This is completely ridiculous. Dome really struggles with the media I think, he always seems to get his tone wrong.
The Phoenix have no divine right for people to turn up and watch. His job is to figure out why people aren't turning up and then do something about it. The are putting on an entertainment product and right now my guess is people don't feel like they are being entertained.
I think they need to look at the make-up of this squad. God knows what some of the players are getting paid but over 3m kiwi for that lot is pretty hard to accept. And I think Herbert is part of the problem, people (maybe not on here but generally) are slowly losing faith in what his teams offer - you can feel it in the coverage. Respect has given way to grudging respect and is moving towards indifference. Even after a 3-0 away win no-one is amazingly stoked because the play is just so awful.
The management need to start asking some tough questions because there's no future in attempting to guilt trip people into turning up or blaming the weather. This is Dome's job, it's what he's paid to do. There is clearly plenty of interest in the Phoenix but people aren't turning up to the matches, he needs to figure that out