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No disrespect to Rachin Ravindra or Kane Williamson, who together put on a Test batting masterclass at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui, but…
Australia's best XI for the World Cup does not include some of their biggest stars.
Much has been made of just how insipid West Coast have been this season. They’ve been a downright disaster and with one win and…
Watching the Dockers get pantsed by GWS on the weekend was a depressing afternoon for a nailed-on Freo fan such as myself, but what…
The announcement that Tasmania is coming brings an awkward scenario for the AFL - an odd number of teams.
Justin Longmuir looked to have the Dockers on the right path, now, that appears to have been a a ruse.
If one positive has come out of the rather underwhelming limited-overs series against Zimbabwe and New Zealand, followed by the T20 tour of India,…
Just hours after Fremantle's finals exit at the hands of Collingwood, club president Dale Alcock was already looking ahead to 2023, with one ambition…
You'd be forgiven for missing it, considering the buzz surrounding AFL finals at the moment, but Australia is playing cricket at the moment! Yes,…
So, then there were six. After a dramatic first weekend of finals we now have seen the back of Richmond and the Bulldogs and…
I am a self-confessed cricket nut. My childhood almost constantly revolved around it. From playing juniors on a Saturday morning, watching the seniors on…
I don't envy Justin Longmuir. The list of players available for him to select is shrinking by the week. An injury list already comprising…
Australia's World Cup preparation has come to an end after a dominant win over Sri Lanka in Southampton. This combined with wins over the…
There are potentially six spots up for grabs for the first Test in Brisbane, with two quicks, a spinner, wicketkeeper, number three, and an…
There is a World Cup just around the corner, and on home soil, so there is no better opportunity for Australia to lift the…
While there are only four sides left in this year's AFL, they are definitely the four best sides in the competition. Here is my…
Here are the AFL clubs' final matches, if they are still in the finals hunt. 1. Hawthorn: They were a sho0-in for top spot…
Mundy has two sons as well. I live in hope that we will see Mundy to Pavlich once again.
Six Points: Greene lucky to only get a week, 2024's two best wins, and the moment that sums up woeful Roos
Hard to disagree with much of that – When things go wrong Longmuir looks like a deer in the headlights that doesn’t know what to do.
Need to see a statement at the selection table – no more Walters, O’Meara, Banfield, Hughes or Walker!
If Will Brodie can’t get a game next week he should walk.
Six Points: Greene lucky to only get a week, 2024's two best wins, and the moment that sums up woeful Roos
We can’t kick goals – we could have 80% of the possession and have 100 inside 50s and it wouldn’t matter.
Six Points: Greene lucky to only get a week, 2024's two best wins, and the moment that sums up woeful Roos
Two sons!!! It can’t come soon enough…
Six Points: Greene lucky to only get a week, 2024's two best wins, and the moment that sums up woeful Roos
Does anyone else find the IPL uninteresting and unwatchable or is it just me?
The fact that teams regularly score 200 plus makes it simply a game for batters and big hitters and there feels very little tactics or skill are actually involved.
It just feels bland and boring and the big money doesn’t translate into entertaining cricket.
World Cup chances up in the air but Smith makes Major call on T20 future, Green dumped despite huge IPL deal
But as a senior coach he hasn’t won one. I’m sure he would trade it all in for one flag as a senior coach.
Luke Beveridge is on borrowed time - he's an inconsistent coach who gets inconsistent results
90% of them play in Europe. Maybe some bench guys are A-League at best.
Point being – the best players play in the best leagues. Should be the same in Rugby.
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
As much as he’s not a great coach – I’m sure Ross Lyon would trade his record with Bevos in a heartbeat.
Luke Beveridge is on borrowed time - he's an inconsistent coach who gets inconsistent results
Play a showdown and then the SA teams alternate each year as to which plays a second game over the weekend.
The mathematical conundrum: How to keep Gather Round in the future when 19 teams doesn't fit evenly into 10 games
Yeah, you don’t see any of the Socceroos playing in the A-League…
Scrap the Giteau Law: Rugby Australia should look to Rassie's 'Boks RWC recipe if it wants to re-join the big boys' table
Of course heaps of people watch their local league, and if that’s what they are into go for it – I’m not criticising them, but I’m also just pointing out that the global nature and star power of the big 4 leagues (EPL, Serie A, Bundesliga and La Liga) plus the Champions League, means that more people are going to be drawn to them – that’s a reality no one is going to change.
In my view the pinnacle of the sport is the World Cup, but that only comes about once every 4 years – so in terms of leagues and quality of players, I’d say yes the European leagues are the pinnacle.
Forget those bringing down the game, what if we embraced the A-League and Australian football cups are actually half-full?
Barely any Socceroos play in the A-League – I’d suggest the league will have little to no impact on the fortunes of our national side.
Perhaps in the Women’s game there is a bit more impact, but that will also wane with the English league becoming bigger.
Forget those bringing down the game, what if we embraced the A-League and Australian football cups are actually half-full?
It’s pretty clear why – anyone who is really any good leaves the domestic league to go overseas. That is the basic reality of the situation.
Rightly or wrongly people want to watch the pinnacle of the sport – unfortunately for Australian football that isn’t the A League.
Forget those bringing down the game, what if we embraced the A-League and Australian football cups are actually half-full?
