Phoenix Ownership - Rob says FTFFA

Next home game just give them " F.ck You FFA" on the big yellow sign. What are they going to do? Kick us out of the league? Oh , wait..

Shark decision. If I was a supporter of a team from outside Sydney or Melbourne I would be worried, whats next, Perth to far away. Can understand if owners give up now, let the FFA fund us for the season. FFA would prob kick us out straight away and just have a default round to save on costs.

Seems like a lot of support for us on Twitter from Aussie fans. #savetheNix

Someone's already started a change.org petition to keep us in too. lol

Wonder where this will leave the academies,actually hope Welnis give the finger to the FFA and pull out immediately. Then maintain their commitment to  the academies.

TV 3 did better...rugby, Lydia Ko's win then the U17s incl all 3 goals.

The FFA are not kicking us out, We really need to look at what was not addressed to get 5 years and not 10. Maybe this is what is needed to fix the current issues - The main one being Television coverage/Media Dollars.

Kick Australia our of the Asia Confed as it is not in the best interest of Asia. Sad pricks

we forgot the first two stages and have just jumped to anger here!

Flares.  So many flares.

Apparently if you fight with other clubs and rip flares that is atmosphere and is encourgaed, as is horrendous fudgeing football like that derby on Saturday night.

They really are incompetent.  You have to wonder if Gallop is still on the NRL payroll.

Yeah I'm talking more about the "poofball" people. 

But I've also had a look at other forums, (they have terrible numbers), and there's a couple who are anti-nix. The most a shame but "meh' and a few rightly pissed off, again not by our loss but at how stupid the FFA are.

For the first time in my life I want to hear Gareth and quickly

Only one way out of this, and that's for Wellington sports fans to turn-up in bulk on Nov 13 with a mass protest on the back of the petition.

This makes me sad.

Bloody oats and open the gates for free and have each pax handed a David Gallop, fudge off sign

Gallap said: "FFA has carefully evaluated the role and contribution of the Wellington franchise in terms of game development, player pathway, commercial factors, broadcast rights and the long-term strategic outlook"

I'd be fascinated to see (the non commercially senstive) analysis across these 5 areas....

New banner request  "Hell No! we wont go" hold up are we fans or protesters. 

FFA

F U C K I N G

S H I T 

C U N T S.

Saw on 3News and was immediately dismayed, depressed and angered.

To me, it doesn't really make sense from any business or sustainability standpoint. 

Gallop spurting his usual array of  C R A P all over the place.

1) Game development - Weenix, Wellington Phoenix Football Academy, and the financial investment that comes with running those programmes. 

2) Player pathway - Where did some of the leagues best players play before moving on to either more moneyed up clubs, or clubs on the European or Asian contient? Rojas, Barbarouses, Burns, Smeltz for example. Not to mention players who have represented their national sides while at the Phoenix, in no particular order - Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Costa Rica, Barbados, Malta. As well as a deserved expression of interest from Curacao.

3) Commercial factors? What commercial factors - we've got some big name international and local brands that are happy to put their name to an exciting footballing entity. The crouds could do with a vast improvement, but for F U C K sake we're not about to go belly up like some of the Australian sides, who recently were handed 20 year contract extensions! It's just madness!

4) Broadcast Rights - Alright, got us there - Sky Television are useless pricks.

5) Long term strategic outlook - A smaller League? Less games? A team from the footballing wilderness of Canberra - Why not have a team from Alice Springs FFS? It's pretty reasonable to assume that if the Nix get the boot, A-League interest will be absolutely nothing on this side of the Tasman. If the Phoenix aren't their why the hell do I want to watch Sydney play Perth?

Welnix should just can it and say they're no longer interested in the long term 'vision' of this League as well as the 'direction' the FFA wants to take. Better yet, let the FFA take over the licence and drain them of a bit of cash just to prove a point. This is a kick in the guts, revert back to the NSL days BULL S H I T. 

So very, very angry. Apologies for the rant.

Also, David Gallop can suck my extension.

In that case, I don't think you'd have CCM or the Jets.

The NRL weren't fans of David Gallop as well. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3bh0lNgvp8

So is November 13 the next Home game for the Phoenix? Surly some sort of fan protest can be arranged

and a chant thruout the game?

It's been fun while it lasted. My pick is Welnix will tell them to go fudge themselves with their license. Participation for rest of the year is probably in some doubt.

It's all about the FFA being puppets of the AFC.

If NZF cut ties with the OFC and joined the AFC we may have a different outcome.

Alas the amatuer hacks at NZF appear to prefer the easy path with the easiest $'s, which is not for the long term benefit of football in New Zealand

SACK NZF

lightbox, you can $100 of my cold hard cash for the a-league season rights - fudge sky. But to be honest, this is not a huge surprise. By and large, the a-league is a mediocre product. I really don't watch any non nix games anymore.

Wellington Phoenix are now a top trend on Australian twitter, yet the wallabies are not, someone should tell this

to andrew saville.

I honestly thought that if we were to get forced out it would be for no funds, piss poor play and rubbish crouds. But not this way, it just hurts.

After NZ U17 drew with Syria i think the AFC westies pushed the FFA into a corner?.

And Hamish " I wank off over the All Blacks" McKay

Gutted, all I can say. If you ask anyone who knows me the first thing that comes to their mind when they think of me it'll be the Phoenix seriously.

I don't think he's involved anymore.

Sorry about the F bombs, just angry at the moment. Thanks to The Exploited for the idea.

There really is nothing nice about the FFA

You go to the Football you have to pay
The dollar is the language that they all speak
they don't really bother about the relationship link

F*CK THE FFA

They keep their secrets undercover
the rich don't bother about the nix if they suffer
this ain't the land of milk and honey
cause all they want is money money money

F*CK THE FFA

Cluster bombs are fudge all new
you'd better start running when they drop on you
run into a shelter, play by the rules
does not matter cause they shark on you

F*CK THE FFA

There really is nothing nice about the FFA
You go to the football you have to pay
The dollar is the language that they all speak
they don't really bother about the relationship link

F*CK THE FFA

I would be incredibly surprised if the AFC care, let alone have anything to do with this.  That issue is blown way out of proportion.

I'd rather Welnix tell them to stick their f u c k i n g 4 year extension then take it. On principle. Sucks to see the Nix go, whole part of my life dead. Just bought a new top as well :(

Aussie here, don't post often.

Shockingly stupid decision! 

The FFA are already juggling Roar and Jets and now they have to rush a new club into existence in less than a year. Idiotic!

If 10 years isn't on the table Welnix should take the four or five year license, a lot of things can change in that time.

Nix are good for the league, rock solid owners, fans cause no trouble and not a cellar dweller basket case on the field.

Very shoddy if the FFA drop a well run, viable club. Makes no sense.

Attendance and TV numbers are down across the league this season, is this a corporate knee jerk reaction to that? Business decision, not a football decision. Is this the new HAL model, every couple of years dump a team with low ratings (GCU) and parachute in a team from Syd/Melb (WSW)? 

The next Sydney team won't be the big success WSW was.

If a third Sydney team is the answer to all problems why not add them in addition to WP? I don't see why it has to be an either or proposition.

Swapping a safe, reliable WP for an unknown quantity is an unnecessary risk. If they end up with another Clive Palmer it would be something.  

Just like with NQF, this is going to piss off a lot of football fans, not just WP fans. 

What make this worse is NQF were struggling financially, WP on the other hand are sound.

I hope this all gets sorted out.

Does anyone know where this fudgein 4 year business came from verses the 5 years that apparently was on the table or is this just the FFA saying you can fudge of NIx we don't want you