- Aug 21, 2016
- 15,617
- 24,587
- AFL Club
- Geelong
- Other Teams
- Oldham
Geez, Australia Football was riding a wave from 2000's to mid 2010's then it fell into an irrelevant hole again. Why has the sport dropped off in Australia so much since? Aren't kids playing the sport anymore at the grassroots level?
You can blame the team selection or the tactics for the defeat to France, but clearly the quality of player isn't there.
In the early 2000s the Socceroos had many players who were good enough to play in the top European leagues. Kewell, Schwarzer, Cahill, Bresciano, Neill, Emerton, Viduka, Grella, Moore, Tiatto, Aloisi etc. But there's pretty much none now.
What's the difference? Are less kids playing soccer now compared to back then? Are the coaching systems failing?