The main focus is to make the club viable/self sustainable.
They are not looking to make money from it but cut down the requirement for top ups from the Welnix founders/funders
^^ This.
Context for playing Asian teams China/Singapore/Malaysia (not Indonesia) in preseason was based around working where NZ is improving trade links and there is interest in football.
There was someone on Twitter talking about 'selling games' as if we were going to play some in Australia or Tasmania or something. Never. Happen.
It was also linked to what other (read: EPL) clubs do in Asia in regards to 3-4 team tournaments. That's why the sponsorship was also mentioned (eg prize money and travel/player costs).
In regards to the playing attractive football comments, Rob said something along the lines of some hard core fans want us to win, even if we win ugly. That goes really bad when you end up losing ugly (not an exact quote). And he's right. That has happened for the last few seasons, if we're honest.
Rob wants to see attractive AND winning football. Everyone is well aware that winning games is the key factor.
And yes, taking some of the games away is about getting cash. Even if 10-12,000 show up to a game in Auckland/Christchurch/Dunedin/Hamilton/Napier/Waikikamucow that's still more than the average 5-6,000 people Wellington is getting.
And game day ticket sales have a big impact on finances for the club. It's no secret that the break-even for costs for the club is around 10,000 tickets per game.