well done LG.
I think if any fan is attending this game and is in any way contemplating not paying for a season ticket next year due to disillusionment with the direction of the club then they should join you.
If you just get pissed off and don't come back next year then thats not good for the club or you.
You lose your club and the club loses your money, metrics and the players lose your passion and support.
If however you walk 100 metres and make some sort of collective stand, then David Dome and those above him will actually realise they have a problem. At the moment they are just thinking "nothing but 3 to see here"
I am sure management would rather know now then later when they count their membership dollars in 2019
Dome was willing to have dialogue last time with the three, he may well be willing to have dialogue with many
For fudges sake COYN
Quite frankly I won’t waste my time talking to Dome. He will be very pleasant, engaging and will take any comments seriously and give an answer from the club’s view with which you can mostly understand and agree. However it will result in nothing more than platitudes and gratitudes. The club does not consider or even understand the concerns of it’s core fans, season ticket holders and regular attenders. This has been demonstrated by moving the last game of the season.
This incident has seen a major failure by the club in management of both sponsor and fan (customer) relationship. The decision and the inept communication of that decision to the fans has lead to criticism of the sponsor, which should be avoided at all costs. Something I have regrettably done several times on this Forum.
Ideally the internal management of the sponsor by a strong back office would have advised it was too late for a re-scheduled game to provide the expected two games in Auckland this season and there’d be three next season and a big marketing promotion for those games, including a three-match season ticket for Auckland fans and a explanation to Wellington fans for the three matches. Of course this would have been a rough ride for the club but at least it would have been a strong, open and clear approach to both sponsor and fan.
I agree totally with your last paragraph. An acceptable solution to both parties.
However, saying that you wouldn’t “waste my time talking to Dome”, seems to indicate to me that you that you are more of a keyboard warrior, rather than someone who would take any opportunity to get your point heard , face to face, with the only management representative that was willing to hear you. Maybe if you talk to David Dome, you may find out a few more things, rather than basing your judgement of him, from the public statements he makes as an employee of the club. I lay the blame for the last game debacle, totally with Welnix & Huawei ( & I have done so for a long time with regards to the traveling circus!)