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Scottish Premiership: Aberdeen v Hibernian

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On 14/12/2024 at 22:03, Jute said:

Being played in 30,000 capacity stadium but stadium isn’t even a third full. Any atmosphere being generated by fans is just lost.Ā 

Problem is these games are being played in Rugby League stadiums. The NRL attracts decent crowds. Despite football being huge at junior level in Australia and NZ, the A League still struggles with attendances. I don't know the answer to it, and suspect Auckland attendances will fall away to around 10k once their crazy run endsĀ 

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On 16/12/2024 at 18:57, Reekie_Red said:

Problem is these games are being played in Rugby League stadiums. The NRL attracts decent crowds. Despite football being huge at junior level in Australia and NZ, the A League still struggles with attendances. I don't know the answer to it, and suspect Auckland attendances will fall away to around 10k once their crazy run endsĀ 

I mean a lot of folk are euro snobs and look down on the league. The only thing that seems to attract them are big name players, which cost the league more and don’t actually bring much. It’s a very congested market, that’s for sure. They need to up their fan engagement though.

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EPL and Champions League are rammed down our throats by the Aussie and Kiwi media, particularly the EPL. Here in NZ, sports headlines regularly get dominated by Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea, and whoever Chris Woods is playing for at the time.Ā 

Go to any A-League game and, whilst you'll see a LOT of home tops, you will also see a wide sprinkling of tops from across Europe ... I wore my scotland top to the last Auckland FC game as it's the only blue sports top I own.Ā 

But what I'm eventually getting at is football is "liked" over here. It's not loved like it is back home, and that's reflected in the crowds. It is still a pro sport in its infancy here, there's no "my father's father was a season ticket holder" situations yet, and whilst there is an element of die-hard fans who love going for a good ol sing-song, the majority "like football" and go along to games when it's fashionable to do so.Ā 

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2 hours ago, Reekie_Red said:

EPL and Champions League are rammed down our throats by the Aussie and Kiwi media, particularly the EPL. Here in NZ, sports headlines regularly get dominated by Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea, and whoever Chris Woods is playing for at the time.Ā 

Go to any A-League game and, whilst you'll see a LOT of home tops, you will also see a wide sprinkling of tops from across Europe ... I wore my scotland top to the last Auckland FC game as it's the only blue sports top I own.Ā 

But what I'm eventually getting at is football is "liked" over here. It's not loved like it is back home, and that's reflected in the crowds. It is still a pro sport in its infancy here, there's no "my father's father was a season ticket holder" situations yet, and whilst there is an element of die-hard fans who love going for a good ol sing-song, the majority "like football" and go along to games when it's fashionable to do so.Ā 

You should start up the Auckland soccer causals and start kicking fuck out of people in the name of passion.Ā 

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On 28/12/2024 at 23:42, Jute said:

Sydney v Melbourne Victory been decent despite the red card. Sydney not putting game away until towards the end. Better crowd and atmosphere today.Ā 

The ā€œbig blueā€ as it’s known (they love their derbies in the a league) usually delivers.Ā 
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Need victory to start stepping up though, there is a real danger that Auckland are going to win at the first time of asking 😭🤮

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1 hour ago, Jute said:

Melbourne City making hard work of beating bottom of the league Brisbane.Ā 
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Just as I type this they go 1-0 up.Ā 

City have been savaged by injuries of late, but have a very good youth setup (as you would expect from the city group).Ā 

Nix have made sure they’ve continued their shite form and luck this season.Ā 

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Not seen a Wellington game so far. Sydney v Central Coast on in back ground just now. 1-1 and can see why both teams are mid table. Perth v Auckland is on later and might watch that as -3 outside just now.Ā 

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10 hours ago, Jute said:

Not seen a Wellington game so far. Sydney v Central Coast on in back ground just now. 1-1 and can see why both teams are mid table. Perth v Auckland is on later and might watch that as -3 outside just now.Ā 

Thank fuck the long distance still paid dividends and gave Perth a victory. A few ex nix boys amongst their ranks too.Ā 
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you’re not missing anything by not watching us this season Jute šŸ˜‚ will be heading to our midweek game against Sydney. Return of our former coach to Wellington, his first time I believe since he took over there. Not looking forward to it, savaged by injuries, poorer players than the previous season and tactics that don’t suit those we have.

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6 hours ago, Reekie_Red said:

Melbourne City's draw means it could be a home title win for Auckland next week against Perth. What a maiden season!!

I absolutely respect what they’ve managed to achieve this season. Just not happy about it. Least of all how much nix have made it so easy for them this season by being the exact opposite to last season.

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14 minutes ago, Reekie_Red said:

You reckon they'll keep Giancarlo, or has he taken Phoenix as far as he can?

I really like him, but part of me thinks he’s too obsessed with superstition and how he / the club have handled certain players this season has been wild. It’s genuinely been insipid stuff to watch too. I think (have heard murmurings) that the board will stick as he’s cheap, which I’d be ok with as long as they invest in the team in the off season. That was the biggest fuck up and own goal I’ve ever seen. Almost as bad as when we voted to keep the league voting system the same in Scotland.

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Me and a bunch of mates are heading to the Auckland vs Perth game next Sunday. Likely to be the day Auckland wins the league. I've watched most of their games on the tele so far, and have gone to half a dozen games. Still not committed as a proper fan yet - I mean I follow them cos I live in Auckland. If I moved to Wellington, I'd probably switch to The Phoenix. Whereas I'll only ever follow Aberdeen regardless of where I am in the world.

What gets me is they don't look fantastic. This is a team who have got to where they are from team-work (no superstars) and an incredible rub of the green.Ā 

Next season will be interesting assuming the law of averages in the "rub of the green" luck isn't so screwed in their favour.Ā 

Sakai, Pauline and Gillion have been standouts all season, but the rest fall in and out of games regularly ... fortunately not all at the same time.Ā 

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