WPM R25 vs Newcastle Jets | Fri 19th Apr | 9:45pm | Sky Sport 7

Another must win game.  This is stressful 

How is our away games record so far at Newcastle?

Oceanic6

Another must win game.  This is stressful 

I’ve really been enjoying the EPL games I don’t have anything so personal riding on! Some of these games I almost can’t watch or I’ll have to take a break and read the paper for a minute or two…

martinb

Oceanic6

Another must win game.  This is stressful 

I’ve really been enjoying the EPL games I don’t have anything so personal riding on! Some of these games I almost can’t watch or I’ll have to take a break and read the paper for a minute or two…

These days, when I read the newspaper, I need to take a break for a minute or two, just to escape the stress.  

Oceanic6

Another must win game.  This is stressful 

Not used to this! Challenging for top 6 you can afford to drop the occasional game but not in a title race

Mainland FC

How is our away games record so far at Newcastle?

Overall: P22 W9 D3 L10

Last 5:

27/01/2024  1-2
22/10/2022  3-1
18/03/2022  4-0
10/12/2021  4-0
28/02/2021  0-2

Has the youtube stream been working fine for those outside of ANZ recently? 

God I’m stressed. On one hand it’s New castle and they aren’t exactly the best the league has to offer. But in the other hand this would just be the perfect moment for the football gods to screw us

I think some have got it going with a VPN and setting to a small European country. 

newzealandpower

Has the youtube stream been working fine for those outside of ANZ recently? 

If Newcastle can gallantly lose to us this weekend without injuring any of our players, then use that as motivation to beat CCM in the last round to hand us the plate...

I'll buy the club myself!

newzealandpower

Has the youtube stream been working fine for those outside of ANZ recently? 

Worked for me to watch the Sydney Derby. My connection was a lil slow, so didn't get it in 1080p tho.

SamCoughlan

If Newcastle can gallantly lose to us this weekend without injuring any of our players, then use that as motivation to beat CCM in the last round to hand us the plate...

I'll buy the club myself!

Very sporting.  I am not so noble. 
I would settle on us thrashing the Jets, who will then seethe with revenge-hunger and will vent it by smashing the sniggering Mariners the following week.

Zawada on the plane! Lets hope he repeats last time we played Newcastle and bags the winner.

So none of Conchie, Supyk or GSR flew to Australia?
Or maybe they fly over today? 

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coochiee

So none of Conchie, Supyk or GSR flew to Australia?
Or maybe they fly over today? 

Tonight's team 👊#COYN! 🔥

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— Wellington Phoenix Academy (@WgtnPhoenixAcad) April 17, 2024

Only Conchie was on the bench last game and with Zawada returning presumes he takes his spot on the bench. 
So I guess they'd rather them play central league and be on call up if any last minute injuries happen than coming over to aus and not being in the squad?

https://wellingtonphoenix.com/news/isuzu-ute-a-league-round-25-match-preview-2/

No Conchie, but Supyk & GSR are there (if the 2 likely to be omitted).

Starting with 3 CBs with LK-H coming in?

Wellington Phoenix squad (two to be omitted): 3. Finn SURMAN, 4. Scott WOOTTON, 6. Tim PAYNE, 7. Kosta BARBAROUSES, 8. Ben OLD, 9. Oskar ZAWADA, 10. David BALL, 11. Bozhidar KRAEV, 12. Mo AL-TAAY, 14. Alex RUFER (c), 15. Nicholas PENNINGTON, 17. Youstin SALAS, 18. Lukas KELLY-HEALD, 19. Sam SUTTON, 23. Luke SUPYK, 24. Oskar VAN HATTUM, 25. Jack DUNCAN (gk), 40. Alex PAULSEN (gk), 43. Matt SHERIDAN, 51. Gabriel SLOANE-RODRIGUES.
Unavailable: 26. Isaac HUGHES (injured).

Potential Newcastle Jets squad (two to be omitted): 1. Ryan SCOTT (gk), 3. Jason HOFFMAN, 6. Brandon O’NEILL, 7. Trent BUHAGIAR, 8. Apostolos STAMATELOPOULOS (c), 10. Reno PISCOPO, 13. Clayton TAYLOR, 14. Dane INGHAM, 17. Kosta GROZOS, 18. Daniel STYNES, 19. Callum TIMMINS, 20. Michael WEIER (gk), 22. Phil CANCAR, 23. Daniel WILMERING, 25. Carl JENKINSON, 26. Archie GOODWIN, 27. Nathan GRIMALDI, 29. Justin VIDIC, 37. Lachlan BAYLISS 39. Thomas AQUILINA.
Unavailable: 5. Lucas MAURAGIS, 11. Jacob DOWSE, 15. Jason BERTHOMIER, 33. Mark NATTA, 66. Zac BOWLING.

They have a Kosta as well.  Bet ours is better.

And we have Faghani again. 

Just when he needed to take us down

A win tomorrow night is probably even more desirable for us now. 

If we win, we are still on to possibly win the league next Saturday at home. 

Draw or loss and then there is no way to know until after the Mariners play their last game (unless of course it is rescheduled during this coming week, but that seems unlikely) 

RR

And we have Faghani again. 

Booooo, especially away.
Hope the likes of Kraev, Pennington and Old realise from the last game. No point going to ground and expecting to hear the whistle. Gotta stay strong in the tackle. Get ready for a physical encounter.

Ranix

RR

And we have Faghani again. 

