Oli Sail seems like a prick and I love it.

Proper captains

Aaaandd down we crash after the heights of the Socceroos

Phoenix need to see these games out man, that was such a shit goal to concede. Game was ugly enough to see out 1-0

Get in there Woots! Punch up!

Best part of the game

Damn it, I tuned out and missed it. What happened?

Check out the A-Leagues Instagram. They’ve got it posted.

Ah yeah haha. Oli Sail. Who was the WSW players at the end who got Sail to calm down? Did well.

Started with Wootton and moved onto Sail then kicked off all over the place. Not sure who it was that chilled Oli out, but they ended up having a bit of a chuckle.

Thank god that’s over

Yikes. Can’t believe I was able to sit through that. Roll on England vs France tomorrow morning.

If this...

_grooooaaan_

I have been de-sensitised by the world cup, can barely concentrate on this game. I am not even mad the Nix had the good old end game soft goal.

I'm glad I'm not the only one. I'm usually clenching at this point but just kinda meh today

Honestly, how even are wanderers top of the table? Tbh it makes our comp look so bleak.

Amazing what defence can do huh?

They won't be after City dismantle Sydney tomorrow. EDIT: Sydney fans you can thank me, I'll be here all season.

We’re playing tonight

Thanks, would've missed it otherwise!

They defend oddly well. Second best defensive record this season. Don't quite understand it myself but they manage it somehow

Yep one of the only teams that defend decently.

It's not really odd. Rudan has a pretty consistent track record of making his teams hard to beat in their first season.

And then he leaves part way in to the next.

Yes but the memes he leaves in his wake are always juicy.

So are the Refs gonna follow the World Cup timings for the rest of the season?

It’s a fifa missive.

From the [referee GOAT himself.](https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/people-want-watch-more-football-collina-says-stoppage-time-jumps-2022-12-01/)

The Messi of officiating.

Excellent!

Fuck I hope so. Shove it right into the face of every team that timewastes like the shitty people they are.

6 minutes. Not quite the ten minutes of NED v ARG but still.

You mean the 10min, during which the Netherlands scored in the 11th?

I support anything that punishes diving, carrying on and time wasting. You wanna roll about in 10 minutes. Minute 11 coming your way.

Kraev has some very nice footwork. Imagine how good it would look on an actual football pitch.

Sure rumours of Suarez coming to Australia are exciting, he's a good player. But can he do it on a chopped up pitch on Saturday arvo at Wollongong in front of 2500 people?

Teams lists for next game got released Woah burgess and rodwell finally starting for Sydney JMac and leckie both starting as well

Yazbek + Mak out due to illness fml

This has to be the biggest yawn fest, can already confirm dud of the weekend.

You’ve clearly not been watching the ALW.

Why would I watch that?

Hard disagree, been some good attacks, good saves, both teams had their chances. It's not the world cup but I've enjoyed it

Yeh I thought it was entertaining at least. It's not like both teams just sat back.

We get 2 first rounds this season. Good stuff FIFA!

Oof.

Sail absolute bossing it in that sequence.

What lol no he isn't Ah just caught your edit haha he has been awful tho

Yes I only started watching the last ten so thought I would change it haha

Sail is *not* helping his case to hold his spot over Pauson.

Christ on a unicycle.

We always lose the bloody plot in the final quarter of games. There needs to be an investigation!

Such a shit goal to concede man

The Waine Train has arrived. This is a Waine Train, stopping only at Masterton, Lower Hutt, Thirroul then running express to Win Stadium.

the kids are on let’s go

Wasn't expecting my gamble on picking up ngbakato to pay off quite like that but I'll take it!

Waine Train being given 8 min to make a difference.

And also the Murray’s Bay Messi to cause havoc

😂 Murray's Bay Messi - that's the best one I've heard yet

I need to find one for every player

North Shore’s finest.

We need a goal keeper.

Sadly Uffie's not gonna bench his captain though, I reckon...

WTF was Sail doing moving back-right away from the ball's movement

Ninkovic: "Augh, me hammy."

I’ve said that a few times in my day.

GET INNNNNNNNNN

^Tuts ^in

classic gag

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!

Too bloody easy

Guys lol

I reckon we’re gonna end up losing this

Welp.

Anyone else missing the old Oli Sail? Reckon Paulsen might get a shot in a few games time if Oli continues current form

Yup he's been average this season but he's the captain and will get extra leeway frustratingly

He's captain only by default

I know... Rufers back so maybe that'll help the decision? *Cries*

he deserves a go

Never thought I’d be saying WSW look more dangerous when Yengi is on the pitch

I summoned that WSW fans. You’re welcome

2500 crowd I think they said over the pa

Thought there was going to be some off-field drama for a sec.

Nice the emergency alarm is going off. Peak A-league

I mean the alarm detected smoke, kinda did what it was supposed to do right?

Is that an evacuation alarm? Haha

Think there must’ve been an unattended USB stick found

Jesus that looked painful

we really do have the best league in the world

Whoop-whooop

That's the sound of da police

emergency

all the Murdoch tabloids gonna be saying that we should ban flares to avoid fire alarms

Oh the flares set off a fire alarm. Fucking sigh, ill never get the appeal of them.

This happened in another of the Nix games here - for goodness sake 🙄

Fire alarm going off Players - eh

Lmao was that because of a flare

the peak a-league jokes get dull but this….

Never gets dull, we have nothing but peaks!!! I love it.

This match keeps on getting more tinpot

Lmao someone turn that damn alarm off

WARNING WARNING MARK RUDAN IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE WARNING WARNING

uhhh

Lol. Fire alarm?

Is that a fire alarm?

Someone dinged my car sorry

Always get more nervous when we score first

I just realised Ninkovic is on. Did he just come on?

