Perhaps we just have to accept that the Nix will never be able to challenge for silverware - not because of lack of "ambition", but just because we can't match the paypackets, lifestyle and possible ACL participation of the Australian clubs, and that's just the price of being allowed to play in the Australian's league. Our future would then lie in being like a mid-range Serie A club, our job being to unearth talent and make money on transfer fees (assuming they allow transfer fees in future).
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It doesn't do any good to remain in denial of the fact that our owners just can't compete with the money thrown around by Sydney and Melbourne clubs (not to mention the IPL and Europe), and that any stand-out player (or stand-out coach) will be goneski as soon as they start making a name for themselves. The alternative to accepting this is to turn into Royz and hate our owners for being "stingy" every time we lose a player/coach.
False dichotomy much? Just cos you choose to be miserable doesn't mean we all have to.