WPM R9 vs Western Sydney Wandrers | Sat 23rd Dec | 5:30pm | RoF / SkySport 1

12 Pubs & a chance to hurl abuse at Marko Rudan, what more (other than 3 points) can you ask for Nixmas?

RR

12 Pubs & a chance to hurl abuse at Marko Rudan, what more (other than 3 points) can you ask for Nixmas?

Giancarlo to confuse Rudan with his unexpected tactics?  

Yellow shirts  not that black nonsense hopefully 

Fenix

Yellow shirts  not that black nonsense hopefully 

Wouldnt count on it sadly with Oppo doing some couch promotion for someone to be treated special

Since it worked so well for the last game: "Picking another heavy loss"

Will be really interesting to see how Rudan brings out his team against us. If he decided to sit back and not press ( which is what I think is the way to beat us) I will be concerned. 
I’m sure it will be on his mind this week but I think he also might try and find a way to stop us playing out and press strong because of the cocky man he is. Either way a really good test for us.

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More than 6k coming, you'd think 🤞

Really hope they get a good day of weather and decent crowd for this one. They definitely deserve it. Gutted not to be making it.

WhoStoleMySock

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More than 6k coming, you'd think 🤞

amazing what being top of the table will do for attendance, not threats, not discounts, nothing to do with parking or food prices - actually having a team that is playing well and winning.
Weather looks pretty decent too...... warm with some clouds.

I wouldn't hold out hopes for too big a crowd, Wellington is a ghost town for the next few weeks.

I've been surprised about how many people are actually still in town. It's been relatively busy in the mornings.
Maybe peple have decided to have christmas at home and go away for new years?

My last day of work is tomorrow, be interesting to see how busy sh1 is as I drive north.

Zawada still out injured for this weekend according to latest In's & Out's.

Was it Ben Waine who was listed as injured/sick before he ended up signing for Plymouth Argyle? 🙃

YoungHeartHM

Zawada still out injured for this weekend according to latest In's & Out's.

Was it Ben Waine who was listed as injured/sick before he ended up signing for Plymouth Argyle? 🙃

True. I'm surprised a thigh contusion would keep him out for the second game in a row. 

YoungHeartHM

Zawada still out injured for this weekend according to latest In's & Out's.

Was it Ben Waine who was listed as injured/sick before he ended up signing for Plymouth Argyle? 🙃

Zawada is injured.

Oi Oi Edgecumbe

YoungHeartHM

Zawada still out injured for this weekend according to latest In's & Out's.

Was it Ben Waine who was listed as injured/sick before he ended up signing for Plymouth Argyle? 🙃

True. I'm surprised a thigh contusion would keep him out for the second game in a row. 

Must be the mother of all bruises...

YoungHeartHM

Oi Oi Edgecumbe

YoungHeartHM

Zawada still out injured for this weekend according to latest In's & Out's.

Was it Ben Waine who was listed as injured/sick before he ended up signing for Plymouth Argyle? 🙃

True. I'm surprised a thigh contusion would keep him out for the second game in a row. 

Must be the mother of all bruises...

From Tuesday

Coach Giancarlo Italiano said Zawada had gone for an ultrasound on Monday, after his thigh injury took longer to heal than first anticipated.

“At first, we didn't think it was too serious and then it escalated during the week, but we’re still hopeful that it'll be right for this week.”

andrewvoerman

YoungHeartHM

Oi Oi Edgecumbe

YoungHeartHM

Zawada still out injured for this weekend according to latest In's & Out's.

Was it Ben Waine who was listed as injured/sick before he ended up signing for Plymouth Argyle? 🙃

True. I'm surprised a thigh contusion would keep him out for the second game in a row. 

Must be the mother of all bruises...

From Tuesday

Coach Giancarlo Italiano said Zawada had gone for an ultrasound on Monday, after his thigh injury took longer to heal than first anticipated.

“At first, we didn't think it was too serious and then it escalated during the week, but we’re still hopeful that it'll be right for this week.”

I jest of course, but I don't forget. 

Oi Oi Edgecumbe

YoungHeartHM

Zawada still out injured for this weekend according to latest In's & Out's.

Was it Ben Waine who was listed as injured/sick before he ended up signing for Plymouth Argyle? 🙃

True. I'm surprised a thigh contusion would keep him out for the second game in a row. 

Contusion.  What a load of tosh. Is it to hard for them to calm it a bruise. Its a bruise!

Contusion is a little more serious than a bruise.
"A thigh contusion or muscle bruise is an injury to the soft tissue (muscle fibers, connective tissue and/or blood vessels and nerves) of the upper leg. The most commonly involved muscle is the quadriceps." thanks google.
He'll be struggling to run at anywhere near full speed, probably find even light jogging is painfull. Sure it may look like a bruise but he wont be passing any fitness tests this week.

Mild contusions usually heal within six days. Moderate contusions: It's painful and difficult to bend your knee more than 90 degrees. You may have pain, swelling or tenderness that lasts several weeks. It can take up to two months to heal from a moderate thigh contusion.

theprof

I've been surprised about how many people are actually still in town. It's been relatively busy in the mornings.
Maybe peple have decided to have christmas at home and go away for new years?

Might be a few more people hanging around due to a but more job uncertainty atm, I know a few in that situation. Hopefully all those people instead decide to spend up going to the Nix!!!

Got 6 of us coming today.  Glad the weather looks like it might hold out.    Come on you nix 

Monto

theprof

I've been surprised about how many people are actually still in town. It's been relatively busy in the mornings.
Maybe peple have decided to have christmas at home and go away for new years?

Might be a few more people hanging around due to a but more job uncertainty atm, I know a few in that situation. Hopefully all those people instead decide to spend up going to the Nix!!!

was a pretty quiet trip, so maybe everyone is in Wellington still.

I’ll be bringing 4. Hope the trains are running….

COYN.......
Bring the Xmas cheer.

Come on lads pack that cake tin today. Up the nix 🔥🔥🔥 fire up. Let's beat that snake ex coach 🐍🐍🐍

Fire Up 🔥!

…do ticket still get you free pass on the train?

Unchanged from Monday, which was probably to be expected.

Here is your Nix Starting XI powered by @OPPONewZealand 📱

▪️ Unchanged squad from Monday's 3-0 win over Macarthur FC

Kickoff is at 5:30pm #COYN! 🔥

💛🖤 pic.twitter.com/8TOKKYte6r

— Wellington Phoenix 🔥 (@WgtnPhoenixFC) December 23, 2023

Big game this evening. Fire up! 🔥🔥🔥

I’m a bit behind the 8-ball, why isn’t Oskar isn’t starting?

Hoping for a massive turnout, come on wellingtonnnn. 

Steph1000

I’m a bit behind the 8-ball, why isn’t Oskar isn’t starting?

Oskar has a big old thigh contusion. 

Much different from a bruise, as elaborated on earlier in this thread.

Pretty decent turnout at the RoF today by the looks of it. Maybe 6 or 7000-ish?

25 mins of dire crap from both teams. They are good at passing it sideways.

Bit of a stalemate currently. Not many opportunities from either team. 

Absolute arm wrestle this one.
I do love this stuff. Who's going to crack first?

Elemenop

Bit of a stalemate currently. Not many opportunities from either team. 

WSW aren't bothering to press which kind of closes down our plan A. Add two best defences in the league and it's not going to be a six goal thriller unfortunately. 

Opposition definitely been told to flop in midfield. Cheating prick.

Two very similar tactics out their today. I’d say we are edging it in terms of chances but only just. 

Two great saves.