Wellington Phoenix Men

WPM R16 vs Western Sydney Wanderers | Thu 5th May | 9:05pm | SS7

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almost 4 years ago
STOP LIVING IN OUR BOX!
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Fenton on for Reno, going uber defensive!
correctioin Gael is coming off.

Queenslander 3x a year.

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almost 4 years ago
Ufuk booked. Will have to be careful now

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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almost 4 years ago
Let's hope nothing serious for Sandoval.
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almost 4 years ago
Didn't know you're allowed to man handle a player walking off.
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almost 4 years ago
just looked like a tight hammy, probably from running on that sharkter of a pitch.

Queenslander 3x a year.

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almost 4 years ago
I really enjoy seeing Rudan's face when he's losing.

Queenslander 3x a year.

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almost 4 years ago
Two minutes of quality corner flag sharkhousing.!
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almost 4 years ago
theprof
MetalLegNZ
Ball hasn't had a toe for half a season. Sail hasn't had a defence. Pretty even IMO.

add to this Ball's family heading back to the UK, after his kid getting badly hurt - I forget how - and yet he turns up game after game and does more than we could expect.
 With a young squad having a guy like this around is so good. I hope guys like old, sutts, waine etc are really soaking up that attitude 
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almost 4 years ago
Finals football baby!!
do we get WU????

Queenslander 3x a year.

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almost 4 years ago
Yuuuuuuuuuus
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almost 4 years ago
The dream is still alive, we upset first and we get a home finals game mother fudgers
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almost 4 years ago
If we are lucky we may get a home final too ...well done boys, it could really go either way as both sides had plenty of chances
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almost 4 years ago
Why do I detest Ziggy Gordon so much? Oh that's right, he's a bell end and dirty player.
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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almost 4 years ago
What a great effort. Really glad we've earned a spot in the finals by doing the job ourselves and not depending on other results. The boys ran themselves into the ground and totally deserved that win.
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almost 4 years ago
Well parts brilliant and parts lucky.

Early goal, Sutton gets one! Just need Payne to start nodding a few in from set pieces and we’ve got threats down the flanks. 

This team can beat anyone, but they have to do it by more than one, omg. 


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almost 4 years ago
I thought we dominated that half, which after the first was a good turn around.

Our season is so weird, top 6, but as the commentators said, our ten losses has seen us concede 36 goals and only score 3.

How to describe this season to the casual fan?!?
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almost 4 years ago
Outpost
Lady luck not with us tonight but massively important that at the very least we don't lose this. I'm not that confident we'll keep them from scoring again though.

It may not have been a full-lips-open-mouth smooch from Lady Luck, but I will take the peck on the cheek she gave us tonight.  
Well played lads.

Actually, getting outplayed quite a bit these days

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almost 4 years ago
Yass, ya beauty!

Kilmarnock FC - Scottish Premier League Champions 1965!

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almost 4 years ago
Outpost
Two minutes of quality corner flag sharkhousing.!

More than two minutes! 


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almost 4 years ago
We won with 28% possession. 
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almost 4 years ago
I've ran out of blood pressure medication.

Actually, getting outplayed quite a bit these days

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almost 4 years ago
Being proud of this team is an understatement.

Finals football baby!!!!!
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almost 4 years ago
Lachyloolaa
Dave Dome pointed out we're the only Sydney based team to make the finals this year

That both funny and depressing haha
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almost 4 years ago
I swear i heard them say something about Piscopo signing with another a-league team tonight?
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almost 4 years ago
wilbaker
I swear i heard them say something about Piscopo signing with another a-league team tonight?
 They said there was interest, would be pretty shark if he went to another Aussie team.
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almost 4 years ago
Lachyloolaa
Dave Dome pointed out we're the only Sydney based team to make the finals this year

Lol, way to wind them up!

Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet

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almost 4 years ago
Okay! Bring us some finals football in Wellington!

This team has real potential and this is our best result in about 4 or 6 seasons (memory’s a little hazy.) 

Great to see Sutton, Old and Surman playing such big games. 

Lots of players with question marks stood up today. 

Also this is how I’d expect Louis to be used in this team- getting a few minutes when we’re two goals up and playing a part in a decent cup run. 



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almost 4 years ago
I doubt any neutrals were watching this, would've been an awesome game for them! Great goals scored. Two goals ruled out for marginal offsides. Woodwork hit twice. Last ditch defending. Pennington's slide tackle in the box to whip the ball off foot of the shooter. Sail. Hooper's and Piscopo's sharkhousery time wasting for about three whole minutes of the five added on. Bally is such a legend. Ben Old outstanding. Sutton is very impressive. Sandoval had quite a good game too, almost scored a wonder free kick. 

Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet

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almost 4 years ago
martinb
Okay! Bring us some finals football in Wellington!

This team has real potential and this is our best result in about 4 or 6 seasons (memory’s a little hazy.) 

Great to see Sutton, Old and Surman playing such big games. 

Lots of players with question marks stood up today. 

Also this is how I’d expect Louis to be used in this team- getting a few minutes when we’re two goals up and playing a part in a decent cup run. 

