http://www.stuff.co.nz/4032580a1823.html
Article from Stuff.co.nz about Serepisos' intentions and
expectatinos for first few seasons. Sounds nice but are these
excpectatinos realistic?
I note though that Terry seems realistic about the financial
costs ($1-2 m losses per year), which is a good sign. He's
obviously not going into this with grandiose hopes for financial
return. I suspect he migth actualyl be keen t invest in some decent
players if he realises that the venture will loose money to begin
with. . . .
What about the 20k fans to home games into the second/third
season? That's a big call, and won't be realised unless there are
performances on the park. 
If they are getting 20k to each game, with TV rights and everything
else... the Phoenix won't be losing money.
he says in the article that he's expecting to lose that only in the
first year, and I think that's realistic. I also think that
it's realistic to expect 20K + fans to show up if a team is
performing well.
Not sure about winning it in the 3 year period but I think we should at least be able to make the playoffs
Not sure about winning it in the 3 year period but I think we should at least be able to make the playoffs
In an eight team league, which really is still brand new, winning the whole thing isn't all that hard. I don't see why he shouldn't have it as a goal. Still, he didn't say that winning the championship was his aim, he just said he'd love the Phoenix to win it.
It's just paper talk, it doesn't mean a thing. Only useful for helping me get my post count up!
Dragon2007-04-20 11:04:16I think we need to be ambitious. Why not set a goal of winning the
competition? thats what its all about!
We should be targetting - midfield finish season 1, playoffs
season 2, and grand finals season 3
Being competitive and exciting from the start is key, there
seems to enough enthusiasm around to ensure good crowds. I only
hope we dont do a cricket world cup, and overcharge on the
tickets
I think we need to be ambitious. Why not set a goal of winning the
competition? thats what its all about!
I agree that's what we should aim for, to win every game. But
that doesn't mean it is realistic, given the time/ resources
available.
Realistic aims:
Season 1 - finish bottom
Season 2 - finish bottom and not get kicked out of the
league
Season 3 - finish 2nd bottom
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
Realistic aims:
Season 1 - finish bottom
Season 2 - finish bottom and not get kicked out of the
league
Season 3 - finish 2nd bottom
LOL. I wonder how long the Association will let the team
struggle for this time. . .
"the Association ", what, you mean the FFA?
Football FEDERATION Australia
If you don't mean the FFA, who do you mean?
Other comments about the article. I didn't know that your
owner also owned a Basketball team. How rich is he?
In terms of winning the league, does he mean being champions
or premiers? I think the former is possible, if very unlikely, but
not the latter. Its good that he is aiming for 10000-20000 crowds.
I hope he realises what he will have to do to achieve that- good
results, lots of advertising, get at least some positive media
coverage. Sydney really hasn't done the second one well at
all.
"the Association ", what, you mean the FFA?
Yes, sorry I should have referred to them as "the
fatties"
agree that the key is to get publicity to get the crowds in for the
early games and then it's up to the team's reputation.
How good would it be to get a DomPost frontpage spread in the
days prior to the Melbourne game?
Who do we have to lobby to achieveit?
the Brethren Church should do it
Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet
He's much the same as "the bubble" who bought Millwall out of
receivership, he put money in for 2 years reaped the benifits i.e
Promotion, FA Cup Final & Europe, then stripped the club of
every penny he put in & left us in the deep & smelly.
and its not the best basketball team either, the wellington saints
i'm pretty sure it is.