Eden Park really should close off one side more often - for Rugby, Cricket etc. One of the worst places for atmosphere in the country when there is less than 20,000 - which is ridiculous.
Why not do it at the Cake Tin?
They do it at Wellington too. The aisles camera side are closed except for those who have stadium or season passes on that side,although the nature of sky stadium is you can just walk around anyway.
Devere's passing was bang average last night on a couple of occasions and put us under pressure. I'd expect to see more pressing against him moving forward.
I watched Marinovich warm up, he passing and touch is very limited, especially when viewed against Sail who was bringing everything down on a dime and hitting 40 year passes with the outside of his foot as if it was nothing!
Devere's passing was bang average last night on a couple of occasions and put us under pressure. I'd expect to see more pressing against him moving forward.
I watched Marinovich warm up, he passing and touch is very limited, especially when viewed against Sail who was bringing everything down on a dime and hitting 40 year passes with the outside of his foot as if it was nothing!
That is obviously Marinovic's weak point - his distribution is very poor. His all round play is so good that I don't think that matters too much, though.
Devere's passing was bang average last night on a couple of occasions and put us under pressure. I'd expect to see more pressing against him moving forward.
I watched Marinovich warm up, he passing and touch is very limited, especially when viewed against Sail who was bringing everything down on a dime and hitting 40 year passes with the outside of his foot as if it was nothing!
That is obviously Marinovic's weak point - his distribution is very poor. His all round play is so good that I don't think that matters too much, though.
enjoyable game overall. Team seem to be playing as a unit and fighting for each other which is great to see. Eden park sounded decent on tv. As others have said, Marinovic’s distribution was pretty woeful, was it windier than Wellington? I’m not convinced by McCowatt, seems to make the wrong decisions a lot of the time and can’t keep the ball. Knew nothing of him before he came here and a lot of folk were singing his praises. I’m not seeing it. Hope he turns it around because he’s not worth a sub spot at the mo.
Seems to be a few folk obsessed with attendance figures on Twitter. Personally, I couldn’t care less. The guy who used to write the fanzine for the previous Auckland failures seems like a cod. Axe to grind. At the end of the day, the nix won, there was a reasonable crowd at EP , what else really matters? The club are the winners here.
Anyway. Really hope we put the snakes to the sword on Friday, birthday game and likely to be my last for a while. Nothing would please me more than seeing the snake tears.
Eden Park really should close off one side more often - for Rugby, Cricket etc. One of the worst places for atmosphere in the country when there is less than 20,000 - which is ridiculous.
Why not do it at the Cake Tin?
They do it at Wellington too. The aisles camera side are closed except for those who have stadium or season passes on that side,although the nature of sky stadium is you can just walk around anyway.
Reminds me of this gem from The Roar last week on A League attendances:
"For Wellington Phoenix the “Cake Tin” is a terrible stadium, plain and simple. It has 30,000 seats and is oval shaped, but with strong political resistance against building a rectangular stadium they’re basically stuck with it. The only way to deal with this situation might be to drop the Phoenix from the A-League."
Apparently whoever wrote that is a Guru.
I mean, the stadium is shark.
I took a couple of mates from the BOP up to the game yesterday. It was a great night and the crowd was awesome.
Was the first game I’d seen live this season and was looking forward to it.(Flying to Wellington is outrageously expensive from Tauranga and having to add in accommodation makes it a killer. Gareth -do have any mates in Air NZ who can fix this?)
What I saw was a team in another stage of evolution and development – upwards.
I saw a 90 minute effort unlike any game this season. Without exception everyone was committed to getting a result.
The Perth game showed signs of this, of what the whole squad was capable of. The evidence of this was the fightback under tough physical conditions and one man down. In these two games there was different type of confidence.
Last night in open play the guys when on the ball always had two options there to support. The golden triangle.
Some of the skills from the midfield were outrageously good in tight conditions. The passing was generally good but on occasions the defence nodded off. Stuff to fix.
The midfield clicked well too and the rottie attitude of Cam Devlin was memorable together with Matti and Ulises work rate.
The young guys with limited game time also fitted in with confidence and did try to do stuff. Sure some of it didn’t pay off, but they aren’t robots.Plenty of room for improvement. Rome wasn’t builtin a day.
The team we as up against a very good side and getting a result like that has to be very satisfying as we move to the business end of the comp. Its a huge psychological boost for everyone and shows we are on track to achieve a decent spot in the final 6 or higher.
