Podcasts

Phoenix City - Flappy

The Nix have signed Tando Velaphi after another horror show from the goalkeeping stock against Adelaide - is he any better than Italiano? Patrick rages at the MRP over lenient punishments, and Team Wellington take on Auckland City this weekend in what is essentially a league decider.

Phoenix City - Nice Man

Matija Ljujić got his Phoenix account underway with a stunning goal to salvage a point against the Wanderers, can the Nix pull off a similar result against Ernie's Jets? Back home, Eastern Suburbs have surged to the top of the Handy Prem, as TeeDubs and Auckland both dropped points.

Phoenix City - "Fireworks"

The Phoenix wrapped up 2017 with a terrible game of football, we review the 0-0 draw and preview the match against Dario's Melbourne City. Meanwhile, the Handy Prem is back with a blast this weekend thanks to the Welclassico.

Phoenix City - A Very Vidosic Christmas

Rado and Dario have walked out on the Phoenix - and we've invited Liam Hyslop onto the podcast again to discuss whether this is panic stations for the Phoenix, and what the current state of the club really is. Quite a bit later on, we review the loss to Perth and preview the shellacking to Sydney, as well as a weekend of football riddled with VAR incidents.

Phoenix City - Leaky

After a week off, the pod is back to talk about the Nix's recurring problem of conceding a lot of goals following the 3-2 loss to the Victory. We preview the trip to the Gold Coast against the Roar, look at Auckland City falling over at the first step in the Club World Cup, and cast an eye over how the Handy Prem has been going.

Phoenix City - Llamas vs Kiwis

A surprising 0-0 draw has the All Whites heading to Lima with everything to play for - Hard News joins the podcast to chat about what the All Whites have to do to pull off an unlikely result. Meanwhile, the Nix blew Perth off the park with a 5-2 win, and the TeeDubs have a late penalty to thank for getting them past Tasman United.

Phoenix City - Fallon on hard times

The playoff is here. We spend an entire pod talking about Hudson's squad selections, what the All Whites need to do to win the tie, and what the match will mean to football in this country.

Note: technical issues mean the quality is not as high as usual this week.

Phoenix City - Positively Disappointing

The Nix have come off a 1-0 loss where they should really have claimed a share of the points, we look ahead to the Roar game and wonder if everything will click this time around. Meanwhile, Hudson continues to baffle, with rumours that Brockie and Fallon are going to be called into the Peru squad, and we wrap up the latest rounds of the Handy Prem and the NWL.

Phoenix City - Underway

Peru are all that stand between the All Whites and the World Cup - we have a quick chat about how they got there before moving on to the first Nix game of the season. Meanwhile - the All Whites went down to a late goal against Japan, and the TeeDubs kick off their season against Auckland this weekend.

Oh, and Patrick picked a fight with Hamish Watson.

Phoenix City - Super Dario

Dario Vidosic drops by the pod this week, talking about his return from injury over the weekend in the 8-1 win over Team Wellington. There's also a double header this weekend with the Nix playing both TeeDubs and Auckland City on the same day, and are we headed to Canberra for a home game?

Phoenix City - Preseason Pains

The pod talk about a bunch of games they haven't seen, including Phoenix preseason games again Blacktown City and the Mariners, and the Chatham Cup and Women's Knockout Cup finals. Elsewhere, Chris Wood is keeping up his goalscoring form in the EPL, and Vince Lia speaks out about his departure from the Nix.

Phoenix City - New Guy

The Nix signed Andrija Kaluđerović, the All Whites called up James Musa, and Team Wellington have signed a Kiwi and a Serb. Not much else happened this week.

Phoenix City - Go West

The pod are joined by Fairfax football reporter Liam Hyslop to discuss a fairly busy week in the "offseason". The Phoenix switched off late to lose their FFA Cup match, Western Suburbs took out the Central League in style, the Chatham Cup quarterfinals are this weekend and we chat with Liam about his series on youth development in the Wellington region.

Phoenix City - Goran with the Wind

The pod are back after a week off, and raring to go! The club have signed Goran Paracki, and are holding an event to unveil something early next month. The pod accept Jason Pine's challenge of picking their best Phoenix XI with a twist, the Chatham Cup quarterfinalists have been found, and we chat about the club vs school debate in junior player development.

Phoenix City - Confeds Capitulation

In part 1 of 2 of this weeks podcast, the pod are joined by Phoenix head of communications, Richard Parkin, to discuss the All Whites 4-0 loss to Portugal, the campaign as a whole, and compare it to how Rich's native Australia did.

Phoenix City - Undercooked

The All Whites rounded out their Confeds Cup buildup with a disappointing performance against Belarus, we preview their chances against Russia in the tournament opener. Back home, the worst-kept secret is out, Darije Kalezic is the new Phoenix coach, and the pod are relatively happy with that. There's also a new Chatham Cup draw out and we wrap all the action from the local leagues.

Phoenix City - Out of the Group

The U20's have made it into the knockout stage of the World Cup by finishing a remarkable 2nd in the group, we review the matches against Honduras and France and look ahead to USA USA USA. Meanwhile, Hudson's named his Confeds Cup squad (with a somewhat notable omission), and the rumour mill about the new Nix coaching team continues.

Phoenix City - Outtakes

​Bit of a different kind of pod this week. We forgot a cable and couldn't record an actual pod, so we've put together a bunch of stuff that got left on the cutting room floor into a special episode. Enjoy.