The hapless performance on Saturday night by A-League whipping boys Central Coast Mariners, who lost 8-2 at home to a mid-table Wellington Phoenix, is a direct product of a closed league in which failure has little on-field consequence.
A-League must open its closed shop to stop future debacles
Whipping boys again.
Because leagues with pro/rel never have floundering sides that get the odd hammering
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Yeah but at least the faces of those sides, tend to change from year to year.
Think in someway a few CCM fans, would almost welcome their team being relegated down to an A2/Championship tier. At least they could attempt to regroup, build a team up from their academy and probably win more games than they lose. I'd put money on, more fans turning up if they were winning the 2nd tier, bidding for promotion, than the current basket case scenario.
At the moment it looks just like a long gloomy tunnel, unless they can find their 'Rudan'.