Im not an apologist for Uffie. This was a great evening’s entertainment that we should all celebrate.
I mean, the stadium is shark.
More for his 'solution' than his comment on the stadium.
I thought we were a lot better 2nd half. A bit more quality from the likes of McCowatt and we would've have a 2nd.
McCowatt's first touch is very poor at times, he's gotta work harder at that if he wants to advance at this level.
But a pretty gritty performance especially defensively tonight. I think we are pretty tough mentally this season so far, which is a bit of a change from some past seasons.
That poor clearance from a City defender which went straight to him, in the box, with no defenders around him..and then his touch let him down. That sums him up at the moment. He's just not quite at this level for me; maybe he'll get there, maybe he won't.
Was that his game back in the Handa?..seems to me that he is just lacking touch most of the time and perhaps confidence to give it more of a go.
yes and the slagging off that he is getting on these pages is hardly going to help. And please don’t tell me that the players don’t read this stuff. Keyboard warriors are entitled to their opinions and express them but they might want to ask how they would feel if their work was subject to the same level of public scrutiny and very often harsh judgment. Sotirio, Rufer, Payne and McCowatt in particular have been subject to some pretty harsh commentary.
I thought we were a lot better 2nd half. A bit more quality from the likes of McCowatt and we would've have a 2nd.
McCowatt's first touch is very poor at times, he's gotta work harder at that if he wants to advance at this level.
But a pretty gritty performance especially defensively tonight. I think we are pretty tough mentally this season so far, which is a bit of a change from some past seasons.
That poor clearance from a City defender which went straight to him, in the box, with no defenders around him..and then his touch let him down. That sums him up at the moment. He's just not quite at this level for me; maybe he'll get there, maybe he won't.
Was that his game back in the Handa?..seems to me that he is just lacking touch most of the time and perhaps confidence to give it more of a go.
yes and the slagging off that he is getting on these pages is hardly going to help. And please don’t tell me that the players don’t read this stuff. Keyboard warriors are entitled to their opinions and express them but they might want to ask how they would feel if their work was subject to the same level of public scrutiny and very often harsh judgment. Sotirio, Rufer, Payne and McCowatt in particular have been subject to some pretty harsh commentary.
and Hooper
Devere's passing was bang average last night on a couple of occasions and put us under pressure. I'd expect to see more pressing against him moving forward.
I watched Marinovich warm up, he passing and touch is very limited, especially when viewed against Sail who was bringing everything down on a dime and hitting 40 year passes with the outside of his foot as if it was nothing!
Was thinking the other day, I wonder how Sail is feeling. Been at the Nix a few years now. Got a couple of games when Kurto was out last season. Had a blinder I thought against Newcastle in Newcastle. NZ football have never really had a top sweeper keeper, and he could become one.
Marinovic from memory rarely gets injured. Didn't he play 20 odd consecutive games for the AWs?
Hard for Sail to crack any of the Aussie A League sides being a visa player, but surely he'd be a better option at Newcastle than Italiano - a club that were prepared to use a visa spot on Ridenton, and have little money. Sail would be cheap, and hugely motivated to grab the No 1, number one spot.
Just some thoughts.
I mean, the stadium is shark.
its certainly not fit for purpose anymore. but the stadium is hardly a reason to be offered for dropping us.
Devere's passing was bang average last night on a couple of occasions and put us under pressure. I'd expect to see more pressing against him moving forward.
I watched Marinovich warm up, he passing and touch is very limited, especially when viewed against Sail who was bringing everything down on a dime and hitting 40 year passes with the outside of his foot as if it was nothing!
Was thinking the other day, I wonder how Sail is feeling. Been at the Nix a few years now. Got a couple of games when Kurto was out last season. Had a blinder I thought against Newcastle in Newcastle. NZ football have never really had a top sweeper keeper, and he could become one.
Marinovic from memory rarely gets injured. Didn't he play 20 odd consecutive games for the AWs?
Hard for Sail to crack any of the Aussie A League sides being a visa player, but surely he'd be a better option at Newcastle than Italiano - a club that were prepared to use a visa spot on Ridenton, and have little money. Sail would be cheap, and hugely motivated to grab the No 1, number one spot.
Just some thoughts.
could well be an option for next season for him, assuming Ernie stays at Newcastle. Moss retiring at the end of the season means there will be a spot as either #1 or #2 keeper.
Great win, great performance. Hopefully the case against Hooper is now dismissed, he's proved his class and importance plenty of times.
