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Posted October 30, 2024 02:42 · last edited October 30, 2024 02:45

Ryan
coochiee
Yes Domey just trying to amp up and promote the game. A bumper crowd in only the 2nd home match of the season, and the club's bean counters will be delighted. ChCh & Waitangi Day games in early 2025, should also help make it a good gate revenue season.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360466588/former-phoenix-star-alex-paulsen-unsure-what-expect-return-wellington-auckland-fc

Phoenix general manager David Dome might have ensured there will be some by invoking Paulsen’s transfer in a statement calling on fans to “turn the city yellow” on Tuesday night, decrying Auckland for “want(ing) to buy their way to an A-League title” and “(using) their millions to lure Alex Paulsen away from us,” a jab that ignores the fact that those millions were a blessing for cash-strapped Wellington.

For his part, as he looks forward to a match the Phoenix are hoping will attract a crowd in excess of 20,000, Paulsen says: “If I go down there, and it's a little bit different, it's fair play. At the same time, I know in the back of my mind who I am and I don't really need to justify it, if they give me a poor reception down there in Wellington.
except they had multiple offers, so the idea that AFC through them a life line is wrong. I also remember at the time them saying they picked a club that has a good development plan for Paulsen, that they'd tried to get him loaned back, and when asked about him returning to the A League cited the Caceros rule.

It's fairly clear that black knights football group wasn't 100% up front with their intentions so why not play it up and try and get in a big crowd?
Yeah I agree, and I think the Black Knight group weren't upfront with Paulsen either about where they intended to loan him - which is why I won't be booing I'm on Saturday as I think he was expecting a European loan and I don't think coming back to the A-League is where he really wanted to be this season.

Also I don't mind Dome's statements as it's clearly aimed at getting the casuals to care enough to show up and fill the Cake Tin - which is what we all want at the end of the day

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Ryan
coochiee
Yes Domey just trying to amp up and promote the game. A bumper crowd in only the 2nd home match of the season, and the club's bean counters will be delighted. ChCh & Waitangi Day games in early 2025, should also help make it a good gate revenue season.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360466588/former-phoenix-star-alex-paulsen-unsure-what-expect-return-wellington-auckland-fc

Phoenix general manager David Dome might have ensured there will be some by invoking Paulsen’s transfer in a statement calling on fans to “turn the city yellow” on Tuesday night, decrying Auckland for “want(ing) to buy their way to an A-League title” and “(using) their millions to lure Alex Paulsen away from us,” a jab that ignores the fact that those millions were a blessing for cash-strapped Wellington.

For his part, as he looks forward to a match the Phoenix are hoping will attract a crowd in excess of 20,000, Paulsen says: “If I go down there, and it's a little bit different, it's fair play. At the same time, I know in the back of my mind who I am and I don't really need to justify it, if they give me a poor reception down there in Wellington.
except they had multiple offers, so the idea that AFC through them a life line is wrong. I also remember at the time them saying they picked a club that has a good development plan for Paulsen, that they'd tried to get him loaned back, and when asked about him returning to the A League cited the Caceros rule.

It's fairly clear that black knights football group wasn't 100% up front with their intentions so why not play it up and try and get in a big crowd?
Yeah I agree, and I think the Black Knight group weren't upfront with Paulsen either about where they intended to loan him - which is why I won't be booing I'm on Saturday as I think he was expecting a European loan and I don't think coming back to the A-League is where he really wanted to be this season.

Also I don't mind Dome's statements as it's clearly aimed at getting the casuals to care enough to show up and fill the Cake Tin which is what we all want at the end of the day