1
00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,760
Speaker 1: Part two of the local derby in the A League.

2
00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:04,640
Speaker 1: Tomorrow Auckland FC host the Phoenix. It's been an amazing

3
00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,760
Speaker 1: start really for Auckland's debuts season. The CEO is Nick Becker,

4
00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:08,399
Speaker 1: who's back with us.

5
00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:08,559
Speaker 2: Nick.

6
00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:11,880
Speaker 1: Morning to you, morning Mike. If you're doing it very well, congratulated.

7
00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:13,360
Speaker 1: I think when we last had you on the program,

8
00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:15,360
Speaker 1: it was the beginning of the season and you might

9
00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:16,880
Speaker 1: have but we didn't know what was going to happen.

10
00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:19,119
Speaker 1: So congratulations on it all. I mean, it really is.

11
00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:21,560
Speaker 1: It's it's faultless, isn't it.

12
00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:24,520
Speaker 2: It's amazing. It's an incredible start. And you know, I

13
00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,120
Speaker 2: mean if you'd asked me if I thought this could happen,

14
00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,560
Speaker 2: obviously it's absolutely no chance at all. So you know,

15
00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:31,200
Speaker 2: we're blown away and we're over the moon.

16
00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:33,479
Speaker 1: What do you reckon the magics? Have you worked that

17
00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:33,960
Speaker 1: out yet?

18
00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:37,760
Speaker 2: I mean a lot of hard work, a lot of

19
00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:40,280
Speaker 2: hard work. But now I think I think Steve's a

20
00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,239
Speaker 2: fantastic coach. I mean he's actually just been He's just

21
00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:45,200
Speaker 2: one coach of the month for the A League, which

22
00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,000
Speaker 2: is work many other contenders if you ask me. But

23
00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:50,479
Speaker 2: he's done a great job and pulling together a fantastic

24
00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:53,239
Speaker 2: squad of young guys who who just all want to

25
00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:55,600
Speaker 2: go up and play for themselves, sorry for each other,

26
00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,800
Speaker 2: running themselves, and so there's a real cohesive unit out there,

27
00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,960
Speaker 2: and you see it when they fight for every ball together,

28
00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:04,440
Speaker 2: are so strong. It's just a really it's a pleasure

29
00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:05,200
Speaker 2: to watch.

30
00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,440
Speaker 1: And not putting to crass a point on it, but

31
00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,440
Speaker 1: the bottom line must be looking good. And I mean

32
00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:10,679
Speaker 1: when you sell out, you sell up.

33
00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:13,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, No, I mean that certainly helps. And you know,

34
00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:16,680
Speaker 2: we're sort of you know, we know we all want

35
00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,600
Speaker 2: to sell every match. That's where we would like to

36
00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:20,440
Speaker 2: build to, and that's we would like to get to.

37
00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,280
Speaker 2: But it certainly does help when you've got what the

38
00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,240
Speaker 2: first four matches, we're going to have close to eighty

39
00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:30,360
Speaker 2: thousand or pie fans through the doors. So I mean, yeah,

40
00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:31,000
Speaker 2: that's brilliant.

41
00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,800
Speaker 1: Do you are some of the younger, more inexperienced players

42
00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:36,640
Speaker 1: starting to feel the pressure, because of course, the better

43
00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:38,880
Speaker 1: you do, the higher you're going to fall eventually in

44
00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:40,120
Speaker 1: some way, shape or form, aren't you.

45
00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:42,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, But they, I mean, it's a bit of a

46
00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,400
Speaker 2: cliche and I'm not going to say they take it

47
00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:45,880
Speaker 2: one game at a time. But what they do do

48
00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,840
Speaker 2: is they set a challenge for each for themselves at

49
00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:51,200
Speaker 2: each game and they build up to that. So they've

50
00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,320
Speaker 2: sort of focused on one the one task at hand,

51
00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,400
Speaker 2: which I think really helps. Plus we've got a good

52
00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:58,040
Speaker 2: mix of experience in this squad, so you know players

53
00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,400
Speaker 2: like the captain Heroki who's been to three Will carp

54
00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,040
Speaker 2: Seater who's absolute legend and he just brings a bit

55
00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:04,760
Speaker 2: of calm in that dressing room and they look to

56
00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:06,960
Speaker 2: him and they see how professional he is and it

57
00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:07,640
Speaker 2: really helps them.

58
00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,079
Speaker 1: List they're going fantastic. I'll tell you. I tell you

59
00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,400
Speaker 1: what's interesting for me. I'm not a big football fan

60
00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,720
Speaker 1: because nothing against your sport, but I've just got other

61
00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:19,000
Speaker 1: sports I'm interested in. But I am watching you because

62
00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:22,400
Speaker 1: of what you are doing. So that's ideally from the marketing, branding,

63
00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,800
Speaker 1: whatever point of view, that you can't ask them more

64
00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:25,880
Speaker 1: than that, can you?

65
00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:27,360
Speaker 2: No, you can't. And I think there's a lot of

66
00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,480
Speaker 2: Auckland sports fans who have come on that journey as well,

67
00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:32,679
Speaker 2: and it's great to hear that you've got on board

68
00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:36,360
Speaker 2: my for status. You're always welcome to come along. You

69
00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,000
Speaker 2: need to get to a game. But the I think

70
00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,880
Speaker 2: there's a lot of you know, because football has exploded,

71
00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,400
Speaker 2: especially with the kids in Auckland, and a lot of

72
00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:45,280
Speaker 2: the parents have a bit like yourself. They're like, well,

73
00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,360
Speaker 2: I've never already followed football, but suddenly they're coming on,

74
00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,000
Speaker 2: they're getting on the journey and they're riding the roller

75
00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,680
Speaker 2: coast without her. Games, you know, we've been we've been winning,

76
00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,160
Speaker 2: but we've been scoring late and so it's been quite

77
00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,280
Speaker 2: they've been quite tense games and you just see it

78
00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:00,680
Speaker 2: in people's faces in the crowd. It's quite. That's quite

79
00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:01,480
Speaker 2: amazing to watch.

80
00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,839
Speaker 1: Fantastic. Well, I hope you're enjoying it. I'm sure you are, Nick,

81
00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,399
Speaker 1: go well. Nick Becker Aukan the f c CEO.

82
00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,920
Speaker 2: For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to

83
00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:13,080
Speaker 2: news Talks it'd b from six am weekdays, or follow

84
00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:14,720
Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.