Wellington Phoenix vs Western Sydney Wanderers 21/02/2021 6:10PM

In (first).      Hopefully this doesn't  get postponed. Staying overnight Sunday, RDO Monday (woohoo).

IN.....taking some time off and driving down tomorrow evening for a few days..staying near the coast..dont care if sunny or showers..will be just nice to get away...have a swim..if the game was cancelled meh...game is an added bonus.

Might head to the Nan Tien temple for some inner Zen plus tea and dumplings..ask budda for a favourable result eh....

which bay is the away end? I had a look at tickets earlier in the week and it showed northern concourse as away end, now its coming up with bay 1 on western concourse.

Wanderers,

Dorrans suspended for 1 week , who will fill his role ?

don't know how mutch time Mutch will get 

Probably to early for Duke,

Hopefully Muller will be ready to go.

Mourdakutis and McGowan are still out I think

Willmering may get a start at left back 

Phoenix in a bit of trouble with injuries and suspension.

Cameron Devlin is available for selection for the Western Sydney Wanderers match on Sunday.

David Ball suspended for 2 weeks

Joshua Laws sustained an ankle injury during the Wellington Phoenix versus Central Coast Mariners match on 14 Feb 2021. The club is currently awaiting the results of an MRI, and Law’s availability for selection for Sunday’s match versus Western Sydney Wanderers will be dependent on the outcome of this scan. 

Tomer Hemed sustained a low-grade hamstring strain during the Wellington Phoenix versus Sydney FC match on 8 February 2021. Hemed’s estimated return to play will be two weeks. 

Jaushua Sotirio sustained a Grade 2 MCL injury to the knee during training prior to the Sydney FC match on 8 February 2021. Sotirio’s estimated return to play is now four weeks. 

Luke DeVere sustained a serious knee injury during the Wellington Phoenix versus Central Coast Mariners match on 14 Feb 2021 and is due for surgery today. DeVere’s return to play is anticipated to be 10-12 week

 3 forwards gone for this weekend, new man in is Charles Lokoli-Ngoy who missed the cut for Phoenix at the start of the season.

Main central defender gone, their middle of the park defence has declined since Taylor left and with out DeVere out makes them vulnerable further than they have been this season. 

Devlin back in is a plus beside the Mexican , these 2 will have to have big games if they are to worry us. 

Out for a long time but I hope to still watch on telly

This Nix team is missing Steven Taylor. Lets see how we cope with losing Dorrans for this one

43 minutes ago, wilsonpastore said:

which bay is the away end? I had a look at tickets earlier in the week and it showed northern concourse as away end, now its coming up with bay 1 on western concourse.

I posted on thread for round 9 that I received  a call and message from Ticketmaster yesterday saying that my seats and all other travelling wanderers fans have had their seats moved from the north stand as originally purchased to the western stand the reason given "so that all wanderers supporters  will be sat  together "  no further explanation given,  methinks there has been some fallout from the mariners game and yes the cops want to make sure these Western Sydney "socca" hooligans comply with their made up restrictions..  hope they are not too heavy handed  lets see

(jockman)

2 hours ago, tardotz said:

Out for a long time but I hope to still watch on telly

 

Get Better Soon 

3 hours ago, Smoggy said:

IN.....taking some time off and driving down tomorrow evening for a few days..staying near the coast..dont care if sunny or showers..will be just nice to get away...have a swim..if the game was cancelled meh...game is an added bonus.

Might head to the Nan Tien temple for some inner Zen plus tea and dumplings..ask budda for a favourable result eh....

Be there, lunch at Cringila pub.

1 hour ago, mintoff said:

Be there, lunch at Cringila pub.

Cringlia Hotel? If so, great pub. I used to go there a few times with a friend that used to live in Cringlia.

1 minute ago, MathyouWSW said:

Cringlia Hotel? If so, great pub. I used to go there a few times with a friend that used to live in Cringlia.

Not Cringlia hotel, it is CRINGILA HOTEL,  i lived and worked there in the seventy's

Big Day for Mitch Duke he is coming home today

Troisi out for Sunday minor injury,  back next week.

McGowan trained strongly with the team today.

Muller was also heavily involved today .

Mutch was also working hard in training game.

Interesting Troisi said he was not playing this week with minor injury he did not train with the team this morning even though he was doing short sprints and a lot of them.

Western Sydney Wanderers FC: 2.Ziggy GORDON, 4.Dylan MCGOWAN (C), 5.Daniel GEORGIEVSKI, 7.Bruce KAMAU, 8.Jordan O’DOHERTY, 9.Bernie IBINI, 10.Simon COX, 11.Kwame YEBOAH, 13.Tate RUSSELL, 14.James TROISI, 17.Keanu BACCUS, 19.Jordon MUTCH, 25.Philip CANCAR, 27.Nicolai MULLER, 29.Daniel WILMERING, 30.Daniel MARGUSH (GK), 33.Mark NATTA, 34.Patrick ZIEGLER, 39.Thomas AQUILINA, 40.Noah JAMES (GK)

Ins: 4.Dylan MCGOWAN (returned from injury), 19.Jordon MUTCH (promoted), 27.Nicolai MULLER (returns from injury), 39.Thomas AQUILINA (promoted)
Outs: 18.Graham DORRANS (suspended – 1 match), 38.Ali AUGLAH
Unavailable: 6.Tass MOURDOUKOUTAS (ankle), 12.Mitchell DUKE (hotel quarantine), 20.Vedran JANJETOVIC (long term injury)

7 minutes ago, Keithie said:

Interesting Troisi said he was not playing this week with minor injury he did not train with the team this morning even though he was doing short sprints and a lot of them.

