I hope we win.
Time for the boys to really step up and be counted here. As much as we can use injuries and illness as reasons for the drop off in form, the last two results are 100% unacceptable. There's being beaten by the better team which I will always accept, and it will happen. But for the effort and determination to fly out the window like it has done, really has been disappointing. I know City beat us by 6 (but even in that first half we played well and should've gone into H/T level) but that CCM game was possibly the worst I can remember us ever having played.
Today I want effort, I want running, I want commitment and I want the boys to be giving it their all when they cross that white line onto the pitch.
Like Talay has been saying in the build up to this one, it's the chance for the youngsters to step up and make a name for themselves. No time like the present lads.
COYN! Farken fire up!!! 🔥🦅
Please!!
Time for the boys to really step up and be counted here. As much as we can use injuries and illness as reasons for the drop off in form, the last two results are 100% unacceptable. There's being beaten by the better team which I will always accept, and it will happen. But for the effort and determination to fly out the window like it has done, really has been disappointing. I know City beat us by 6 (but even in that first half we played well and should've gone into H/T level) but that CCM game was possibly the worst I can remember us ever having played.
Today I want effort, I want running, I want commitment and I want the boys to be giving it their all when they cross that white line onto the pitch.
Like Talay has been saying in the build up to this one, it's the chance for the youngsters to step up and make a name for themselves. No time like the present lads.
COYN! Farken fire up!!! 🔥🦅
Please!!
Yes Talay made a comment along lines that these young players have an opportunity. That opportunity (through injuries, Covid etc) may never come along again. Do they want a long pro career or a short one!
Blunt, brutal assessment. Hopefully it gets a reaction!
Edit - found the article. Master motivator at work?? Hope so.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/a-league/128252867/wellington-phoenix-eye-midfield-reshuffle-as-they-reset-and-refocus-for-top-six-push
Whatever happens on Saturday, the Phoenix’s younger, less-experienced players are going to have big roles to play as they chase the 10 points their coach feels they need to make the finals series, and he’s calling on them to seize the day.
“These young players that we are playing at the moment, they need to understand that these opportunities may never come again,” Talay said.
“Opportunities arise with suspensions and injuries, and you’ve got to take the opportunity that's given to you because at the end of the day, you can either forge your career out of it, or have a very short career.”