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December 6, 2025 • 12 mins

Former All White Striker Noel Barkley discusses Auckland FC's notching another victory in another drama-filled A-League match.

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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine
from Newstalks EDB.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Another drama filled New Zealand derby and Football's a League
has ended in another Auckland FC victory.

Speaker 3 (00:20):
Gay Goss, clad of fiets Frensky, Jim o'maya the two
subs combining falls a back Corndo.

Speaker 4 (00:28):
Another say from Allawayomi, He's been spectacular this afternoon.

Speaker 3 (00:32):
Still there for debrees, Coscrack.

Speaker 4 (00:36):
Dottn door off the Hinges and Auckland FC. My marching
towards up the Davy.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
Victory which they achieve. The home side Auckland f C
winning three to one. That's five wins from five against
their rivals Wellington Phoenix. Lachland Brook opening the scoring early
for the Black Nights before the Phoenix had center back
man Dracer James sent off after thirty seconds in the
second half, but Wellington Phoenix captain Alex Ruffer equalized with

(01:11):
a brilliant strike. Then Auckland f C were rewarded two penalties.
Wellington keeper josh Olawaimi saved the first one. He also
saved the second, but the rebound fell to the taker
Francis DeVries, who followed up to score, Gizuomo Mai made
the points safe with ten minutes to go. Watching on
in the sunshine at go Media Stadium among a big

(01:32):
crowd of nearly twenty four thousand was former All White
striker Nol Barkley, who joins US now. Noel thanks for
taking the time to break this one down for us,
although I'm not too sure where to start with so
many talking points.

Speaker 3 (01:45):
Did Auckland f C deserve to win the game?

Speaker 5 (01:49):
I think so, but you know, there was calamity all
the way through the game.

Speaker 6 (01:54):
I think one of the significant moments was I can't
remember where it was one or two to one to
Auckland when well magel Belt came to pick one up
and hooked back in the middle and Phoenix smiths it
was like a simple happened. Had her to go to
two or two to one and that was mad changed again.
But I think I mean rufe of scoring at one
to one really sort of turned the game because Ukum

(02:16):
had stopped playing in that had possession and had chances.
But when they went back to one one, they really
started to sort of flex the muscles. And I think
if you look at the number of seals that Dolla
when he made it is incredible. He had an absolute
brain of a game he'd want to obviously wanted to
sort of met good in that very first derby where
he cost the Phoenix agame. So a cracking game and

(02:37):
lots of great individual battles and it sort of was
the big disader in the game.

Speaker 3 (02:42):
Indeed.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
Yeah, it was a real battle and I know the
incident you're referring to, Yeah, Ramy Nagerine. It was a
great chance in hindsight, and Auckland almost stopped, didn't they
as I got to the line pulled it back And
it was quite chaotic, wasn't it? Is that a good
word to describe it?

Speaker 6 (02:58):
Well? I think these derby yeah, absolutely, I think these
derbies are sort of bringing something a bit special. I
think we saw it last week too in the Sydney Derby.
Was there was lots of goals, there was lots of
issues and the intensity of the gain was a different
you know, twenty odd thousand people again, it just changes everything.

Speaker 5 (03:14):
And certainly the port.

Speaker 6 (03:16):
Were really up for it, as you could see with
the tifo and the songs and the chants and so
they really sort of came up for the moment good
to say, a good contingent at Wellington there. Then they
were loving it when Alex scored. So yeah, the Darbies
are a bit special, you know. I mean, it was
good to see the numbers back up again close to
twenty three thousand. We're in from open's perspectives, they've been

(03:36):
a bit done and some of the performances have been
a bit done as well. But yesterday it was business
as usual, and I mean really am and I think
the chances that were messed obviously disallowed goals to penalties
not taken. Yeah, game really had everything. Yeah, I guess
it just had a little bit of a problem with
Wellington with fullbacks kept getting the ball and if they

(03:59):
was really showing in the channels, but the number of
times they checked out and went square was incredible for me.
I always watched the Nines and easy was showing in
the channel all the time and they just needed to
clip one down there and at least, you know, they're
sort of thirty forty yards further forward, not quite sure,
and that young man must be pretty frustrated indeed.

