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Promotion and relegation is a pipe dream…and if it is a reality…it is at least 50 years away..not 10 years. Those countries that have promotion and relegation have football as the absolute and unequivocal number 1 sport…sure people play other sports in those countries but it is Football 1st and daylight 2nd. That means if a club is relegated.. (take Newcastle or Leeds in England) the club still has a viable support base as it is their local area’s sporting club and the public will naturally always watch and support them because that is their sport of choice.
These countries had a chance to develop promotion and relegation in the amatuer era for decades…where most players were payed a pittance and natural attrition wore out the pretenders. You want to develop it in the professional era? with fickle fans and corporate dollars
In Australia, regardless who wins the ‘code wars’ their will always be four types of football competing competing for the interest and dollars of the public. Surely ARF and Rugby League have other teams that want to play top flight football. Why don’t they have promotion/relegation..because they know it wouldn’t work
All the work the FFA and the football public have done in setting up a fresh professional league would be wasted if those teams instantly fall out of the exposure of playing top flight football.
As Football fans we need to stop looking at other countries for our football culture and develop one here ourselves. Who cares if we only get 2 AFC places…we can just develop stronger teams here and win it .
Our professional culture has fixed teams that remain as community outposts for football fans, we have a final’s knockout systems, and we have silly mascots (ok maybe that last one can change). I like Adrian’s idea….but lets just try and keep the teams we have now …stability is what we need.
How to fix Australian football: Connecting the tiers
very true Ian. I believe most Aussies know the existence of the A-league, but have it hidden away on pay tv doesn’t let it sink into the consciousness of the avergae sporting public the way NRL and AFL does. Let’s hope the new deal has a FTA component.
Jay. I don’t want to go into the whole irish diaspora history with you but i think you’ll find a lot of irish emmigrated to England and decided to stay there. Being just a ferry ride across the irish sea from your family helps. Not all of them went to America and Australia.
The life and times of a code-hopper
I feel the back six from both teams will be the key to this match. If Sydney’s back six are firing and can double team or spoil the ball coming into Rioli and Franklin and get their half back running, then the Swans will be in with a chance.
Sydney can get overawed in larger venues as their tight defence can be stretched…and the Hawks will play this to their advantage. A good rucking and roving day should be an antidote.
As a Swan’s fan I always hope for the best…but fear the worst!
Swans dominant, Hawks lucky to scrape through
I agree with everything said in the article except for one thing. Leave the players alone to train. This is where they need to focus on drills, teamwork and also where they can have a laugh away from the pressures of match day. Leave all the chanting and autograph hunting for fan focus days or match days and let the players get simply on with the job.
About active support i always found it puzzling the ‘active’ supporter base always seem to focus more on coming up with witty chants than actually following the game on the park.
We need to create our own ‘Aussie’ football culture. That what is keeping the game back from being accepted by the mainstream.
With all due respect to supporters what we have now is a combination of imported English football culture (singing fans) and Italian football culture (flag flying…and unfortunately once in a while… flares).
We need to stop looking overseas and create an organic football culture thats quirky and only we ‘understand’.
Solution Series: A-League fans must be centre of everything