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Will Wellington Phoenix be better than the Kingz/Knights

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:43 am
by Benchwarmer
Will the Phoenix rise from the ashes of "the pub team" or will they continue the trend of mediocre representation in the Australian league?

I think they might give 7th a shake!

Re: Will Wellington Phoenix be better than the Kingz/Knights

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:44 pm
by Sam_goUUUdogs
5th or 6th.

they already have over 1000 members signed up, so looking alot more promising for 07/08 than the Knights did the last couple seasons.

Re: Will Wellington Phoenix be better than the Kingz/Knights

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 2:48 pm
by Dirko
IMO, I thik they FFA should get rid of a team from New Zealand. We are NOT in Oceania anymore !
Establish a team in a football mad city like Singapore and enter them into the league...

But Wellington will finish second bottom, just ahead of Newcastle.

Re: Will Wellington Phoenix be better than the Kingz/Knights

PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:47 pm
by devilsadvocate
SJABC wrote:IMO, I thik they FFA should get rid of a team from New Zealand. We are NOT in Oceania anymore !
Establish a team in a football mad city like Singapore and enter them into the league...

But Wellington will finish second bottom, just ahead of Newcastle.


That's a great idea RE: Singapore. Only issue would be cost? Still, if the NBL can do it, surely FFA could come up with some moolah.

Re: Will Wellington Phoenix be better than the Kingz/Knights

PostPosted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:14 am
by Dirko
Yeah and the Slingers didn't start a Singaporean on the roster last year !!
The Singaporeans have a mega load on $$$, love the football, and have a good league (S-League).

BUT What the FFA need to do first is invest in a youth league (Under 21). Give the game some grounding,
and try to keep all the kids here instead of them looking at going O/S. Start the u21's before the main game,
and you'd have a real good day out at the FOOTBALL....

Re: Will Wellington Phoenix be better than the Kingz/Knights

PostPosted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:21 am
by RoosterMarty
On Total Football on Fox tonight they said Wellington are expecting a crowd of 10,000 + :shock:

That would be fantastic if they could get those numbers as the Kingz never reached that figure. They had a kiwi bloke on the panel (forgotten his name) who said, because of the central location of the team, some punters will fly to the home games as it's quite easy to do.

Let's hope they knock off the Victory in their opener, what a start that would be!

Re: Will Wellington Phoenix be better than the Kingz/Knights

PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:18 am
by the wonder elephant
well they cant be much worse :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Re: Will Wellington Phoenix be better than the Kingz/Knights

PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:44 am
by Benchwarmer
IIRC, there was over 14000 for the game last week in a 2-2 draw with Melbourne. Not a bad start.

Re: Will Wellington Phoenix be better than the Kingz/Knights

PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:16 pm
by daicos
Apparently Shane Smeltz is playing for them and kicking arse at the moment.

Re: Will Wellington Phoenix be better than the Kingz/Knights

PostPosted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 5:43 am
by mighty_tiger_79
i think they beat bling fc 2-1 if i heard the news on the radio correctly

Re: Will Wellington Phoenix be better than the Kingz/Knights

PostPosted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:01 pm
by RoosterMarty
That is correct. Came from 1-0 down IN Sydney too.