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The Mariners and Wanderers have completed their respective parades; the argument over league and grand final formats is beginning to die down and the summer haunts of record numbers of spectators now contain new pitch markings, posts and the advertising that goes with the three major winter codes in Australia.
Many followers of the A-League will no doubt be engaged in the grassroots game or in following one of the various elite teams from around the world.
With another three to four weeks of European action still to come, that may well satisfy many football appetites.
But at the end of what has arguably been the best A-League season to date, are you left wanting more?
Are you waiting impatiently for news of the 2014 season, the new fixtures, player signings, pre-season games, or perhaps the excitement of the ACL?
For me, the A League season overran by around a month. Not that the competition was too long in terms of number of league games, nor did I become bored or disinterested.
It’s just that the other football codes season began and there was more competition for space in all the media.
The back pages contained oval shaped balls, and the water cooler conversations evolved from talks about Del Piero, the resurrgence of the Roar, the active supporter groups and fan behaviour to the more traditional topics of NRL/AFL tipping and who will win State Of Origin this year.
A few midweek games and tweaks to the format would prevent this crossover, as well as allowing the players to finish the season on superior playing surfaces that have not been ripped up by other codes that place little value on surfaces with an even grass coverage.
That aside, this is the first year of the A-league that I have finished the season already looking forward to what we might receive in 2014.
Will the coverage on SBS help spread the game?
Will we see more children wearing A-League supporter shirts instead of Barcelona or Manchester United?
Will Sydney FC recover and become a powerhouse; something more than a one man show?
Where will Rogas end up playing?
Can Adelaide United turn things around?
Does John Aloisi have the confidence of the club’s board?
What marquee players might appear in the competition in 2014?
Will Western Sydney Wanderers continue to attract the hearts and minds of Greater Western Sydney?
So many questions to be answered; so many stories to unfold and to be told, but for now it is a fond farewell.
I look forward to seeing you soon, but in the meantime can anyone suggest how I get through another winter of games of men with odd shaped balls?
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