What a great effort. Really glad we've earned a spot in the finals by doing the job ourselves and not depending on other results. The boys ran themselves into the ground and totally deserved that win.
Lady luck not with us tonight but massively important that at the very least we don't lose this. I'm not that confident we'll keep them from scoring again though.
It may not have been a full-lips-open-mouth smooch from Lady Luck, but I will take the peck on the cheek she gave us tonight. Well played lads.
I doubt any neutrals were watching this, would've been an awesome game for them! Great goals scored. Two goals ruled out for marginal offsides. Woodwork hit twice. Last ditch defending. Pennington's slide tackle in the box to whip the ball off foot of the shooter. Sail. Hooper's and Piscopo's sharkhousery time wasting for about three whole minutes of the five added on. Bally is such a legend. Ben Old outstanding. Sutton is very impressive. Sandoval had quite a good game too, almost scored a wonder free kick.
I swear i heard them say something about Piscopo signing with another a-league team tonight?
They said there was interest, would be pretty shark if he went to another Aussie team.
It was a general throwaway statement by the commentators that "many other clubs would be interested". Strangely they do not make those statements about any of our English lads who rarely if ever go on to play elsewhere in the A-League, unlike the non-English imports (Hemed, Davila, Bonevacia, and a few others over the years). Hooper, Taylor, Ball... I just cannot imagine them opting to move to WSW, Mariners or WU etc.
Okay! Bring us some finals football in Wellington!
This team has real potential and this is our best result in about 4 or 6 seasons (memory’s a little hazy.)
Great to see Sutton, Old and Surman playing such big games.
Lots of players with question marks stood up today.
Also this is how I’d expect Louis to be used in this team- getting a few minutes when we’re two goals up and playing a part in a decent cup run.
2 seasons, we came 3rd in 2019-2020
And limped out of the finals, with no chance of home finals football? Uffie’s first season? There’s no bronze medal in the A league if I recall correctly. I can’t remember that elimination game at all! It was games against Perth that hurt us both the last two seasons. This team has the potential to improve on that result. Bring it to Wellington!
Okay! Bring us some finals football in Wellington!
This team has real potential and this is our best result in about 4 or 6 seasons (memory’s a little hazy.)
Great to see Sutton, Old and Surman playing such big games.
Lots of players with question marks stood up today.
Also this is how I’d expect Louis to be used in this team- getting a few minutes when we’re two goals up and playing a part in a decent cup run.
2 seasons, we came 3rd in 2019-2020
And limped out of the finals, with no chance of home finals football? Uffie’s first season? There’s no bronze medal in the A league if I recall correctly. I can’t remember that elimination game at all! It was games against Perth that hurt us both the last two seasons. This team has the potential to improve on that result. Bring it to Wellington!
that wasn't your question though, also covid happened and there was something about golf carts. We would have won the league without this virus.
I doubt any neutrals were watching this, would've been an awesome game for them! Great goals scored. Two goals ruled out for marginal offsides. Woodwork hit twice. Last ditch defending. Pennington's slide tackle in the box to whip the ball off foot of the shooter. Sail. Hooper's and Piscopo's sharkhousery time wasting for about three whole minutes of the five added on. Bally is such a legend. Ben Old outstanding. Sutton is very impressive. Sandoval had quite a good game too, almost scored a wonder free kick.
It's interesting watching Old develop his game. He's got some great skills but his decision making is not quite there yet. A lot of potential though.
The silver lining of having so many injuries this season has been the fast tracked development of the young Kiwi guys like Old, Surman, Waine and Sutton. Special mention for Pennington too. It's not been an easy ride for him since he basically became our only specialist midfielder but he's worked very hard and looks far more comfortable now than when he was first thrown in there.
Okay! Bring us some finals football in Wellington!
This team has real potential and this is our best result in about 4 or 6 seasons (memory’s a little hazy.)
Great to see Sutton, Old and Surman playing such big games.
Lots of players with question marks stood up today.
Also this is how I’d expect Louis to be used in this team- getting a few minutes when we’re two goals up and playing a part in a decent cup run.
2 seasons, we came 3rd in 2019-2020
And limped out of the finals, with no chance of home finals football? Uffie’s first season? There’s no bronze medal in the A league if I recall correctly. I can’t remember that elimination game at all! It was games against Perth that hurt us both the last two seasons. This team has the potential to improve on that result. Bring it to Wellington!
that wasn't your question though, also covid happened and there was something about golf carts. We would have won the league without this virus.
It’s all very blurry…like our cup run I wonder if the absence of crowds helped us at times, as did the absence of constant international travel…just to play devil’s advocate.
I dunno- tonight and our run to get here feels much more triumphant than 19/20. This has been hard fought.
Also anyone opened a Kickstarter to keep Uffie in Wellington and maybe a knighthood thrown in or some such?
I doubt any neutrals were watching this, would've been an awesome game for them! Great goals scored. Two goals ruled out for marginal offsides. Woodwork hit twice. Last ditch defending. Pennington's slide tackle in the box to whip the ball off foot of the shooter. Sail. Hooper's and Piscopo's sharkhousery time wasting for about three whole minutes of the five added on. Bally is such a legend. Ben Old outstanding. Sutton is very impressive. Sandoval had quite a good game too, almost scored a wonder free kick.
Woodwork was hit 4 times that I can remember (2 for each team).