I confess myself very surprised that some people seriously believe that if we complain loud enough on this forum that Terry will get the hint that he's not wanted and sell out to this imaginary Santa Claus figure that some people are convinced exists. (Although I think perhaps that's precisely what the Dave Burgesses and Matt Nipperts of this world have been hoping for from day 1.)
Even if that was true, that totally ignores the point which Cockerill raised in the SMH - that the FFA like and trust Terry because he puts his money (or at least his dodgy line of credit) where his mouth is and doesn't jerk them around like, say, Clive Palmer does. Any prospective new owner would not have that kind of goodwill, and a prospective change of hands might well make the FFA decide that the NZ TV rights don't really bring in that amount of money anyway.
But the main reason I had my little rant was because all this negative talk is self-reinforcing. So many of you seem to have convinced yourself that the Nix are DOOMED, that we will not finish or even perhaps start this A-League season, and you cherry-pick the evidence to confirm that. (Hingert turned us down, yes, but Pantelis and Downey signed up.) If you're "nervous" then please tell me exactly what could happen to make you less nervous. Because I think the answer is "nothing". Your faith in Terry and Nix management is gone for good (thanks again, Dave and Matt) and nothing will get it back. Am I right?
Look, we might go bust, and we might not. I refuse to start getting depressed until we do go bust because I don't like being depressed. This is not "denying reality", because I really think that you are deluded if you think whining on a fan forum can change that reality. I am looking at the glass half-full, or even quarter-full (isn't that what we are told is best for our mental health?) and saving my "getting depressed" for until after the licence gets yanked.
Doloras2011-07-05 12:49:07
I confess myself very surprised that some people seriously believe that if we complain loud enough on this forum that Terry will get the hint that he's not wanted and sell out to this imaginary Santa Claus figure that some people are convinced exists. (Although I think perhaps that's precisely what the Dave Burgesses and Matt Nipperts of this world have been hoping for from day 1.)
Even if that was true, that totally ignores the point which Cockerill raised in the SMH - that the FFA like and trust Terry because he puts his money (or at least his dodgy line of credit) where his mouth is and doesn't jerk them around like, say, Clive Palmer does. Any prospective new owner would not have that kind of goodwill, and a prospective change of hands might well make the FFA decide that the NZ TV rights don't really bring in that amount of money anyway.
But the main reason I had my little rant was because all this negative talk is self-reinforcing. So many of you seem to have convinced yourself that the Nix are DOOMED, that we will not finish or even perhaps start this A-League season, and you cherry-pick the evidence to confirm that. (Hingert turned us down, yes, but Pantelis and Downey signed up.) If you're "nervous" then please tell me exactly what could happen to make you less nervous. Because I think the answer is "nothing". Your faith in Terry and Nix management is gone for good (thanks again, Dave and Matt) and nothing will get it back. Am I right?
Look, we might go bust, and we might not. I refuse to start getting depressed until we do go bust because I don't like being depressed. This is not "denying reality", because I really think that you are deluded if you think whining on a fan forum can change that reality. I am looking at the glass half-full, or even quarter-full (isn't that what we are told is best for our mental health?) and saving my "getting depressed" for until after the licence gets yanked.
Doloras2011-07-05 12:49:07