Wellington Phoenix Men

WPM Australia Cup playoffs vs Brisbane Roar| Wed 14th May | 9:30pm NZT | Larrakia Park, Darwin

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10 months ago
Did nobody tell Brisbane how bad we are? What are they even doing out there?
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10 months ago
reg22
20 minutes in. Have we done anything?
 
honestly we're managing the game well considering the conditions.
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10 months ago
Retre’s gassed. Subs before the goal please


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10 months ago
recycle. slow it down. sit back. recycle. sideways. backwards. half break, check back, recycle.

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10 months ago
djtim3000

joshy's been good tonight so far.

Bump
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10 months ago
martinb
Retre’s gassed. Subs before the goal please
 EVERYONE looks gassed.
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10 months ago · edited 10 months ago · History
LBS pretty average today. Should have done better after being put into a good position by Kosta just before

Edit: and the same again 2 minutes later
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10 months ago
Attendance 1813, beats the 1496 last night.
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10 months ago
I reiterate my earlier point. Golden chance to just have a real dig there, Kosta drops it off to Retre and it goes all the way back FFS.

And then the turnover from LKH would've just compounded that.

Someone needs to get in the lads heads over these next few months and tell them to be brave.
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10 months ago
Silent
martinb
Retre’s gassed. Subs before the goal please
 EVERYONE looks gassed.
 kosta ain't

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10 months ago
If LBS had scored there, you just know we'd be seeing exactly the same shark all next season :D
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10 months ago
I know we are winning, and it's hard to complain when we are winning.

But seriously, 17 shots to 5. We've have 1 good chance on a counter-attack, and scored.

Which is great. But this style of football is so bad (not the players). I can't see us doing any better next season if we keep playing these tactics. 
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10 months ago
Roa conche sighting! 
I have an amazing ability to find my way out of mazes. I'm pathological. 
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10 months ago
Can't remember who else we have on the bench but surely someone needs to come on to finish this game off. 
I have an amazing ability to find my way out of mazes. I'm pathological. 
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10 months ago
Oh ffs rufer. You numpty
I have an amazing ability to find my way out of mazes. I'm pathological. 
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10 months ago
kwlap
Oh ffs rufer. You numpty
soft
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10 months ago · edited 10 months ago · History
I hope he's not the captain next year 
I have an amazing ability to find my way out of mazes. I'm pathological. 
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10 months ago
Ref is a cod and all. Never a pen. Double yellow on Rufer for contesting, but nothing for lining up Sutts and taking him out on the far side.


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10 months ago
kwlap
Oh ffs rufer. You numpty
didnt look much in it, even for just a yellow.
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10 months ago
martinb
Ref is a cod and all. Never a pen. Double yellow on Rufer for contesting, but nothing for lining up Sutts and taking him out on the far side.
yeah, crap refereeing. 

something i noticed. when rufes was coping an ear full aboubakar, not one of his team mates stepped in

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10 months ago
djtim3000
kwlap
Oh ffs rufer. You numpty
didnt look much in it, even for just a yellow.
 studs to thigh. Surprised it wasn't straight red.
I have an amazing ability to find my way out of mazes. I'm pathological. 
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10 months ago
kwlap
djtim3000
kwlap
Oh ffs rufer. You numpty
didnt look much in it, even for just a yellow.
 studs to thigh. Surprised it wasn't straight red.
no
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10 months ago
kwlap
djtim3000
kwlap
Oh ffs rufer. You numpty
didnt look much in it, even for just a yellow.
 studs to thigh. Surprised it wasn't straight red.
they replayed it about 5 times - didn't see studs anywhere near the tackle. If anything his trailing leg collected O'Shea after his other knee knocked the ball away cleanly.
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10 months ago
Masterclass in back passing from us tonight. No attack too promising for us to boot it 40m back towards our own goal. From the first minute to the last. 
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10 months ago
It was barely a foul for Rufers second yellow. Meanwhile that cod Klein should have had two justified yellows and the foul on Walker was orangey/red.


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10 months ago
reg22
kwlap
I hope he's not the captain next year 

he's an excellent captain IMO
 I agree for last season. This season, not so much.
I have an amazing ability to find my way out of mazes. I'm pathological. 
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10 months ago
Brisbane are a petulant niggly team aren't they? 

Not a good reflection on Valkanis. 

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10 months ago
yay we did a last season....
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10 months ago
Well we tried to throw it away there! Win our relegation playoff!! 

Fair play to Darwin. Turned out and made it a good one.


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10 months ago · edited 10 months ago · History
- 23 shots to 6 to Brisbane.
- 60% possession to 40% to Brisbane.

Can't complain with a win, well done to the players, but I feel we will continue to be watching this style of football next season. It's so difficult to watch.
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10 months ago
Glad we won that. An extra incentive to give a shark about the preseason now - will be good to have early pressure on Chiefy to change our approach
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10 months ago · edited 10 months ago · History
A win, a dull win, but a win.

We better have a couple of reinforcements, maybe still Kosta, and at least some of our shark sorted out for the round of 32.

Round of 32 is likely to happen not long after the Wrexham game.
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10 months ago · edited 10 months ago · History
Another dour performance.

LKH really needs to learn how to header and Chief needs to stop been so scared of losing he sets up to block for 90 mins.

Team is afraid it seems to play pro active passes.

Happy we won, but meh again.
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10 months ago
Ninja
- 20 shots to 6 to Brisbane.
- 60% possession to 40% to Brisbane.

Can't complain with a win, well done to the players, but I feel we will continue to be watching this style of football next season. It's so difficult to watch.

Everyone do your member survey. Demand bold black vertical stripes for the home kit. Use the anything else? question to demand an attractive, attacking playing style. 

I did and it felt good. If enough do, perhaps it will filter through?
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10 months ago · edited 10 months ago · History
Bye bye and thankyou Sutts and Woots. You've both been great players for us.
Happy Off Season everyone!

Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet

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10 months ago
reg22
martinb
Ref is a cod and all. Never a pen. Double yellow on Rufer for contesting, but nothing for lining up Sutts and taking him out on the far side.
yeah, crap refereeing. 

something i noticed. when rufes was coping an ear full aboubakar, not one of his team mates stepped in
 
And I forgot Kosta getting a yellow for objecting to Hingert kicking through his ankles. So being the victim and being annoyed at a veteran endangering your health is the same as the crime. Beating in mind we’d seen Walker have to go off moments before after a bad tackle. 


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10 months ago
Gill said on the podcast he was wanting to see a more positive and attacking and attractive style next season. So at least the expectation isn't there that we are going to do more of this negative sitting stuff next season. Achieving it is another thing entirely but was good to least hear him pay lip service to the idea.  
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10 months ago
Man I got so caught up in that corner I completely missed the 80th minute - tonight I have failed you all as a representative of the Fever.

But the players have been making up for it by throwing their shirts to kids in the crowd, there’s a whole bunch of them round the back of the stadium now pleading for Phoenix swag.
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