David Dome today said “I want all Wellingtonians to wear yellow, regardless of whether you have a Phoenix shirt or not, to show you’re backing the Nix on Saturday night.
“We need our city’s support more than ever. Our noisy neighbours, with their billionaire American owner, want to buy their way to an A-League title.
“They’ve used their millions to lure Alex Paulsen away from us and I’m sure it’ll just be the start, but it takes much more than money to be successful" New Zealand is yellow! - Wellington Phoenix.
What a load of rubbish from Dome. It’s a salary capped league, they have given contracts to quite a few Kiwi players who were overlooked by the Phoenix in the past, bought players like Dane Hall who was a Mariners player, given contracts to unproven players from South America and got a coach who was fired from Sydney FC. They will have their own academy soon, and if they end up winning a title before the Nix, then good on them.. ridiculous narrative.. if Bill Foley came to the Phoenix, none of here will say no, including Dome. And no, they didnt use millions to lure Paulsen away from us, you accepted those millions.. what they do with him is entirely their own business.. No wonder people think we are a small club, with a small club mindset that hasnt won anything in 17 years. I am not originally from NZ, so I am not sure if it's a NZ mentality thing.. but to me this reeks of a losing mentality, and as a fan of the club, I hate this and quite frankly, I think we have lost this before the ball is even kicked if thats the attitude the club ha