Recent content by damoley

I’d be shocked if we (NZ) get a goal let alone the win from this game. I was at the game vs Phillipines and having watched the Norway and now this Swiss game, we just don’t seem to be able to play the ball into any of our forward players feet. Nothing comes through the middle, it’s all long...

Bloody good job, it’ll be humming for their next game

I’m wondering how much the morning time drama may have affected the Norwegians, considering the shooting was right outside their hotel. All that said, we have been extremely impressive, hope they can hold on

What a goal!! 100% deserved

Gotta say I thought we’d be getting thrashed and out classed by this point. Norway dont seem to be stringing anything decent together. We love a long ball

Yep, the NZ one in Wellington is sold out (or as close to as we'll get), as is the USA vs Netherlands, which shouldn't be that surprising considering the quality of the teams. Rest of the games, won't lie, it's a very hard sell sitting in that stadium in the middle of winter.

Absolutely yes. Attending a couple of games and probably one of the quarter finals, be rude not to when it’s in your neck of the woods.

Yeah that’s generally the case, but the players are usually yelling things to the ref during play that can be hard to pick up. All in all though, they are far more respectful and the refs are much much less tolerant of dissent. Stealing another couple of ideas from rugby would be the reversal...

They did this after they released the tickets for sale, pretty major dick move. Can’t imagine our govt or the Aussies are overly impressed, also probably nothing they can actually do

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Yeah, fair I can agree with that. Like all the good coaches, he seems to get more out of his players, spose he could only hope he can do that in the PL. I just can’t quite see a Bielsa/Leeds-esque situation

Dunno about whether he will be pragmatic or not, but the man is a winner. Way back when he was in the A league, he bossed it with two clubs, at least one of them going pear shaped after he left if my memory serves me correctly - Brisbane. Followed it up in Japan and now Scotland (not like he was...

No chance. Martinez straight back in and Shaw back to LB. One thing this whole scenario has shown though, is how crucial it is having a competent midfield/midfielder that can protect the defence…namely Casemiro. And to a somewhat lesser extent the mentality and trust that has been installed in...