Looks like Melbourne also is suffering from the CFG Blues. Their primary supporters group is disbanding.
http://footballtoday.news/features/melbourne-city-active-support-group-to-retire
From the article, it appears the club had issues even before CFG took over. Like NYC, it was a second club and an attempt by its league to manufacture a local rivalry. But, according to this article at least, it lacked any true demarcation - based on geography or anything - from the existing club. So it always had an identity issue. But some folks adopted it and loved it, then CFG took over, changed the name, changed the colors, and it felt like a different club.
This part resonates:
"The result is an organisation lacking soul and the dwindling of the club’s active support is a testament to that.
Some may argue that Melbourne’s second club never boasted those qualities, but that would be a disservice to the hard work those first fans put into creating a fantastic community of supporters – regardless of how small - around the club.
It would also be a disservice to the likes of Scott Munn and others at an executive level, who went to great lengths to communicate with supporters, from fan forums to invitations to training to general stakeholder engagement on social media and other platforms.
Some of those people remain involved at the club to this day, but a new structure and oversight have clearly taken the focus away from the fans."
Damn that stings. Also:
"Without the star marquee talent a club of City’s resources should be delivering, or silverware to compensate, there is seemingly little left to cling onto for the club’s ever-decreasing supporters."
It's just depressing. And note that Melbourne at least has won a Cup, though not the league, since CFG took over. We haven't even won one lousy Cup game.
