Is there not someone on the Welnix board who can make/ask Gareth Morgan to step back from the spotlight for a while? His off-the-cuff comments are starting to make him look a fool and hurting the club because of his media profile
. One of the great rules of football ownership is you don't air any dirty linen in public and you respect your fan base because it's they who turn out in all weather and pay at the turnstyle.
To brand the Phoenix supporters as "unsophisticated" and use the term "pathetic" indicates he speaks before he thinks. Whether it's arrogance or impulsiveness I don't know, but he should show you guys some respect. Gates of 6,000 odd might not be good enough to break even but Wellington is a pretty small population base of about 300,000 so my guess is you must have one of the higher attendance per head of local population in the A League. Perth has over a million people and could only draw 7,000 for the high profile game against Victory recently.
If Morgan wants a lesson on how to manage a football club he should look at ACFC. You never see public airing of dissatisfaction from the board. City too is a club trying to play a more tiki taka possession style mostly with players who often aren't suited to it and there's quite a few in the club frustrated by its overly defensive nature. But you'd never hear a Morgan-type outburst from City's classy chairman even if the results go bad. At the moment we're winning the games we need to but I think Waitakere are playing the better more direct football that suits the ASBP.
Gee, I'm beginning to feel sorry for Herbert now.