WPW R22 vs Western Sydney Wanderers | Sat 30th Mar | 4:00pm | Porirua Park / Sky Sport 7
WSW with everything to play for. If they win they are guaranteed a top 4 finish and a home playoff match.
Come meet your Phoenix Women this Thursday! 🤩
— Wellington Phoenix 🔥 (@WgtnPhoenixFC) March 26, 2024
Ahead of their final match of the 2023/24 A-League Women season, your Phoenix Women will be down at Chemist Warehouse Porirua from 3:15pm-4:30pm!
Get your tickets for this weekend's pride match at Porirua Park Nix fans! 👇
Here it is! 🤩
— Wellington Phoenix 🔥 (@WgtnPhoenixFC) March 27, 2024
Your 2023/24 Wellington Phoenix pride kit 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
See it live in person at Porirua Park on Saturday Nix fans! 🙌
🎟️ https://t.co/bAFi72LYCM
Match worn shirts will be auctioned off with all proceeds going to our charity partner InsideOUT Kōaro
For more information… pic.twitter.com/CfCUWB4DJ5
At the moment I type this is isn't going through to payment (for Mens white kit anyway), but hopefully the Nix fix that.
Looks to be a pre-order as well and orders close April 7.
Here it is! 🤩
— Wellington Phoenix 🔥 (@WgtnPhoenixFC) March 27, 2024
Your 2023/24 Wellington Phoenix pride kit 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
See it live in person at Porirua Park on Saturday Nix fans! 🙌
🎟️ https://t.co/bAFi72LYCM
Match worn shirts will be auctioned off with all proceeds going to our charity partner InsideOUT Kōaro
For more information… pic.twitter.com/CfCUWB4DJ5
And if you get the numbering on the back, that's super rainbowey.
Now for which player I want on it.
Feeling grateful.
— Brianna Edwards (@BriEdwards2701) March 28, 2024
Gutted to take to the sidelines for a couple of weeks, but looking after myself is a must right now. I am always proud and honoured to step out there with a Phoenix or Fern on my chest and play professional football in a country that is so dear to me. pic.twitter.com/LAnPjRaLA7
Our team for today's Pride Match 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ - Powered by @OPPONewZealand📱
— Wellington Phoenix 🔥 (@WgtnPhoenixFC) March 30, 2024
▪️ Mackenzie Barry captains the side on her 50th appearance
▪️ McMeeken, Taylor, Whinham & Elliott all start
Watch your Phoenix women live at Porirua Park today at 4pm (NZT)
🎟 https://t.co/bAFi72LYCM… pic.twitter.com/DrQyGoQvyu
Wondering who is the Siggie out there for the girls, with the WSW dive in the box a little later.
Ref didn’t even blow a foul.
Key thing for me about the attitude and spirit that is in this team is Rylee Foster celebrating the save that Danieli made. She could be sulking at being subbed but no, she celebrates as her team mate makes a great save.
We played some very nice football at times, it didnt always come off, but there you are.
Our finishing/shooting is really quite poor though, we should have killed that game in the first half.
Still, we have a decent squad, hopefully if we lose some players we can replace them with even better.
Great signs to stay optimistic about 24/25 season!
Edit: actually is it the sister city cup??
Onwards and upwards for the next season
Think the club management and coaches can be happy with the progress made this season, finishing above four Aussie teams (deservedly) and looking in the races for finals until we weren't.
For our imports I think that Cox, Speckmaier and Foster would be starters at any ALeague club, so if we can keep them that would be awesome. But if we keep one of the Strikers that would be the biggest win. All three blocks one of our younger players from developing.
Davidson is no better than McMeeken so she can seek pastures new and Breslin somehow saved the best for last- her hi lights reel from yesterday’s game would get her a gig somewhere else. Step overs and Maradonas galore! Where the hell did that come from???
Whinham was better than Fraser yesterday, and almost a blessing in disguise as if Longo was fit then one of them wouldn’t have started.
We need more games in preseason for next year so that the likes of Main, Elliot, Robertson and Brown can play themselves into some form. They all are capable of scoring or assisting at this level, but seem to take a while to get going.
Once players return from injury we are looking pretty solid and no doubt conversations are already going on to get our import players sussed for next season.
Also any update on Lily Alfeld and her back operation success???
#COYN
Breslin was excellent, although she goes backwards a bit too much.
Whinham and Fraser work well together, Fraser covers a lot of ground and was always snapping at someone's heels.
Next year, I would certainly take Speckmaier. On yesterday's performance, Breslin could be an option.
Taylor was great yesterday, I think she's improved a lot from last year. Barry was sublime.
Next season, I would have our team doing shooting drills for hours at a time, because we are weak.
Who knows why Brown hasn't played,because in the little we saw of her,she showed she can shoot.
Remembering this was a team without, Wisnewski, Van DeMeer, Knott, Lake, Longo,
and Taylor for most of the game. Credit to this group.
With all those injuries it feels we never really had a settled first XI all season. Right to this last game, there were so many changes to personnel and positionally.
When Taylor went off injuried, things really could have changed for the worse but thought Breslin really stood up in the central midfield role, remembering that she was signed more as a forward or 10. So to her credit she has adapted well.
Nice to see Danelli get a debut. But did anyone else think she seems pretty short for a keeper. Guess we will see more of her at the U20 world cup later this year.
On to the long off season now. Be interesting to see if any of these players make the next step overseas. Taylor, Barry, Fraser could all have moved on by next season.
A few will be eyeing up Olympic selection. So be interesting to see how the likes of Fraser, Barry, Taylor, Edwards keep match fit between now and then.
Quite a few will be eyeing the U20 world cup in in September. That's still 6 months away. Wonder how these players will stay in good touch for that tournament. At the very least will expect some to play NZ NL or maybe Aus NPL. Or will NZF go into some sort of private camp for these players. Don't think that worked last time round. As once they got to the WC team seemed really short on match fitness/sharpness,.
McMeekan, Elliot, Brazendale, Ingham, Errington, McMillian, Daneli.
Danieli is reportedly 4.5cm taller than Edward's.
Hope we can bring back some of the imports and maintain most of home grown players
Great to see Alyssa finish the season so strongly. One of the most naturally talented and entertaining players in the A League imo. Has come on leaps and bounds with strength and fitness in the latter part of the season. On a very positive trajectory.