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In October, we will learn the teams set to join the A-League during the 2019-20 season, which gives the FFA the unique opportunity to deliver the message that they want to improve.
To do so, bridges must be built between ‘old soccer’ and ‘new football’.
This issue has harmed the development of the sport and must, at long last, be resolved. The teams of the extinct National Soccer League must once again occupy a central place in the local game.
This does not mean that the A-League should be dismantled but, like everything in life, the status quo has an expiration date.
South Melbourne must be part of the A-League – Australian football cannot afford to exclude a club with so much history that has contributed so much.
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While detractors of the so-called ‘ethnic clubs’ have arguments against the club joining, these reasons have lost their validity.
FFA have tried everything to attract the attention of the non-football-watching public – remember Star Wars Round, to say nothing of the speculation surrounding Usain Bolt and the Central Coast Mariners – but been found wanting.
They cannot continue to press forward with a system that depends on whether Keiske Honda will sign with Melbourne Victory – marquee players must be an added value to the competition, not the solution to all its problems.
The development of young footballers, the creation of an infrastructure according to the needs of football, the non-demonisation of the active supporter groups, and a serious debate on the implementation of the promotion-relegation system are also important, but none of them matter if we do not get people back to the stadiums.
We must stop trying to fish where the fish are and instead return to the bases, to the past – that’s the only way we can move into the future.
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