The Dominion Post

Gareth called Sam Worthington a 'tosser' in his latest blog. Giggles.

Is that really smart though? It'd only serve to inflame things with the media. 

It's become quite obvious that many of us hate what the Doom Post writes about the Phoenix, and it's been happening for quite a while so it's unlikely to stop. A full-blown war seems like the next logical step to take, and I welcome it. 

Why would it do that Tegal?  We all know that DP reports "without fear or favour" and are bastions of objective, balanced reporting.

Oh how I wish I re-subscribed all those years ago.

Giggles x 2 

Edit - that was directed at Patrick. I'm not giggling at J82's twat joke.

*Giggles*

Lets all *giggles*

Now we are just honking.

incorrect use of honking

Honking use of the word honking. 

And another 5 posters leave the forum.

#lastoneoutturnthelightsoff

Whoops.

gareth morgans rants screams amateur hour

honestly who cares if the dom post chooses to write that stuff. it's what happens all over the world for other sports teams. grow up gareth

Two years ago , I had a work related issue that resulted in me having a significant issue with both the Doom and Stuff.co.nz. Misreported  , mis quoted and bloody well lied about . When I was able to prove this , I at least had the courtesy of a formal apology and retraction from Stuff . Nothing at all  from Doom. Fuckwits.

The issue with the media isn't generally bias (in this country), it's laziness and urge to make an exciting story where none exists.

I miss the Evening Post

I remember the Evening Post! Vaguely...

The Phoenix will not win a war with the Dom. End of. The Phoenix need the Dom much more than the Dom needs the Phoenix. They have a bigger microphone and the casual fan that the club needs to attend home games isn't going to be reading Gareths blog, they're going to be reading what Bidwell and Worthington are saying and believing that. Two seasons ago, an organisation whom I was heavily involved with at the time, considered banning the Dom or a certain writer from its trainings because of what he was writing. They realised that would cause more issues than it would solve. They didn't. They proved the guy wrong with their actions, it's up to the Phoenix to do that. At the moment, it doesn't seem like much of what the Dom writing is horrendously unfair (watching from afar as I am)

My point re the accuracy of the Opinion piece yesterday and why I thought it had merit was the comments about off-field culture. The Pulse, Firebirds and the Hurricanes have all turned around horrendous off-field cultures recently, see the Dom piece on Elliot and the Firebirds last week, it doesn't quite seem like the Phoenix organisation are ticking on all cylinders at the moment. That's to be expected as new owners bed in a style that will work both on and off the field. Teams can still have success on the pitch while what is going on off it can be hideous, I show you the Hurricanes in the Cooper years. That place was toxic and it took Hammet (and Te Puni) coming in to sort that out. An organisation is much more likely to be successful and be in a position to build on that in the long term when the on and off field cultures are right.

Can anyone honestly say that the Phoenix back-office is firing on all cylinders at the moment? That was the point that I thought that Opinion piece yesterday was trying to make.

I have no idea what that is saying

Basically, the Phoenix can't win a war with the Dom.

can't do any harm telling them they're being cnuts then

They'd probably just tell you you've spelt it wrong, without looking at the real issue

Any chance the dom post won't write about the game last night?

We might be sh!t but at least we're not the Dominion Post.

 Free dom posts at the railway station today!

Five significant Nix pieces in the Dom Post this morning:

Phoenix eye move to smaller venue 

What's going on at the Phoenix? (Sorry, can't find link right now)

Editorial: Time to support the Phoenix 

Durante: Enough of the talking 

Phoenix 'revved up' for Jets 

Love them or hate them that's good coverage.

The big piece 'What's going on at the Phoenix?' goes over a lot of familiar ground and wheels out the likes of Kevin Fallon to offer his particularly unsophisticated views. However, the editorial is really good, noting the importance of the Phoenix to Wellington, giving Gareth and Welnix credit for trying to do something good (while not communicating especially well) and challenging the Wellington public to support the team.

Anyone else notice that Sam Worthington hasn't actually written a Phoenix piece for a while? He's either on holiday or has been moved onto something else.

It's probably the worst part of the article because Fallon apparently thinks Gareth was down there trying to run training - "it's like my headmaster wanting to come down and name the captain and wanting to dictate the training". Even the most pathetic and unsophisticated of us know that is not what was happening and it's disappointing to see this urban myth being given more traction.