Western Sydney Wanderers FC: 2.Ziggy GORDON, 4.Dylan MCGOWAN (C), 5.Daniel GEORGIEVSKI, 7.Bruce KAMAU, 8.Jordan O’DOHERTY, 9.Bernie IBINI, 10.Simon COX, 11.Kwame YEBOAH, 13.Tate RUSSELL, 14.James TROISI, 17.Keanu BACCUS, 19.Jordon MUTCH, 25.Philip CANCAR, 27.Nicolai MULLER, 29.Daniel WILMERING, 30.Daniel MARGUSH (GK), 33.Mark NATTA, 34.Patrick ZIEGLER, 39.Thomas AQUILINA, 40.Noah JAMES (GK)

Ins: 4.Dylan MCGOWAN (returned from injury), 19.Jordon MUTCH (promoted), 27.Nicolai MULLER (returns from injury), 39.Thomas AQUILINA (promoted)
Outs: 18.Graham DORRANS (suspended – 1 match), 38.Ali AUGLAH
Unavailable: 6.Tass MOURDOUKOUTAS (ankle), 12.Mitchell DUKE (hotel quarantine), 20.Vedran JANJETOVIC (long term injury)

I was advised by someone a week ago that he was only taken off as a precaution and to ensure he plays against Melbourne City.

I would guess that he will be one of the players omitted if what you're saying is true, or he could be completely bluffing and could start on Sunday.

We have enough depth in the squad (especially with the players returning from injury) that we should be able to fit someone else in at AM without too many dramas.

definitely did not train with the team was off to side with one of the trainers doing some ball work and lots of short sprints , Robbo interview this morning said he had a niggle.

If Troisi doesn't make it and with Dorrans suspended, will Mutch start the game even if he is underdone?

2 minutes ago, MartinTyler said:

If Troisi doesn't make it and with Dorrans suspended, will Mutch start the game even if he is underdone?

The obvious trio would be Baccus, O'Doherty and Lesiotis if Mutch isn't ready but Lesiotis isn't even on the squad list.

It will be interesting what kind of line up we will have come Sunday then

Duke might even come on late depending on who he performs in a training session this afternoon

Looking at the training videos this week, I haven't seen McGowan, Muller and Troisi training so they could be out. Mutch was training so I would assume he'll be playing this week. What I don't understand is Lesiotis was in the training videos and not even mentioned in the squad. Is the poor guy ever going to get some game time?

I have not been to Wollongong stadium before, can someone advise please which bays will be our away bays? (About to buy tickets.)

8 minutes ago, bombagol said:

I have not been to Wollongong stadium before, can someone advise please which bays will be our away bays? (About to buy tickets.)

Ticketmaster is making the away bay sit in the Western Conference which is the opposite section of the hill. Whatever you do AVOID THE HILL, it's **** and you have to stand the whole time.

The TV crew film from the western conference so it'll be a bit odd where they plan to put the RBB.

20 hours ago, mintoff said:

Not Cringlia hotel, it is CRINGILA HOTEL,  i lived and worked there in the seventy's

Nice! a friend of mine lived off Lake Avenue (not far from the public school). 

We would always enjoy the walk down to the pub but walking back was hell as my friend lived on a very steep hill. Plus, there was an awesome place that would sell Burek near him as well. 
 

1 hour ago, MathyouWSW said:

Looking at the training videos this week, I haven't seen McGowan, Muller and Troisi training so they could be out. Mutch was training so I would assume he'll be playing this week. What I don't understand is Lesiotis was in the training videos and not even mentioned in the squad. Is the poor guy ever going to get some game time?

I take my comment back about Muller, he has been at training (top right pic is him):

So Muller maybe added to the team.
I feel Robbo might have him off the bench. Maybe Mutch will play CAM and then Muller replace him in the second half.

2 hours ago, MathyouWSW said:

What I don't understand is Lesiotis was in the training videos and not even mentioned in the squad. Is the poor guy ever going to get some game time?

Maybe he isn't showing enough in training to deserve a spot. Robinson has been quoted as saying he is honest with his players about where they need to improve, and maybe he hasn't shown enough yet to earn it (he's also got a lot of experienced players in front of him).

3 hours ago, bombagol said:

I have not been to Wollongong stadium before, can someone advise please which bays will be our away bays? (About to buy tickets.)

Looks like we can only book tickets in the concourse (downstairs) section of the Western Grandstand. 

According to Carlo, no Duke tomorrow. Muller a maybe

This is a good time for a match 

Should finish just before the men’s tennis final - I’ll break out the popcorn

This needs to be a comfortable win tomorrow. Pheonix back line has been slapped together with bang average midfielders.

Ball obviously having a well deserved break. Cam Devlin coming off an injury.

If we can’t kill off these sorts of teams inside the first half, we should be worried 

These are the sorts of teams - pulled together of desperate players trying to impress or feeling there's nothing to lose - who are dangerous and sometimes lift enormously!

Hope they don't and we can bury them.