Haven’t read it and it’s good to keep the club and Domey honest.
[Sorry- my first thing was to say you’d not replied directly to me in the other thread but come here instead and talked vaguely about what I posted. I didn’t mean you should take a hike. That’s very poorly worded by me. Corrected it now.]
Edit:
Here’s the statement. I certainly don’t think it’s unfair at all if you consider NZ is part of Oceania and the way the professional game in this country has evolved as a result of the Phoenix. He doesn’t say the Pacific Islands.
Statement:
“The Phoenix have fought for football in Oceania since 2007. We are the only club in the OFC region with a fully staffed, eight team professional academy, the only club in Oceania with a professional pathway for women’s footballers, we have world class training facilities and we have invested more money into football in the region than any other private organisation.
“We are considering a judicial review of the process and how the licensing decision has been made.”
Having been the only professional club for so long and then not having a pathway to represent the region, to be excluded from this while including AFC, is odd. I think there was something of a consensus in opinion on here that they either needed to go with both or neither of the A league clubs.
And his threat has already changed what’s being said.
I don’t know that it’s fair to assume that the issue is all with the Phoenix and their submission. The Phoenix do have a credibility given the rate at which clubs fall over, as they’ve survived so many issues under Rob’s leadership.
[Sorry- my first thing was to say you’d not replied directly to me in the other thread but come here instead and talked vaguely about what I posted. I didn’t mean you should take a hike. That’s very poorly worded by me. Corrected it now.]
Edit:
Here’s the statement. I certainly don’t think it’s unfair at all if you consider NZ is part of Oceania and the way the professional game in this country has evolved as a result of the Phoenix. He doesn’t say the Pacific Islands.
Statement:
“The Phoenix have fought for football in Oceania since 2007. We are the only club in the OFC region with a fully staffed, eight team professional academy, the only club in Oceania with a professional pathway for women’s footballers, we have world class training facilities and we have invested more money into football in the region than any other private organisation.
“We are considering a judicial review of the process and how the licensing decision has been made.”
Having been the only professional club for so long and then not having a pathway to represent the region, to be excluded from this while including AFC, is odd. I think there was something of a consensus in opinion on here that they either needed to go with both or neither of the A league clubs.
And his threat has already changed what’s being said.
I don’t know that it’s fair to assume that the issue is all with the Phoenix and their submission. The Phoenix do have a credibility given the rate at which clubs fall over, as they’ve survived so many issues under Rob’s leadership.