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You could have superleague style.
5 rotation spots for state teams.
and how is that suppose to improve Australian Football/Soccer?
You have to remember we are a backwater soccer national nothing compared to Europe. We should be mainly focusing on youth development so our players have a goal to strive to play at the highest level. Having a Super League for starters wouldn't have the support here as well as within the AFC and is unnecessary which will do nothing but bleed money and set the game backwards many decades.
It would give domestic football life and vitality. Which would breed many good outcomes. It'd also stop the game being a closed league which is Not right in football
Whenever Sth Melbourne fans get up you about them being all about the game including pro/rel
A Good read that thread
My understanding is this was used quite regularly, the NSL chopped and changed on a wimp at times always favoring Sydney and Melbourne clubs. It was a really an unstable league throughout its history.
The A-League was created in part so that this sort of unsustainability could not happen. As it turned out it still did with the NZL Knight, Gold Coast and NQF as well as Melbourne Heart to an extant. Another example of everything always going full circle in Austrian football.
Yeah, red bull has ruined Austrian football.
Aleague has been relatively stable in comparison. I hope the apl and fa create completions that are stable and successful. I am curious as the structure the FA will take with the second division.
No it wont! Australia soccer in the past has gone through many reincarnations which always leads it full circle to where we are with it today. There is no enthusiasm, support or money for another reincarnation atm especially a ESL style one. Primary objective should be putting all our resources toward youth development and helping our players reach the highest level which in turn helps the national teams and our World Cup goals!
As for a second division I'm skeptical but if a working eco system can be though out one that doesn't require clubs to go all out full-time professionals than we should look in to it. But it is way off the radar right now. The focus should be on youth development and the A-League, which still needs to find its feet in being sustainable even after 15 years!
They wouldn't suffer in developing I never said that but the clubs commercially will.What makes you think young talent would suffer. From giving the historic clubs a fair go?
The golden era was based on NSL breeding. After almost 20 years of a league the national team is near rubbish
Stuff like this won’t help
A machete what a ******* idiot.
Stuff like this won’t help
A machete what a ******* idiot.
Absolutely disgusting and deserves all the bad coverage it is getting. Who brings a machete to a football match? What is wrong with these people?
The replies will be hilarious from Sokkah Twitter
Whenever Sth Melbourne fans get up you about them being all about the game including pro/rel
So you only want pro/rel when it suits?Two things at play here. Without South Melbourne, clubs and league would lose out financially. There would be no derbies in Melbourne against Alexander and JUST for example. The other problem was the league did not want Croatia in the top tier.
So you only want pro/rel when it suits?
I wonder if you guys would be as vocal about 2nd division (if not actively against it) if you were already in the A-League.