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Speaker 1: I'm Jason Pine. Bonnie Jensen's here too. We're really need
Speaker 1: to land on an actual day for this, don't We
Speaker 1: were Monday for a long time. Here we are again
Speaker 1: on a Thursday. Maybe we need to get a bit
Speaker 1: more regular once once we get into the A League season,
Speaker 1: maybe we go back to Monday's you know, full time. Bonnie,
Speaker 1: what do you reckon?
Speaker 2: Yeah, well two weeks tomorrow, Piney, it's super exciting. So yeah,
Speaker 2: I guess now that the A League's pretty much around
Speaker 2: the corner, we can become a regular thing.
Speaker 1: Indeed, yes, the clocks have gone forward and the A
Speaker 1: League season is approaching. Quick smart, let's start there. Actually.
Speaker 1: Auckland FC are continuing their preparations. They had a they
Speaker 1: had a sort of a game or games last night,
Speaker 1: as I understand, at two thirty minute halves against Birkenhea
Speaker 1: two thirty minute halves against Western Springs out at Albany.
Speaker 1: You went along the watch, what was What were your takeaways?
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, it was good to see Auckland FC come
Speaker 2: up against you know, the club teams, two of the
Speaker 2: top clubs here in Auckland. I think you'll know as well,
Speaker 2: Piney that there's not much between these clubs, especially in
Speaker 2: pre season two the A League sides. Obviously the Phoenix
Speaker 2: played Wellington Olympic the other week. Anyway, there wasn't much
Speaker 2: between these two teams. I don't know what the final
Speaker 2: score was. I think they beat Birkenhead two nil, but
Speaker 2: it was all kind of one big mixed friendly, but
Speaker 2: yet really positive. I kind of got a sense you
Speaker 2: can see what Steve Crick is going to do with
Speaker 2: his starting lineup kind of worked out. It was a
Speaker 2: bit of a four to two three one type situation,
Speaker 2: maybe a four to three three the look, they're looking
Speaker 2: pretty good.
Speaker 1: Okay, So the imports all played, did they? Apart from
Speaker 1: the new Columbian winger who's yet to be announced. I
Speaker 1: think everybody knows who it is, but we'll leave him
Speaker 1: off to one side. So Sarkai, Galagosvstrate and GMO Mai
Speaker 1: they all.
Speaker 2: Played, Yes they did. Yeah, they kind of filled the
Speaker 2: filled the midfield and you know kind of linking up
Speaker 2: up the top there that that number nine position Sakai
Speaker 2: was playing on the right, the right hand fullback that
Speaker 2: they're looking good as well, and you can see, you know,
Speaker 2: with the likes of Cam Howison who didn't start, you
Speaker 2: can see Steve Corrick is trying to familiarize himself with
Speaker 2: these imports and obviously he knows what Cam is about.
Speaker 2: So yeah, that was kind of the bart.
Speaker 1: Do you think Cam Howison will start the first game
Speaker 1: or do you think he'll go with his two imports?
Speaker 1: If he plays two six is sitting? Do you think
Speaker 1: it'll be Galagos investrata?
Speaker 2: Potentially, and that is due to the all whites to it.
Speaker 2: I believe the players get back about the day before
Speaker 2: or two days before that first kickoff, so potentially maybe
Speaker 2: that's what Corricer's plan was last night to really get
Speaker 2: this team gelling for the players that will be back
Speaker 2: and fit and fresh ready for that opening game. Going
Speaker 2: forward into the season, I feel like Cam will cement
Speaker 2: his spot obviously because of who he is as a player,
Speaker 2: but also his leadership is undeniable, which we've seen through
Speaker 2: his time at Auckland City.
Speaker 1: It's just interesting though, isn't it that two of the
Speaker 1: imports play in those central midfield roles. Look, I don't
Speaker 1: know enough about them just yet to know whether one
Speaker 1: of them or both is more of an eight for example,
Speaker 1: or what Cam Howison's role to play and this team
Speaker 1: will be. But yeah, and it feels to me as
Speaker 1: though there'll be real competition for places, which is what
Speaker 1: you want. But as I think I said on a
Speaker 1: couple of podcasts ago, the imports really need to start
Speaker 1: Otherwise why are they there exactly?
Speaker 2: Yeah, And that's the other thing. And I do wonder
Speaker 2: you might be able to speak more on this, Piney,
Speaker 2: But what is it the same deal for the Aussie
Speaker 2: players that that guy Galloway he didn't he didn't start
Speaker 2: last night. And I'd say some of the guys from
Speaker 2: Aussie you know, Dan Hall might not have his his
Speaker 2: spot secured with the likes of Tommy Smith there and Nando.
Speaker 2: So is it the same deal for them or are
Speaker 2: they easier to put on the bench compared with the
Speaker 2: imports coming from Europe and South America.
