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Do we have to continue massive conversations about ADP's pace? 12 goals in 20 games + multiple assists is a damn good return in a team that's been off the pace pardon the pun. I Don't this obsession by australian football supporters and pace, sure it's an asset but you sound like english football supporters and their discussions about pace like it's the only thing that matters. Football IQ , ability to hit the right passes and the right time, tactics all rate WELL above pace. ask the english about the ability to be able to hold on to possession when they have been dismantled by the german, italian and spanish teams of the world. Pace means nothing if you can't hold the ball! The pirlo's, zidanes and many many others! check out barca's midfield i don't see huge amounts of pace their it's about perfect passing, moving into the right spots at the right times and being constantly on the move while making the ball YES the BALL do the work! I don't know how any genuine football lover can sit here and say ADP on ALL levels has not been a success. Sydney will see a positive return from signing him from a financial stand point and every team in the league has seen and increase in crowd attendences if his playing in your home town.

Tenash In AUS, the TV Ratings are monitored by OxTAM a company that is owned by Channel 7, 9 & 10. Roy Morgan Research (RMR) has analysed the households where the OzTAM Ratings meters have been placed. RMR has found that if households predominantly watch SBS &/or ABC - and NOT Ch 7, 9 or 10 - they are NOT given an OzTAM ratings meter. So, for sure, TV ratings are valid for comparing the relative performance of shows on Channels 7, 9 & 10. But TV ratings on SBS & ABC tv must be obtained from independent sources that are not owned by the commercial networks. Roy Morgan Research survey has found nearly 7 million people watched AUS v ITA at the 2006WC. However, the OzTAM ratings for SBS were much lower because the OzTAM biased sampling underestimates SBS audiences, since they don't have OzTAM ratings meters in the houses that predominantly watch SBS.

well agreed the tv ratings are also extraplolated from a sample size but tv companies and advertisers must know something substantial to invest billions of dollars in tv shows and sports around the world, not just Australia. On the other hand not much money is invested based on research surveys.

@Tenash You've got to be kidding with your comment about "surveys"? I can only assume you don't have any understanding of the mathematical theories behind statistical analysis, if you think TV Ratings are more accurate than "surveys". One of the most highly regarded professional statisticians in AUS, Roy Morgan Research, has stated that TV ratings have massive flaws that: a) over estimate the viewing numbers on Commercial TV (Ch 7, 9 & 10); and b) under estimate the viewing numbers on SBS & ABC. If you want an accurate understanding of any market behaviour, you need to use scientifically statistical modeling. TV ratings boxes do not comply with such rigour.

tenash Market research is just as reliable as TV ratings, if you want to rule both out then we have attendances, which funnily enough have the codes neck and neck.

Can somebody explain to me why Gridirion is called American Football and English Football is called Soccer by the media in this country ,Why.

BBL cricket gets the freebies of piggybacking of ch9's FTA test/ODI cricket coverage. Then there's ABC radio coverage of the same games(test&ODI) frequently pumping up the tyres of the BBL. football gets no such luxury.

titus u have to take these surveys with a pinch of salt they are taken from a very small sample size of about 100-200 people. honestly it is all a bit of marketing fluff the only real indicators are crowds & tv ratings and maybe a few yrs from now internet viewers

"New market research conducted by the respected international consultancy firm Repucom" found that "the code(football) is now neck and neck with cricket in the market share of “avid” male fans in the 18- to 34-year age group."

real football hey it might help u if u read all the posts properly and in the proper sequence .maybe then u would understand who abused whom and re. Rothfield what were these "Impeccable" stats exactly ? I would to know

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AR, Fuss is from Victoria, they have selective hearing. Real, ADP must have read your criticism of him about his lack of onfield performances. he's still got it & has had it all year, it's just the players around him has struggled.

Looks like your point went soaring over his head Real.

@Redb This ABS Report is the definitive source for data re: sporting participation in AUS. No one bothers with any other data, because no other organisation conducts the extensive National data collection that the ABS. It seems you don't understand statistical analysis.

There's no comparison showing AFL to "soccer - mad" Europeans at 1 or 2am in the morning compared to showing the A-League. No doubt who would get the most viewers.

lol Fussball you are using estimated stats that show walking with 4M participants. 240K is way too low for footy as 490k is for soccer, I'll look for a link.

"I should also add, Fussball, that you should never, ever consider yourself a normal football fan. You are a zealot." Thank you - that's the highest compliment I can receive as a football fan. I'd hate to be considered an event-watcher. I'd hate to be someone, who only attends football matches if their team is playing perfect football and winning every week; someone, who needs perfect weather, perfect seats, perfect stadium amenities, convenient public transport or car parking, etc. Thankfully, I'm not alone. From my observations attending MVFC matches, the majority of fans seem to also share the view that .... Fußball ist unser leben. :-)

From the FFA website: "you can follow the fortunes of the A-League live and on delay around the world through Sky Sports 2 (New Zealand), iCable (Hong Kong), RAI Sports Europe, Starhub (Singapore), AsiaSports, SkyPerfecTV Japan, Sky Net Sports (Myanmar), Sky Sports Europe (BSkyB UK), Fox Sport (USA), One World Sport (North America – delay), and globally online through Perform (ex-Australia and New Zealand) or to subscribe to the Hyundai A-League visit https://secure.aleague.livesport.tv/buy." I'm surprised you would think the A-League isn't shown overseas.

I was using a certain level of poetic irony, Fussball. Of course I watch every Roar game. However, for good football, there's no going past Melbourne Victory right now and I try to catch most Victory games. The difference is, you will be pleased to know, is that I NEVER miss a Roar game, but don't watch every Victory game. I dutifully trekked 2 hours up to Suncorp on Sunday with my son, and we suffered along with the other 11000 or so Roar fans there. Tell you what, though - it's a long 2 hours home after a loss like that. I should also add, Fussball, that you should never, ever consider yourself a normal football fan. You are a zealot, the kind that in the middle ages wore a hair shirt infested with vermin to prove your faith. The inescapable corollary of fanaticism, as the history of human society clearly shows, is the failure of perspective - and out with perspective, inevitably, goes a sense of humour.

That's a sad reflection on the Brisbane Roar supporters. Last year, MVFC has played some awful football & hardly won any games. But, every round, there was no other A-League team I preferred to watch, instead of MVFC.