WPW R17 vs Adelaide United | Sun 2nd Mar | 4:00pm | Sky Sports 3

Huge game for our Top 6 chances.

Barry,  Longo, Elliott presumably won't get back into the country until Friday.  Where do they fly through, Los Angeles??

Hopefully Longo get a rest for next Ferns game. Though she was captain. And is the most senior player there.

Wellington Phoenix squad: 2. Zoe MCMEEKEN, 3. Tiana JABER, 4. Mackenzie BARRY, 5. Alivia KELLY, 6. Maya MCCUTCHEON, 8. Amelia ABBOTT, 9. Olivia FERGUSSON, 10. Alyssa WHINHAM, 11. Manaia ELLIOTT, 13. Brooke NEARY (gk), 14. Mebae TANAKA, 15. Daisy BRAZENDALE, 16. Annalie LONGO (c), 17. Ela JEREZ, 19. Liv INGHAM, 20. Emma MAIN, 21. Lara WALL, 39. Carolina VILÃO (gk)

(Two to be omitted)

Ins: 10. Alyssa WHINHAM (returning from injury)

Outs: 7. Grace JALE (injured)

Unavailable: 7. Grace JALE (injured), 18. Ella MCCANN (injured), 22. Aimee DANIELI (gk) (injured), 23. Rebecca LAKE (injured)

Adelaide United squad: 1.Annalee GROVE, 2.Emily HODGSON, 3.Meleri MULLAN, 4.Matilda MCNAMARA, 5.Sarah MORGAN, 6.Tiarna KARAMBASIS, 8.Emily CONDON, 10.Chelsie DAWBER, 12.Nanako SASAKI, 13.Ella TONKIN, 14.Lucía LEÓN, 16.Dylan HOLMES, 17.Zoe TOLLAND, 18.Lara KIRKBY, 21.Claudia JENKINS, 22.Erin HEALY, 23.Fiona WORTS, 28.Chrissy PANAGARIS

(Two to be omitted)

Ins: 3.Meleri MULLAN, 12.Nanako SASAKI

Outs: 20.Miley GRIGG, 27.Sian DEWEY

Unavailable: 27.Sian DEWEY (Load Management)

Cmon you Nix, make our weekend brighter!!

Oi Oi Edgecumbe

Cmon you Nix, make our weekend brighter!!

After yesterdays effort at Sky Stadium, another 90 minutes of Fergusson might send me over the edge.

But I will be there

just what a player wants to hear before she goes out there to give 100%

Not

Fenix

Oi Oi Edgecumbe

Cmon you Nix, make our weekend brighter!!

After yesterdays effort at Sky Stadium, another 90 minutes of Fergusson might send me over the edge.

But I will be there

🎶🎶 Paulie Temples Yellow Army 🎶🎶

Come on you WahiNix, will be there to cheer you on. 

🔥🔥Fire Up🔥🔥

A win today will go a long way to helping the push for finals

🔥🔥COYN🔥🔥

YOUR XI 💪

🟡 McMeeken wears the captain’s armband after becoming the third woman in Nix history to play 50 A-League matches
🟡 Whinham and Main return to the starting line-up#COYN pic.twitter.com/88enHFmkfq

— Wellington Phoenix 🔥 (@WgtnPhoenixFC) March 2, 2025

Longo and Barry starting despite all the travel to and from Costa Rica!

Also Tanaka is back in the squad (on the bench)

Bit surprised Elliott isn't starting,in the absence of Jale. But looks like mcmeekin and wall could be playing as wing backs with Jaber, Kelly,and Barry at the back.

And we have Main! I hope she does well

Spotted one Adelaide supporter so far and Bev Priestman is back. 

Hope for a bigger crowd, but competing with the Newtown fair and the beach. 

Yuk. Awful black kit again FFS.
It can't be as visible as yellow.  The refs are standing out

Not a great start

Poor fumble there from Vilao, lucky to not be 2 down

There are now five Adelaide fans around me and of course they are annoying. 

Club hasn't had a win since 20 Jan...

Ferguson.  My favorite!

Yes Fergusson! 

Fergusson we never doubted you!

We were a distant second best,with wind behind us. Then they gifted us a goal, we are very fortunate to be level.

The midfield just ain't functioning apart from Longo. Whinham keeps losing it, Mccutcheon hasn't got into it for some reason, and McMeeken hasn't offered enough going forwards.  Hard to criticise Main or Ferguson, they have been given nothing. 

Swap mcmeekin for Elliott. 
And if Whinham doesn't shape up in a hurry,swap her for Tanaka.

If it helps we've had a lot of games this season where we put in a decent first half and blow it in the second. If we improve this game is still there for us to do the reverse.

This Adelaide team is playing well. They look big and strong winning alot of midfield duels. Going to be a real battle for us against the wind second half. 
COYN.
Big second half effort.

Wow that was a fortunate free kick for Adelaide....

Well it was nice to have some positivity for a little bit.

Good goal for Adelaide unfortunately 

Adelaide bench, coaching staff celebrating like they've won the league 🤢

Great save by Vilao, lucky to not be behind by more than 1 with all the chances they've had

Ffs, we are running out of time

Glad there's no var! Not sure how the ref didn't see it, but I'm not complaining

Been easily our poorest home performance of the season. 5 matches winless and 4 points off finals is concerning.

I don't understand our subs,wrong people, wrong time. 
Oh,well,we all have our opinion.
We are benign near goal, we have noone who can shoot. But we know that.  Elliott should have been on at half time. Rant over!

Great penalty save! 

Was definitely a penalty, but surprised they gave it so late

0.61-3.41 on the xG

Ouch

Adelaide have been very dangerous with their corners. 

Even at 3-1 I feel we've are lucky to not be losing by more

The fortress has fallen

So much talk about the unbeaten run by the commentators... very little about the fact we were winless in 4 games. Do we just ignore away games now?

Disappointing performance all round really. We gave them far too many chances and I feel we are a bit lucky to not have conceded more.

Feels like we're gonna need to be flawless from here on out to push for finals

Two Nix games, two losses.  Even saw Siggy leaving early, hed seen enough.  We are running out of games to make the top six.  So how long is Paul Temples contract for ? 
 
Longo plays two games in Chile and still backs up with a full game.  Shes is a machine. 

Happy to say that Ferguson finished her goal well. 

But Longo was the only one who can avoid criticism today.  Not good all round.  Adelaide were decent, but we never shaped up. 

We had three shots on target. 
One for the goal, which was a shooting opportunity presented to us. 
One was from Longo in the first half which was a soft chip to the keeper. 
And I dont remember there being a third one, maybe that was Longos effort in the second half.