TAHW made a great starting debut, remembering too that RB is not his obvious position, and he got up and down the pitch brilliantly.
Steinmann, Devlin and Devere were immense, only negative was Super Keeper's distribution at times, but it's almost like who cares, he's an absolute class goalkeeper, cut him a bit of slack.
We win on Friday, we go second. Second. Bloody brilliant.
its certainly not fit for purpose anymore. but the stadium is hardly a reason to be offered for dropping us.
Some Aussie football pundits have an auto-text macro which ends any article, or even paragraph with "... and this is why the Nix should be kicked out of the A-League".
We win on Friday, we go second. Second. Bloody brilliant.
Technically wouldn't it be 2nd or 3rd, ie joining Melbourne City (30 pts & GD +5), on same points?
Nix being currently 27 pts & GD +3.
https://us.soccerway.com/national/australia/a-league/20192020/regular-season/r53497/
Great win, great performance. Hopefully the case against Hooper is now dismissed, he's proved his class and importance plenty of times.
TAHW made a great starting debut, remembering too that RB is not his obvious position, and he got up and down the pitch brilliantly.
Steinmann, Devlin and Devere were immense, only negative was Super Keeper's distribution at times, but it's almost like who cares, he's an absolute class goalkeeper, cut him a bit of slack.
We win on Friday, we go second. Second. Bloody brilliant.
couldnt agree more. Glass half full posting.
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yes and the slagging off that he is getting on these pages is hardly going to help. And please don’t tell me that the players don’t read this stuff. Keyboard warriors are entitled to their opinions and express them but they might want to ask how they would feel if their work was subject to the same level of public scrutiny and very often harsh judgment. Sotirio, Rufer, Payne and McCowatt in particular have been subject to some pretty harsh commentary.
I thought we were a lot better 2nd half. A bit more quality from the likes of McCowatt and we would've have a 2nd.
McCowatt's first touch is very poor at times, he's gotta work harder at that if he wants to advance at this level.
But a pretty gritty performance especially defensively tonight. I think we are pretty tough mentally this season so far, which is a bit of a change from some past seasons.
That poor clearance from a City defender which went straight to him, in the box, with no defenders around him..and then his touch let him down. That sums him up at the moment. He's just not quite at this level for me; maybe he'll get there, maybe he won't.
Was that his game back in the Handa?..seems to me that he is just lacking touch most of the time and perhaps confidence to give it more of a go.
yes and the slagging off that he is getting on these pages is hardly going to help. And please don’t tell me that the players don’t read this stuff. Keyboard warriors are entitled to their opinions and express them but they might want to ask how they would feel if their work was subject to the same level of public scrutiny and very often harsh judgment. Sotirio, Rufer, Payne and McCowatt in particular have been subject to some pretty harsh commentary.
To be fair to most of the people on this forum, even though certain players do get a lot of criticism, it's normally thoughtful and justified rather than just slagging off a player for no reason - most of the time. Players shouldn't be immune from criticism just because they might read a forum post and get sad. All 'entertainers' whether they are athletes, actors, musicians or whatever are subject to the same type of public scrutiny and it is their job just to get on with whatever they are paid to do.
Eden Park really should close off one side more often - for Rugby, Cricket etc. One of the worst places for atmosphere in the country when there is less than 20,000 - which is ridiculous.
Why not do it at the Cake Tin?
They do it at Wellington too. The aisles camera side are closed except for those who have stadium or season passes on that side,although the nature of sky stadium is you can just walk around anyway.
Reminds me of this gem from The Roar last week on A League attendances:
"For Wellington Phoenix the “Cake Tin” is a terrible stadium, plain and simple. It has 30,000 seats and is oval shaped, but with strong political resistance against building a rectangular stadium they’re basically stuck with it. The only way to deal with this situation might be to drop the Phoenix from the A-League."
Apparently whoever wrote that is a Guru.
The Roar's Stadium seats 60k plus and they manage to get about 5k there so if there is a ghost town stadium there's is it.
Devere's passing was bang average last night on a couple of occasions and put us under pressure. I'd expect to see more pressing against him moving forward.
I watched Marinovich warm up, he passing and touch is very limited, especially when viewed against Sail who was bringing everything down on a dime and hitting 40 year passes with the outside of his foot as if it was nothing!
Was thinking the other day, I wonder how Sail is feeling. Been at the Nix a few years now. Got a couple of games when Kurto was out last season. Had a blinder I thought against Newcastle in Newcastle. NZ football have never really had a top sweeper keeper, and he could become one.
