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Posted January 13, 2019 01:12 · last edited January 13, 2019 09:58

liberty_nz wrote:

Mainland FC wrote:

liberty_nz wrote:

I genuinely feel sorry for the Brisbane and CCM fans. They deserve better than the shark house owners they have. 

The sooner those teams bounce back in the league, the better for everyone.

My heart says yes, my head says no.  In my heart I feel for my fellow fans at other clubs. However...

Survival is brutal, and I am primarily interested in the survival of Wellington Phoenix.  If FFA under Gallop is keen to add new teams but somehow decide they need to take off a licence off an existing club, I do not want this to be us. 

I really don't see them turfing us out of the league though. I would be seriously shocked if they axed a financially stable club from the league.

Conditions for our ongoing licence are artificially inflated and show the real reason for the bad blood from FFA towards Welnix (that they give us a share of FOX deal money but in return get a crappy broadcast fee from SKY TV).  Our financial stability and otherwise good footballing performance do not count as a factor, unless they turn bad in which case it would add to FFA excuses why we do not deserve to be there.  

Decision to grant us a licence extension by FFA is based on economic factors outside of Welnix control - we need to take care of factors we can influence and hope for the others to fall our way (political changes within HAL management or a drift towards bigger "say" by the club owners).  Having some of the AUS - based clubs go through financial wobbles (like Brisbane) is one of the reasons we were given grudging and somewhat patronising "conditional" extension, until better new clubs come along (or an independent league starts).

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liberty_nz wrote:
Mainland FC wrote:
liberty_nz wrote:

I genuinely feel sorry for the Brisbane and CCM fans. They deserve better than the shark house owners they have. 

The sooner those teams bounce back in the league, the better for everyone.

My heart says yes, my head says no.  In my heart I feel for my fellow fans at other clubs. However...

Survival is brutal, and I am primarily interested in the survival of Wellington Phoenix.  If FFA under Gallop is keen to add new teams but somehow decide they need to take off a licence off an existing club, I do not want this to be us. 

I really don't see them turfing us out of the league though. I would be seriously shocked if they axed a financially stable club from the league.

Conditions that we must meet to be granted ongoing licence are artificially inflated and show what the real bad blood from FFA towards Welnix is (that they give us a share of FOX deal money but get a crappy broadcast fee from SKY TV).  Our financial stability and otherwise good footballing performance do not count as a factor (except if it was bad in which case it would add to excuses why we do not deserve to be there).  

Decision to grant us a licence extension by FFA is based on economic factors outside of Welnix control - we need to take care of factors we can influence and hope for the others to fall our way (political changes within HAL management or a drift towards bigger "say" by the club owners).  Having some of the AUS - based clubs go through financial wobbles (like Brisbane) is one of the reasons we were given grudging and somewhat patronising "conditional" extension, until better new clubs come along (or an independent league starts).