@Daffy-Jaffy said in Auckland A-League football team in 2024:
@African-Monkey I'm not a football guy but even I might follow them. Especially since they play in Ponsonby Rugby colors!
Join the party mate haha.
Must've been a lot of unused freebies in that 'sold out' crowd.
Great to see Akl back in the A League but it was a hard watch at times. Pretty low standard of football.
@dogmeat said in Auckland A-League football team in 2024:
Must've been a lot of unused freebies in that 'sold out' crowd.
Great to see Akl back in the A League but it was a hard watch at times. Pretty low standard of football.
The A League must be no stronger than the English 3rd division
I haven't watched much A League TBH but I would say Saturday's game was mid League 2 standard. Maybe the top sides would be League 1 I can't really comment - but hey the Fern....
@canefan said in Auckland A-League football team in 2024:
@dogmeat said in Auckland A-League football team in 2024:
Must've been a lot of unused freebies in that 'sold out' crowd.
Great to see Akl back in the A League but it was a hard watch at times. Pretty low standard of football.
The A League must be no stronger than the English 3rd division
Yeah, would compare it to league 1. I went to a league 1 game earlier in the season (Charlton v Leyton Orient), it was probably the same standard style wise, maybe slightly better than that but not much better.
@dogmeat said in Auckland A-League football team in 2024:
I haven't watched much A League TBH but I would say Saturday's game was mid League 2 standard. Maybe the top sides would be League 1 I can't really comment - but hey the Fern....
Mid league 2 standard is a lot worse than that haha.
@African-Monkey said in Auckland A-League football team in 2024:
A late late winner leaves us 2 from 2 and top of the league!
Up the port!
The Phoenix will take top spot next week. 
@African-Monkey See how you go when you have to play away from home. COYN
@Bovidae said in Auckland A-League football team in 2024:
I loved the Phoenix's fly-by sign over Mt Smart.
Great marketing.
@Bovidae said in Auckland A-League football team in 2024:
I loved the Phoenix's fly-by sign over Mt Smart.
Created by all 3000 Phoenix fans. Fair play.
@African-Monkey Says the club full of bandwagon jumpers see how much of a crowd they get towards the end of the season be like the Knights and get 500 a game if lucky. The Nix average at least 6000 a game.
@mikey07 said in Auckland A-League football team in 2024:
@African-Monkey Says the club full of bandwagon jumpers see how much of a crowd they get towards the end of the season be like the Knights and get 500 a game if lucky. The Nix average at least 6000 a game.
Wah wah wah stop crying.
The crowds won't dip because we'll keep winning 
We've gotten 40,000 over the first 2 games, more than you're yearly total.
@African-Monkey We had just a tad under 95,000 for the year we had the 5th highest average in the A league last year. Really intrigued to see how you go away from home….loving this banter by the way.
@mikey07 said in Auckland A-League football team in 2024:
@African-Monkey We had just a tad under 95,000 for the year we had the 5th highest average in the A league last year. Really intrigued to see how you go away from home….loving this banter by the way.
Haha yeah, it's nice having 2 sides in the A league now, strengthens the national team, and creates a rivalry, which is only a positive for the game in this country.
We've looked fairly solid at the back so far, we need a proper striker though if we wanna finish high on the table though, and yes, Wellington is a hard place to play. Would happily take a point if offered.
I expect Alex Paulsen to cop plenty as well this week.
6 months later
It is what it is. We'll still take the premiers plate, just no double this year. Been a great season.
@African-Monkey said in Auckland A-League football team in 2024:
It is what it is. We'll still take the premiers plate, just no double this year. Been a great season.
Same stage as the Phoenix last year. In their first year though that wasn’t a bad one at all for AFC.
@Canes4life said in Auckland A-League football team in 2024:
@African-Monkey said in Auckland A-League football team in 2024:
It is what it is. We'll still take the premiers plate, just no double this year. Been a great season.
Same stage as the Phoenix last year. In their first year though that wasn’t a bad one at all for AFC.
Same team that broke Auckland fans hearts too.