2 seasons, we came 3rd in 2019-2020
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almost 4 years ago
NHpeter
wilbaker
I swear i heard them say something about Piscopo signing with another a-league team tonight?
 They said there was interest, would be pretty shark if he went to another Aussie team.
It was a general throwaway statement by the commentators that "many other clubs would be interested".  
Strangely they do not make those statements about any of our English lads who rarely if ever go on to play elsewhere in the A-League, unlike the non-English imports (Hemed, Davila, Bonevacia, and a few others over the years).  
Hooper, Taylor, Ball... I just cannot imagine them opting to move to WSW, Mariners or WU etc.

Actually, getting outplayed quite a bit these days

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almost 4 years ago
Ryan
martinb
Okay! Bring us some finals football in Wellington!

This team has real potential and this is our best result in about 4 or 6 seasons (memory’s a little hazy.) 

Great to see Sutton, Old and Surman playing such big games. 

Lots of players with question marks stood up today. 

Also this is how I’d expect Louis to be used in this team- getting a few minutes when we’re two goals up and playing a part in a decent cup run. 

2 seasons, we came 3rd in 2019-2020

And limped out of the finals, with no chance of home finals football? Uffie’s first season? 
There’s no bronze medal in the A league if I recall correctly. 
I can’t remember that elimination game at all! It was games against Perth that hurt us both the last two seasons. 
This team has the potential to improve on that result. Bring it to Wellington!


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almost 4 years ago
martinb
Ryan
martinb
Okay! Bring us some finals football in Wellington!

This team has real potential and this is our best result in about 4 or 6 seasons (memory’s a little hazy.) 

Great to see Sutton, Old and Surman playing such big games. 

Lots of players with question marks stood up today. 

Also this is how I’d expect Louis to be used in this team- getting a few minutes when we’re two goals up and playing a part in a decent cup run. 

2 seasons, we came 3rd in 2019-2020

And limped out of the finals, with no chance of home finals football? Uffie’s first season? 
There’s no bronze medal in the A league if I recall correctly. 
I can’t remember that elimination game at all! It was games against Perth that hurt us both the last two seasons. 
This team has the potential to improve on that result. Bring it to Wellington!
that wasn't your question though, also covid happened and there was something about golf carts. We would have won the league without this virus.
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almost 4 years ago
Oi Oi Edgecumbe
I doubt any neutrals were watching this, would've been an awesome game for them! Great goals scored. Two goals ruled out for marginal offsides. Woodwork hit twice. Last ditch defending. Pennington's slide tackle in the box to whip the ball off foot of the shooter. Sail. Hooper's and Piscopo's sharkhousery time wasting for about three whole minutes of the five added on. Bally is such a legend. Ben Old outstanding. Sutton is very impressive. Sandoval had quite a good game too, almost scored a wonder free kick. 
It's interesting watching Old develop his game. He's got some great skills but his decision making is not quite there yet. A lot of potential though.

The silver lining of having so many injuries this season has been the fast tracked development of the young Kiwi guys like Old, Surman, Waine and Sutton. Special mention for Pennington too. It's not been an easy ride for him since he basically became our only specialist midfielder but he's worked very hard and looks far more comfortable now than when he was first thrown in there.
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Ryan
martinb
Ryan
martinb
Okay! Bring us some finals football in Wellington!

This team has real potential and this is our best result in about 4 or 6 seasons (memory’s a little hazy.) 

Great to see Sutton, Old and Surman playing such big games. 

Lots of players with question marks stood up today. 

Also this is how I’d expect Louis to be used in this team- getting a few minutes when we’re two goals up and playing a part in a decent cup run. 

2 seasons, we came 3rd in 2019-2020

And limped out of the finals, with no chance of home finals football? Uffie’s first season? 
There’s no bronze medal in the A league if I recall correctly. 
I can’t remember that elimination game at all! It was games against Perth that hurt us both the last two seasons. 
This team has the potential to improve on that result. Bring it to Wellington!
that wasn't your question though, also covid happened and there was something about golf carts. We would have won the league without this virus.

It’s all very blurry…like our cup run I wonder if the absence of crowds helped us at times, as did the absence of constant international travel…just to play devil’s advocate. 

I dunno- tonight and our run to get here feels much more triumphant than 19/20. This has been hard fought. 

Also anyone opened a Kickstarter to keep Uffie in Wellington and maybe a knighthood thrown in or some such?


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almost 4 years ago
Oi Oi Edgecumbe
I doubt any neutrals were watching this, would've been an awesome game for them! Great goals scored. Two goals ruled out for marginal offsides. Woodwork hit twice. Last ditch defending. Pennington's slide tackle in the box to whip the ball off foot of the shooter. Sail. Hooper's and Piscopo's sharkhousery time wasting for about three whole minutes of the five added on. Bally is such a legend. Ben Old outstanding. Sutton is very impressive. Sandoval had quite a good game too, almost scored a wonder free kick. 

Woodwork was hit 4 times that I can remember (2 for each team). 
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