2014/15 Pre-Season - v Canterbury United | 2:30pm | Sun 28 Sept | RoF

Stumbled across this article that reckons we're looking at visiting Indonesia at some point during the pre-season. Translation is dodgy at best but the jist of it is we've asked Arema Indonesia Cronus for a friendly and they're keen.

Indonesian Sauce

We are interested to experiment with a Crazy Lion? Count me in!

Heard New Caledonia and Indonesia are being looked at.

Expect fewer Central League games.

Still mentally recovering from last season. Am not ready for this thread yet. 

That stand and running track have really destroyed that lovely green space.

Wouldn't have happened if it was my back yard.

Went for a drive through Petone yesterday. How can the nimby's complain? There's so many businesses in and amongst the residential area it's not funny. It's even more industrialised than I thought.

So what would be the best paper plane design to use on those "Go Nix" signs that were handed out last season?

First day back training for the team today, hope Gorrin doesn't expect the weather to be like this every day.

I was always bloody useless at yoyos

Is there a confirmed game verses Auckland this year?

Not yet.

Obviously too scared. Blah blah blah. Yawn. 

Not sure where to put this so this thread seemed the best spot..

Was at a Mariners fans forum last night and they explained a concept they tried late last year with one club and have decided to expand the idea to all CC park teams … all Northern Beaches teams from Sydney and at least one other associations park teams in Northern Sydney…

The concept is to give the park teams the right to sell tickets to Mariner home matches at BT, North Sydney Oval & Brookvale Oval… in return the park teams will receive a commission on each ticket sold… the team used by the Mariners was “”‘low hanging fruit”"” the players and their parents are interested in the game… the committee members of the park teams are normally football folk… thus reward the park teams for promoting football…

I think its brilliant … wonders aloud what YF thinks and could it work in Wellie …

Yeah I've put it forward as an idea fairly recently. Focused mostly on partnerships with businesses being sellers of tickets as a package, but clubs works too. Though its a bit harder with clubs as they're active during winter, and A league is in the summer. Could be an idea for season memberships in the future though. 

Clubs are more likely to be interested, but it's preaching to the converted.

Businesses on the other hand have the advantage of "untapped potential" and are full of eggball followers.

Thorny, high-hanging fruit.

The converted are not regular A-league attendees (very few are) so it's a good idea for mine, especially for clubs wanting to raise funds to pay for more youth development coaches. Allegedly.

Maybe not that converted. 

I've found that when I push for special games (last one was AW vs Mexico) I only get a few takers.  For the FUT game I got zero interest.  The better teams have a greater uptake.

I'm interested to hear what Gorrin looks like in training... does he look the goods?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/10125177/Unemployed-Paul-Ifill-has-a-few-balls-in-the-air/

Hate to alarm anyone, but someone actually posted a potential midfield with the possibility of Vince Lia not starting. I'm confused. 

That might have been me. Sorry. Wont happen again.

Anyone been down to a training yet? Sounds like we're starting to kick a ball round now.

Might be a game Wednesday next week.

Wicked

I love the Porirua Park games.

Let them train at Maidstone Park. The pitch doesn't cut up.

I'd love that. I live in Trentham.

Can't see it happening though...

Think of the Children.

No Nix games for the Hutt -  they don't deserve it.