You guys are all missing Bluemagic's agenda. He wants us to be angry and dissatisfied with the FFA's treatment of the Nix because he wants the Nix gone altogether and he wants us to give up on the project. Those Aussies won't give our club a fair shake? Well, screw 'em! Let's all get in behind the ASBP, coalface football, etc!
Don't forget this guy's got one agenda - to make the NZ national league the be-all and end-all.
You're wrong Doloras, although I can see where your paranoia comes from. I completely separate this from the domestic national league and don't want to see the end of the Phoenix. I think the Nix are currently good for NZ football although I would like to see a more robust ASBP. I'm just wondering, like your own coach, why the Phoenix have to put up with things no other club has to. If the end justify the means then so be it.
There's an old truism - you're only treated how you allow yourself to be treated. The question is, have the Nix ever really tested the water of standing up to the FFA/AFC and saying you want a fairer shake of the stick? I bet it's discussed behind closed doors at Welnix.
In fairness to what you say Doloras, all this does make me suspicious of just how much FFA really does support the Phoenix. The current FFA footdragging over the McGlinchey saga clearly irritates Ernie Merrick and most probably Welnix. So yes, I think we're foolish to neglect our own national league because in the end it may well be all we have left. It would be a shame, particularly in light of what the current Phoenix are doing in developing young NZ talent, but it's a distinct reality.