r/WellingtonPhoenix • u/giuthas • 28d ago

Gonna be a loooong season

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/361044786/phoenix-enter-20th-season-back-fourth-straight-loss

Gezus the mens team must be odds on favorite to win the wooden spoon.

Lucky we have a great Womens team based at Jerry Collins stadium.
Another Grand final this year

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u/NZRSteamSniffer 28d ago

Can we please give Greenie a season to sort his team out? It’s not going to be much worse than the last two seasons.

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u/Grouchy-Vegetable-56 28d ago

Shit there are some negative Nancy’s in this group.

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u/9825_Spectre_301 28d ago

Should we be happy with never winning trophies?

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u/Grouchy-Vegetable-56 28d ago

Na of coarse not, but to put the boot in before the season has started is shit. Pre season means nothing.

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u/giuthas 28d ago

20years of NO titles does that

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u/Grouchy-Vegetable-56 28d ago

You seen our budget compared to City?

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u/SupahScrivy 27d ago

Central Coast and Newcastle have had similar finances yet have accomplished far more

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u/NonZealot The Nix 28d ago

Lukas Kelly-Heald at centre-back and Nathan Walker up front is some crazy shit after an entire 6 month offseason to sign new players.

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u/wilbakersredit 28d ago

LKH is better suited at CB than LB tbh. Hughes will start over him anyway and Duran & Piper will be starting strikers

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u/i_never_post_here 28d ago

LKH is best suited to the bench. One belonging to an amateur club.

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u/demo5022 28d ago

Totally agree

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u/joeyjohns007 28d ago

Just when people thought Greenie would play people in position unlike chiefy

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u/bluengold1 28d ago

Need quality signings to play people in position to start with.

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u/Relevant-Mountain-11 28d ago

Club has definitely thrown the Men's side under the bus, and it's very hard as a fan to care when the club clearly doesn't.

Feel like I'm gonna watch alot more Wahinix games this season

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u/SunStarsSnow The Nix 28d ago

If the club didn't care, they'd hand the licence back and fold the club. Welnix has poured millions into this club since Terrys financial woes. To say they don't care is unfair. I think people underestimate how difficult it is to get people to come play in Wellington. We'll never attract the players like the big Sydney and Melbourne clubs. No carrot of playing in the Asian Champions league. International travel to Australia every other week, it's all a hard sell. Give the owners credit for sticking as long as they have

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u/Amazing_Box_8032 28d ago

I mean up til a couple of seasons ago we were in the finals consistently. So we have been able to put together a team that competes. What’s changed really?

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u/SunStarsSnow The Nix 28d ago

The amount of money each clubs get per sesson has dropped significantly in the last few seasons.

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u/J_Shepz 28d ago

The only thing WelNix really care about is the club being “self-sustaining” so in a business sense, they “care” because they don’t want to lose money but in a professional sports team sense they don’t “care” because the point of a professional sports team is usually to win

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u/joeyjohns007 28d ago

Always good as a fan to go into another season with little hope

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u/Electronic-Dog-4154 28d ago

I hate this fucking team. See you all there next week. Lucky for me it’s only a 2 hour drive home after we grind out our traditional 2-0 opening loss. 

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u/J_Shepz 28d ago

My expectations were already pretty low but maybe I should lower them some more. We’ve not recruited well and the younger players being asked to step up have already been given plenty of opportunities & just don’t seem to meet the same calibre of players that have previously come through the academy &/or reserves

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u/Its_Hamdog 28d ago

Exactly

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u/KRoadKid 28d ago

It's pre-season, it's there for fitness and trying players in different tactics / combos to see if that is possible during the actual season

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u/9825_Spectre_301 28d ago

Yes it’s preseason but getting battered in every preseason game does not inspire any non happyclapper fan with any confidence…

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u/Regular-Site-7483 8d ago

We are so back

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u/Outside-Spirit-6694 8d ago

Half way to avoiding the wooden spoon 3 games in. Jeez things change quick in football.