WPM R1 vs Adelaide | Sun 9th Oct | 3:00pm | SS7

The Phoenix really need to get onto this and have been very lax over the seasons doing anything about it.From Sky Stadiums website their charges are as follows.
Sporting Events from $32 online
NPC                     from $17 online
Exhibitions           from $10 at the gate
All day parking during the week $15 
Bloody disgraceful that Phoenix fans are being ripped off at the price they have to pay.
Yep fully aware there is cheaper parking but some of us have mobility issues and it just isnt feasible to park a distance away.
Sadly looks like parking at some stage this season is going to make me miss my 1st Nix game at the stadium.Disapointing

Ranix

NZPhoenixFan

While our attack looks promising, our defence looks a bit shaky.

Agreed. Been conceding pretty regularly in pre-season.
My confidence for Sunday has taken a dip after reading of the 3-0 loss to Sydney over the weekend.

 My last shred of hope that I am hanging on to is that the pre-season games were just for us to test out various different lineups and formations and we will be better on Sunday.... Craig Goodwin might just split our defence in two though....

ballane

The Phoenix really need to get onto this and have been very lax over the seasons doing anything about it.From Sky Stadiums website their charges are as follows.
Sporting Events from $32 online
NPC                     from $17 online
Exhibitions           from $10 at the gate
All day parking during the week $15 
Bloody disgraceful that Phoenix fans are being ripped off at the price they have to pay.
Yep fully aware there is cheaper parking but some of us have mobility issues and it just isnt feasible to park a distance away.
Sadly looks like parking at some stage this season is going to make me miss my 1st Nix game at the stadium.Disapointing

That's the Stadium Trust for you. Harmen and co pretend to be our "friend" but the reality is different. You'll love the new food/beverage prices according to a couple of boofheads. Gone up again

The Phoenix really need to get onto this and have been very lax over the seasons doing anything about it.From Sky Stadiums website their charges are as follows.
Sporting Events from $32 online
NPC                     from $17 online
Exhibitions           from $10 at the gate
All day parking during the week $15 
Bloody disgraceful that Phoenix fans are being ripped off at the price they have to pay.
Yep fully aware there is cheaper parking but some of us have mobility issues and it just isnt feasible to park a distance away.
Sadly looks like parking at some stage this season is going to make me miss my 1st Nix game at the stadium.Disapointing

ballane

The Phoenix really need to get onto this and have been very lax over the seasons doing anything about it.From Sky Stadiums website their charges are as follows.
Sporting Events from $32 online
NPC                     from $17 online
Exhibitions           from $10 at the gate
All day parking during the week $15 
Bloody disgraceful that Phoenix fans are being ripped off at the price they have to pay.
Yep fully aware there is cheaper parking but some of us have mobility issues and it just isnt feasible to park a distance away.
Sadly looks like parking at some stage this season is going to make me miss my 1st Nix game at the stadium.Disapointing

 Ballane... I'll cover your car park for a game this season. Let me know when.

Looking forward to the new season as always. Sorry to be negative but I'm not impressed with our imports. Not that I've seen much from them but as was pointed out pre season did not look good. Imo since the departure of Taylor we've lacked experience and a winning mentality. And there's nothing that's come in to suggest it will be any different this year. Here's hoping I'm wrong

InsulinMachine

Looking forward to the new season as always. Sorry to be negative but I'm not impressed with our imports. Not that I've seen much from them but as was pointed out pre season did not look good. Imo since the departure of Taylor we've lacked experience and a winning mentality. And there's nothing that's come in to suggest it will be any different this year. Here's hoping I'm wrong

Think you will be very wrong with Kraev atleast, he is class and listen to the interview with Jason Pine and Ben Waine, he highly rates the team and new imports. Also we have never been good In pre season generally did beat City in the Australia cup so wasn't all bad

2ndBest

ballane

The Phoenix really need to get onto this and have been very lax over the seasons doing anything about it.From Sky Stadiums website their charges are as follows.
Sporting Events from $32 online
NPC                     from $17 online
Exhibitions           from $10 at the gate
All day parking during the week $15 
Bloody disgraceful that Phoenix fans are being ripped off at the price they have to pay.
Yep fully aware there is cheaper parking but some of us have mobility issues and it just isnt feasible to park a distance away.
Sadly looks like parking at some stage this season is going to make me miss my 1st Nix game at the stadium.Disapointing

 Ballane... I'll cover your car park for a game this season. Let me know when.

