Give us our licence

Give us our licence

Banner for the next game please someone

Yes please - right in front of the skyTV cameras

Maybe some chants for Mr Bin Hammond-organ too?

Hammy, Hammy, give us a licence!
Hammy, give us a licence!

Very good article by Cockrill linked on the home page.

yeah, we need to secure that asap, FFA have seriously got to step up to bat for the nix!

In the style of pop combo Basement Jaxx:

 

Have no fear. This will come down to the almighty dollar and the FFA will currently have an army of clerks counting the money from Sunday. Hang on a minute!!!!! Did I pay in Aussie dollars or Kiwi? How about a banner "Phoenix are a LICENCE to print money"

Cut to shot of FFA boss and Bim-Hammy sitting behind large mound of dollars, smiling and saying "I'm sure we can find a way to sort this Phoenix thing out........" Jag2010-02-23 14:24:22

FFS

Ahmad is good with the banners, maybe he's got something up his sleeve?

Time to send the WAGs over to sweet talk Moh and show him + FFA a good time??

It is time for closure in the license issue. Ten years will give the club stability and the ability to move forward and continue building a club that has extremely high value to Wellington and the A-league. To be fair we had to shake of the legacy of the Football Kingz and Knights, break the hold of the Hurricanes as the iconic sports team in the Capital.

One swallow dont make a summer fella...

The correct analogy is mayfly life cycle I believe

So, effigy burnings on the concourse. What do we think?

What if we just poke the effigies with sticks or something. Or shout at them a bit.....

Treat them lik a Pignata ?

Diego's Son, Midfielder etc

the ant2010-02-25 18:19:57

What... pointed sticks ala Monty Python? 

"Ooh. Want to learn how to defend yourself against pointed sticks, do we? Getting all high and mighty, eh? Fresh fruit not good enough for you, eh? " Junior822010-02-26 12:58:00

Kinda you need to look towards the end of the article but the Evil Emperor is if nothing else cunning ... divide and conquer or what ever ... read the entire article and you can see the threat / carrot offer / ///

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/asia/afc-chief-calls-for-one-asia-bid-293277

AFC chief calls for one Asia bid

25 February 2010 | 10:15 - SBS: Matthew Hall


AFC President Bin Hammam... calling for one bid supported by all of Asia

Asian Football Confederation President Mohammad Bin Hammam has called for Asia to back one bid for the hosting rights to the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cups.


Bin Hammam told The World Game that the AFC should support just one bid so long as an Asian nation wins the rights.

Currently five AFC members � Australia, Qatar, Japan, South Korea, and Indonesia (who are officially still in in the running despite their goverment's non support) � are registered as official bidders for either the 2018 or 2022 tournaments.

�I�d like all Asia to stand behind one bid,� Bin Hammam said. �It�s not important which country wins but we�re determined to see the 2018 or 2022 WC in Asia.�

Bin Hammam�s position suggests that four bids will have to withdraw from the race before FIFA�s Executive Committee votes on the future hosts in December 2010.

The alternative is that AFC�s four Executive Committee members shun four of their Confederation�s bids to put their collective weight behind one strong bid.

Bin Hammam, from Qatar, recently visited South Korea to meet President Lee Myung-bak and publicly made peace with former rival and fellow FIFA Executive Committee Member, Chung Mong-joon.

The AFC�s other members on FIFA�s powerful Executive Committee is Worawi Makudi from Thailand and Junji Ogura from Japan.

�The World Cup in Asia is going to be the legacy of football in terms of new stadiums to be built and new fans to join the game,� Bin Hammam said. �The impact is definitely huge. �

�The World Cup can motivate the whole continent for all those years building up to the event. It can drive huge numbers of fans who are not football fans yet.

�The World Cup can also have a positive influence on existing clubs. New fans are going to join the clubs and leagues, not to mention the commitments of the talented players and administration to be part of a World Cup in Asia.�

Also on Bin Hammam�s agenda is the future participation of New Zealand team Wellington Phoenix in Australia�s A-League.

The AFC President has been vocal in his opposition to a team from the Oceania Football Confederation playing in an AFC competition.

ah it implies "the stakes just got higher,cut the phoenix or we will back another asian countries bid".

He's trying to bully the FFA into doing his bidding.

I very much doubt the FFA is in the position to drop the Phoenix, and I doubt Bin Hammam would support the Australian WC bid if they did drop the Phoenix.

They don't have enough people in Australia wanting to own/run an A-League team. They already have a few clubs under administration.

So how would that look for the FFA and A-League's overseas profile, if they dropped one of the most professional and well run clubs in the A-League.

Not only that, if the FFA dropped the Phoenix MBH's reaction would be 'looks like Australia is a soft touch, no need to worry too much about them...'