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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine

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Speaker 1: from News Talks edb It's Beldon.

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Speaker 2: For Melbourne Victory have turned it around.

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Speaker 1: From one nil.

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Speaker 2: Down in the tie they leaded to to one two

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Speaker 2: nil on the night. Melbourne Victory's fans come flooding towards

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Speaker 2: the Uruguay and turned to Australian and Bruno FORDA Rolie

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Speaker 2: with goal number one hundred and twelve in the A

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Speaker 2: League has Kevin Melbourne Victory the advitage in the city

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Speaker 2: and they held onto it.

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Speaker 3: Melbourne Victory winning two nil on the night too one

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Speaker 3: on aggregate. They advanced to the Grand Final next week

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Speaker 3: and Auckland FC's season is over. Former Wellington Phoenix striking

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Speaker 3: our football analyst and commentator Paul eifelers with us, Paul,

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Speaker 3: you watch on from sideline last night before the game

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Speaker 3: heading into this one. Did you see this coming Melbourne

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Speaker 3: Victory with the smash and grab?

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Speaker 4: I didn't. I didn't, But then when I saw the

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Speaker 4: demeanor I suppose of after dinners before the game, I

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Speaker 4: was a little worried, little confirmed because I thought he

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Speaker 4: was so confident coming with a team that hadn't scored

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Speaker 4: a goal against them, hadn't won a game against them,

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Speaker 4: and he duly delivered that plan and changed his shape,

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Speaker 4: which led to a lot of problems for Auckland, who

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Speaker 4: couldn't really find a way. They did have a couple

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Speaker 4: of opportunities, and obviously we'll probably talk about the disallowed

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Speaker 4: goal in a minute, but it was a pretty cagy

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Speaker 4: affair and I think it suited Victory more than it

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Speaker 4: did Auckland on the night.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't want to talk about that this allowed goal.

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Speaker 3: But in terms of Victory's performance, where were they better

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Speaker 3: specifically than Auckland FC last night?

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Speaker 4: I think in both boxes. I thought they defended really

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Speaker 4: well and kept Auckland to just a couple of chances,

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Speaker 4: and although they didn't create too much, they were really

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Speaker 4: efficient in front of goal. And I think it was

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Speaker 4: a really smart move by Dealers in putting in the

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Speaker 4: old campaigner in Faller early like the guy is a

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Speaker 4: special player, scored, you know, bundles of goals over the years,

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Speaker 4: been chomping at the bits to play this season, probably

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Speaker 4: not played as much as he would like, but he

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Speaker 4: was so hungry coming into this one, and you could

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Speaker 4: just see how animated he was after the game. He

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Speaker 4: knew how much this meant to everybody at victory.

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Speaker 3: What good all calf, So you have done differently, have

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Speaker 3: done better?

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Speaker 4: Oh blimey, But I think a lot a lot was

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Speaker 4: a lot of the problem was that Maya couldn't move

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Speaker 4: as well as he normally could. You has been brilliant

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Speaker 4: for them this season. I just don't think he was

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Speaker 4: quite up to it. Obviously, carrying an injury. Was always

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Speaker 4: going to play if he could and and always puts

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Speaker 4: in a shift. But I didn't think he was as

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Speaker 4: dynamic as he usually is, and that led to others

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Speaker 4: having to step up, and I just don't think they

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Speaker 4: quite did unfortunately. I mean, you're bringing on someone like

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Speaker 4: Gillian who's not scored a goal this year to try

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Speaker 4: and get you back in the game, and I don't

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Speaker 4: I don't know if Steve Collicker would have done much

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Speaker 4: different if he could have done it again, you know

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Speaker 4: he will rue the mischances in the first leg. Certainly

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Speaker 4: that the strike from Marina that hits put it inside

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Speaker 4: of both pos that goes into quite a different game

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Speaker 4: at home, and then obviously they disallowed goals is the

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Speaker 4: one they're going to hang their hats on which which

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Speaker 4: they duly and fairly should because I thought there was

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Speaker 4: a goal.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, okay, well it's unpack at Auckland FC boss Steve

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Speaker 3: Carriker absolutely elemant that the goal should have stood. I'll

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Speaker 3: give a short view.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. First of all, I thought maybe the ball has

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Speaker 4: gone out as it's been crossed, And as soon as

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Speaker 4: that was clear that it hadn't, then I couldn't see

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Speaker 4: how they could be one hundred percent sure of the

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Speaker 4: ball's gone out and back in. I know you've got

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Speaker 4: a line of them there, but the fact that there's

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Speaker 4: no way that the bar can make a definitive call,

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Speaker 4: what a way to go. You know, that's just that's horrific.