Speaker 1: And that yeah, I think, well, I think that their
Speaker 1: places are less guaranteed and often you you'll bring in
Speaker 1: Australian players to fill out your squad rather than to
Speaker 1: really be rusted on starters. I think Jake Brimmer is
Speaker 1: probably of all of them, or of all of the Australians,
Speaker 1: and there aren't many in the in the in the
Speaker 1: Auckland FC squad, I think Jake Brimm is likely to
Speaker 1: play Hall will probably get first crack. I would imagine
Speaker 1: it center back alongside Pinaker. Galloway can play both sides
Speaker 1: of the back for but I wonder whether Francis Devrez
Speaker 1: might be your man up and down the left hand side.
Speaker 1: What about what about Liam Gillian. I've seen a little
Speaker 1: bit of so media footage and I know those are
Speaker 1: just edited highlights, but he's looking quite sharp, is he?
Speaker 2: Yeah, he is looking sharp. I really liked him last night.
Speaker 2: Him and Logan Rogerson as well. We're both pretty dominant
Speaker 2: up the wings. And I think Liam Gillian, you know,
Speaker 2: he followed him for a few years. He's played for
Speaker 2: Auckland City. He has done very well there in kind
Speaker 2: of cementing his starting spot. And he's still young, like
Speaker 2: we need to remember that, but he's started with that
Speaker 2: quite senior experienced Auckland City side in the northern League.
Speaker 2: He could have followed in his brother's footsteps and gone
Speaker 2: down to the Wellington Phoenix Academy, but he's stuck with
Speaker 2: that and I think it's paying dividends now because you
Speaker 2: can see he's kind of potentially without offending Fergus here,
Speaker 2: his younger brother who plays for the Phoenix, he's gone
Speaker 2: beyond that and it's now contending a starting spot here
Speaker 2: with Auckland.
Speaker 1: All right, looking forward to seeing how that goes. We'll
Speaker 1: here from Liam Gillian in just a moment. Alex porstonin goal?
Speaker 1: Was he for the first.
Speaker 2: Game he was in goal? Yes, I'm hearing rumors that
Speaker 2: Michael vaud might have a slight injury. I think they
Speaker 2: did rotate the keepers last night from memory, but yes,
Speaker 2: Alex Poulson started.
Speaker 1: Okay, let's hear from Liam Gillian, who you've just been
Speaker 1: speaking about. You were there and I had a chat
Speaker 1: to Liam Gillian afterwards to see how we're settling into
Speaker 1: life as a professional footballer. Yeah.
Speaker 3: I've been enjoying it.
Speaker 4: It's good fund It's definitely a change coming from amateur football,
Speaker 4: but it's definitely something I enjoy.
Speaker 3: I enjoy coming to training every day. Good group of.
Speaker 4: Lads, good coaching staff, everyone's very supportive and yeah, great,
Speaker 4: great facilities.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I love it.
Speaker 2: Obviously you're in pre season right now, but you've beat
Speaker 2: over to Ozzie, you've played some here. How do you
Speaker 2: think the team is locking? Yeah, you're going to be
Speaker 2: a competitive.
Speaker 5: Team this season.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think we're shaping up.
Speaker 4: Well. It's looking good, getting good at each day and training. Yeah,
Speaker 4: got the your phone is just coming as well. There
Speaker 4: no egos and the team you know, everyone through friendly
Speaker 4: and you know, it's great, it's good fun.
Speaker 2: What are you kind of want out of this? This
Speaker 2: is your first pro contract, I believe you know, what
Speaker 2: do you want out of this first season?
Speaker 4: Obviously it'd be great to get some decent aleague minutes,
Speaker 4: you know, first proper sort of professional league. So it
Speaker 4: would be cool to make a name for myself and
Speaker 4: sort of Yeah, I mean i'd try my best, I guess.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 2: And your younger brother plays down in Wellington. What will
Speaker 2: it be like going up against them?
Speaker 3: Oh?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean the family has spoken about this a
Speaker 4: couple of times, so they're saying they might have to
Speaker 4: get a half and half shit.
Speaker 3: Obviously, I don't know if that would.
Speaker 4: Slide, but yeah, it'll be definitely interesting and it would
Speaker 4: cause a good friendly rivaly.
Speaker 3: So looking forward to it.
Speaker 2: Have you guys spoken much about the fact you're both
Speaker 2: playing in.
Speaker 3: The A League. Yeah, I thought it was We thought
Speaker 3: it was pretty cool.
Speaker 4: I mean, you know, it's not every day you see
Speaker 4: brothers playing for it for two, I guess the Kimi Derby,
Speaker 4: you know.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so yeah, I know, it's definitely be interesting.
Speaker 1: I think I can say, Bonnie, without fear of contradiction,
Speaker 1: there will be no half and half shirts. There will
Speaker 1: be no apart from in the Gillian family where there's
Speaker 1: a player on each side, I can almost say, you know,
Speaker 1: without fear of contradiction, no one's going to wear a
Speaker 1: half and half shirt. Phoenix in Auckland FC.
Speaker 2: I don't know, but it's hard to say because there's
Speaker 2: so many, so many pre existing Phoenix fans up here
Speaker 2: in Auckland and are they going to stay or switch?
Speaker 2: I don't know, but yeah, I feel like that that's
Speaker 2: a bit soft if we've seen that around.
