1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,199 Speaker 1: Great scenes yesterday. If you're watching, Go Media Stadium. Auckland 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,480 Speaker 1: FC ran onto the field knowing they'd already won the 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: Premier's Plate in the debut season. The players for finishing 4 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 1: top of the round robin. The playoffs are still to come. 5 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: The Auckland f C CEO as Nick Beckery's back. Well, 6 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: this Nick, very good morning to. 7 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 2: You morning Mike. Are you doing very well? 8 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: Indeed, do you celebrate yesterday? I mean it was a 9 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:19,319 Speaker 1: bit of a party or is this just part of 10 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: the overall equation? 11 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:23,319 Speaker 2: No, I certainly did it. I'm fairly bit dusty this morning, 12 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 2: to be honest. 13 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: Good on you how dust effects pretty dusty? 14 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 2: On a one to ten dusty, I'd taking about an eight. 15 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 1: Although jeez, well, thank you for turning up at this 16 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 1: particular time on the program live and you've got to 17 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 1: won Miller as well. So what happens next in terms 18 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: of will the season be a disappointment if you win 19 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: this but don't win overall or not? 20 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 3: Well, it feels like we're one done, one to go, right, 21 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 3: So we go into the finals, We're gonna we're going 22 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 3: to buy We play away in Melbourne next week and 23 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,959 Speaker 3: then we have a bye week in the finals. Our 24 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 3: first city final will be away on the seventeenth of 25 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 3: May somewhere in Australia, either have Melbourne or Sydney I suspect, 26 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 3: and then we have a home semi final the twenty fourth, 27 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,479 Speaker 3: and if we make it through the big Dance, it'll 28 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 3: be at go Media Under following Saturday. 29 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: I was going to say, is that the prize for 30 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: winning the plate so far because you're away For a 31 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: person who's done well, you should be at home every week, 32 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: shouldn't you. 33 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 2: Exactly? 34 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean the home and away semi final is 35 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 3: quite It is a very football thing, so you just 36 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 3: have to accept it. The big benefit is if you 37 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 3: win the semi final, you've got you've got the home 38 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 3: grand final, which. 39 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 2: Is that's a massive opportunity. 40 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 3: It's a massive thing from you said on football, it'll 41 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:37,559 Speaker 3: be a massive thing for Auckland SC fans as well. 42 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 1: So I had a good look at the game yesterday 43 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: and I know I've been critical about all the draws 44 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: and football and stuff, but I looked at that game yesterday. 45 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: You were peppering the goal. You were clearly a vast 46 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: and superior side to Perth, and yet to look at 47 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: the score at one nil, you would have gone, oh, 48 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: that was a bit closer than I thought. And it 49 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: really wasn't, was it. 50 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 3: It was? It was very squeaky one time, To be honest, 51 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 3: I wanted to be about ten nil. It should have 52 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 3: been at least four or five nil. But dominate and 53 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 3: the boys, you know, they ran out there as premiers 54 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 3: and you sort of you know, they kind of had 55 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 3: that lifted off their shoulders, so then they didn't have 56 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 3: to worry about the I think today or not. They 57 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 3: played really well. It was just one of those days, 58 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 3: you know, a wet day in go media and they 59 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 3: should have scored through for more. 60 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 2: But the one they will do. 61 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, you take it, good one, well done, Nick, appreciate 62 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: it very much. We'll let him go get some oxygen 63 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:27,639 Speaker 1: before he kills Ibry. Sounds like, hmm, it's a little 64 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: bit of the got a bit of the asthma, hasn't he? 65 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,839 Speaker 1: Nick Becker, who is the Auckland FC CEO, and having 66 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,239 Speaker 1: watched the game, the ground held up beautifully. For more 67 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to news talks 68 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: they'd be from six am weekdays, or follow the podcast 69 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:42,519 Speaker 1: on iHeartRadio.