Looking at the table you'd think CCM will win the last 3 games but if Adelaide can keep up their form they may be an outside chance of top 6 when they play CCM so wouldn't rule them out of an upset. Western have only lost once in the last 5 and they'll be fighting not be wood spooners so they may be able to get the result. Jets I have no faith in getting a result tho.
Does anyone know if they do the trophy ceremony after the game that would decide you winning the league or if the team had a home game after that they’d wait for that game to do it?
Because there is probs a good chance if we win it’ll be the Jets game.
Last season Melb City were uncatchable as Premiers elect by game week 24, but were actually crowned champions 2 weeks later in game week 26 (last round regular season) their next home game at AAMI Park. They ended up 11 points clear of CCM in 2nd.
But lets be honest more of us remember the big Mariners upset win in the GF.
Anyway by the same logic APL will hopefully be arranging a presentation at the ROF 27th April for the Nix. Game verus MAC. If so will be a big excited crowd. ANZAC Weekend. Don't be out of town. Then a week off and into finals action.
I’m sorry??? On chiefs interview today, a reporter claimed David dome said if we get a home grand final it won’t be played in Wellington?? What’s happening am I out of the loop or something?
Sounds like a journo got his wires crossed (maybe Domey referring to the fact that we havent guaranteed a home final yet?). They've already moved the event that was supposed to happen at the Cake Tin on GF weekend.
I'd definitely like to hear confirmation on that. It would be moronic not to let us host not to mention terrible press.
If we do host, do we think we could get a sell-out?
I remember the quarterfinal vs Newcastle about 12 years ago when we got 31,000 or so. There doesn't seem to be the same level of engagement these days, but you never know. People love a winning side.
Need to hear the Dome interview, the only reason I see us not getting it is if the APL decides for commercial reasons it's better to host it in Australia.
The fact that the stadium has rescheduled the home show on grandfinal weekend shows we're planning for it to be in Wellington and also that one of the fever elite asked the club about it and they said it would be in Wellington.
I'd definitely like to hear confirmation on that. It would be moronic not to let us host not to mention terrible press.
If we do host, do we think we could get a sell-out?
I remember the quarterfinal vs Newcastle about 12 years ago when we got 31,000 or so. There doesn't seem to be the same level of engagement these days, but you never know. People love a winning side.
And it's a grand final. The once in a lifetime vibes should be enough to sell out.
Don't worry. The GF will be in Wellington if we finish top unless there are extenuating circumstances which make it impossible. Let's just take it one game at a time!
Is domey trolling with this hinting about the final not being in Wellington? Getting attention, engagement, motivating Wellington fans who aren't showing up to turn up, no such thing as bad publicity kind of thing?
He was pretty clear in the tweet that the finals will be in Wellington. The "lets take it one game at a time" comment is confusing though.
After the earthquake in Christchurch John Key promised that the rugby world cup would be held in Christchurch, but then engineers looked at the stadium and condemned it - so there's always the possibility of circumstances which make it impossible and hindsight was a bitch for John.
It is the "extenuating circumstances" part of that tweet that makes me think it isn't just Domey being misinterpreted by the reporter. Because if he was misinterpreted it'd be so easy to say it will be in Wellington full stop. The one game at a time thing could just be echoing Chiefy's constant refrain and a reminder there is a lot of water to go under the bridge before the final.
I think he may be being a bit mischievous here. He doesn't really want the final to be in Auckland (the nix would get very little of the extra ticket revenue which would all be going to the APL). But he could very well be implying it might happen as it is sure to attract attention.
The let’s just take this one game at a time will be referring to the fact that we shouldn’t get ahead of ourselves that we’re gonna make the grand final. Nothing more than that.
So it turns out Domey just thought it wasn't a done deal that there would be a Wellington final if we finish top & make it to it, he thought APL might still need convincing. But APL has since clarified that it will be in Wellington if the Nix make it there as the highest ranked team, so it seems Domey's concerns are completely unwarranted.
I somehow incorrectly got the idea that the final might be in Auckland instead, there's been absolutely no indication of that. Perhaps the implication was that the APL would want to see it staged in Australia instead. Either way though, seems like there is nothing to worry about. I also mistakenly inferred that Domey might be trolling with this, but that also doesn't seem to be the case at all.
"extenuating circumstances" basically means something out of his control. E.g. stadium gets closed, a pandemic, the beehive axes so many agencies that Wellington actually closes.
"Let's take it one game at a time" is because a) first place isn't guaranteed yet, and if we get first, we still gotta win the semis.
If he said the game will definitely be in Welly I could see people packing sharks when we don't make the final and the game isn't there.
Central coast have a game Wednesday 18th 5pm local time in Kyrgyzstan. Done research, the EARLIEST they can get back in Sydney is Friday, 6am. They have until Sunday 3pm when they play Adelaide , just over 48 hrs. They will sleep on plane and likely have jet lag as well as fatigue from playing a crucial match. Surely they drop points in one of their games. At the same time, I don’t think we will win all our last 3 games. If we win our last 3 games I think we will win the premiership.
COME ON! Get to the stadium on Friday night, bring your friends, work, family everybody get a win is the MOST important thing now.
I wonder if the Mariners are looking at getting a charter plane, for at least part of their trip to & from Kyrgyzstan?
Winning their 2 legged (East Zone) semi final tie against this Kyrgyz team is worth min $USD750K ($AUD1.14M).
$USD750K is what the losing finalist gets. Final winner gets $USD1.5M.
Other 2 legged semi (West Zone) is between an Omani club & a Lebananese club. Either of these 2 clubs will host the one off final. Last year final was hosted in the East Zone??
AFC Cup final 5th May, is same week of ALM Elimination Finals. So today Mariners winning will be a relief for APL & AFC. Unlikely now CCM won't finish top 2, and so they will avoid Elimination Finals (spots 3-6). Ideally for whoever plays CCM in their ALM semi (2 legs) that Mariners make the AFC Cup final with it's long haul to Beirut (or some neutal venue) or Muscat.
A win over Vuck secures top-2 as well, and a draw would need us to lose our last two and Vuck win their last two. Get that win out of the way first and secure a week off as well as choice of which semi leg to host.
Then see what Mariners do. All this doom and gloom is forgetting that we are still level on points with them. Win our last 3 games and Mariners drop points - we are Premiers.
When should I go about booking flights for the home semi? Do you think the club will communicate openly about when they want that fixture to be played?
If the race for the top spot – or the top two spots – is still alive come the final weekend of the season, it will be decided in the space of five hours on the evening of Saturday, April 27.
The Phoenix and the Mariners – who will host FC Abdysh-Ata Kant during the weekend beforehand – will play at the same time, at home against Macarthur FC and away to the Jets, in an F3 Derby, respectively.
If their results, whether on the day or earlier, haven’t already settled matters, the Victory will then take the field at home against the Western Sydney Wanderers, who might be fighting for a place in the top six themselves.