Speaker 1: Well, I just don't make football exactly mate. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: that's it. Choose your side, choose your side. But I
Speaker 1: get it for the gillions they do have a foot
Speaker 1: in both camps, so I kind of get that. But yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't think you'll see too many just normal football
Speaker 1: fans wearing the half and half going to talk more
Speaker 1: about the derby actually in just a moment, But you're
Speaker 1: also caught up with Logan Rogerson, who is back in
Speaker 1: New Zealand after time playing overseas, to see how he's
Speaker 1: enjoying himself at Auckland FC.
Speaker 3: No.
Speaker 5: I love being back.
Speaker 6: Yeah, the setup's good here. I've been enjoying pre season.
Speaker 6: I've got a good group of ads, and I've been
Speaker 6: enjoying working under Steve and the staff.
Speaker 2: What is it about the setup that's kind of like
Speaker 2: working so well?
Speaker 6: Do you again? I think the club's been providing us
Speaker 6: with everything we need. We've got good resources here and
Speaker 6: you know a lot of stuff helping us out. Which
Speaker 6: is you know, compared to the other environments I've been in,
Speaker 6: this has got to be up there.
Speaker 2: You've played a bit overseas, obviously, welcoming those international players here,
Speaker 2: what is that like and the jailed Well.
Speaker 6: Yeah, obviously you know, I know what it's like being
Speaker 6: that foreigner coming in and so yeah, I think you know,
Speaker 6: I've just tried to, you know, try and welcome them
Speaker 6: in and you know, introducing a little bit Qui culture.
Speaker 6: It's a bit different to probably what they used to
Speaker 6: but yeah, I think the boys have done a nice
Speaker 6: effort to help them and i've they feel at homehouse,
Speaker 6: so I think it'll be important for us, and yeah,
Speaker 6: hopefully they can be key to our success for the season.
Speaker 2: Do you the squad from the outlock seems quite competitive?
Speaker 2: Do you feel like it is in the are you're
Speaker 2: going to be fighting for your spots we can weep out?
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think there's a lot of competition.
Speaker 6: Obviously there's another player coming in, so you know that's
Speaker 6: going to add more competition, which you know, it's good
Speaker 6: for a team.
Speaker 5: You know, training against each other and working for spots.
Speaker 6: Is all part of football and you know it drives
Speaker 6: success as well.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you spent some time with the Next, right,
Speaker 2: so what will it be like going up against them?
Speaker 6: Yeah, I've kind of supported the Next, you know, even
Speaker 6: since I was younger and obviously had the opportunity to
Speaker 6: play for them my first professional club.
Speaker 5: So yeah, I feel it feels like we'll be like
Speaker 5: a mixed.
Speaker 6: Emotions playing them, But you know, this is our job.
Speaker 5: We're professionals. So on the field, it's you know, it's
Speaker 5: real competitive.
Speaker 2: And you've had a call up to the All White.
Speaker 2: How exciting is that? And do you think you know
Speaker 2: your your time here at Auckland is going to kind
Speaker 2: of help you secure that spot within the All Yeah.
Speaker 5: No, I'm buzzy going to be back in the in
Speaker 5: the set out of the national team.
Speaker 6: And I definitely feel coming back home to Auckland kind
Speaker 6: of puts me under the microscope of the national team,
Speaker 6: and I definitely feel coming back has helped me. You know,
Speaker 6: I put my foot in the door for you know,
Speaker 6: the qualify for the World Cup and hopefully for the
Speaker 6: World Cup.
Speaker 1: That's Logan Rogerson. What do you predict for him this
Speaker 1: a league season?
Speaker 2: Yeah, we're looking at him. Last night he was definitely dominant.
Speaker 2: I think he kind of you know, still a little
Speaker 2: bit taller than some of the other players, potentially, you know,
Speaker 2: the likes of Francis Devrees or Liam Gillian, who have
Speaker 2: been really good playing here domestically in the last couple
Speaker 2: of years. But yeah, you can see Logan's got some
Speaker 2: experience behind him, so I hope he stands out for
Speaker 2: the for all. I was going to say the Phoenix
Speaker 2: for Auckland and yeah, cements that spot in the All White.
Speaker 2: So far, so good. He's looking like he's on track
Speaker 2: to do so good.
Speaker 1: To hear you, I'll have competition with the Columbian winger
Speaker 1: to be announced. Maybe even by the time people are
Speaker 1: listening to this, he may have been announced. Anyway, we
Speaker 1: know another attacking wide attacking player is coming, so that's
Speaker 1: what you want within a squad, though, there's plenty of
Speaker 1: competition for places and the likes of Logan Rogerson and
Speaker 1: Liam Gillian who we heard from there well and truly
Speaker 1: in the mix. Hearing that ticket sales for the opening
Speaker 1: game Auckland FC's opening match against Brisbane on Saturday October
Speaker 1: nineteen are going really well, heading for a sellout, I hear.
Speaker 1: Is that what you're hearing as well? That there's good
Speaker 1: uptake on tickets for the opening match.
Speaker 2: I did hear that, Piney. I heard from Nick Becker,
Speaker 2: the CEO of Auckland FC. He's been very busy forming
Speaker 2: this new club, but he's ye excited that they are
Speaker 2: on track for a sellout, which I think is great.
