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If you can’t even find two clubs to merge as an example after going so far as saying “The answer is simple”, then it’s a pretty daft move to even suggest it in the first place.
The A-League's fan-base could use an attitude adjustment
I know you said don’t get hung up on names but just letting you know that “North Shore Mariners” is a non starter.
There is literally an enormous soccer club in Northbridge with that exact name who play in the top tier of the NSW state league and have a direct link to the Central Coast Mariners in the A-League who are very embedded into the area for sponsors and juniors.
Turning Super Rugby AU to gold
Do you wanna name some of these NPL clubs that you think should be merging? It sounds nice in theory but for a lot of these clubs, mashing them together into some boring franchise means they’ll lose nearly all appeal and fanbases they have left.
The A-League's fan-base could use an attitude adjustment
Yeah and if there was relegation, the salary cap would not exist and MV wouldn’t have to spend the same amount as the spud teams meaning it would be rare for them to be in this position.
How I would overhaul Australia's football system
“Would a Melbourne Victory fan support P&R? Probably not.”
Uhh I’m a victory fan and I’m 100% for it.
The chances of MV being relegated in an open system are rare but if it did happen, sure it would hurt, but the prospect of some real serious derbies like South Melbourne or Knights away would be hugely exciting for fans.
Actual Football fans understand how P/R works, it’s part of our culture. They are hardly going to walk away due to not relating to the concept.
How I would overhaul Australia's football system
Standardisation of league sizes in the NPL just for the sake of it would be silly. Victoria and NSW can clearly support far more teams in their top league than ACT and NNSW, to make them have the same number of clubs in their top tier purely for the sake of aesthetics would be counter productive.
Also I’d be firmly against finals series winners qualifying for the NPL finals at the expense of the team that finished top. On it’s own, the NPL Finals are supposed to be showcasing the best state teams in the country. Having some team finish 4th and then fluke it’s way through a finals series to qualify would diminish that. If Promotion to the A-League was on the line, it would be even more abhorrent.
For the sake of a functioning pyramid, the strongest teams need to be the ones with a chance to go up and that means the teams that finished top of the league are the ones that truly deserve a chance.
“The winner of the FFA Cup should also be granted a qualifier place in the Asian Champions League.”
It absolutely should but this wont happen unless the FFA get over themselves and stop nominating the A-League finals as Australia’s main Cup competition to the AFC.
How I would overhaul Australia's football system
Frankly I don’t care if crowds drop a bit, there were too many problems with Summer and it wasn’t worth persisting with. If we lose some casuals back to AFL and NRL, then so be it.
Summer is not going to stop being hot and too many games were utterly dull thanks to heat sapped players and fans. There is not enough nighttime slots on the weekend that we way we could fixture an entire round of football at night and fans already moan if their night game is on any day other than Saturday.
We also needed to align ourselves with Asia so players don’t kept getting called up for AFC and AFF tournaments each year during midseason and possibly join the AFF Suzuki Cup. Getting the NPL in line with the league now is also important for multiple reasons.
Sure it means we overlap with community football but parents can just find a way to go from their kids games to stadiums like they do everywhere else in the world.
Winter A-League survey: The results are in and not what you may have expected
The $250,000 p/a sky sports pittance is as worthless as every other part of NZ’s “contribution” to Australian football.
It doesn’t matter how small CCM and WU or flawed are, they are Australian teams that engage Australian communities who contribute to the Australian TV deal and bring in Australian sponsors and fans which helps the overall game.
Even if sky sports NZ offered far more money, they still offer none of these fringe benefits and are simply a drain on our game.
Frankly Wellington other nothing to Australian football than whinging fans and wasted opportunities.
Transfer system on agenda in FFA blueprint
Hardly surprising that a fan of the parasite NZ club thinks his club should be able to continue leeching off Australian football more whilst paying nothing into it.
Transfer system on agenda in FFA blueprint
Who apart from Sydney FC, WSW and maybe CCM need to care about district associations when they can just focus directly on grassroots like normal?
Sydney is only city in aware of that’s still weirdly holding onto these suburban associations instead of just having a normal pyramid run by Football NSW.
Why the A-League must remember the associations
Well then Blood dragon/Magma/Chieftua, feel free to go there and spam r/aleague with yet another 50 posts of whinging about what people here have said.
What next for the FFA Cup?
as phoenix chairman rob morrision “pointed out there just isnt the money for pro sports leagues in a small isolated country”
Again im yet to learn why that is our problem.
What next for the FFA Cup?
And as usual, Kiwis whinging and moaning that they can’t get their way in an Australian competition that they get a free ride in but baulk at any suggestion of putting in any work or investment into their own competitions that they could just run their own benefit instead.
What next for the FFA Cup?
It did sell out. The capacity was reduced to fit in the huge AFC media centre and VIP section.
