If the unthinkable happened ...

If the unthinkable happened ...

If we weren't granted a licence extention then which team, if any, would you support/follow ?

none of the bastards

Don't even think about it.

Not gonna happen!

Sydney. HN may join me in that.
For one of the big teams, they are pretty down to earth and work a lot in their community. Stefan2009-11-20 22:05:02

I would see what our players did/where they went.

I'd probably be a bit of a switcher on that from time to time. See who I like the look of. Got some family in Perth, Scotland so the Aussie version would get an extra look in.

Probably Central Coast though while McGlinchey is there.

Stop watching. If the muppets who run the A-League made that decision, they wouldn't deserve my +1 watching their competition (every viewer counts).

I think people would still follow the A-league

If that happened I'd be filthy for many months after.  Probably lose my job as I'd snap at customers and my life would slowly dwindle down to nothing. loyalgunner2009-11-21 00:41:47

I'd turn into a depressed wreck, faar worse off than I was before the Phoenix came along (which was pretty bad). Could see mself doing something really stupid and winding up either dead or in jail if the Nix license was revoked.

I would abandon the A-League completely and pray that every match finishes 0-0 and football in Australia dies a quick, horrible death

Sydney  - and be forever known as Ginger-Judas-Lazarus

NZFC, wouldn't give a hoot about the A League if that was the case.

It would become known as the Assholes-League in my eyes if we weren't granted an extension....

We bring so much to the A-League, and have done in 2.5 seasons that we fully deserve our place.

Great footie (although it took us a little while), Great players, Great fans, Great stadium, Great Passion, Great backroom, Great Coach, Great CEO, Great Owner, Great culture, GREAT City, GREAT Country.....

What more do they need....


Coxey2009-11-21 21:32:41

i have a perth glory shirt and scarf from the old days!! lets face they are ockers but not really true ockers over there!!! hahaha

The Phoenix fringe player would end up as a team there but we will lose Terry because it is not a professional league and our best club players will leave NZ to some loser lower professional european team. Ricki will be a full-time All Whites national coach.

And we will never see Waitakere United or Auckland City being thrashed in a CWC warm up in NZ.

I'd support Melbourne because I live here obviously but it wouldn't be the same. I get excited when watching Victory games but not nervous and I don't care if they lose.

Have thought about this before and decided I couldn't support any other team. It just wouldn't be the same.

For sure it wouldn't be the same, it'd be far from it. But I'd still probably follow Melbourne. Would be shattered if we weren't around next year.

I'm going to play 'the other side of the coin' for you.

The FFA may say "why is Australia allowing a team from another country into our league? Why are we assisting their football development for"

In the AFC's case the question may be "Why are the Australian's bringing in a team from another confederation into an AFC-endorsed league?"

The answers are more than what you have outlined about. It's political, it really is...

Also, I still think that an NZ-based team was admitted into the A-League at the time because of commercial (i.e. TV rights, and greater sponsorship/market exposure) reasons... and also to do with the fact that Australia 'promised' to assist the Oceania Football Confederation as it was leaving for the AFC is 2006.

Wellington may well be a nice place, but yeah, the final answer is out of our (meaning supporter) hands. The Phoenix's future will possible tie in with Oceania's future as well, considering that Wellington is apparently the only 'professional' club in the OFC.

I'll throw another angle at you, what happens if the FFA, AFC or FIFA said "the Phoenix stay but only if they include players from ALL OFC nations, not just NZ" How would you all feel about that?


diego's son2009-11-22 09:28:43

I'd probably lose interest in the league, for the fact before the Phoenix came along football wasn't my game, they made it into my favourite sport. All that aside I would keep watching international football and probably some EPL but the A-League would lose me and I'd go back to watching the NRL.

Colchester United.

  C-Diddy2009-11-24 23:31:49

Team Wellington

I think the result of this poll shows exactly why we're in the league. The fact that if the phoenix werent in the A league,then NZers would have absolutely no interest in it,is an absoutely brilliant reason for us to stay there. We're a potentially massive audience for the A league,possibly more than any one club over there (in potential audience)

Right, three steak and mushroom pies for lunch tomorrow it is then.

Some of the YF are already there but.

I'd be too angry/upset to follow the league. Even if the licence went to Wollongong. Heck, even if Nowra got a team I wouldn't bother.