Speaker 2: I mean, we know what Auckland football fans have done
Speaker 2: for the Phoenix in the past and got some of
Speaker 2: their biggest crowds. So yeah, fully yet goes gangbusters on
Speaker 2: that opening day.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and you're so right. You know, people turned up
Speaker 1: they regularly to watch the Phoenix when they had games
Speaker 1: in Auckland's, so we know the crowd are there, and
Speaker 1: you kind of feel as though, I think, you know,
Speaker 1: they've built a good squad. There's been good cut through
Speaker 1: on the likes of social media and other things like that.
Speaker 1: They've been reaching out to their community. So there's no
Speaker 1: real reason why they shouldn't get good crowds, particularly early
Speaker 1: on when when you know it's it's new, and if
Speaker 1: they if they start to win matches and do well,
Speaker 1: I think it'll be Yeah, I think we'll get good crowds.
Speaker 1: The derby will be so good. The first derby at
Speaker 1: Mount Smart. The first derby of course, is in round
Speaker 1: three at Sky Stadium. Get to that in the moment.
Speaker 1: But for a long for a long time, there was
Speaker 1: there was no release of where the away fans would
Speaker 1: be at Mount Smart. I saw a lot of chatter
Speaker 1: on social media about you know, if you're a Phoenix fan,
Speaker 1: where you're supposed to buy your tickets. Where is the
Speaker 1: away fan area because they always allocate one, And I
Speaker 1: see that they've allocated sections eight and nine at Mount Smart,
Speaker 1: which is at the top of the west stand if
Speaker 1: you're looking up into that stand to the left of
Speaker 1: where the corporate boxes are. I don't know about that.
Speaker 1: I wonder whether they should be down the other end.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I can't quite work that out thinking about it
Speaker 2: now where it is, but yeah, I feel like Auckland
Speaker 2: def C were playing a bit with how long it
Speaker 2: took to allocate these away bays. I get the sense
Speaker 2: that Auckland f C are really grabbing onto this rivalry
Speaker 2: and playing with it a bit more piny. You and
Speaker 2: I discussed that apparently there's going to be a shirt
Speaker 2: swap replacement where old Phoenix fans can come and replace
Speaker 2: their old gear with Auckland City. Honestly, I think the
Speaker 2: rivals heading up regardless, and I hope, honestly you do
Speaker 2: wonder if maybe the Auckland f C fans will be
Speaker 2: outnumbered when the Phoenix here because of those pre existing fans.
Speaker 1: Well, it'll be interesting to see. I mean, they've only
Speaker 1: allocated the two bays as dedicated bays, but I would
Speaker 1: be completely unsurprised if there are Phoenix shirts dotted around
Speaker 1: the ground. For those who know Mount Smart, it's the
Speaker 1: south stand, which is as you look on television. It's
Speaker 1: to the right the south stand there is where the
Speaker 1: port are going to be. That's the Auckland FC version
Speaker 1: of yellow fever, if you like the hardcore fans. I
Speaker 1: kind of feel as a yellow fever should have been
Speaker 1: down the other end. Compare it to Sky Stadium, for example.
Speaker 1: The Yellow Fever are at the city end. As the
Speaker 1: players ran out the tunnel, they're right there. I think
Speaker 1: anyone who's watched The Phoenix knows where they are the
Speaker 1: away fans, regardless of who they are, and this will
Speaker 1: include Auckland down the other end, under the scoreboard at
Speaker 1: the northern end. And what you hope for the derby
Speaker 1: in round three is that you know Aisle thirty four,
Speaker 1: which is where the away fans sit, is heaving with
Speaker 1: Auckland fans who make the trip down for the first derby.
Speaker 1: But yeah, I thought that was a rather unusual place
Speaker 1: to put the away fans at Mount Smart.
Speaker 2: So you're saying they're down towards the port more rather
Speaker 2: the other end, because there's no stand down that other end.
Speaker 2: That's like the grassy bank where all the you know,
Speaker 2: interactions are activations. But you're suggesting they go more down
Speaker 2: on one of the side stands around the other end.
Speaker 1: That end, because as it stands, if you're in the port,
Speaker 1: you look up to your left, and that's where the
Speaker 1: Yellow Fever are up to the left, sort of almost
Speaker 1: up on the nose bleach really where I feel like
Speaker 1: they should be closer to the ground as well. But
Speaker 1: then and so yellow Fever as they're up in eight
Speaker 1: to nine are looking down to their right, so they're
Speaker 1: looking down on the port. I just feel like it
Speaker 1: works better if they're at at each end. They're both
Speaker 1: at the same end, really, which I think. I don't know.
Speaker 1: There must be a reason for it, but I just
Speaker 1: thought it was a bit unusual.
Speaker 2: I just think it's gonna make it really challenging to
Speaker 2: get a Mexican wave going because both sets of fans
Speaker 2: are going to be competing with each other and not
Speaker 2: want to connect the Mexican wave.
Speaker 1: Bonnie Bonnie. The Yellow people do not do the Mexican wave.