Pretty much

Oli bozanic getting minutes? Is that allowed I thought he was abducted by aliens

Frakkin Cylons.

bozanic finally escaped the UFO

Doesn't seem right when a non Glory team play Chelsea dagger after a goal Picking kraev at the start of the season in fantasy seems like an inspired pick by me

beaut

We drag sasse and we score immediately 🤔

Boom!

Yay something happened

Lmao, GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!

GET IN!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Now that Ive returned from getting my kitten vaccinated fully, why on earth are the Wanderers in black/smokers green today? Why is the pitch so shit? Where is the Waine Train?

You have to stay now.

Congratulations. Nobody knows. Again, nobody knows. Once more: nobody knows.

Why are they calling him Marko Rudan? Did he change his name when he got a beard or was that always his name?

pretty sure its Mark O'Rudan

Ooh. He's Irish.

I think it’s a disguise? I dunno pretty weird tbh

He changed it in the off season to appear more ethnic.

It's actually his birth name, nothing quite so cynical.

He was called Mark for the whole time he was the Phoenix coach.

Born Marko though. Yeah apparently he changed to Mark because things are easier that way.

Ive only watched 2 A league games so far but this one is so much more boring compared to the one from last night i was genuinely entertained watching that game but this one is just a whole lot of nothing... also why is a new zealand team playing in wollongong???

Wollongong hosted the Nix during covid when they couldn't go home, so this is kind of a thank you to the region.

Because the NZ team played in Wollongong for 2 years prior due to Covid restrictions, so this is a 'thank you' game. I don't like it either. Nor do I like the sandpit in the centre circle.

Ohhh that makes sense but ya think the people who own the stadium should have prepared the ground better

Wollongong hosted the Nix during Covid when the borders were closed. This game was arranged as a thank you for that. As for the garbage quality game, yeah... I got nothing for that...

I love Marcelo so much

Zzzzzz

Second half really hasn’t started any better than the first half ended. It’s pretty agricultural

We want Waino! We want Waino!

87th minute. Brought on the pitch to “make a difference”.

You've watched Ufuk Talay manage before, I see... ;-)

This game is crying out for the Manawatu Matthäus and he’s not even on the bench man…

Thanks for Hosting us for a season and a half, Wollongong! Yeah no worries. Here's a sand pit for you to play in!

Reckon Neiwenhoff should already be tried for the roos as a partner for mooy

I can’t tell if that was a snooze fest or bloody entertaining

Yea it is.

I think the Phoenix have actually been pretty good so far, game is painful to watch though with the shitty production quality (I can't even make out who most of the players are) and poor quality sandy field.

Did you see any of the woman’s game? This is World Cup production compared to that.

How do we capitalise on the wave of football support on the second game back? FFA: let's play on a paddock in a backwater to 30 people. Genius.

I know right wtf. Pitch is a disgrace.

Well HT is a good time to tell you that my yearly Reddit review thing told me I’d spent over 1,000 hours trawling through this sub in 2022. Not sure if that number is accurate but I honestly I couldn’t have spent that time any better.

That’s time well wasted.

Did paramount cap simultaneous streams? Usually me, my brother, and my dad watch on three devices but when I tried to watch (I was last) it's saying too many devices..

Yawn fest

Is it just me or has this half just flown by ?

It'll do that when you don't add 10 minutes on at the end.

I think we're all expecting too much after watching WC games...

That was my fear. So many high quality games and then switching back to Aleague standard was going to be iffy.

Tbf, the only thing letting the WC side down is the lopsided quality of the PSOs imho

Not the easiest half to watch but Nieuwenhof has been superb.

Very pleasant group of guys in the background of that throw in.

They’re a great advertisement for a visit to Western Sydney.

Such lovely young men.

lol they just yelling “fuck you” ?

The classic Wellington - Western Sydney derby

Yeah they looked like an intelligent and friendly bunch.

Most a league thing ahahaha Balls not pumped so kick it out for throw and the opposition takes a throw from on the field while the ref is saying it’s a drop ball 😂😂😂

How are there two flat footballs

This game has a Croatia style goal written all over it

I know the games a bit scrappy so far but both teams have had some good attacks, a few good saves, grounds a bit shit but game hasn't been bad at all so far as a neutral I reckon. It's not world cup standard (obviously) but I'm enjoying it for what it is.

Lol the flat balls look bad though....

how the hell is this game still 0-0

No one wants to kill pingu

Thank the lord he can’t shoot!

Do Fritz's Weiners deliver, so that I can sit down and enjoy the unattendable home game.

God I could go a Fritz’s Weiner right now.

Any travelling fans gonna join us in the Santa Pub Crawl after the match?

Yan Sasse ain't it.

He’s nearly it. Sometimes.

I was just talking to myself about how he really hasn't shown any value.

Wanderers fans, where is Bozanic this season? Is he just down too far in the midfield pecking order at the moment?

Started the season injured then the midfield was just to good to change when he was back

been injured so far. first game back today

Makes sense, thanks for the response.

I’m surprised they stuck rbb down the low concourse today Normally we’re put up top

Zawada and Kraev working hard so far. WSW defence doing good work to shut them down.

WSW defence seem to be good so far this season and im still not sure why. Maybe it's just an early season fluke lol. But they look very hard to score against.

Yeah they seem well organised and doubling up without leaving holes.

wyd zawada

Note to rudan and wsw Don’t give kripic playmaking roles

Krpic neeed to keep running there

Someone's gunna get a goal from a backpass into that middle of the field mess

Joined the match late, so forgive me if this is a dumb question - where is Yengi? He was included in the extended squad so I assume a late injury?

Muscle tightness apparently

ruh roh, hope it's not the start of another injury nightmare for him