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Speaker 3: Had that goal gone in, and I know we're talking

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Speaker 3: hypotheticals here, that would have squared things up at two,

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Speaker 3: or would they have given Auckland F see the advantage

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Speaker 3: momentum wise? Do you think they would have brought it

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Speaker 3: home from there?

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Speaker 4: I do, I do, But I think again, if you

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Speaker 4: spoke to victory, they'd have thought I could bump in

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Speaker 4: the road and we'll go and get the job done.

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Speaker 4: Because they certainly weren't out of the game at any

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Speaker 4: point and didn't look too flustered, so it's all lift

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Speaker 4: butts and maybes. But I think, yeah, to not have

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Speaker 4: that sand we'll never know, and I think that that's

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Speaker 4: the thing that will get Steve Concker in the in

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Speaker 4: the long term.

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Speaker 3: And there is obviously a sense of disappointment and deflation

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Speaker 3: around today. It'll take a wall for these players to

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Speaker 3: pick themselves up. But how long will it be before

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Speaker 3: they can actually feel proud of what they've achieved across

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Speaker 3: the whole season.

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Speaker 4: I think I think it'll be a little while yet.

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Speaker 4: I think that, like I said, I think if they'd

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Speaker 4: have been beaten fair and square, it's almost easier to take.

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Speaker 4: But I think they're probably feeling that it's been stolen

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Speaker 4: away from them, so they'll they'll be bitter for a

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Speaker 4: little while, but in a funny kind of way, I

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Speaker 4: think it will stand them in good stets. I think

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Speaker 4: they'd be super super hungry next season, and I'm not

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Speaker 4: sure that they wouldn't have been hungry anyway, but I

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Speaker 4: think they'll be even hungry. I mean, Steve was absolutely

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Speaker 4: devastated last night, so so angry, but I think he'll

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Speaker 4: go way and go Look, we were close, but it's

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Speaker 4: amazing work, but let's go again. So I think it's

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Speaker 4: Danner said long term yeah.

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Speaker 3: And just on there, just to finish. Most of these

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Speaker 3: players are resigned for next year. There's the odd one

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Speaker 3: or two who might depart. We know Alex Paulson's going

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Speaker 3: for example. But can you see them going again or

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Speaker 3: will there be a degree of second season syndrome now

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Speaker 3: that everybody knows what they're up against when they take

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Speaker 3: on Auckland FC.

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Speaker 4: I think I think there's too many smart people at

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Speaker 4: the club to let that happen. I really do. I

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Speaker 4: think that Bill Foley does things right. I think he's

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Speaker 4: got the right people in place. I think they will

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Speaker 4: regroup and they'll go again and I think, you know,

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Speaker 4: I expect them to be firmly in the in the

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Speaker 4: top four. Will they win the Minor Premiers again, that's

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Speaker 4: going to be really difficult. It's difficult for any team

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Speaker 4: to do that two years in a row, given them

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Speaker 4: nature of the league. But I think with a couple

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Speaker 4: of signers they clearly the goalkeeper. I think it's probably

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Speaker 4: Michael Wood's term to be the number one. I think

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Speaker 4: they'll go and get a number two. Obviously, if Maximata

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Speaker 4: I think that's probably where they could do with strengthen anyway,

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Speaker 4: so they'll be in for a nine for sure. So

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Speaker 4: I think they are the two ends of the pitch

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Speaker 4: that they need to strengthen, and then maybe one more

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Speaker 4: in the middle of the parks or straight down the spine.

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Speaker 3: Really great working alongside you as always last night. I

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Speaker 3: feel thanks for your chat this afternoon.

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Speaker 4: Mate, Thanks Bidy, Thanks mate.

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Speaker 3: That's Paul Eiffel with his view.

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