Speaker 1: Oh they boo the Mexican waves.
Speaker 2: Ah, I'm sure I've.
Speaker 1: No there has there has been, but you watch when
Speaker 1: the Mexican wave gets to the Yellow Fever. They will
Speaker 1: not do it.
Speaker 2: It's not that happening anyway.
Speaker 1: They are not. They are no fans of artificial hype.
Speaker 1: So yeah, so look, if there's a if there's a
Speaker 1: if there's a Mexican wave, well it certainly won't go
Speaker 1: past the Yellow fair right. Doubt the port will do
Speaker 1: it either. Dobby too busy doing whatever it is that
Speaker 1: they want to do to add Mexican waves. This isn't Rugby.
Speaker 2: Bonnie, Ah, come on, come on.
Speaker 1: So yeah, the Derbies are set to be absolute crackers.
Speaker 1: Just while we're still on the A League, Phoenix unveiled
Speaker 1: their strip yesterday. They're gonna have a home strip and
Speaker 1: a way strip, which is a departure from recent season.
Speaker 1: Sometimes you didn't know which strip they were going to
Speaker 1: wear at home and away. We now know. The yellow
Speaker 1: home kit is going to be worn at home every time,
Speaker 1: features sort of subtle pinches. It's largely yellow, but subtle
Speaker 1: pin stripes and a bit of black trim. The away
Speaker 1: strip is going to be released next week. We've already
Speaker 1: seen Auckland FC's home and away strips, the blue and
Speaker 1: black and the white away strip. And just a word
Speaker 1: on the women, the Wellington Phoenix Women. Lara Wall, another
Speaker 1: Canterbury United player, has signed for the Phoenix Women. Nineteen
Speaker 1: players confirmed in the Phoenix squad now and I'm hearing
Speaker 1: as we're recording this there's going to be another import
Speaker 1: signing announced in the next little while as well. So
Speaker 1: anything else to add before we move on from the
Speaker 1: A leagues.
Speaker 2: No, I'm just looking forward to it foricially kind of
Speaker 2: two weeks away.
Speaker 1: Bring it on, Bring it on. Indeed, the FFV with
Speaker 1: Piny and body other footballing matters around the All White
Speaker 1: squad for the OFC qualify the World Cup qualifier against
Speaker 1: Tahiti and Vanuatu, which is on Friday October eleven and
Speaker 1: then Malaysia at North Harbor Monday October fourteen, has been announced.
Speaker 1: No real surprises here. Good to see the big names
Speaker 1: mostly their Storm roose Back hasn't played for New Zealand
Speaker 1: since coming off the bench in the loss to Australia
Speaker 1: Eden Park in September of twenty twenty two. That was
Speaker 1: Winston Reid's last game for New Zealand and storm Roo's
Speaker 1: only played twice for New Zealand since twenty seventeen, which
Speaker 1: is a bit strange really because he's been in a
Speaker 1: back to back a league winning Central Coast Mariners team,
Speaker 1: so good to see him back. Tyler Binden back, Cam
Speaker 1: Howison back, no Joe Bellfinn Sermon, sarprets In, Callum macowitt
Speaker 1: or Dalton Wilkins. The Finn Sermon one's really interesting to me, Bonnie.
Speaker 1: He's obviously left the Phoenix and is with Portland Timbers
Speaker 1: in the MLS, but hasn't had a single minute of
Speaker 1: action yet, and Darren Baisley's either said to him, look,
Speaker 1: stay there and try and get some minutes or you're
Speaker 1: not playing, so I'm not picking you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well I've am gusted he's not there either. I
Speaker 2: feel like it would more likely be the former, being
Speaker 2: not a massive tournament or massive kind of international window rather,
Speaker 2: But yeah, it is a bit of a shame for Finn.
Speaker 2: I kind of hoped he would get more minutes than
Speaker 2: what we have seen from him over in the States.
Speaker 2: So yeah, it is gutting not having him here.
Speaker 1: I guess he has just be patient and he's used
Speaker 1: to that because for a long time he wasn't in
Speaker 1: the Phoenix side either, had to bide his time and
Speaker 1: then had that amazing season last year when he played
Speaker 1: We started every game and played pretty much every minute.
Speaker 1: It must be hard for him to sort of go
Speaker 1: back a square or two and just wait for his
Speaker 1: opportunity at Portland, But I guess that's what happens when
Speaker 1: you move to a new club. You've got to buy
Speaker 1: your time and wait. But I kind of thought Bayes
Speaker 1: might pick him, just might say to them, hey, Finn,
Speaker 1: you're going to be a big part of this all
Speaker 1: white squad moving forward. Come over here and have a game.
Speaker 1: Give him a game.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess, yes, and no, it's a kind of
Speaker 2: a long way to come just for a couple of
Speaker 2: games when yes, he is trying to earn a spot
Speaker 2: on the team and coming in and out I can
Speaker 2: imagine would be tough. But in saying that, yeah, you
Speaker 2: you know, patience is key. But you do wonder if
Speaker 2: maybe another another year in the A League would have
Speaker 2: been good for him. And that's why I'm kind of
Speaker 2: seeing the positives and the likes of Alex Paulson being
Speaker 2: loaned back out. As controversial as that was, you know,
Speaker 2: at least, he's almost all but guaranteed minutes here, and
Speaker 2: that's probably what Finn needs right now in his early career.