Speaker 2 (04:18):
Yeah, and I's got observation. They always well Aukland alway
seemed to face forward and play forward, don't they. I
think the Phoenix are quite quite of that state of mind.
The penalty snoll too given to Walkland f C.

Speaker 3 (04:30):
What did you make of them?

Speaker 5 (04:32):
The first one, I had no idea.

Speaker 6 (04:33):
Obviously you mean that because that was obviously picked up
by vir and nobody else seemed to pick it up.
So I mean, Vio is your friend one day and
your enemy the next. I'm not sure about the first one.
The second one definitely looked like that. Cosgrove was certainly
making the most of every situation, and as a defender
gets sucked in.

Speaker 5 (04:52):
Well, they deserve all to get.

Speaker 6 (04:54):
And I think that the pennicle of the game really
was decided on the Cosgrove games battle, because Cosgo definitely
got the better of him. He's you know, there's been
question marks about him, certainly with his hold up play
and so on.

Speaker 5 (05:06):
He was winning a lot of flicks.

Speaker 6 (05:08):
Yesterday he sort of sucked games into you know, a
booking and then and then ascending off and of course
he got booked himself, which means he suspended as well.
So that was the big changing part of the game,
because having losing games really sort that In Numerica and
Dundee just Auk made it pay and again that's in
the later stages. You know my scored from a cosgro flick,

(05:28):
so Cosgo's best game. He's probably needed a good one
yesterday and he was very influential and the fans a
bit happy with him then what they have been indeed,
and Lachlan Brooke went into a slightly different role for
him in that number ten, Logan Rogerson starting, which I
know a lot of people were very happy to see.

Speaker 3 (05:45):
Did you like that? Brook and the teen and Rogerson
back in the starting side.

Speaker 6 (05:49):
I can never understand why Rogerson didn't start at the
start of the season. He had such a fantastic year
last year and I always seen him as a as
a as an all White squad member and hasn't helped
himself of course in Wellington getting sent off, so very
place to see him come back in. He seemed to
link up well with come Ayot who thought have a
super game and Brooke he's got you know, he's very clever,

(06:12):
very good on the ball, and I quite liked him
in the ten. Obviously didn't work so good last week
with Cam Howitz and he's got a little bit more
pace Brooks, so we like the changes. I like to
see my coming on mayas the ast the game breaker
for Oakland and having him fit and having him link
up with Cosgo and the y Men.

Speaker 5 (06:29):
Definitely the way forward.

Speaker 6 (06:31):
They're weird that the draw is weird, you know, Auckland
and I have five away games out of six. I
don't quite know what they're doing with the draw or
Wellington seemed to be home and away, home and away,
So yeah, that's going to be tough being interesting to
see where they sit in six weeks time.

Speaker 2 (06:46):
It has been something of an inconsistent last couple of
weeks for Oakland. The f see a drawer against Brisbane,
the lost in Newcastle, albeit in torrential rain last week.
Now did yes, did I feel like they were getting
back to the form we saw from them last season?

Speaker 6 (07:00):
Yeah? I think you could just see it after the
game on people's faces, you know, and people like Ali
and they were just seeing yesterday in the in the
lounge after the game, and we haven't seen that this year.
I mean, even the wins have been a bit scrappy.
So yeah, there was definitely the signs and again that
the fact that the crowd came out and I'm probably
quite good. Did they get a break after having three
at home? Not easy for a club to keep the

(07:22):
numbers up, So yeah, there were there was the signs
competition for places now in the Auckland team, you know,
Gallias not getting a game, not getting a start, and
lots of options in wide players. Rogerson back playing. He'll
start again next week, I would imagine, and I really
like to see him have a bit of a run
and push his way into that World Cup that we're
all waiting for.

Speaker 2 (07:42):
And they don't want to get to that in the
second actually, But just on the derby, Steve Carriker, Auckland
FC head coach, intentionally embraces the magnitude of these games.
He's not of the school of thought arts. You know,
they're all games are the same, it's just another three points.
Do you like the fact that he embraces the derbies
the way he does well, I think that.

Speaker 5 (08:00):
Comes from who he is really.

Speaker 6 (08:02):
You know, he's he's a winner and when you hear
him speak, he's very passionate about every game. But you know,
having come from Sydney and experienced the whole, you know,
the Sydney derby thing where you know it is massive.
You know, they they absolutely detest each other. I don't
think we're quite that SI in New Zealand. Most of
the Open fans still support the Phoenix in some way.

