Education for the new owners

Education for the new owners

Its called FOOTBALL. They are called FOOTBALLERS. Its New Zealand FOOTBALL.

Can someone from the YF exec tap Gareth on the shoulder and give him a heads up and a little training/education? He might be very smart and successful but he sounds like a bit of a boofhead saying the S word all the time. Even Terry got that sorted and he came from a non-football background as well.

Not just Gareth, it was Rob Morrison as well at the press conference. Let us really hope that they let Ricki or Nathan G or someone do the talking for them once the dust has settled.

Please not ricki, the man does not give good copy. Have you noticed that everything he says ends on a rehtorical question? He also loves speaking in the royal we, my random ricky quote generator has come up with this:

"We'll see what we need to do around that area and if we feel we need to bring someone in then we'll think about doing that. Who wouldn't back us to achieve?"james dean2011-09-23 19:33:05

If he offers the Nix 5 years of financial stability he can call it what he damn well likes, imho.

Soccer

I don't call it soccer, but I don't jump up and down on those who do. I accepted a long time ago that football is soccer in this part of the world.

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also this mikecj2011-09-23 19:29:58

I'd give them a whole $20 cash money if they add to their superb contribution to Welly sport by calling the sport football

Can you blame them for subscribing to the NZ Herald instead of the Doom Post?

indeed ... the Herald has failed to enter the 21st century

and are putting on a fairly convincing performance as t**sers

on at least 2 occasions they have replied indicating i) it was just rouge behaviour and ii) they would sort it out

hardly a well run company

A great day for the club with wealthy backers coming in and a solid plan for the future and people are complaining about what they call the game  ??  

"We are poofball"

I might sound a little precious about that and I am happy to wear that barb if people want to throw that stone at me.

I take the other angle in that if the entire football community decided to rename Rugby as 'f**kwit sport' there would be an outrage. I'm not suggesting there should be an outrage about Football vs Soccer but for the very least bit of self respect and credibility, they now own a professional football franchise/licence/business. I don't think Gareth refers to what he does in banking as 'putting money in the piggy bank' with his investment business. They talk about it being a self sustaining business so learn the terminology that comes with it. Its known as football globally and the sooner we take pride in the name of our sport, the sooner we stop getting the knock as being a 'fairy boy sport' by rugby players.

Besides, it drops them down to the level of Terry Maddaford and lord knows we already have one f**kwit that calls the game that S word.
Jeff Vader2011-09-23 20:18:45

Give it time JV...


(BTW - I prefer Wogball - it's more inclusive of my profile)
Junior822011-09-23 20:17:08

Yes you are right.

It was soccer when I played it as a kid and a lot of years later I probably still call it soccer more than I call it football. I really don't get why people get their tits in a tangle about it being called soccer - doesn't worry me in the least. I think, on day one, picking up someone who is fronting the Phoenix rescue and laying the platform for what could be a very exciting few years ahead over calling the game soccer is incredibly small. Whitby boy2011-09-23 20:22:55

I think it is a bit of generation gap, thats all. A lot of people in this country grew up with the term soccer, and it has stuck, "old" habits die hard, it has taken me a while to change. I notice the Melbourne Age still calls it soccer too, as does the Herald (cue the Herald knockers, again).

I'm sure in a few months they will be converted to football...

Just remind me again when NZ Football changed their  their name. Dont think it was that long ago for people to start getting precious about what the game is called.Like many others there only used to be one name it used to be called and that was soccer.

As long as they are talking about our game should we really give a sh*t.

as noted many times previously *football* tends to be the name that is associated with the dominant code in a country (which is my goal for our game!)

it happens to also be the name that describes a game played with the (get this) ... feet!

so with that fact and NZF's name and FIFA's name we can legitimately claim the name football

it also places it ahead of rugby in the fixtures and results

let's not piss about - let's claim that territory!

Someone needs a smoke and a lie down.

Mighty Mike. Issue: 1355, 1979, Stars of Soccer - Trevor Francis.

Mr morgans first job as owner should be to relieve himself of spokesman

My only hope is that the new owners are more like Fenway Sports Group than George Gillet and Tom Hicks with regard to their approach to running the club.

His second job should be to pay rickI what he is owed (does he have any liability for this debt anway?)

Unlikely I suspect but it needs to be done as an act of good faith in a terribly important asset



AucklandPhoenix2011-09-23 23:16:43

It's a clean slate.  Terry owes ricki (allegedly) not the new owners.

Any debts remain with terry and century city.
2ndBest2011-09-23 23:23:03

IBTL