All whites

[T]

Bahrain have beaten Saudi's 2-2 on away goals. Come on NEW ZEALAND!! Come play at the World Cup. It will be great to see a Mariner there in South Africa. Go Wee Mac!

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Forgive my ignorance but isn't the Aus-NZ relationship similar to England-Scotland etc

I thought we were meant to hate them and love to see them beaten ?

In some ways it is exactly like that, except when they excell in something we claim them as Aussies just like the English claim Andy Murray

 

[dibo]

Bahrain have beaten Saudi's 2-2 on away goals. Come on NEW ZEALAND!! Come play at the World Cup. It will be great to see a Mariner there in South Africa. Go Wee Mac!

that doesn't tell the whole story. check this vid out - it's 1-1 in saudi arabia, bahrain ahead on away goals, and then it ticks over 90 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCjPzq9T5eA

 

[bulldogmariner]

90 Minutes 90 emotions. 3 minutes 50 million emotions for Bahrain and Saudi's.
Just shows how competitive our group was and hopefully the All Whites can get a result away and play well at home.

 

[goingtoadisco]

f**k i know that feeling........

 

[marinermick]

Ral Blanco? I remember him being on a par with Graham Arnold.

2000 olympics was a disaster

we were at home, had a gun team, lost to honduras and came last in our pool

would not be the same Honduras that are top of there wcq pool ?

third actually

 

[Sean]

2 goals from Smeltz! He is in great form!

 

[midfielder]

Bahrain have beaten Saudi's 2-2 on away goals. Come on NEW ZEALAND!! Come play at the World Cup. It will be great to see a Mariner there in South Africa. Go Wee Mac!

that doesn't tell the whole story. check this vid out - it's 1-1 in saudi arabia, bahrain ahead on away goals, and then it ticks over 90 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCjPzq9T5eA

Passion... emotion... love the caller.... Football was the winner...

 

[Arabmariner]

Saudi goalie was a bit dodgy at that last goal......seemed to dive in slow motion !

 

[Forum Phoenix]

That was just awesome.
Bahrain have showed some real quality I thought and after that, sorry, but I just can't see the all whites getting up over them.

 

[dibo]

Come on NZ!

Away leg of the qualifier is being shown on Setanta at 2.30 on Sunday morning I believe. The home leg is on a Saturday night at 5.30 our time - could be the equivalent of 16/11/05 for them!

In the long run this is great for Australian football, as it boosts media interest in the World Cup and football generally, may encourage FIFA to push a marriage between the AFC and OFC and lead to things like sparking a bid for a second (and down the track, maybe even a third) HAL team from NZ.

 

[Kareem]

u may be in the minority on this forum in your bid for more NZ teams...
on the topic of NZ- I do feel a bit more interested due to weemac...but I'm sticking with supporting Bahrain for the playoff!

 

[dibo]

u may be in the minority on this forum in your bid for more NZ teams...

i don't care, i know i'm right.

 

[Tassiemariner]

I wish OFC would just join AFC so we didn't have this debate about having a team from another confederation in our league.
NZ are good enough to have at least 1 maybe 2 teams in the A-League if they are run like Wellington not NZ Knights.

 

[Kareem]

u may be in the minority on this forum in your bid for more NZ teams...

i don't care, i know i'm right.

lol i didnt say u werent
I dunno though...if phoenix is taking the place of a viable Canberra team- then thats wrong.
If phoenix + co were extra teams (ie. no viable Aussie teams missing out)- then YES!!! I dont like spreading out our limited talent pool (which would happen with 20 teams), but at the same time want a large league!
However at this point in time- phoenix have 7/21 players that are Kiwi...not pleasing figures to me personally!
Should be at least 50%  (mind you Toronto only have 6/21 candians).
Should this post go in A-league expansion?

and...
GO BAHRAIN! (and me back to being a minority )

 

[scottmac]

I wish OFC would just join AFC so we didn't have this debate about having a team from another confederation in our league.
NZ are good enough to have at least 1 maybe 2 teams in the A-League if they are run like Wellington not NZ Knights.

Even if the two confederations unite it still leaves us with a team from another country.

u may be in the minority on this forum in your bid for more NZ teams...

i don't care, i know i'm right.

Sorry, but its a farce that we have a team from NZ and not Canberra, Tasmania, or the South Coast. The forwarding of more teams from there is laughable.

 

[Paolo]

I wish OFC would just join AFC so we didn't have this debate about having a team from another confederation in our league.
NZ are good enough to have at least 1 maybe 2 teams in the A-League if they are run like Wellington not NZ Knights.

Even if the two confederations unite it still leaves us with a team from another country.

u may be in the minority on this forum in your bid for more NZ teams...

i don't care, i know i'm right.

Sorry, but its a farce that we have a team from NZ and not Canberra, Tasmania, or the South Coast. The forwarding of more teams from there is laughable.

Ever heard of Cardiff or Swansea?

 

[dibo]

and what stops us from having a team from NZ *and* a team from somewhere in Oz? it's not about cutting a finite pie into a certain number of slices, it's about growing the pie!

 

[Kareem]

but there are is a enormous talent pool there...and besides- they are all Great Britain
I will happily welcome NZ teams in A-league if they agree to become a state of Australia!
Imagine Smeltz for national team, Moss rivalling for 3rd choice GK
WeeMac as a bolter for the 2010 world cup!
Nice to dream

 

[scottmac]

I wish OFC would just join AFC so we didn't have this debate about having a team from another confederation in our league.
NZ are good enough to have at least 1 maybe 2 teams in the A-League if they are run like Wellington not NZ Knights.

Even if the two confederations unite it still leaves us with a team from another country.

u may be in the minority on this forum in your bid for more NZ teams...

i don't care, i know i'm right.

Sorry, but its a farce that we have a team from NZ and not Canberra, Tasmania, or the South Coast. The forwarding of more teams from there is laughable.

Ever heard of Cardiff or Swansea?

I'm sorry, i miss the similarity between a town 230kms from London and a town 2200kms away from Sydney.

 

[marinermick]

I wish OFC would just join AFC so we didn't have this debate about having a team from another confederation in our league.
NZ are good enough to have at least 1 maybe 2 teams in the A-League if they are run like Wellington not NZ Knights.

Even if the two confederations unite it still leaves us with a team from another country.

u may be in the minority on this forum in your bid for more NZ teams...

i don't care, i know i'm right.

Sorry, but its a farce that we have a team from NZ and not Canberra, Tasmania, or the South Coast. The forwarding of more teams from there is laughable.

Ever heard of Cardiff or Swansea?

I'm sorry, i miss the similarity between a town 230kms from London and a town 2200kms away from Sydney.

Perth is 4000km from Sydney.

What is youtr point?