Olympic v Miramar - The Definitive Clash

O for the   O, O well theres the Ivan England, Napier under 19's or next season.The battle will continue but don't beat up on the ref.

Whats with the abuse of dom rowe, he can't be that bad,when he came on miramar got 5 goals and how many did olympic get? shame butterfield got sent off, but could see it was going to happen when the ref booked half the team.  Where did those greek flags go towards the end of the game?

I said mate that Miramar deserved to win! Fully they r a much better side then we r and they showed it. All im saying is that, that was a terrible call when ben got all ball and they got that penalty to equalise. Olympic is the sort of side who would defend that lead but when the ref gives a stupid call like that then thats out of hands cant do nething about it. And ye some of our supporters did leave at the end of the game yet the remaining supporters still were about 5 t o1 of the miramar supporters. We had alot of people there and unfortunetly didnt chant much due to a lack of our younger mates. And as for Dom he cn fk off pulling the fingers at the crowd when hes on the ground wat kinda player does that ay. Butterfield a great player, one of the best in central league pitty that hes got his head so far up his ass, cockiest player out.

Oh k listen, what ever you guys do dont beat up on Olympic because Pavlos over here cant filter out what he SHOULD be and SHOULDNT be saying. uncle steve2007-08-19 23:13:24

Olympic vs Miramar are always the best derby games in wellington, agreed that Olympic fell away when they went down a goal, but if you look at most of miramar's games this year once they get a goal a whole lot follow in a rush which blows teams apart.  The rest of the central league fans should follow the example of the greek fans support, will miramar and olympic meet in ivan england at some stage?

I think its pretty obvious that Miramar v Olympic games are a true derby especailly seeing the passion etc in some of the tackles on the weekend. I have to agree that we were beaten by a better team on the day and like I said to Graham Little after the game Olympic were always going to struggle because we lack the depth that Miramar and Wests have. At the end of the day to finish third on the table  considering the start to the season we had and the fact we are rebuilding is a great effort. Hopefully the boys will all stick around next year and we can build on this.

Uncle Steve...love what your doing supporting Olympic and the weekend game V Miramar was the best of the season for atmosphere and quality. Olympic good in a very even first half but Miramar blew them away in the second. For your credibility I think you need to realise that it was Miramar "playing for the shirt" and Olympic dropping their heads and committment outside of Simon George.

Thanks Steve but we only stopped chanting as we were having some problems which i will not discuss on here, but rest assured.The blue and white army will be back next season bigger and stronger and louder.

is Graham Watsons "Come on You Yellow" not enuf support? hahahaha

Uncle steve I love your passion BUT the whole Miramar squad new it was Butterfields last game and to say we didn't play for the shirt or dont have passion for our club too is not right. I love these games..the banter on here its all good because we all know how we all support our own clubs in our own way.

Has Tim retired?

Apparently thank god. Reason is say that is because hes a great player but **deleted***. But ye congrats on the win roy. U play in their first team? whats ur name? Feverish2007-08-20 22:45:55

I think the Greeks gave him his farewell on the weekend...

Love him or hate him he has been one of the best in the country for a very long time.

"player but **deleted***. But " Sorry Feverish got a little excited

Well said Roy, I enjoy the Olympic guys posts its good to see some passion for football, I agree with uncle steve it shouldn't cross the line to personal abuse. If those guys were in your team would you really have same reaction or would you be putting it down to their "passion". If you are following a little old lady doing 40kph in her car imagine she's your grandma, it does chage your perspective.  I'm looking forward to (any) Wellington team beating those Auckland guys in Napier.

Carney, that was questionable enough that I didn't like it, so I yanked it.

Steve's is pretty close to getting yanked as well as the person you are talking about is not involved in the discussion and able to defend himself.  If you want to have a discussion on these lines take it somewhere else.  It's not particularly football.

Cheers
HN.

Whether you like butterfield or not you cant agrue with what he has done at Miramar, the attitude of him and the likes of little and hedge made Miramar one of the most successful sides in nz since 2000, he is and always will be a great player and club man 

Agreed and no one is dissagreeing. He has done the most for that club i believe but i do not think Graham Little has. I could also go on and on swearing about this dude the fact that he left his so called loyal club miramar to come to us for money and then leave us as soon as we lost all our other good players. welll what kinda player is he. Gold Digger mate. Hedge has been very good and seems like a great person too, one of the few to come of miramar that are respected amongst other clubs. The Chotes have done alot too for that club and Allens a good talent but would be better of at Olympic haha.

Time to be serious. It all stems from tall poppy syndrome doesnt it? whoever is doing well is surely in for a good dose of criticism.....its something prevalent in NZ society. Its fair to say that Olympic, Wests, Miramar and Wellington United are the 4 clubs in Wellington who have enjoyed the most success (i dont mean just winning titles either, success can be defined many ways) over the last 10-15 years, and at the same time have probably had the most stick given to them?

Club loyalty is a dying thing here in Wgtn (i know having experienced it myself) but more power to those guys like the Phil Pattersons and Tim Butterfields of this world who stick it out.
Barber212007-08-21 15:07:37

Good call Barber 21.Yer Miramar had great success with a few loyal players eg Timmy,Bing Lee,Bubz & Piehead to name just afew.

If someone says Costa was rubbish because he played badly, that is fair game, if someone says Costa is sh*t because he's Greek that's not.

We always said that if you can back up a few and it's not knee-jerk responses chances are it will be left.  What is being said about some people on here has nothing to do with how they play on the field.  That rule hasn't changed, football opinions are welcome but personal slurs are not, particularly if the other person isn't here to contradict them.

Well put HN.

I praised the Olympic guys for their passion in a previous post but the other side is when it overflows into "hate" (to quote uncle steve). I think the point Roy was making was this also flows into the performance on the field. I can't see the point of kicking somebody and "trash talking" if you lose the game?!

uncle steve2007-08-22 18:05:47

Football is played with passion by people with passion for the game. Club rivalry is historic in so many countries and flows through generations for reasons lost on most players.

WHO CARES OVER THIS NOW PLEASE LOCK IT UP.

Good Call.