The Wildcard’s Big Ol’ 2018 FIFA World Cup Preview – Part 1
Going team by team through the battlers of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, starting with Group A, B and C. Got some French flair as well as some Aussie averageness on the table in part one…
All Whites x Intercontinental Cup: Game Two vs Chinese Taipei
Well now that was a weird old game. Lucky you if you stayed up until the wee small hours to get a peek at that, the All Whites winning a rare game against a non-Oceania opposition.
Flying Kiwis – June 5
Billy T was back in that starting XI for the first time since the middle of April and the fifth time overall, having come off the bench last week. Up against Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the LA Galaxy, Tui was picked to start at fullback with regular RB Alvas Powell out injured.
Ranking The 2018 FIFA World Cup Nations By Team Nickname
New Zealanders tend to give a lot of silly names to their sports teams. The All Blacks are obviously the most well-known around the world but it wasn’t so long ago, only eight years, that the All Whites were gracing the FIFA World Cup in their unbeaten honour.
All Whites x Intercontinental Cup: Game One vs Kenya
We’re supposed to be winning these kinds of games. We should have won this game. It doesn’t even matter if this is a weakened All Whites squad, that’s excuse is not gonna fly here.
So What Are We Looking For From The All Whites at the Intercontinental Cup?
The All Whites are taking what’s effectively a second-string squad to a tournament in which they’re the lowest ranked team… but how would you react to the suggestion that the All Whites should beat all three of these teams over in Mumbai?
Just Letting You Know That The Welly Nix Finally Do Have A New Manager Now
Mark Rudan, aye? He’s not the romantic choice but hands were pretty tied on this one. There are no available local candidates and it was never ideal to ask Fritz Schmid or one of that lot to double up on jobs.
A Timely Reminder That The Welly Nix Still Don’t Have A New Manager
Now that the fog has lifted somewhat, it’s clear enough that we will at least have one more Wellington Phoenix season to get excited about. And you never know what might happen with one fluke season.
Flying Kiwis – May 29
Clean sheet, three points, soon to be the temporary captain… this was a good week for Mikey Boxall. No wonder he didn’t have time to check twitter for the updates, having to rely on his barber for the news…
Champions League Final Reflections: Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool
This one had a little bit of all those things that supposedly define the big matches. We had injury heartbreak with Mo Salah and Dani Carvajal. We had injury redemption with Gareth Bale.
This All Whites Squad for the Intercontinental Cup… Not The Most Experienced You’ve Ever Seen
You know, there’s nothing wrong with picking an inexperienced team. Just want to make that clear in case there are people out there yapping about cheapening the jersey or whatever.
The Wildcards 2017-18 Premier League Team of the Season
Safe to say that it’ll come as no spoiler that there are City players littered throughout these teams of the season, particularly that illustrious first team.
Flying Kiwis – May 22
Check this out, then. Barcelona turned up in South Africa just like they said they would and put on a show for a massive crowd at FNB Stadium in Soweto… Jeremy Brockie, of Nelson, New Zealand, got to play against Lionel Messi and the lads.
The Premmy Files – Team Wellington Are Champs of Oceania
They were always going to be lifting the trophy after what they did last week. Team Wellington are too good of a team to be complacent enough to blow this with so much on the line… and besides, after a 6-0 win in the first leg the margins for error were pretty enormous.
Digging Into This Football Ferns Squad To Play Japan
Safe to say this squad announcement was overshadowed pretty much everywhere by the situation going on with Abby Erceg’s re-retirement… everywhere except in NZ Football’s announcement which barely even acknowledged Erceg.
Abby Erceg’s Retired Again And There Are Questions
Heaps of talking points from the latest Football Ferns squad which has been announced for the friendly against Japan next month. The fact that the game is taking place in Wellington is one of them, as is the quality of the opposition…
Flying Kiwis – May 15
Yeah, nah, Woody was all good to play against Bournemouth. Not only that but he broke the goal scoring stalemate in the most poacher way possible – purposefully deflecting a teammate’s shot into the net to score the goal for himself.
Unleashing Upon This Outrageously Stupid Wellington Phoenix Debacle
The idea that a professional club could split its home games between two different cities in two different countries, with two different fan-bases, wearing two different home strips, is potentially the dumbest compromise since Abraham Lincoln promised his wife a trip to the theatre.
The Premmy Files – Team Wellington in the Oceania Champions League Final, Leg One
Team Wellington have never been to a Club World Cup (only Auckland City and Waitakere have ever represented Aotearoa there) and they were clearly pumped up for this one, not about to let it slip like Stevie G.
How Come Manchester United Aren’t Getting More Credit For Finishing Second?
Depends who you ask, to be honest. There are large portions of fans from five other top six teams who’d make a pretty virulent argument that The Red Devils aren’t getting much credit on account of how trash they’re playing.