Also, how much is McFlynn responsible for AFC’s success?
There’s the excellent Mr Folley and his Bournemouth (and others) connection, as well as his personal wealth and network.
Then there’s Ali Williams and Anna Mowbray who are well connected locally with money and sport.
After that Nick Becker seems to be very well connected within the A league, even if his multi-club perspective is a petro-state one, rather than accountancy wealth from …Texas.
Corica is also well connected within the A league and knows players and agents. And Danny Hay has played internationally, as well as having good connections at youth and NZ top competition level and within NZ football as an ex-All Whites coach.
Then there’s the Nix who very much kept the city bubbling with two games a season and also developed Logan Rogerson, Callum Elliot, Alex Paulsen and others.
Then there’s the good fortune of Sakai H. having friends in Auckland, which has to help.
Then after all that we get down to McFlynn’s influence.
I’m not sure how less famous names that are and have been contracted to Wellington compare.
Certainly the academy is a credit to NZ football. Rob has been active keeping the APL afloat I believe with our support for Newcastle and his work on the board. He may also share responsibility for getting Mr Folley interested in our league.
In the long run the derby should be good for us if we can hold our nerve better and compartmentalise it better as well.
It’s obvious for us a lot of public-facing leadership that’s spread above for AFC falls on our manager. Playing style, imports, squad depth and squad management have been the criticisms. We’ve frequently gone to war without a gun, as it were.
Cola, then Marco and then Chico. One of them could have worked and our conversation would be quite different. These are reasonable plans. The failures were around contracted players who weren’t wanted and the issues this created with depth. And Josh’s nerves against AFC.
How much of that failure is on Dome? Wouldn’t have thought a lot.
Would a complete overhaul of the club staff open up new potential markets for the Nix? Unlikely. Though
I guess I don’t know the age breakdown of attendees and if we can pick younger and newer fans.
So the real test is how the fall out from this season is managed and how many people can be lured back next season. IE how toxic is Chief really and how many people will be happy to give him another shot?
Kosta will be the first and next crucial point, but also if he goes we’ll survive and maybe Supyk and GSR will have breakout seasons, next to an import. Or Nagasawa will get 8-9 goals and Payne will get 5, Piper 4-5 and we’ll get 5th and then win the finals. This bleedin misery and misery ball is what’s been unacceptable.
We are the Phoenix, the Mighty Phoenix we’re not the Kingz or Knights. We’ve survived metrics, Gallop, Terry imploding, a pandemic, ‘she fell over’, and now half a season on visible depression ball…We’re guna survive and be ready to see a Libby or Sarpreet or Paulsen emerge to join the next Greeny, or Bally or Zawada, or we may even have an appreciation for one or either of our Japanese friends too, if they stick around.
(Imo Piper up front just underlined how much better Nagasawa could have linked the swift wingers around him. Piper’s best idea with his feet was good, but also shinned, and didn’t result in a shot on target.)
Anyway. TLDR- don’t blame Domey until week 3-4 next season!
There’s the excellent Mr Folley and his Bournemouth (and others) connection, as well as his personal wealth and network.
Then there’s Ali Williams and Anna Mowbray who are well connected locally with money and sport.
After that Nick Becker seems to be very well connected within the A league, even if his multi-club perspective is a petro-state one, rather than accountancy wealth from …Texas.
Corica is also well connected within the A league and knows players and agents. And Danny Hay has played internationally, as well as having good connections at youth and NZ top competition level and within NZ football as an ex-All Whites coach.
Then there’s the Nix who very much kept the city bubbling with two games a season and also developed Logan Rogerson, Callum Elliot, Alex Paulsen and others.
Then there’s the good fortune of Sakai H. having friends in Auckland, which has to help.
Then after all that we get down to McFlynn’s influence.
I’m not sure how less famous names that are and have been contracted to Wellington compare.
Certainly the academy is a credit to NZ football. Rob has been active keeping the APL afloat I believe with our support for Newcastle and his work on the board. He may also share responsibility for getting Mr Folley interested in our league.
In the long run the derby should be good for us if we can hold our nerve better and compartmentalise it better as well.
It’s obvious for us a lot of public-facing leadership that’s spread above for AFC falls on our manager. Playing style, imports, squad depth and squad management have been the criticisms. We’ve frequently gone to war without a gun, as it were.
Cola, then Marco and then Chico. One of them could have worked and our conversation would be quite different. These are reasonable plans. The failures were around contracted players who weren’t wanted and the issues this created with depth. And Josh’s nerves against AFC.
How much of that failure is on Dome? Wouldn’t have thought a lot.
Would a complete overhaul of the club staff open up new potential markets for the Nix? Unlikely. Though
I guess I don’t know the age breakdown of attendees and if we can pick younger and newer fans.
So the real test is how the fall out from this season is managed and how many people can be lured back next season. IE how toxic is Chief really and how many people will be happy to give him another shot?
Kosta will be the first and next crucial point, but also if he goes we’ll survive and maybe Supyk and GSR will have breakout seasons, next to an import. Or Nagasawa will get 8-9 goals and Payne will get 5, Piper 4-5 and we’ll get 5th and then win the finals. This bleedin misery and misery ball is what’s been unacceptable.
We are the Phoenix, the Mighty Phoenix we’re not the Kingz or Knights. We’ve survived metrics, Gallop, Terry imploding, a pandemic, ‘she fell over’, and now half a season on visible depression ball…We’re guna survive and be ready to see a Libby or Sarpreet or Paulsen emerge to join the next Greeny, or Bally or Zawada, or we may even have an appreciation for one or either of our Japanese friends too, if they stick around.
(Imo Piper up front just underlined how much better Nagasawa could have linked the swift wingers around him. Piper’s best idea with his feet was good, but also shinned, and didn’t result in a shot on target.)
Anyway. TLDR- don’t blame Domey until week 3-4 next season!