Wellington Phoenix vs Western Sydney Wanderers 10/12/2022 5:00PM

In and now Australia is fare friendly again let’s make it smoke city. 😎

Normal service will almost certainly resume.

1 hour ago, marron said:

Normal service will almost certainly resume.

Yep, the friendly tournament out of the way. Back to deciding who will win a toilet seat.

Id expect to see Ngbakoto starting this one. Interesting to see if Krpic can actually finish something with some decent crosses.

We are back 

8 hours ago, Sithslayer1991 said:

We are back 

Can the Wanderers win on a windy summer's day in Wollongong? (needs more W's)



 

Ok, I'm in for this.
First trip to Wollongong.
What tips do I need to know, lets start with pre-game pub?

I think we'll win.

love a good trip to wollongong. one of the best stadiums in the country.

out. rather walk on lego.

29 minutes ago, theguyyouwishyouwere said:

love a good trip to wollongong. one of the best stadiums in the country.

out. rather walk on lego.

Forget pre-drinks. Get pre game ice cream from the lighthouse ice cream truck, Levendi or Harbour seafood 

40 minutes ago, Sithslayer1991 said:

Forget pre-drinks. Get pre game ice cream from the lighthouse ice cream truck, Levendi or Harbour seafood 

I usually get fish n chips down by the harbour and an ice cream. Levendi is the one I went too last time I think.

2 hours ago, theguyyouwishyouwere said:

love a good trip to wollongong. one of the best stadiums in the country.

out. rather walk on lego.

All your  hair gone now eh…

On 5/12/2022 at 8:29 PM, MathyouWSW said:

Can the Wanderers win on a windy summer's day in Wollongong? (needs more W's)



 

Lol I have been down there around Wollongong during this kind of forecast day and it has felt a bloody lot colder than 19c 

And the opposition 

Wellington Phoenix squad: 4. Scott WOOTTON, 5. Steven UGARKOVIC, 6. Tim PAYNE, 7. Kosta BARBAROUSES, 8. Ben OLD, 9. Oskar ZAWADA, 10. David BALL, 11. Bozhidar KRAEV, 12. Lucas MAURAGIS, 13. Nicholas PENNINGTON, 17. Callan ELLIOT, 18. Ben WAINE, 19. Sam SUTTON, 20. Oli SAIL (gk), 21. Joshua LAWS, 23. Clayton LEWIS, 24. Oskar VAN HATTUM, 31. Yan SASSE, 40. Alex PAULSEN (gk).
Unavailable:  14. Alex RUFER (injured), 3. Finn SURMAN (injured).

On 07/12/2022 at 8:40 PM, BohemianDublin said:

Ok, I'm in for this.
First trip to Wollongong.
What tips do I need to know, lets start with pre-game pub?

I think we'll win.

Go to the Illawarra Brewery. Great view, great atmosphere, right near the ground.

Feels odd that we’re playing lol I’m in World Cup mode still 

Playing 4-4-2
N'Gbakoto will start and so Nieuwenhof
Ninkovic on the bench alongside Bozanic
Blair could debut
Outs: Sapsford, Yengi & Badolato

 

WSW Lineup: Thomas, Troare, Marcelo, Mrcela, Cleur, Najjarine, Nieuwenhof, Amalfitano, Borrello, Ngbakoto, Krpic

Subs: Margush, Bozanic, Ninkovic, Tongyik, Wilmering, Blair, Lopane.

No Yengi,

Ninkovic off the bench

6 minutes ago, mack said:

WSW Lineup: Thomas, Troare, Marcelo, Mrcela, Cleur, Najjarine, Nieuwenhof, Amalfitano, Borrello, Ngbakoto, Krpic

Subs: Margush, Bozanic, Ninkovic, Tongyik, Wilmering, Blair, Lopane.

Phoenix Lineup: Sail, Mauragis, Payne, Wootton, Elliot, Lewis, Ugarkovic, Kraev, Sasse, Ball, Zawada

Subs: Paulsen, Barbarouses, Old, Pennington, Waine, Sutton, Laws

 

Yengi dropped or possibly picked up a late injury?

We're about to find out whether the 3rd kit is cursed.

Geez, the ground lsn't looking good.

Pitch looks like it's had sheep grazing on it for a month.

We look rusty.

Look like we are still in break mode, wake up!

Both teams looking slow, Nix marginally better.

6 minutes ago, mack said:

Pitch looks like it's had sheep grazing on it for a month.

All this talk about leveraging the World Cup for football in Australia, and the league serves up a cattle run and a camera angle at drone height. SMH.

What a save that is.

it saves like that it makes you wonder how on earth did Lawrence Thomas did not get called up to the Socceroos squad.

Brilliant save 

5 minutes ago, ZachMercer said:

All this talk about leveraging the World Cup for football in Australia, and the league serves up a cattle run and a camera angle at drone height. SMH.

First two games back are a Brisbane game out at Redcliff on a Friday night so nobody turns up, and a Wellington home game in Wollongong.

Really striking while the iron’s hot…