Speaker 2: I guess bringing him out to the All Whites probably
Speaker 2: would have guaranteed him some minutes. But yeah, it is.
Speaker 2: It is certainly an interesting one.
Speaker 1: It's a good point you make, in one that Darren
Speaker 1: Basley made as well, and has made for the last
Speaker 1: couple of windows, saying that there are so many players
Speaker 1: to choose from now that he is going to favor
Speaker 1: those who are playing regularly at club level, and with
Speaker 1: Finn Sermon not doing that and the likes of Bill
Speaker 1: Tuilama also missing from the squad, he's not getting minutes either.
Speaker 1: Joe Bell is an unusual one. He's playing every week
Speaker 1: for his club Viking. I don't quite know why he's
Speaker 1: not coming back. Kellam macowitt and Dalton Wilkins and Sarapara
Speaker 1: are all sort of returning from injury and in various stages.
Speaker 2: I have heard a tap on Joe Bell that I
Speaker 2: believe the deal was he would be able to go
Speaker 2: to the Olympics, but not for this next window, but
Speaker 2: he will be back, so must have been some deal
Speaker 2: with his club.
Speaker 1: Okay, it's not like we need Joe Bell to beat
Speaker 1: to beat. I mean because the first games as a
Speaker 1: World Cup qualifiers, so it is important. But if we
Speaker 1: can't beat Tahiti without Joe Bell, then what are we
Speaker 1: doing the other game Malaysian game as a friendly so
Speaker 1: that you know, it may be that some of these
Speaker 1: players are actually released back to their clubs, especially the
Speaker 1: ones who are based in Europe after the first game
Speaker 1: up in Vanuatu. They play Tahiti in Vanuatu. It may
Speaker 1: be that, you know, a bunch of bunch of players
Speaker 1: head back and the ones who are still here play
Speaker 1: against Malaysia at North Harbor on the Monday, so there
Speaker 1: may have been deals deals done in the background there
Speaker 1: in the November window, there are two more World Cup qualifiers,
Speaker 1: so you know, another squad to be named to be
Speaker 1: named for that football fever with Jason Vine and Bonnie Jensen.
Speaker 1: All right, Key's overseas? Where is Jackie Hand?
Speaker 2: We've found her, pioneer, We've found her. She has gone
Speaker 2: to Sheffield United in the league under the Woman's Super
Speaker 2: League in England.
Speaker 1: So was that where Lewis was as well? Was that
Speaker 1: where she was previously? I think it was, wasn't it
Speaker 1: Lewis Yeah.
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, sorry Louis so yeah yeah, yes, that's the
Speaker 2: same league. So she's obviously just just jumped clubs. But
Speaker 2: she is joining another fellow Kiwi who we haven't probably
Speaker 2: mentioned on the podcast. Her name is Olivia Paige. She
Speaker 2: went to the Under twenty World Cup with New Zealand.
Speaker 2: I used to play with her at Eastern Suburbs. She
Speaker 2: was a very good player there. Absolute athlete, can kind
Speaker 2: of play multiple positions. But she is half British, so
Speaker 2: she went over and trialed at different clubs over there
Speaker 2: and landed a contract with she Field United last season,
Speaker 2: so she's had minutes for the first team. So it's
Speaker 2: positive for Jackie going over that. I'm confident that she'll
Speaker 2: break in and get good, you know, starting minutes with
Speaker 2: that club.
Speaker 1: All right, and cross off. Where is Jackie Hand on
Speaker 1: my regular podcast notes? Now we know where she is.
Speaker 1: She feeled United. I saw she debuted over the weekend,
Speaker 1: so many many more games to come. We hope for
Speaker 1: Jackie Hand. Good to see that she's found a new
Speaker 1: club and Mickey Foster we spoke about her at Durham.
Speaker 1: She's she started to get games pretty much straight away.
Speaker 2: Yeah, she she has and she's started this morning had
Speaker 2: her first start for Durham. They had a two to
Speaker 2: one win League Cup win over Blackburn Rovers and Hannah
Speaker 2: Blake also started. I'd like to see Hannah Blake start
Speaker 2: being welcome back into the fern. It's not going to lie.
Speaker 1: And what about Macy Fraser is what is the story here?
Speaker 1: Because she hasn't played for Utah since the Olympics and
Speaker 1: the last I heard or saw she was back in
Speaker 1: christ Church. What's going on here?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I've seen her back in christ Church. She's I
Speaker 2: don't know why she's not over in the NWUSL. We
Speaker 2: know that she got subbed off at the Olympics with
Speaker 2: some sort of injury or illness. Again, there was no
Speaker 2: real confirmation on why she came off. She was obviously
Speaker 2: distraught as we saw when we were calling the game Piney,
Speaker 2: so you know, we need to find out what happened there.