Much appreciated buddy but wasnt looking for that. Was just very frustrated that no one seemed interested in offering genuine help to solve the issue. Fully understand the Phoenixs challenges in getting back into game mode but just seems at times that they forget its us the FANS who they trying to attract to games.

Not sure if there is an A-League predictions thread, but world-renowned pundit Robbie Slater has us at 11th for the season and Adelaide at 9th. These may sound like pessimistic predictions, but when the 6 Melbourne / Sydney teams fill the 6 finals places (yes, that's what he has done), there's not much room for the clubs from the 'wee towns'.
A pic of his predictions here ... https://www.reddit.com/r/Aleague/comments/xt9ve0/couriermail_with_a_2_page_spread_on_the_a_league/ 

Are there other preseason predictions about (and a thread that they belong in)?

Turfmoore

Not sure if there is an A-League predictions thread, but world-renowned pundit Robbie Slater has us at 11th for the season and Adelaide at 9th. These may sound like pessimistic predictions, but when the 6 Melbourne / Sydney teams fill the 6 finals places (yes, that's what he has done), there's not much room for the clubs from the 'wee towns'.
A pic of his predictions here ... https://www.reddit.com/r/Aleague/comments/xt9ve0/couriermail_with_a_2_page_spread_on_the_a_league/ 

Are there other preseason predictions about (and a thread that they belong in)?

Most Aussie bookies have us as favorites for wooden spoon even to make the top 6 some have us as the outsiders. Hopefully they all continue to underestimate us all season. Just had to grab some of the odds on offer for us to win it. 

Anyone got an orange ball handy in case it snows?

pax 2333. Hmmm

Are we sure that Lewis won't be playing in this first game? Ufuk said 'worst case scenario' he won't be back until week 2 but I assume that means he expects him to be back earlier. I have also seen him training with the team in all their press releases for a while now and he didn't look to be in pain or taking it particularly easy.

Payne won't start at RB?! - didn't at all during the cup run, why would he start now?

anaveragestem

Are we sure that Lewis won't be playing in this first game? Ufuk said 'worst case scenario' he won't be back until week 2 but I assume that means he expects him to be back earlier. I have also seen him training with the team in all their press releases for a while now and he didn't look to be in pain or taking it particularly easy.

I thought he meant that Round 2 for Lewis was best case scenario

Walsall Boy

anaveragestem

Are we sure that Lewis won't be playing in this first game? Ufuk said 'worst case scenario' he won't be back until week 2 but I assume that means he expects him to be back earlier. I have also seen him training with the team in all their press releases for a while now and he didn't look to be in pain or taking it particularly easy.

I thought he meant that Round 2 for Lewis was best case scenario

So I went back and actually listened to the podcast episode and word for word he said "worst case scenario for us is he's back for round two". 

I take that as Ufuk expects Lewis to be back in the starting lineup by round 2. I would say that we are likely to see Lewis in some capacity off the bench in round 1 or there is a chance he starts and is subbed off early.

anaveragestem

Walsall Boy

anaveragestem

Are we sure that Lewis won't be playing in this first game? Ufuk said 'worst case scenario' he won't be back until week 2 but I assume that means he expects him to be back earlier. I have also seen him training with the team in all their press releases for a while now and he didn't look to be in pain or taking it particularly easy.

I thought he meant that Round 2 for Lewis was best case scenario

So I went back and actually listened to the podcast episode and word for word he said "worst case scenario for us is he's back for round two". 

I take that as Ufuk expects Lewis to be back in the starting lineup by round 2. I would say that we are likely to see Lewis in some capacity off the bench in round 1 or there is a chance he starts and is subbed off early.

Lewis didn't travel to Sydney with the team last weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k_84-4iO2Q

Ranix

anaveragestem

Walsall Boy

anaveragestem

Are we sure that Lewis won't be playing in this first game? Ufuk said 'worst case scenario' he won't be back until week 2 but I assume that means he expects him to be back earlier. I have also seen him training with the team in all their press releases for a while now and he didn't look to be in pain or taking it particularly easy.

I thought he meant that Round 2 for Lewis was best case scenario

So I went back and actually listened to the podcast episode and word for word he said "worst case scenario for us is he's back for round two". 

I take that as Ufuk expects Lewis to be back in the starting lineup by round 2. I would say that we are likely to see Lewis in some capacity off the bench in round 1 or there is a chance he starts and is subbed off early.

Lewis didn't travel to Sydney with the team last weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k_84-4iO2Q

 True but he has been training with them all week since