Ok, so let’s look at this logically.
Feel free to pull me up on anything that is incorrect.
A few years ago, the base core support was considered somewhere between 5 and 6k. It was stated by Dome that they needed 10k to break even with the stadium. Crowds were generally below this target.
Now the base core support has roughly halved now to 3k.
Definitely, the Wellington economy has been hit by the National government and you guys know it better then me, but has it tanked by 50 per cent? I don’t think any economist would say that. 10 per cent?
The team this year has been playing fairly attractive football. This is largely due to a simple philosophy of a high line, which results in more goals scored and unfortunately as a result quite a few shipped. Results are so so. No streak, no bandwagon possible but not depressing results and not a bad watch even solely based upon the number of times the ball goes into either net.
The owners have made a fairly substantial play by splashing out on a quality defender in the Jan window and likely a decent number 10. That should help the results.
What else can they do?
Feel free to pull me up on anything that is incorrect.
A few years ago, the base core support was considered somewhere between 5 and 6k. It was stated by Dome that they needed 10k to break even with the stadium. Crowds were generally below this target.
Now the base core support has roughly halved now to 3k.
Definitely, the Wellington economy has been hit by the National government and you guys know it better then me, but has it tanked by 50 per cent? I don’t think any economist would say that. 10 per cent?
The team this year has been playing fairly attractive football. This is largely due to a simple philosophy of a high line, which results in more goals scored and unfortunately as a result quite a few shipped. Results are so so. No streak, no bandwagon possible but not depressing results and not a bad watch even solely based upon the number of times the ball goes into either net.
The owners have made a fairly substantial play by splashing out on a quality defender in the Jan window and likely a decent number 10. That should help the results.
What else can they do?