Speaker 2: But she hasn't been back to Utah. She has been
Speaker 2: in christ Church. I have seen her posting her juggling
Speaker 2: videos on her highly popular followed TikTok, but I haven't
Speaker 2: seen her over in the NWSL, which is such a
Speaker 2: shame because that was a real platform for her to
Speaker 2: kind of kick off her career. So gutted she's not
Speaker 2: over there.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm same, And if she's doing juggling videos on TikTok,
Speaker 1: then clearly she's not severely injured. Look, I have no
Speaker 1: knowledge of what's going on here at all, but I
Speaker 1: feel like if you if you're at a club, you're
Speaker 1: at that club and she's not. And I saw a
Speaker 1: phrase like excused absence or something similar. We know Mac's
Speaker 1: been quite open about, you know, some some mental health
Speaker 1: struggles that she's had. I just hope that she can
Speaker 1: overcome those and be the player we all know she can.
Speaker 2: Be exactly, And that's I think that's the biggest shame
Speaker 2: of it all. You know, like she's such a good player.
Speaker 2: We have seen what she's capable of. Even if, you know,
Speaker 2: even if maybe America is not right for her come
Speaker 2: back and play for the Phoenix. We know, you know,
Speaker 2: she got a lot out of playing there, and she
Speaker 2: kind of you know, it was her big break and football.
Speaker 2: So just to just to see her keep keep playing
Speaker 2: football at a decent level would be really nice. You know,
Speaker 2: it would be great to see her play in the
Speaker 2: nws L. The game she did play in America, she
Speaker 2: stood out to me. She held her own and that's
Speaker 2: really positive for the future of football. But if it's
Speaker 2: not right for her, that's fine. But I'd still love her.
Speaker 2: It's love to see her play football in some capacity.
Speaker 1: Absolutely well, we'll wait and see on that. Just for
Speaker 1: the men, Ben Wayne scoring his first goal for Mansfield Town.
Speaker 1: This is the club he's on loan at from Plymouth
Speaker 1: Argyle too. Neil went away at Crawley in League One
Speaker 1: during the week. He scored the second goal. It was
Speaker 1: late in the peace, but good to see him off
Speaker 1: the mark for Mansfield. Mansfield are doing pretty well in
Speaker 1: League One. They're in third place at the moment. Football
Speaker 1: fever okay close to the home. National League Round one
Speaker 1: is in the books for both the men and the women.
Speaker 1: I catching wins for Kashmir Tech four Nell over Western
Speaker 1: Suburbs and Napier City Rovers four New over Western Springs.
Speaker 1: So yeah, two big wins there.
Speaker 2: That was huge. Nap City Rovers upset?
Speaker 1: Yeah what a Western Springs. You know more about the
Speaker 1: Auckland football scene than I do. Was that an upset
Speaker 1: four nil?
Speaker 2: I thought it was? I mean Napier City Rovers I
Speaker 2: believe won their league down in Central but you know
Speaker 2: there's such a in Paris in between Auckland and Central.
Speaker 2: No offense, but yeah, I deav Springs were one of
Speaker 2: the better teams, one of the first to qualify up
Speaker 2: here in Auckland. So yeah, very surprised by that result.
Speaker 1: You know, Nope, you didn't win Central League. They I
Speaker 1: think they might have been third Wellington Wellington Olympic won it.
Speaker 1: I'm just going to check. Yeah, Western Suburbs were second
Speaker 1: and nape your third on goal difference. But yeah, so,
Speaker 1: which probably makes it even more surprising that they got
Speaker 1: up four nil over a team like Western Springs. So
Speaker 1: a fairly handy. Auckland City had a win. Eastern Suburbs
Speaker 1: had a win. I mentioned last week that I'd heard
Speaker 1: the Coastal Spirit might be quite good and they drew
Speaker 1: nil all with Wellington Olympic, which is actually not a
Speaker 1: bad result. Wellington Olympic are a very very good side.
Speaker 1: Big game this weekend Wellington Olympic Auckland City repeat of the.
Speaker 2: Chatham Cup final boom Is that in Wellington?
Speaker 1: It is in Wellington, Yes, that one's in Wellington. Three
Speaker 1: o'clock on Saturday. I believe for the women what stood
Speaker 1: out for you and the results that came through and
Speaker 1: around one of the women's national league.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was surprised and also not surprised that Wellington
Speaker 2: United beat Western Springs. There obviously the best team coming
Speaker 2: out of the Capitol and Springs. Yes they made it
Speaker 2: to the Kate Shuper Cup final, but probably not the
Speaker 2: stronger of the Auckland teams. And yeah, Canterbury United beat
Speaker 2: the Phoenix for one again quite surprising because I think
Speaker 2: a couple of those scholarship Phoenix players were playing down
Speaker 2: for that team. But Waterside Corori drawing one off with
Speaker 2: Auckland United has to take the cake. Definitely a surprise
Speaker 2: considering how dominant Auckland United have been in recent years.
Speaker 2: I wonder if maybe they took the game too lightly.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well it was down in Wellington Waterside. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: guess unfancied against, as you say, the Auckland United side
Speaker 1: that's been pretty dominant in the north. Wellington United. Will
Speaker 1: Mickey Robertson go back and play for them, do you think?