My favourite Simon Hill commentary moments
Pfft no chance. Australia had its chance for the mens World Cup in 2022 and blew it with a half-arsed bid.
We couldn’t even handle a proposed 32 team tournament with 12 years to prepare without having to throw in a bunch of inappropriate oval stadiums like Adelaide Oval which doesn’t even meet FIFA regulations. Now the tournament will have 48 teams and there is no way we could handle that without having to build new major stadiums in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth as well as major upgrades or new stadiums in regional areas like Geelong, Canberra and Newcastle.
Including New Zealand wouldn’t help either. Eden Park is an absolute dump and is also the only stadium in the country over the 40k minimum.
Now let's try to host the men's World Cup
Like with the rest of Australian Football, the gimmicks have to go. The FFA Cup was exciting in its first year but as usual, FFA meddling and failing to appeal to football tradition has led to people growing tired of it already.
The rigged draw is an insult to the intelligence of fans and moving games to empty pro stadiums miles away from home teams for a midweek game is a huge buzzkill.
It is time the cup reverted to a proper cup like fans are used to, with most games played on Saturday early afternoons to avoid lighting issues and encourage attendance from home and interstate fans.
The real appeal of the cup is watching A-League teams struggle with lower standard facilities against a team of part timers.
If some Vic State League 4 team draws Melbourne Victory and plays out of a grass paddock with a bog for a pitch and only has facilities that are little more than some dodgy cold showers and cramped change rooms, then play the game there. Moving games to a neutral stadium that is miles away and even too big for an A-League team interests no one.
What next for the FFA Cup?
Well that’s just being ludicrously pedantic Waz and you know it.
When people are talking about “aligining with Asia,” they are saying we should align with the AFC and AFF calendar for club and international competitions.
No one gives a damn that we were aligned with Arab leagues because that doesn’t affect Australia however the timing of AFC and AFF competitions does.
A-League’s winter move fraught with danger
Nah this is just unnecessary doom and gloom.
The game needed to be aligned with the grassroots and Asia whilst the arguments for staying in summer were just weak. “Clean air” has been a myth for a decade, the pitches are often worse in summer thanks to concerts and the summers getting too hot is just an issue that Football can’t fix.
Pretending that the alternative to roasting in a 30C+ stadium in front of heat-exhausted players is this apparent Siberian-esque Australian winter is ludicrous. It’s not that cold, people still go to sport in Winter and there will be more potential for early afternoon games that are more attractive for people that attend games anyway.
Sure the overlap with NPL and grassroots will will mean some people will have to organise themselves to go from their kids game to an A-League stadium, but that is something that happens everywhere else in the world, it’s hardly a big deal to figure out.
A-League’s winter move fraught with danger
Yep Suncorp is a dump over summer, they couldn’t even get it right for a major event like the Asian Cup. They still haven’t figured out/made an effort after all this time to put out a decent pitch for the Roar after concerts and grass change and that’s unlikely to change any time soon.
A-League’s winter move fraught with danger
I actually can’t believe the FFA has finally made a decision based on Football and not just maintaining the status quo of appealing to casuals/non-Football fans and broadcasters by avoiding the other codes at all costs.
I’ll wait to see what the FFA do under Johnson once things return to normality before making any strong judgement on him but it is certainly strong move in a tough situation.
New broadcast deal seals A-League’s switch to winter
Don’t know what all this “we” is about considering you are a Kiwi.
No Australian fan would seriously suggest going back to Oceania, the games against NZ weren’t “epic,” they were just the only opposition in the OFC that weren’t totally incompetent.
Frankly there isn’t even real rivalry with NZ in Football that is worth even being nostalgic over. Few cared about playing them then and even less do now.
Australia and New Zealand handed massive boost in Women's World Cup bid
It certainly helps, I would have considered Brazil the frontrunner but Australia’s bid is still nothing spectacular.
NZ doesn’t add anything of value and the bid has far too many ovals, rectangular stadiums that don’t meet FIFA standards and host cities with poor transport connections and accommodation facilities like Dunedin or Launceston.
If FIFA were gonna pick anything in our unappealing timezone, they are going to go with Japan who has put forward a far better bid imo.
Australia and New Zealand handed massive boost in Women's World Cup bid
Gee i must have missed the English invading/colonising the whole of South and Central America (apart from minor territories like British Guyana and Belize).
How the AFL can go global
Just ludicrous really, the PFA was never going to agree to that.
If this is really the best that the FFA can offer then what is the point of bothering to continue the season? The players are just going to walk and whatever club(s) wins the trophies will have even less legitimate claim to them than if they just handed them out to Sydney now.
A-League proposal prompts PFA fair go call
One benefit if FFA go ahead with streaming the FFA Cup themselves would be being able to play Cup Rounds at proper home grounds 3pm on a Saturday to help clubs maximise attendance without Foxtel insisting on inappropriate venue changes with professional lighting for their midweek broadcasts.
The case for FFA TV