History for theprof

here it is:
sent Wednesday 16th May 2018, almost 7 years ago.

Hey David,

I’ve been watching the stories fly around about my beloved Nix and nothing saddens me more than feeling that someone is lying to me. Either Rob and the ownership team are or the FFA are. I’ve heard yourself and Rob on the radio say “the club is not for sale” and now the Sydney papers are quoting Gallop and the FFA saying they have declined a sale of $15m.
So what is it? Are the nix gone? Have Rob and the team given up and decided to try and cash out?

We are a month from the seasons end. We haven’t had a manager for nearly 6 weeks and it seems we are no closer to announcing one. Mind you who would come to manage a team that the owners don’t seem to want and the league are trying to get rid of? Besides that half the squad are off contract and those that can get signed elsewhere are looking likely to not be here next season(if it even exists).

So what’s really happening here. Are Rob and the club seriously expecting the fans to buy season passes when they clearly don’t give a toss anymore? This debacle is breaking my heart. I love this team and this game but it hurts so much to see it treated so badly.

I understand the motivation for an independent a-league without FFA and its metrics. But without a manager and team to play next season it won’t matter.

I just don’t know what to believe anymore. Someone has lied to the fans of the nix or at best hidden the full story behind media speak.

 I’m hoping beyond all hope that Gallop and the FFA are just being sneaky but in all reality I can’t see why they’d decline a sale that was not real in some manner.

Cheers for listening.
David - a very disheartened fan.

Sent from my iPhone

> On 6/02/2018, at 08:14, David Dome <davidd@wellingtonphoenix.com> wrote:
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> You're a good man David
> If only we had a few thousand more like you!
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> Unfortunately everything begins and ends with a winning team.
> One of the criteria when we recruited both Ernie and Darije was their ability to get maximum value out of a mid-table squad spend (we are about 5 or 6 in the league on player spend).
> Unfortunately it's not a science - as Kosta/Gui proved - but we are putting every single dollar towards building a squad which can challenge. Hence Burns and Lujic.
> We can get there, including bringing in young NZ players to balance out the squad (Ridenton, Rufer, Cacace) and mean we can pay more for players who hopefully will make the difference (eg Burns and Krishna).
> Until then we need to get $ in the door so we can pay our bills and minimise the losses.
> But it is extremely difficult.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Marsh [mailto:david.marsh.nz@gmail.com]
> Sent: 06 February 2018 07:29
> To: David Dome <davidd@wellingtonphoenix.com>
> Subject: Re: What on earth???
>
> Morning David,
>
> Thank you for your very full and equally passionate response. It’s has, if nothing else, restored my believe and faith in you as the man in charge.
>
> I respect that their has to be financial decisions made to keep the board happy - I’m sure they know the reality of running a sports team though, very few in the a-league are making a profit.
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> As a fan base we are all trying to get more people to the games - but even free tickets don’t seem to work. Winning seems to be the only answer. As a CEO it has to be tough when big spends don’t work. We, as fans were equally disappointed when the Gui/Kosta combo didn’t work.
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> I don’t like complaining, but like mist I am desperate for this club to succeed, in certain you are too. Success requires wins. So how do we get there? Is it coaching? Tactics? Or players?
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> I believe the coach has a plan, it seems his plan may need a clean out of some longer serving/older players whose contracts come to an end this season. I just hope the board give him the freedom and cash to bring in the player he needs to fulfil his vision.
>
> Again, thank you for your response. I feel that the fans would benefit from knowing some of this but understand the commercial reality of keeping things under wraps.
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> Good luck, you have my support for as long as we have a team.