Marinovic from memory rarely gets injured. Didn't he play 20 odd consecutive games for the AWs?
Hard for Sail to crack any of the Aussie A League sides being a visa player, but surely he'd be a better option at Newcastle than Italiano - a club that were prepared to use a visa spot on Ridenton, and have little money. Sail would be cheap, and hugely motivated to grab the No 1, number one spot.
Just some thoughts.
could well be an option for next season for him, assuming Ernie stays at Newcastle. Moss retiring at the end of the season means there will be a spot as either #1 or #2 keeper.
Ernie was sacked by the Jets a while ago now.
We need to keep Devlin as long as possible. The kid is all class.
Christchurch based fans - We will be at Robbie's Riccarton again - 15th Feb - 7:00pm Kick off
Turn out was awesome last time.
All welcome.
We have overseas visitors - a family of four from Denmark - staying with us this weekend, so I thought I may have to miss it. However, after a few words, it looks like I am bringing them with me to Robbies tonight. They're looking forward to shirts off at 80 minutes.
Did they get their shirts off? Better weather in Welli then Denmark right now for that!!!
Well, they were reluctant, so I led by example, and you would not believe the sheer number of howls "Geez put it back on" from the room packed with YF at Robbies. Some people just have no appreciation of the girth diversity.
Eden Park really should close off one side more often - for Rugby, Cricket etc. One of the worst places for atmosphere in the country when there is less than 20,000 - which is ridiculous.
Why not do it at the Cake Tin?
They do it at Wellington too. The aisles camera side are closed except for those who have stadium or season passes on that side,although the nature of sky stadium is you can just walk around anyway.
Reminds me of this gem from The Roar last week on A League attendances:
"For Wellington Phoenix the “Cake Tin” is a terrible stadium, plain and simple. It has 30,000 seats and is oval shaped, but with strong political resistance against building a rectangular stadium they’re basically stuck with it. The only way to deal with this situation might be to drop the Phoenix from the A-League."
Apparently whoever wrote that is a Guru.
The Roar's Stadium seats 60k plus and they manage to get about 5k there so if there is a ghost town stadium there's is it.
You are wrong on both counts. Suncorps seating is 52500 and Roars average this season is 10300.
Eden Park really should close off one side more often - for Rugby, Cricket etc. One of the worst places for atmosphere in the country when there is less than 20,000 - which is ridiculous.
Why not do it at the Cake Tin?
They do it at Wellington too. The aisles camera side are closed except for those who have stadium or season passes on that side,although the nature of sky stadium is you can just walk around anyway.
Reminds me of this gem from The Roar last week on A League attendances:
"For Wellington Phoenix the “Cake Tin” is a terrible stadium, plain and simple. It has 30,000 seats and is oval shaped, but with strong political resistance against building a rectangular stadium they’re basically stuck with it. The only way to deal with this situation might be to drop the Phoenix from the A-League."
Apparently whoever wrote that is a Guru.
The Roar's Stadium seats 60k plus and they manage to get about 5k there so if there is a ghost town stadium there's is it.
You are wrong on both counts. Suncorps seating is 52500 and Roars average this season is 10300.
"They're squatting on a licence".
Eden Park really should close off one side more often - for Rugby, Cricket etc. One of the worst places for atmosphere in the country when there is less than 20,000 - which is ridiculous.
Why not do it at the Cake Tin?
They do it at Wellington too. The aisles camera side are closed except for those who have stadium or season passes on that side,although the nature of sky stadium is you can just walk around anyway.
Reminds me of this gem from The Roar last week on A League attendances:
"For Wellington Phoenix the “Cake Tin” is a terrible stadium, plain and simple. It has 30,000 seats and is oval shaped, but with strong political resistance against building a rectangular stadium they’re basically stuck with it. The only way to deal with this situation might be to drop the Phoenix from the A-League."
Apparently whoever wrote that is a Guru.
The Roar's Stadium seats 60k plus and they manage to get about 5k there so if there is a ghost town stadium there's is it.
You are wrong on both counts. Suncorps seating is 52500 and Roars average this season is 10300.
Yes, their average is actually very respectable, as is ours, Perth's and Adelaide's, given that none of these clubs can substantially profit from FFA's derby obsession.
I stand corrected, I should have googled.