Speaker 2: No? I don't think she will. Her sister obviously plays there. Jimmy,
Speaker 2: who I grew up playing with Gym unbelievable player. I've
Speaker 2: encouraged her to go and try try luck at the Phoenix,
Speaker 2: but no, I don't think Mickey will. But I think
Speaker 2: she will maybe involve herself in some sort of mentorship
Speaker 2: and be in and around the team. I know she's
Speaker 2: close with quite a few of the players, so who knows.
Speaker 2: I believe she'll be taking it kind of month by month,
Speaker 2: year by year with football and see when she's ready
Speaker 2: to come back.
Speaker 1: All right, West Coast Range is five mil winners over
Speaker 1: Central Football as well, so that was the biggest eye
Speaker 1: catching result. I mentioned before about a Phoenix signing for
Speaker 1: the women, and as we've been recording this, this has
Speaker 1: been confirmed. So I'm just going to give you this
Speaker 1: news hot off the press. The Wellington Phoenix have added
Speaker 1: me By Tanaka, a Japanese winger, to their rosta. She's
Speaker 1: played professionally in Japan and South Korea. She joins the
Speaker 1: Phoenix from Preston Lions FC and the Victoria National Premier
Speaker 1: League's competition in Australia. She scored scored ten goals and
Speaker 1: eighteen matches for them. She's twenty eight years old and
Speaker 1: joins a couple of other Japanese players at the Phoenix,
Speaker 1: Shiga and Nagasawa in the men's side. So it looks
Speaker 1: like the Phoenix are looking to Japan for their next
Speaker 1: wave of imports.
Speaker 2: Bonnie, Yeah, not about bad shout. Honestly, I love the
Speaker 2: way We've talked about this before. I love the way
Speaker 2: Japanese players play football. They're so intelligent, you know, on
Speaker 2: and off the ball, and very very exciting to see
Speaker 2: that signing.
Speaker 1: All right, So that's twenty players now signed for the
Speaker 1: Wellington Phoenix Women. They get their season underway at the
Speaker 1: start of November, so only a month the way from
Speaker 1: seeing the Wellington Phoenix Women back in action. As well.
Speaker 1: Just before we go today, I'm a big fan of
Speaker 1: their New Zealand they are a national airline. Whenever I
Speaker 1: travel on in New Zealand, I always get I'm always impressed,
Speaker 1: you know that they do just about everything right. However,
Speaker 1: we do have to give them a bit of an
Speaker 1: uppercut on the podcast today because in their latest in
Speaker 1: Flight magazine there's a small article on Auckland f C's
Speaker 1: upcoming debut in the A League and it says, and
Speaker 1: I'm going to quote this Auckland f C is the
Speaker 1: only team from New Zealand to compete in the A leak,
Speaker 1: where have they got.
Speaker 2: That's it's giving chat GBT gone wrong? Like seriously, I
Speaker 2: just don't know how that's happened, considering what the Phoenix
Speaker 2: would fly that airline often they're on the plane, probably
Speaker 2: kitch it up. It's yeah, it's it's not good.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I just don't know how that has got past
Speaker 1: the proof readers. Maybe their antity, Maybe that's what's happening
Speaker 1: these days, AI is just proofreading everything. But then I
Speaker 1: would imagine that any any AI you know, machine or
Speaker 1: whatever they're called robots, would actually know of the existence
Speaker 1: of not only Wellington Phoenix for the last eighteen years,
Speaker 1: but before that the New Zealand Knights, who had also
Speaker 1: played in the A League of course in its first
Speaker 1: two seasons. So quite how they've arrived at the at
Speaker 1: the you know, the assumption that Auckland f C is
Speaker 1: the only team from New Zealand to com bet in
Speaker 1: the A League. I really don't know.
Speaker 2: But I wonder if Aukland f C arranged it and
Speaker 2: this is just another one of their you know, little
Speaker 2: little plots for it to add to the rivalry.
Speaker 1: Who knows why not.
Speaker 2: It's heating up.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it is heating up. I loved what you said
Speaker 1: before about the jersey swop thing. I think that's great heat. Yes,
Speaker 1: if that, if that actually comes to past that you
Speaker 1: can bring your Phoenix care along and get it swapped
Speaker 1: for Auckland f C gear at Mount Smart. I think
Speaker 1: that's fantastic heat from Auckland f C. What a What
Speaker 1: a way to stoke a rivalry, What a way to start,
Speaker 1: get to get people I'm talking about it.
Speaker 2: Will you bring your shirt and piney when you when
Speaker 2: you come and watch.
Speaker 1: Don't have any Phoenix shirts, Bonnie. I'm very very impartial.
Speaker 2: Oh, very very impartial.
Speaker 1: Very impartial. Indeed, that's us on the podcast today. Back
Speaker 1: we hope on Monday. We'll be back at some stage
Speaker 1: next week, depending on the kind of news that drops
Speaker 1: over the weekend. But enjoy your weekend, Bonnie. Only a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago till the ALEG starts.
Speaker 2: We'll see you then.
Speaker 1: This is football Fever.