Repeating my comment from the pod thread:
The only way the club succeeds in the long-term is by building the fanbase in Wellington. I think Greenie makes a fair point about what has not been discussed - what is the long-term strategy in taking more games to Aussie.
It clearly has an impact on home interest because it breaks up the season, it has a sporting impact because it's more games being taken away and are we really going to have no games in Auckland (when we have always been told that we need games in Auckland because the sponsors demand it).
Again, this is being floated as something that the club "has to explore". Well does it? The WELLINGTON PHOENIX playing HOME games in SYDNEY sounds absolutely fudgeing mickey mouse to me.
What about appointing a coach, giving them control over signing players, backing young kiwis, making players and management available to the media so fans (not just hardcore) know what's going on, recruiting a CEO who has some idea about football and giving it a proper go in Wellington rather than trying to deals around the country (and now in Australia) a strategy which to date HAS PATENTLY NOT WORKED!