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Heard it too and had a good chuckle. I’ve not managed to see the challenge at all. Was surprised it didn’t feature in the highlights (for the wrong reasons). It doesn’t sound good anyway.

Barcelona must be going the way of the huns. Apparently told frenkie de Jong (on something like €560k a week) has been told he can stay if he reduces his wages by 50%.

Seemed like a decent crowd today? What was the atmosphere like?

Confirmed by the club now . Seems to be highly rated

There an echo in here? I know we’re quieter than other forums but….

I see we’re being given a scouse loan for the season. Leighton Clarkson.

Can Kennedy play on the left? I mean, he sounds like an exciting player and it shows how highly the club regard him by the length of the deal, but seems an odd move. Regardless, looking forward to seeing what he can do.

So it seems but apparently they may be re doing it? . Not sure if another winger is what we need anyway.

I can only really comment from what I see here in NZ and the game is definitely growing. Wellington Phoenix are going to make sure that as many of their men and womens games are back to back, with the womens being the curtain raiser. Obviously this is also helped by the fact that the next WC will be here so it’s getting a lot of press. I think I’ll try and make it along to at least one or two games. Is the quality the same as the mens? No, but I’m definitely willing to give it a go.

Time to kick our league season into gear and our first league home game. Last weekend was as expected as it was disappointing but will give the team the benefit of the doubt. There were a few positives to take from the game but overall I think we may need to be patient. That being said, playing st mirren is probably a team to gain some confidence against. I expect nothing but a victory nor will anything less be acceptable. Obviously will have Scales back into the squad so expect to see mccrorie back in midfield. Another game for Bojan to get up to speed and hopefully we see Ramirez rather than Duk coming on. out Bed bed bed 2-0 Dons, Miovski and Stewart

Been good from what I’ve seen so far. Kiwis have been very happy as they’ve been doing pretty well. watched some of the cycling and swimming this morning.

It sounds like it wasn’t the worst performance, although it’s hard to judge from the comments here and on Twitter Expected nothing from today, they are champions, same team as last season that were pretty damn good. Disappointed? Yes, unexpected? No. We’ve a lot of new players but we also know there’s still a bit to do in the transfer market. Not being able to play our preferred XI is not ideal and this does highlight that. I would hope as the season progresses we make it a bit more competitive and give a better account of ourselves. Will wait for the highlights to form an opinion, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought I’d wake up to. I will say this though. A couple of Tim mates that were at the game were actually quite impressed by some of our players. They saw potential in our team so it does give me hope.

When do we play them? Hopefully he can last until after our game

You couldn't make it up. Fantastic

lake Como has always been on my list of places to go, enjoy!

Find it hilarious that someone is willing to pay for Bates, I really hope it crosses the line! Does seem like that would be making way for Dunne. How shite is he?

Agreed, I really don't know what to expect but with so many players and our defence still dodgy as fuck, i'm not convinced. Flag day, hopefully won't put too much pressure on the boys, but I think someone else said in another thread, they won't really know about the fear of playing there so won't mean anything.

Sorry, started it on the train this morning then been in meetings since. It's up now, and edited since Coulson has now signed. So the floor is yours

The season proper is finally here! Are we going to see all of our potential optimism go out the window? I don’t think we should really judge the new team too much against the champions, but I obviously want to see a plan and a system and obviously a positive result. There are signs that Goodwin has the team building some good understandings and can see a lot of potential. But it is hard to judge the team against the opposition they’ve faced so far. I’m expecting it to be a bit of turbulent first couple of months, although Celtic aside, it’s a decent draw to start with. Edit: Coulson has signed, so does he go straight into the XI? Does Ramirez start or is it straight into the thick of it for Miovski? Personally I see the latter, I still get the feeling that Ramirez might move on regardless. Can’t see him being happy being a bench player. Obviously CB and C/M pairing is crucial for this one, can’t let them sit in front of us. Out bed bed bed 3-0 Tims (no dons scorer)

Just as well I hadn't published the match day thread yet then! Had said new signing was likely in the morning if not tonight. Welcome aboard!

He’s clearly been to kiwi spec savers. I thought I was missing something

Miovskis pen was ace. And mccrories goal was a peach too. Concerned about all the comments about the defence, haven’t seen enough to be able to comment on it, but would suspect it won’t bode well against the Tims. still, all four games won, none conceded, can’t complain about that at all