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Posted January 16, 2024 10:27 · last edited January 16, 2024 13:14

Doloras
Marketing questionnaire shows that Foley's team doesn't have a clue:

1) it's talking about "fan meetups" or "a pub on the waterfront" as if those were things to be organised by the club, rather than fan initiatives;
2) they're still seriously trying to push "Black Knights!"

What I want- a genuine grassroots fan movement of with a cross section of Auckland football fans organised and spoken for by the club…

Gosh, I hope it’s Black Knights now. I mean there’s so many ways to take the piss out of it. It’s uncomfortably close to all those secret membership organisations, particularly in the southern states who might be horrified by the adjective in the name.  (Though Kiwis might be bemused at how American college fosters all kinds of different ‘special secret societies’ ahead of clubs. ) It kinda approaches the Crusaders too, but coming from a more religiously fervent country of origin, which doesn’t make it hugely inclusive.

Then there’s the way most black knights in stories are bad guys. 

And surely the most well known Black Knight is the one belonging to Monty Python’s Holy Grail, which is a tale of absurd overconfidence: ‘You’re a looney’! 

Lastly neither the colour or the image has much relevance in Auckland, NZ which didn’t have a European style feudal society of oiks in metal on horseback and references that period sparingly. Though to be fair, the US is also a New World country with a similar historical lack.

On the other hand though, I mean the Breakers doesn’t mean much either, so if they want to brand their team and organisation that way at least it will have a strong meaning for its owner and his group, and then they’re likely to hang around and get others on board, and it will lose most of the other meanings, or they’ll be less relevant if the team plays well. 

And it would leave the Nix up 1-0 already in terms of the best name and make it easier for me to justify not watching or attending all the games I can..!

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Doloras
Marketing questionnaire shows that Foley's team doesn't have a clue:

1) it's talking about "fan meetups" or "a pub on the waterfront" as if those were things to be organised by the club, rather than fan initiatives;
2) they're still seriously trying to push "Black Knights!"

What I want- a genuine grassroots fan movement of with a cross section of Auckland football fans organised and spoken for by the club…

Gosh, I hope it’s Black Knights now. I mean there’s so many ways to take the piss out of it. It’s uncomfortably close to all those secret membership organisations, particularly in the southern states who might be horrified by the adjective in the name.  Though Kiwis might be bemused at how American college fosters all kinds of different ‘special secret societies’ ahead of clubs. It kinda approaches the Crusaders too, but coming from a more religiously fervent country of origin, which doesn’t make it hugely inclusive.

Then there’s the way most black knights in stories are bad guys. 

And surely the most well known Black Knight is the one belonging to Monty Python’s Holy Grail, which is a tale of absurd overconfidence: ‘You’re a looney’! 

Lastly neither the colour or the image has much relevance in Auckland, NZ which didn’t have a European style feudal society of oiks in metal on horseback and references that period sparingly. Though to be fair, the US is also a New World country with a similar historical lack.

On the other hand though, I mean the Breakers doesn’t mean much either, so if they want to brand their team and organisation that way at least it will have a strong meaning for its owner and his group, and then they’re likely to hang around and get others on board, and it will lose most of the other meanings, or they’ll be less relevant if the team plays well. 

And it would leave the Nix up 1-0 already in terms of the best name and make it easier for me to justify not watching or attending all the games I can..!
Unknown editor edited January 16, 2024 13:13
Doloras
Marketing questionnaire shows that Foley's team doesn't have a clue:

1) it's talking about "fan meetups" or "a pub on the waterfront" as if those were things to be organised by the club, rather than fan initiatives;
2) they're still seriously trying to push "Black Knights!"

What I want- a genuine grassroots fan movement of with a cross section of Auckland football fans organised and spoken for by the club…

Gosh, I hope it’s Black Knights now. I mean there’s so many ways to take the piss out of it. It’s uncomfortably close to all those secret membership organisations, particularly in the southern states who might be horrified by the adjective in the name.  Though Kiwis might be bemused at how American college fosters these ahead of clubs. It kinda approaches the Crusaders too, but coming from a more religiously fervent country of origin, which doesn’t make it hugely inclusive.

Then there’s the way most black knights in stories are bad guys. 

And surely the most well known Black Knight is the one belonging to Monty Python’s Holy Grail, which is a tale of absurd overconfidence: ‘You’re a looney’! 

Lastly neither the colour or the image has much relevance in Auckland, NZ which didn’t have a European style feudal society of oiks in metal on horseback and references that period sparingly. Though to be fair, the US is also a New World country with a similar historical lack.

On the other hand though, I mean the Breakers doesn’t mean much either, so if they want to brand their team and organisation that way at least it will have a strong meaning for its owner and his group, and then they’re likely to hang around and get others on board, and it will lose most of the other meanings, or they’ll be less relevant if the team plays well. 

And it would leave the Nix up 1-0 already in terms of the best name and make it easier for me to justify not watching or attending all the games I can..!