Perth crowds

Perth crowds

Just 6200 turned up for last night's game v Adelaide and watched another 0-0 draw - Perth's fourth of the season.

are you Auckland in disguise?

I have generously donated them the nickname Shambles, seeing as the Knights fans kind of had official ownership of the title from the North Shore Shambles. 

From here until they sack Smith and Mitchell, and sign more than one decent player, they are the Western Shambles.

So the Knights didn't go belly up last season after all - they just moved to Western Australia.

See, just when you think that Sydney pop up with the idea they should sign Bridges and Wright...

You reckon Glory will go down as the Kingz/Knights have done?  Do they have the money to stay in the league regardless of form and work on improving?  If they do die, will they ressurect as we have done?   If not it takes away a long flight and delay in coverage for away games which is fine by me :P

You can't really blame them for following a proven and successful recipe...

They have big mining dollars invested now, but then (in theory) so did the Knights.  I suspect they just need the owners to develop a little more football nouse and knowledge.

whats the next step for perth - mascots on the field, cheerleaders - loud music at intervals when crowd noise is flagging?

I don't think we should be delighting in Perth's current misfortune.  Although they are my most loathed team I wouldn't wish the Knights experience on any of the teams.  The A-league needs to have eight well supported, well financed, and well run clubs.  While I was very pleased when we did the "Glory" 4-1, I don't want to see them finish the season like the Knights did in the first season of the A-league.  What would that add to the competition?

I don't think you can just blame it on the name though.  The club were the poster boys for 7 or so seasons of the NSL and the name caused them no issues then.

What needs to be examined are the political fights over ownership, the incompetent management by the FFA, and the questionable coaching and player appointments.