Jeez the NZ media's apathy to New Zealand football really gives me the shits!
The A League starts ON FRIDAY , but you wouldn't know it.
www.stuff.co.nz is almost blissfully unaware...
Here is their Sports section headlines. 3 stroeis about the All blacks, one about F1 and one about Rugby League.
Okay, but they have a dedicated Football section.
Surely that will mention that the A League starts on Friday... errrr, no, all about English and European football...
... oh wait! On the third row of the grid (in the red rectangle below) there's a story about the A League launch... with a photo of David Villa - yeah, he is a significant story headline, fair enough...
The Phoenix play in the A League so SURELY there is at least one story buried somewhere about them...
Nope... in the blue rectangle there is a stroy about Leo Bertos signing a new contract in India... and in the Green rectangle there is a story about Winston Reid's rumoured switch... all of course filed BELOW all of the important football news about England and Europe.
Oh and then in the orange rectangle there is an opinion piece (and a really good one too) by Danny Hay from THREE DAYS ago about how the Phoenix need to start well in the A League.
Jeez, so with the biggest football league in our part of the world kicking off on Friday we almost can't be arsed covering it apart from regurgitating the press release from the A League launch.
There's even an opinion poll in the football section... but it's not about the A Legue, or the local football scene, it's about the European Champion's League.
#ApatheticNewsFail
Maybe the NZHerald can do better?
Sort of, but not really.
Their Sports front page at least has THREE football stories.
Top right in the red rectangle is the Editor's Pick story about the All Whites need for player depth (a good story).
And two other stories about European football.
FFS!!!! The A League starts on Friday you muppets!
I wonder what their Football section says?
Wow! A story about the Phoenix (red rectangle bottom right).
However it is FOUR DAYS OLD and about Wee Mac finally joining the Phoenix - wasn't that sealed and delivered AGES ago?
And a story about Siggy's All Whites retirement.
Doesn't the A League start on Friday????
Oh and lots of good stuff about English football - including the live and up to date Premier League table.
Oh, but don't panic, if you really search hard for it they have an section dedicated to A League football.
At last, this MUST be it...
Errrr, nope.
Latest story there is from September 19th about the Phoenix confirming plans to play games at the Hutt Rec.
My goodness.
I can't be the only news consumer gagging for articles about the A League can I?
"Phoenix till they lose"