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WPM R20 vs Auckland | Sat 22nd Feb | 5pm | FeverTua to Mt Smart

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about 1 year ago

Nommag

I hope that spanish dude is some kind of a-league messi and we just rip the greasy fudgeers apart

I don't know if he would appreciate being referred to as spanish

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about 1 year ago

same penisula 😬

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Nommag

I hope that spanish dude is some kind of a-league messi and we just rip the greasy fudgeers apart

I don't know if he would appreciate being referred to as spanish

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Already dreading a scenario of us starting off the better team or at least being competitive before either AFC score from a set piece, we gift them an own goal or May opens the scoring with another long range screamer.

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about 1 year ago

i suspect it will be the case we will just defend with 9 with Kosta alone at the front and eventually they will just nick a goal because we don't have the players for that strategy. Chief has persisted with that strategy every week and based on the line ups it's no different this week unfortunately.

HattyCW

Already dreading a scenario of us starting off the better team or at least being competitive before gifting AFC an own goal or May opening the scoring with another long range screamer.

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about 1 year ago

Come on lads fire up 🔥🔥🔥. Whether or not you like the tactics or how we're playing you gotta back the lads 🔥🔥

Nothing to say we can't nick this game. Anything can happen in football and even more possibilities are open in derbies! A result today may turn our season around 🔥🔥 lets go

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about 1 year ago

coochiee

Jayden Smith (17 yr old CB) has been on the bench for months. He's not there, so yes I think that's a sign will be going 4-3-3 sometime 2nd half. It's actually quite an attacking subs bench. Hopefully Nix can makea contest of it.

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Verstraete not starting so there is much more hope we can hold them off early and steal it later especially with many attacking subs.

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about 1 year ago

Hope its not yours

WanderingSheep

Missing the game due to a wedding, fire up nix! Let’s fudgeing set the record straight! COYN

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about 1 year ago

Right!
Let’s get double stuck in. I don’t care how we win, but let’s chase it with every thing we’ve got until the final whistle sounds, and demand their respect.

If we go down, let it be with our resources completely exhausted and all our shots fired.

Come On Phoenix! 🔥

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about 1 year ago

COYN!!! Lets get going!!

I have an amazing ability to find my way out of mazes. I'm pathological.

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about 1 year ago

Sheridan and Roa Conchie as CMs? I'm not convinced, sorry. As always, go Nix...but I hope these two can weather the black and blue storm

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about 1 year ago

Well won that, nice start

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about 1 year ago

That was pretty dogsoish. Pijnaker dodged a bullet there

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about 1 year ago

What's the word on Retre?

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about 1 year ago

newzealandpower

What's the word on Retre?

Heard he got a bit of a niggle

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This will be a good game you can tell already. Playing 4-3-3 (or 4-4-2 apparently) and having a real 10 makes us look like a much better, more dangerous team. Chico only getting started and Rufer isn't even on the pitch yet.

We can totally win this.

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about 1 year ago

I admire the optimism of many of the folks on this thread

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about 1 year ago

I must say I quite like our new Portuguese lad already, looks like a decent enough signing

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brni

about 1 year ago

That's a warning shot and a half... 8-9 yellow shirts in the box and they still put the ball in the net.

And yes there is an obvious push by Mata - but if he doesn't do it, there's a good chance he still scores.

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about 1 year ago

That’s poor from Payne tbh. I really don’t think he’s a good player.

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about 1 year ago

Fuark. We do look likely to concede

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about 1 year ago

Monto

I must say I quite like our new Portuguese lad already, looks like a decent enough signing

Looks a bit like Diego Castro. If he's anywhere near as good as that guy I'll be very happy.

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about 1 year ago

Loving the look of Chico. Classy but he's also getting stuck in very well.
I'm concerned that we're easing off too much and inviting them in. Also, Kosta has had maybe one touch on the ball. We need to get him more involved. Same for Ishige

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about 1 year ago

Also Sky...WTF...10 ads in the middle of the game? Are you joking

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about 1 year ago

newzealandpower

More touches for Kosta in that area please!

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about 1 year ago

Beautiful attempt that, classy

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about 1 year ago

What have I missed? Been watching stupid ads for the last 5 minutes on Sky open. Gonna pirate the second half

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about 1 year ago

Foul all day on Nando there. Wrestlers would be proud if that grapple.

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MaMo

about 1 year ago

So Pijnaker gets away with a DOGSO, then drags back Kosta on a counter and doesn't get pinged for a second yellow let alone a foul... What's he got in the ref?

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ma+3

about 1 year ago

We’re allowing them too much.

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Mo+1

about 1 year ago

Shock horror

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about 1 year ago

Imagine if we had competant referees - the a-leagues would be such a good product

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about 1 year ago

This played out to the letter exactly as I thought it would. You cannot and sit back and absorb the blows without the players with the ability to do it.

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about 1 year ago

Stink game for AKH's weaknesses to cost us

I have an amazing ability to find my way out of mazes. I'm pathological.

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about 1 year ago

When we have 2 dogsh!t keepers, this is what we get.

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about 1 year ago

Fudges sake. Not suprising just disappointing

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about 1 year ago

That's about the fourth time they've been able to have shot after shot within the penalty area... not exactly a shock that they score. We can't just expect to block everything.

Just hope we can get into HT only 1-0 down and have a rethink.

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about 1 year ago

Jacob spoonley. The hokiest commentator in nz sport?

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about 1 year ago

maynardf

Imagine if we had competant referees - the a-leagues would be such a good product

As much as I don't like some of the officiating this season it's clearly a league wide police to let a lot go, that's been fairly consistent so far. We do a shark job of playing to that and instead look for fouls that aren't going to be given.

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about 1 year ago

two corners just not at all dealt with.
catch it or flick it over the bar.
you can't be punching it out to the penalty spot

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about 1 year ago

LT01

Rethink to what? Chiefy doesn’t have it in him. This is the way we play. Sit deep absorb pressure then counter..

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