Booooo, especially away.
Hope the likes of Kraev, Pennington and Old realise from the last game. No point going to ground and expecting to hear the whistle. Gotta stay strong in the tackle. Get ready for a physical encounter.

I don’t rate Alex King, but, embarrassingly, we were the ones who took advantage of him against CC. We had several fouls where we brought their players down on a run towards the box, but didn’t receive a card the first two or three times. 

As sad as it was to see us play like that - we are fools if the ref sets a standard or has a way that they will ref a game and we ignore it. 

Enjoyed this quote from Chief re the Jets game: "I don't want to go there and absolutely touch them up and ruin their confidence for next week".

PLEASE, please win. I beg. 
Give us the chance to lift it next Saturday.

theaucklandphoenixfan

PLEASE, please win. I beg. 
Give us the chance to lift it next Saturday.

As much I want us to win title no matter the circumstance I'll be so pissed if CCM drop the game against Adelaide rather than the Jets robbing us of celebrating a title win at the stadium. 

Trent

A win tomorrow night is probably even more desirable for us now. 

If we win, we are still on to possibly win the league next Saturday at home. 

Draw or loss and then there is no way to know until after the Mariners play their last game (unless of course it is rescheduled during this coming week, but that seems unlikely) 

Wrong. If we draw vs the Jets & beat Macarthur AND Mariners lose vs the Jets next week, we would have an unassailable 4 point lead before the Mariners/Adelaide game. 

Realistically we need to win both games.

Ryan

Realistically we need to win both games.

Disagree. A win & a draw could well be enough.

Mariners need to play both their last 2 ALM games on short turnarounds, sandwiched between next Wednesday's 2nd leg AFC game against the Kyrgyz side, and likely an appearance in the AFC Cup Final in the Middle East on 5th May. 4 big games with travel in about 11 days.

They still have a very tough schedule, especially if they pick up a few injuries.
But yeah for sure Nix win both their last 2 games, and the pressure is all on the Mariners.

coochiee

Ryan

Realistically we need to win both games.

Disagree. A win & a draw could well be enough.

Mariners need to play both their last 2 ALM games on short turnarounds, sandwiched between next Wednesday's 2nd leg AFC game against the Kyrgyz side, and likely an appearance in the AFC Cup Final in the Middle East on 5th May. 4 big games with travel in about 11 days.

They still have a very tough schedule, especially if they pick up a few injuries.
But yeah for sure Nix win both their last 2 games, and the pressure is all on the Mariners.

Their delayed game will be played when they are fully rested.

Surely they will have to play adelaide before the final game of the season???

LG

coochiee

Ryan

Realistically we need to win both games.

Disagree. A win & a draw could well be enough.

Mariners need to play both their last 2 ALM games on short turnarounds, sandwiched between next Wednesday's 2nd leg AFC game against the Kyrgyz side, and likely an appearance in the AFC Cup Final in the Middle East on 5th May. 4 big games with travel in about 11 days.

They still have a very tough schedule, especially if they pick up a few injuries.
But yeah for sure Nix win both their last 2 games, and the pressure is all on the Mariners.

Their delayed game will be played when they are fully rested.

I'm sure the trophy will be there waiting for them to pick up.  Its theirs to lose now. 

We gave it away when we lost to them and conceded that late goal against Brisbane.

it's simple, we do to the Jest tonight waht we did to Victory last week, we grind them down and take the points with a late goal. At this stage of the season it doesnt need to be flashy.
Win tonight and we got to 52 points three ahead of CCM, they then need to win against Adelaide or Jets to get ahead again on wins. We then win at home against MacArthur and CCM must win their final game whenever that is to get ahead or the trophy is ours. I'm hoping we win tonight and CCM drop points so they can hand the trophy to us at home! 
Keep the faith lads, it's still ours to take.

FIRE THE FARK UP YOUR FARKEN FARKS 🔥 🔥 🔥 

nufc_nz

FIRE THE FARK UP YOUR FARKEN FARKS 🔥 🔥 🔥 

Deluge in Dubai and Doha put a damper on it.

coochiee

Ryan

Realistically we need to win both games.

Disagree. A win & a draw could well be enough.

Mariners need to play both their last 2 ALM games on short turnarounds, sandwiched between next Wednesday's 2nd leg AFC game against the Kyrgyz side, and likely an appearance in the AFC Cup Final in the Middle East on 5th May. 4 big games with travel in about 11 days.

They still have a very tough schedule, especially if they pick up a few injuries.
But yeah for sure Nix win both their last 2 games, and the pressure is all on the Mariners.

they lost their first four games and then only two since then. All we can do is win both our games and hope they draw one of theirs.

Ryan

coochiee

Ryan

Realistically we need to win both games.

Disagree. A win & a draw could well be enough.

Mariners need to play both their last 2 ALM games on short turnarounds, sandwiched between next Wednesday's 2nd leg AFC game against the Kyrgyz side, and likely an appearance in the AFC Cup Final in the Middle East on 5th May. 4 big games with travel in about 11 days.

They still have a very tough schedule, especially if they pick up a few injuries.
But yeah for sure Nix win both their last 2 games, and the pressure is all on the Mariners.

they lost their first four games and then only two since then. All we can do is win both our games and hope they draw one of theirs.

I agree mathematically we can still win with drawing one of our games but I think realistically we have to win both to have a chance. We want Mariniers going into every game knowing they have to go out for the win so they push number forwards and maybe get punished for it or so they can't just take a lead and park the bus.

Hopefully non of this number crunching thoughts in the team.
We need to smash them!! Get the title in style! More points, more wins!