his heart on his sleeve. You're talking about him as if he meant to get sent off a la Rooney all the time.

Lets be honest; we're not a well disciplined team at the best of times, we get far too many cards.

Actually, i felt a positive thing was the new fitness/conditioning coach during warmup. Much more structure in the drills, less messing around than last year; a positive sign perhaps.

or particularly accurate.

However I do make exceptions for dear Buffy and I'm thinking he is on the right track in this instance.

Great result especially considering we are missing the near irreplaceable Vince Lia. Next week may be a bridge too far but got to dig this 3 points.

I have no clue what will happen in the middle next week?
Lindsay, Muscat holding mids?
Or smith in mid?

Oh I don't think Buffy is too far wrong but it is again an only an opinion and one most likely in the minority I would suspect.

I think Lee Taylor is one of the best signings we have made to be honest. I know its tough to put the mockers on signing Warner but he brings top level experience and knowledge. Lee Taylors rap sheet is f**king awesome especially in this part of the world. If he can tough it through the next two months and see what the new owners can do and bring in support in terms of a couple of coaches, I would hope he sticks around.

Brown did look better than last week and I would like to think that he may well have heard the feedback from the fans and decided 'f**k you, I'm better than you guys give me credit for'. I still think Timmy has to learn about discipline though and with a thin squad, we are looking at heading to Perth with a shoestring team (and Aaron Clapham is not the answer)

Wonderful game to kick off the home season.

A good crowd, a fired up Nix skinning the Jests down both wings and hard, uncompromising defence and midfield tussles.

Whole. Team. Absolute. Legends.

"It's good to be back, good to be back."




(the two reds suck and I was proud to cheer and clap both Nick and Tim)

Ya beazer!

Great performance, it's good to be back! Just a shame that the ref had a couple of moments of madness.

i am so happy that is out of my system now

I am pretty sure it was Brown who got a yellow for blocking the free kick. I remember being annoyed at him for being so daft when he had played so well up to that point.

And it was a ridiculous sending off. He wasted 3 seconds. In fact, he didn't waste any time at all. If he hadn't have picked the ball up, the throw in would have taken the same amount of time to happen anyway.

StopOut2011-10-16 20:50:10

Yes.  The mark was 10 metres away so Lochhead wasn't infringing.., and then when the incompetent moron set it for the retake he had it in the right spot.

Glad i'm not the only one to have noticed that too ^^

One for all you Daniel haters.

Speaking of haters. Loved the booing when Payne's mug was flashed up on the screen.

From Fred's live blog:

63 mins

Are those chants of "we want seven" I hear from the Yellow Fever? They've got a cheek, but it illustrates the home team's dominance.
Junior822011-10-16 21:02:52

Try about 10th after 4 types of Surf/Swim sports plus all the other Ball sports.

You not a Nix fan then. Any Nix fan WWHMO stating that opinion.

The sort of Fan that would follow Chelsea.

Good to be back people, good to be back!

COYN!!!

so good to be back!

great dominance, did Warner even have to make a save?

agree the ref did his best to spoil it ...

and I expect his agent will be claiming a fee from both the Jets and Perf

but a win and after 8 months to be back at my spiritual home!! all good!!

One of the most dominant Nix performances I've seen in a long time. I've seen us play more attractive football, but never have I seen a Nix match where the win seemed so obvious almost from the first few minutes in. Just a pity about the red cards...

So true. Just felt so good to be watching live (professional) footy again.

YF belting out the noise (but still very quiet elsewhere -lots of kids it must be said). Could get used to these OCtober starts to the season, but please, PLEASE no off-season as long as this ever again.

also cool to see the people I haven't seen during the off-season

nice to have the school hols eh Oi Oi

Madhouse/Panda/umbrella man

Ballane

and other old mates from aisle 22 (some who sloped off to 21 last season)

Nix fans - the brotherhood of of wild-eyed hype and croaky voices

and the ref who didn't even blow up for a foul for elbows to nose and neck for the players he sent off...yellow= red for half a second dropping the ball behind him...hope like f**k that gets appealed and we never see this ref again...

worse than your regular a-league refs...is it a rule as the quality of the games go up the quality of the reffing comes down??

When are the referees in the a-league going to be made accountable for their mistakes.The two red cards today were the worst i have seen for a long long time.Im still trying to work out wards red card  like i said the refs have to be more accountable

yep. this guy was useless and it seemed like a classic example of NZ team and Aussie ref.

Guess its good that I don't know what WWHMO means then.

One of the best things was Leo seeming to get his mojo back.

Not sure how the w**ker in blue managed to find four yellows and two reds in that game. With that sort of production you would expect it to e a blood bath!, But on the other hand we  gave away some "dumb cards" which I am picking we will regret around round 10 or eleven. Manny's yellow was a case in point, having given the ref a gobful two minutes earlier the ref simply ' got his own back" after what was a fairly inocuous foul. Cards are inevitable, but if you aare going to collect one, at least make some bastard sore for your trouble!!!

Daniel was good, I thought. Could've easily been 3-0. Only if that superb Daniel free kick had gone in!! Fantastic effort. 

Chris Greenacre must be so fit.Machine-like.We will be f**ked if he gets injured