And this is the key selling point for football. The big thing it has over the other football codes is its global reach. It dwarfs the domestic sports and international success overseas of Australians is just about at an all time high.
If you spend too much time bickering about local code wars you are missing the big picture – it’s people like my dad who are rusted on AFL fans who used to call ‘soccer’ every name under the Sun, now crying in celebration when the Matilda’s beat France, or when the Socceroos beat Denmark, or ringing me up when Tottenham appointed Ange.
That’s the big picture and that’s the change that’s occurred in this country.
Forget those bringing down the game, what if we embraced the A-League and Australian football cups are actually half-full?
Yeah, I agree to a certain extent – but I don’t think it’s healthy as it creates an us against them atmosphere.
I understand the challenges that Football has faced becoming relevant in this country – but we are literally at an all time high – you see just as many Tottenham, Arsenal and Liverpool guernseys walking down the street as you do Collingwood, West Coast and Carlton ones.
You have an Australian in charge of a top 6 premier league team – probably Australia’s greatest ever coach of any sport.
We’ve hosted a Women’s World Cup where the viewership exceeded all other sports and interest peaked at an all time high – grown men crying in the streets watching a Women’s penalty shootout. It’s honestly amazing!
As a fan of both sports – I think Football is in an amazing place, I don’t think the articles slagging off other sports help, you are getting so many more fans round – just because they follow EPL and not the A-League doesn’t mean they aren’t fans of the game, which imo is what we need to achieve in this country.
Forget those bringing down the game, what if we embraced the A-League and Australian football cups are actually half-full?
That’s an interesting case, I’m probably in that bracket to be honest – I have an EPL team that I avidly follow and regularly am up at 2am watching them, but don’t follow the A-League more than just a passing glance every now and then.
The question around that has to be why? What do they need to do differently? I don’t think the answer is trying to compete with the AFL or NRL, and in fairness they don’t to some extent as they play different seasons.
Is the answer simply that the A-League has to simply become the best domestic league it can be, and feed into the bigger global leagues?
The A-Leagues success should be, in my opinion, judged on how many players a). Go from the A-League to bigger global leagues such as EPL and Bundesliga and b). How many players that played A-League end up playing for the Socceroos.
You can’t judge the league on crowd sizes or tv viewership and compare to the AFL as it’s not the most elite league in its sport – it’s reasonable to be expect it’ll stay relatively niche. In some ways (and not trying to be disrespectful at all here), it’s more comparable to the WAFL or VFL than it is the AFL.
So in my opinion if we are seeing more players making the move to Europe from the A-League and Australian football continues to improve, then it’s doing its job, and I’m not going to slag it off – however, if I want my high quality football fix, the reality is I’ll watch the Prem because the players are better.
Forget those bringing down the game, what if we embraced the A-League and Australian football cups are actually half-full?
I just don’t get the constant need from people such as the author to compare and contrast from the AFL and the NRL – are people incapable of enjoying and following both codes in Football and AFL? or am I in some rare minority that thinks code wars are stupid and think both sports are great?
Enjoy the product you have and the successes that are occuring (Womens World Cup, Mens World Cup, Ange to Spurs), and stop looking elsewhere.
The great thing about supporting multiple codes is that your weekend isn’t completely ruined if one of your teams loses (although when both lose it does really suck!)
Forget those bringing down the game, what if we embraced the A-League and Australian football cups are actually half-full?
That isn’t something you can just change overnight – it takes time to bring in a new coaching philosophy, usually over a pre season.
As for a new coach – well, that can happen overnight – but right now it’s hard to see what options are out there that are magically going to help Freo kick 5 goals more a game tomorrow – the issue is personnel up forward.
Six Points: Why Dogs' disaster isn't all Bevo's fault, Eagles on their way, and 2024's biggest beat-up
I’d have Lecras ahead of Darling..
Six Points: Why Dogs' disaster isn't all Bevo's fault, Eagles on their way, and 2024's biggest beat-up
Must be excess travel, those trips across town to Marvel Stadium are pretty taxing on the body…
Six Points: Why Dogs' disaster isn't all Bevo's fault, Eagles on their way, and 2024's biggest beat-up
Hey! Giving teams a 4 goal head start is our thing!
The two games we’ve been in front at quarter time are the ones we’ve lost!
Six Points: Why Dogs' disaster isn't all Bevo's fault, Eagles on their way, and 2024's biggest beat-up
To even kick 10 you’ll need to get past the Great Wall of Pearce.
Six Points: Why Dogs' disaster isn't all Bevo's fault, Eagles on their way, and 2024's biggest beat-up
Hahaha look if they lose to your lot they don’t deserve to make finals…
Six Points: Why Dogs' disaster isn't all Bevo's fault, Eagles on their way, and 2024's biggest beat-up
Think you’re confusing Stephen with Brad….
Six Points: Why Dogs' disaster isn't all Bevo's fault, Eagles on their way, and 2024's biggest beat-up
They draft midfielder after midfielder and don’t ever pick specialist position players – so we have this inside midfield surplus but no small forwards, very few key forwards, one legit winger and a couple of key defenders – after that it’s literally all one dimensional midfielders or state league battler types like Banfield.
Six Points: Greene lucky to only get a week, 2024's two best wins, and the moment that sums up woeful Roos