(08:22):
But yeah, look, he loves it and he fires the
players that We actually bumped into Louis for Stratton during
the week at a restaurant, and funny he was just saying, oh,
we're up for it, we really want to win this,
and that was that was interesting because he's quite a
quiet lad and we walked away with the impression that
it was all going to happen. And so so, yeah,
Carter's done a great job in those derbies, five in

(08:44):
a row. For it's going to be tough and what
is it sort of sec twenty second of Fibruary or
something like that.

Speaker 3 (08:50):
Yeah, do you think the fighters will eva when one
of these?

Speaker 5 (08:54):
Yeah, they will. It's inevitable it'll happen.

Speaker 6 (08:59):
But you know, I think that if you know, certainly
with the game down there again, they need to get
people along, they need to get people on board. They've
got a couple of home games now, I think fairly,
you know it's a Central Coast and Jets games that
you know, winning them again, they need to start winning
those games if they're going to sort of you know,
they get to get numbers are really awful and we

(09:19):
all want them to be up around the ten thousand mark.
There's no reason why it shouldn't be. Yeah, yesterday was
a bit disappointed because I thought they could have done more.
I mean to told here, I really liked in the
first few weeks. Has sort of went a bit missing yesterday.

Speaker 5 (09:31):
He did nothing.

Speaker 6 (09:32):
I prefer them out wide where he can actually sort
of clip balls down their land and get some crosses
into the likes. See, he sort of went missing for me.
But I think they're better than that, and and they've
got some good young players, but they need to be
they need to be a little bit more direct and
getting the ball forward.

Speaker 3 (09:48):
And you alluded to it before, nol.

Speaker 6 (09:49):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (09:50):
Five of walklan FCA's next six games are in Australia.
They're back for one game on New Year's Day against
the Jets. Otherwise they're away for the best part of
the next six to seven weeks. I guess the positive
is they'll have time together on the road, which is
always good for team bonding, but it will present a
challenge mind up with all that travel.

Speaker 6 (10:07):
You know they're not easy games either. You know, they've
got some tough ones at Sydney and as well. Yeah,
but I think it worked in their favor last year
with having all the home games early on, and that
meant they've got you know, lots of wins in a
bit of a lead which we ended up needing in
the end. But certainly, certainly it'll be a bit of
test and you know, obviously cosgo vout next game I think,

(10:28):
and injury suspensions start to be an issue, and it's
harder going to Australia. I mean, even though they go
too three days early.

Speaker 5 (10:35):
It's just different, you know.

Speaker 6 (10:38):
But you know, I think it'll be your couple of
draws and went here and there, and I think they'll
be sort of still in that comfortably sort of one
two three position when they get some home games early
in the new year.

Speaker 2 (10:48):
All right, And just to finish the All Whites World
Cup group confirmed yesterday of course Iran, Egypt and Belgium.

Speaker 3 (10:54):
How do you judge the your wat's ability to get
out of that group.

Speaker 5 (10:59):
I love the draw, Jason, I absolutely love the draw.
I love the locations. It's two locations. It's get easy
fly to.

Speaker 6 (11:05):
La and yes, yes, it's the fans dream really and
and you know, all of a sudden it's become affordable.
So I would love to think that there'd be lots
of key we thinking well I might go to this now,
whereas before you could be all over the show and
the teams. You hell, at Belgium, we know, but you
know they're on the slide a little bit around, you know,
obviously that's that's that's the game. You want to pick

(11:27):
the win and maybe you try and get a draw
against Egypt. So yeah, very positive in light of our
performances in the last basically the last sort of twelve
to eighteen months, I think that we don't fear those
two teams and we you know, we get would be
fit hopefully, and you know, we just need our best
for this eleven players on the pitch, and I think
we give we give a really good account of ourselves.

(11:48):
And when I'm reading today that we come second and
Australia comes second, we play them and around the thirty
two game, which would be incredible.

Speaker 2 (11:55):
How could would that be the World Cup? Exciting times ahead, incredible. No,
thanks for joining us today with your analysis. Look forward
to catching up against sore Paney. Thanks Matte, there is
no Barkley there, former All White strikeer and a vary
astute analyst of the game of football.

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