@canefan said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

@canefan said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

@taniwharugby said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

@canefan said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:

If the Aussies can intern troublesome kiwis without charge surely we can kick out a bunch of undesirable pikies?

not with St C at the helm for friendlyship Aotearoa!

Perhaps an apology from the nation for our lack of patience?

“ you should have been able to be a pikie here but you weren’t “

I’ll miss them, pikies make a change from our resident Ferals .

How about a pikies vs Horo bogan group fight tv special?

I thought you had misspelled Hooroo then

Yes!!! They charged a phone and got some gas! This is TOP TOP news for us kiwis!! Love it!!

@canefan said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:

It's all fun and games until she tries to eat you

That is really really cool. Where I wouldn't have the courage to jump in, I can see that they felt quite safe as it was gorging on dead whale.

The shear size of it is incredible

Looks as though they are heading south. Prolly going to be on the Ferry! What a nightmare trip that would be! Bags not being on their flight home either

The newso's must be loving this low hanging fruit that most are lapping up.

@Nepia said in Magpies - 2019 Mitre 10 Cup:

@canefan You could have just as easily have posted that if they'd stayed in the Bay.

It wouldn't have been any where near as funny though!

@canefan said in What is the point of the Phoenix?:

@Hooroo said in What is the point of the Phoenix?:

@Antisonfire said in What is the point of the Phoenix?:

@booboo Respectfully disagree. If the Hurricanes have 2 or 3 terrible seasons, how many on here want to get rid of them?

The Phoenix are the only pathway to professional football in New Zealand. Even if they are playing poorly - and yes, every sports team in existence have had periods where they perform below expectations - this is still the case. It doesn't change that fact.

What gets me annoyed is that the Phoenix don't get any support from the FFA (Football Fed Australia) and have been slapped with the requirement of fulfilling a range of 'metrics' in order to get their license renewed. Note that no other club in the A-League needs to hit any kind of similar target..

Now, you would think that this unfair treatment would spark some sort of empathy among sports fans in NZ - no matter which code they support - but that isn't the case. Instead, fans of other codes seem to shit on them even more. It's frustrating.

Would that be because it is an Aussie league though? I can see their point of view as it is another expensive journey to send teams here.

I don't see why they would want to prop up an underperforming team that isn't helpful to their own country's sport?

Like the Warriors you mean?

Does the NRL want the warriors out? But yes, if that is the case

@Antisonfire said in What is the point of the Phoenix?:

@booboo Respectfully disagree. If the Hurricanes have 2 or 3 terrible seasons, how many on here want to get rid of them?

The Phoenix are the only pathway to professional football in New Zealand. Even if they are playing poorly - and yes, every sports team in existence have had periods where they perform below expectations - this is still the case. It doesn't change that fact.

What gets me annoyed is that the Phoenix don't get any support from the FFA (Football Fed Australia) and have been slapped with the requirement of fulfilling a range of 'metrics' in order to get their license renewed. Note that no other club in the A-League needs to hit any kind of similar target..

Now, you would think that this unfair treatment would spark some sort of empathy among sports fans in NZ - no matter which code they support - but that isn't the case. Instead, fans of other codes seem to shit on them even more. It's frustrating.

Would that be because it is an Aussie league though? I can see their point of view as it is another expensive journey to send teams here.

I don't see why they would want to prop up an underperforming team that isn't helpful to their own country's sport?

@gt12 said in RWC 2019 ticket ballot:

You poor bastards, they must have set it up so that Japanese customers went straight through - I had no line.

Just chose the games, chose the tickets, and paid!

Not sure why I wrote this post.

To gloat of course!!

@Daffy-Jaffy is this for the season or just for one round?