WPM Semi Final Leg 2 vs Melbourne Victory | Sat 18th May | 6:30pm | RoF | March @ 5:30pm

50 tickets left that aren't away or lounge tickets.

LG

Doloras

LG

I'm hearing the Violinist is coming over to play?? WTF? We are meant to be having a "Home" semi final, not making it comfortable for the Victory. Shoot yourselves in the foot why don't you. If you want an atmosphere this Saturday, tell the DJ to take the day off and let the crowd make the noise, not the DJ and certainly not a Melbourne violinist. We're here to win this thing. Not a time to play nice.

Every time you hear something infuriating and you want to share it, it's best provide a source so we can judge whether it's actually going to happen, a rumour, or trolling

A Phoenix Fan website on Facelessbook Delores, Gives you something to hunt down.

a) The burden of proof is on the one making the extraordinary claims.
b) There is a reason why "I read it on Facebook" is the punchline of many jokes

Thanks, but can you make your own screenshot, or cut-and-paste the text? Seems to be a locked group or something. And I've heard this nowhere else

oh yeah and away tickets is all gone

nixnation

oh yeah and away tickets is all gone

Is this not an epic fail?
Local fans wanting to sit in their allocated seats in the away zone, so the 20-50 travelling victory fans have to be scattered around them?? Remember what happened last time we let Nix fans sit in with victory fans...

mykey

nixnation

oh yeah and away tickets is all gone

Is this not an epic fail?
Local fans wanting to sit in their allocated seats in the away zone, so the 20-50 travelling victory fans have to be scattered around them?? Remember what happened last time we let Nix fans sit in with victory fans...

 
We haven’t “let” nix fans sit in the away bay have we? 

There have been some sudden block bookings (eg 200 at a time), which I thought may have been organised travel via supporters groups. Good on them if they’ve packed it out. 

I haven’t seen any purchase restrictions (eg when we [Charlton] went to Millwall only CAFC members or people with 5 home game purchases in the system for that season were allowed to buy away tickets, and purchase was administered by Charlton) and don’t think it’s warranted in the A-league. I’d expect a reasonable security presence and anyone wearing nix merch or supporting us to be booted from the ground if they are in the away bay. 

sold out now isn’t it?

Addicks

mykey

nixnation

oh yeah and away tickets is all gone

Is this not an epic fail?
Local fans wanting to sit in their allocated seats in the away zone, so the 20-50 travelling victory fans have to be scattered around them?? Remember what happened last time we let Nix fans sit in with victory fans...

 
We haven’t “let” nix fans sit in the away bay have we? 

There have been some sudden block bookings (eg 200 at a time), which I thought may have been organised travel via supporters groups. Good on them if they’ve packed it out. 

I haven’t seen any purchase restrictions (eg when we [Charlton] went to Millwall only CAFC members or people with 5 home game purchases in the system for that season were allowed to buy away tickets, and purchase was administered by Charlton) and don’t think it’s warranted in the A-league. I’d expect a reasonable security presence and anyone wearing nix merch or supporting us to be booted from the ground if they are in the away bay. 

Yeah we have let it happen because there are not restrictions. 

There were 50 seats max sold in the section yesterday. Then when it was the only section available last night it filled up. 
I can guarantee it’s not sudden blocks of victory fans. 

Having travelled to plenty of nix away games half the fun is being surrounded by your own fans and creating a good atmosphere. 

Yes there is not often trouble in the a leagues but it’s still something you can help avoid. Thought we might’ve learnt from when victory played here during the season. 
What’s the point of an away zone?

People who have bought in the away section have been emailed requesting that they change seats. 

mykey

Addicks

mykey

nixnation

oh yeah and away tickets is all gone

Is this not an epic fail?
Local fans wanting to sit in their allocated seats in the away zone, so the 20-50 travelling victory fans have to be scattered around them?? Remember what happened last time we let Nix fans sit in with victory fans...

 
We haven’t “let” nix fans sit in the away bay have we? 

There have been some sudden block bookings (eg 200 at a time), which I thought may have been organised travel via supporters groups. Good on them if they’ve packed it out. 

I haven’t seen any purchase restrictions (eg when we [Charlton] went to Millwall only CAFC members or people with 5 home game purchases in the system for that season were allowed to buy away tickets, and purchase was administered by Charlton) and don’t think it’s warranted in the A-league. I’d expect a reasonable security presence and anyone wearing nix merch or supporting us to be booted from the ground if they are in the away bay. 

Yeah we have let it happen because there are not restrictions. 

There were 50 seats max sold in the section yesterday. Then when it was the only section available last night it filled up. 
I can guarantee it’s not sudden blocks of victory fans. 

Having travelled to plenty of nix away games half the fun is being surrounded by your own fans and creating a good atmosphere. 

Yes there is not often trouble in the a leagues but it’s still something you can help avoid. Thought we might’ve learnt from when victory played here during the season. 
What’s the point of an away zone?

Gonna be a very usefull exercise for Nix management & stadium security, looking towards next season's AFC home derby game(s). They are going to be big crowd affairs as well. If the Nix home derby is on Waitangi Day as mooted, it might even get close to a sellout (depending alot on how the Nix are performing). I'm sure a number of AFC supporters will just be happily dispersed amongst Nix fans, but their active support (P.o.r.t) will want an allocated Away bay.

I've read a bit of anti Nix sentiment on their FB page. Don't rule out some, rare for NZ, ugly scenes if there isn't well organised security around the Away bay. That's the last thing you'd want to see, potentially overshadowing all the enormous positive vibes that are going to be around these huge first time derby matches.

2ndBest

People who have bought in the away section have been emailed requesting that they change seats. 

To where?

2ndBest

People who have bought in the away section have been emailed requesting that they change seats. 

To where?

Got my flights and accommodation sorted. Yay!

Will the Vuck arrive tomorrow or are they already here?

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Have they officially hung the sold out sign up? Must be gettin close…

Also, if Sydney thrash ccm (very unlikely, but hey), will it be a GF at Sky stadium?

Have they officially hung the sold out sign up? Must be gettin close…

Also, if Sydney thrash ccm (very unlikely, but hey), will it be a GF at Sky stadium?

2ndBest

50 tickets left that aren't away or lounge tickets.

That is absolutely epic. BUT ...

It's not enough to have lots of people there. We need a large, noisy, parochial crowd. We need people cheering the nix so loudly that their ears hurt. We need people letting the ref know when a 50/50 goes against us. We need the players to feel the energy and use it to get that extra 1% of performance.

The Melbourne crowd numbers were disappointing, but it's worth remembering that they have a much larger proportion that are active support than us, and they made themselves heard. We had a few hundred away fans and by goodness we shouted ourselves hoarse (my voice is still a bit squeaky), and their few hundred will do the same. We need our 30k to drown them out, and to give the team that lift that will get them over the line

I was there when Bertos scored that screamer against Perth in the pouring rain. 

I’m amped for this game, it’s been such a long time coming.