Wellington Phoenix vs Western Sydney Wanderers 3/11/2018 7:35PM

Western Sydney Wanderers FC squad: 1.Danijel NIZIC, 4.Josh RISDON, 5.Brendan HAMILL, 7.Nick FITZGERALD, 8.Jordan O’DOHERTY, 9.Oriol RIERA, 10.Alex BAUMJOHANN, 11.Bruce KAMAU, 12.Ruon TONGYIK, 13.Tass MOURDOUKOUAS, 16.Jaushua SOTIRIO, 17.Keanu BACCUS, 20.Vedran JANJETOVIC, 21.Tarek ELRICH, 22.Rashid MAHAZI, 24.Raul LLORENTE, 28.Roly BONEVACIA, 49.Abraham MAJOK

Ins: 7.Nick FITZGERALD, 13.Tass MOURDOUKOUTAS
Outs: N/A
Unavailable: 19.Mark BRIDGE (injury – four weeks)

Read in an article that Aussie Pat is out for another week.

1-1.

Sotirio to net.

But we equalize later.

12 minutes ago, ZachMercer said:

Read in an article that Aussie Pat is out for another week.

Well according to the club's list he isn't in the squad, out of the squad or unavailable for selection to the squad.

25 more games before new stadium 

In x2

You don't think we're making the grand final?

2 hours ago, ZachMercer said:

Read in an article that Aussie Pat is out for another week.

That would be due to the vegemite

Hammer to score!

Roly to slot another against his old mob....

Riera to sort out his eye sight and grab another

2 - 0  to us....

On current form it will be tough away to the nix who will park the bus..and try to score on the counter...... 0-1 or 0- 2 loss. 

Rudan's bubble will burst against us.

Nux 0 - Wanderers 2

We've got this.

2 hours ago, Edinburgh said:

That would be due to the vegemite

Reakon it's the dodgey bunnings snag from that promo video. A couple of those and you leave all your hardware in the boot.

I think after this game we will have a much better indication of how we are going to go this year 

the season starts now 

19 hours ago, mack said:

You don't think we're making the grand final?

Well this is the game that will inform me whether we may make it or not

Still have the likes of Ziggler, Tokich, Grozos and the other youngens to get into the squad. Next week is probably a better indication imo.

Agree we will get better when those players come back. Still, if we get beat by the nix (even though it seems they have improved) I think it’s a sign we might struggle most of the season 

anyway COYW

Watching City v Smurfs - we put up a much better effort than city.  They are pretty useless.  A tired Smurf outfit are running rings around them and hardly any opportunities created by city.

I think Nix at home will be a tough encounter.  They and Perth should dominate home games as teams have to travel and deal with time zone differences.  Neither have been unbeatable at home but I suspect this season it may change for both. A tough outing tomorrow.

Hoping for a 2-1 win.

First goal from Reira, runs past Nichols and gives him the good old "two fingers tongue out". 

Second goal I'm hoping from a corner delivered from Baumjohann to Reira...and then he gives the "two fingers tongue out" to Nichols..again.

The Nix goal I really don't give a sh*t who scores it...most likely it'll come from Roy Hare Krishna or Serpent Snake Singh. 

ALSO!, I'm Sotirio has a big game so his rumours to Cyprus United (aka Stanmore Hawks) begin.

Let's see if this games gets no VAR like the VAR FC vs Oil City had

OUR SEASON BEGINS HERE!. 

@mack I think the time is incorrect in the title (perhaps kiwi time?) Should be 5:35

Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Saturday, 3 November 2018

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Kick-Off: 7:35PM (Local) (5:35PM (AEDT))

Referee: Jarred Gillett

Assistant Referee 1: Mark Rule

Assistant Referee 2: Anton Shchetinin

Fourth Official: Matthew Conger

VAR: Nick Waldron

14 minutes ago, Jungle said:

@mack I think the time is incorrect in the title (perhaps kiwi time?) Should be 5:35

Match time in the title is always local time. The main section shows what the kick off time is for Sydney.

Squad:

Vedran, Llorente, Hamill, Elrich, Risdon, Janjetovic, O'Doherty, Baccus, Baumjohann, Roly, Kamau, Riera

Subs: Nizic, Fitzy, Tongyik, Sotirio, Mahazi.

Lineup is in. Kamau replaces Sotirio, O’Doherty for Mahazi and Llorente to LB, Elrich to CB, Tongyik out.

5 minutes ago, mack said:

Squad:

Vedran, Llorente, Hamill, Elrich, Risdon, Janjetovic, O'Doherty, Baccus, Baumjohann, Roly, Kamau, Riera

Subs: Nizic, Fitzy, Tongyik, Sotirio, Mahazi.

mack...is Vedran related to Janjetovic by any chance....his long lost twin brother......

No, it is a co-incidence.

12 minutes ago, Davo said:

Lineup is in. Kamau replaces Sotirio, O’Doherty for Mahazi and Llorente to LB, Elrich to CB, Tongyik out.

Interesting line up, I thought Tongyik did alright in the two games

ODoherty looked good when he came

Confused about the Tongyik omission. I thought he'd been pretty good so far. Injury maybe?

I don't know why he'd be in the lineup if he were hurt.

I imagine Babbel has looked at the Nix lineup and figured they aren't tall or strong enough to need Tongyik and he wants the more experienced Elrich instead?

20 minutes ago, Wanderboy said:

Confused about the Tongyik omission. I thought he'd been pretty good so far. Injury maybe?

Yep.

On the bench though.

Didnt Elrich play in the friendly against the Nix?