Brisbane are close to building a boutique stadium for the Roar. Looks like they have someone competent in charge over there
Brisbane are close to building a boutique stadium for the Roar. Looks like they have someone competent in charge over there
https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/brisbane-roar-ramp-up-plans-for-60-million-new-home
Funny when we win nobody complains about the ref.
Devere's passing was bang average last night on a couple of occasions and put us under pressure. I'd expect to see more pressing against him moving forward.
I watched Marinovich warm up, he passing and touch is very limited, especially when viewed against Sail who was bringing everything down on a dime and hitting 40 year passes with the outside of his foot as if it was nothing!
That is obviously Marinovic's weak point - his distribution is very poor. His all round play is so good that I don't think that matters too much, though.
Yeah, nah. Marinovic had an off night with distribution last night, but he's generally very good in this part of game. There was something up with pitch that a few players seemed to be struggling with at times. Marinovic is a big step up from Kurto here, and comparing what Sail was doing in pre-match routine isn't a fair comparison (though I agree Sail is good here too).
Thought Hooper was immense last night - great strength, quick feet and good vision and decision-making. He's clearly taken longer to get into his stride than people might have anticipated, but at least this is the point in the season where we'd like him to start firing anyway.
that was a good win,, our attack can be a bit sterile but our defence is very good. Wasn't as impressed with TAHW as some, I thought his passing was noticeably wayward in the period before he went off. Also thought Steinmann was bypassed too easily on their inside left channel where there was a lot of space. I think we're starting to see what Hooper is capable of.
that was a good win,, our attack can be a bit sterile but our defence is very good. Wasn't as impressed with TAHW as some, I thought his passing was noticeably wayward in the period before he went off. Also thought Steinmann was bypassed too easily on their inside left channel where there was a lot of space. I think we're starting to see what Hooper is capable of.
I saw that too, but I thought that was because of Payne's absence and lack of natural understanding between Steiny and TAHW. Bound to happen when you have personnel changes.
Thought Hooper was immense last night - great strength, quick feet and good vision and decision-making. He's clearly taken longer to get into his stride than people might have anticipated, but at least this is the point in the season where we'd like him to start firing anyway.
Wow!! Team of the week includes Marinovic, Devere, Cacace, Steinmann and Hooper.
that was a good win,, our attack can be a bit sterile but our defence is very good. Wasn't as impressed with TAHW as some, I thought his passing was noticeably wayward in the period before he went off. Also thought Steinmann was bypassed too easily on their inside left channel where there was a lot of space. I think we're starting to see what Hooper is capable of.
I saw that too, but I thought that was because Payne's absence and lack of natural understanding between Steiny and TAHW. Bound to happen when you have a personnel change.
To be fair Payne isn't guiltless in giving away the ball with wayward passes either. I thought both TAHW and Wilson were competent enough stand ins for a stand in fullback.
Christchurch based fans - We will be at Robbie's Riccarton again - 15th Feb - 7:00pm Kick off
Turn out was awesome last time.
All welcome.
We have overseas visitors - a family of four from Denmark - staying with us this weekend, so I thought I may have to miss it. However, after a few words, it looks like I am bringing them with me to Robbies tonight. They're looking forward to shirts off at 80 minutes.
Did they get their shirts off? Better weather in Welli then Denmark right now for that!!!
Well, they were reluctant, so I led by example, and you would not believe the sheer number of howls "Geez put it back on" from the room packed with YF at Robbies. Some people just have no appreciation of the girth diversity.
I feel we should rename the zone this or at least have a round of fixtures promoting it.
I thought we were a lot better 2nd half. A bit more quality from the likes of McCowatt and we would've have a 2nd.
McCowatt's first touch is very poor at times, he's gotta work harder at that if he wants to advance at this level.
But a pretty gritty performance especially defensively tonight. I think we are pretty tough mentally this season so far, which is a bit of a change from some past seasons.
That poor clearance from a City defender which went straight to him, in the box, with no defenders around him..and then his touch let him down. That sums him up at the moment. He's just not quite at this level for me; maybe he'll get there, maybe he won't.
Was that his game back in the Handa?..seems to me that he is just lacking touch most of the time and perhaps confidence to give it more of a go.
yes and the slagging off that he is getting on these pages is hardly going to help. And please don’t tell me that the players don’t read this stuff. Keyboard warriors are entitled to their opinions and express them but they might want to ask how they would feel if their work was subject to the same level of public scrutiny and very often harsh judgment. Sotirio, Rufer, Payne and McCowatt in particular have been subject to some pretty harsh commentary.
