History for Jerzy Merino

[/quote]I think there's some truth to that but only some, and I don't think a comparison with watching the club you play for's first team vs going to the Nix is completely fair. For a start, Nix games are in summer when the weather is more conducive to watching sport, and not at roughly the same time that the social players themselves play. I've played a lot of social football in many different teams in both Palmy and Wellington and there are a lot of guys who are into football, at least to the point of following the EPL and Champions League, and playing FIFA on the PlayStation or Xbox. They probably outnumber the guys who don't care at all about football and are just there for exercise and a laugh with their mates, in my experience. They are also generally dismissive of local football, the Nix, the A League and even the AWs. I think that they can be won over and they're a massive untapped market. Saying, nah they just don't want to watch is defeatist. Why don't they? How can we make them change their minds?

[/quote]I think there's some truth to that but only some, and I don't think a comparison with watching the club you play for's first team vs going to the Nix is completely fair. For a start, Nix games are in summer when the weather is more conducive to watching sport, and not at roughly the same time that the social players themselves play. I've played a lot of social football in many different teams in both Palmy and Wellington and there are a lot of guys who are into football, at least to the point of following the EPL and Champions League, and playing FIFA on the PlayStation or Xbox. They probably outnumber the guys who don't care at all about football and are just there for exercise and a laugh with their mates, in my experience. They are also generally dismissive of local football, the Nix, the A League and even the AWs. I think that they can be won over and they're a massive untapped market. Saying, nah they just don't want to watch is defeatist. Why don't they? How can we make them change their minds?

[/quote]I think there's some truth to that but only some, and I don't think a comparison with watching the club you play for's first team vs going to the Nix is completely fair. For a start, Nix games are in summer when the weather is more conducive to watching sport, and not at roughly the same time that the social players themselves play. I've played a lot of social football in many different teams in both Palmy and Wellington and there are a lot of guys who are into football, at least to the point of following the EPL and Champions League, and playing FIFA on the PlayStation or Xbox. They probably outnumber the guys who don't care at all about football and are just there for exercise and a laugh with their mates, in my experience. They are also generally dismissive of local football, the Nix, the A League and even the AWs. I think that they can be won over and they're a massive untapped market. Saying, nah they just don't want to watch is defeatist. Why don't they? How can we make them change their minds?