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So why is being played at Perth Stadium - unfinancial and embarassing. Ideal for the WACA.
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WACA capacity being 5k max atm, with half the ground closed off to the public while construction takes place, is far from ideal.
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Pic at the right is from six weeks ago. Would have been brutal in the 35 degrees on day one.
And this is the ground level pic from this morning of where the Inverarity Stand used to be.
If it wasn't at Optus, it would have been in Hobart. And if we went four years without a test, it could end up being a decade before they came back.
Still has the capacity to host matches.
Plenty of other boutique grounds around.
Seems like a perfect fit for cricket.
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Nice stirring account of the Soceroos' recent incredible WC success, but the headline really ought to end with a question mark because the article actually says bugger all about the way forward for Australian soccer.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
How this World Cup can change Australian soccer
Devoid of international stars, the Socceroos were widely written off before the World Cup. Following their success, will their self-belief and fighting spirit spark a new era of talent and interest in our domestic leagues?
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Web traffic in the last month
| Site | Code | National Rank | Global Rank | ave visit | Visits (last month) |
| AFL.com.au | AFL | 220 | 14857 | 3:54 | 6.0m |
| NRL.com | NRL | 334 | 18562 | 3:30 | 3.9m |
| Cricket.com.au | CA | 269 | 14501 | 3:50 | 4.9m |
| NBL.com | NBL | 3509 | 152371 | 3:20 | 364k |
| rugby.com.au | RA | 3292 | 140857 | 1:28 | 488k |
| keep-up.com.au | FA | 2148 | 103744 | 2:31 | 581k |
| womens.afl | AFLW | 1279 | 78156 | 1:40 | 951k |
| wnbl.basketball | WNBL | 27056 | 480029 | 2:19 | 92k |
| supernetball.com.au | NA | 28277 | 950903 | 2:22 | 46.5 |
| theabl.com.au | ABL | 17539 | 356526 | 5:30 | 97.4 |
Any stats for the A league or the Socceroos considering they are supposedly the biggest sport in the country?
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A-league and socceroos stuff is at keepup.com.au
it wasnt possible to get national rankings for fifa.com - but keepup only ranked 7 as a soccer site in Australia. FIFA, premierleague, goal, livescore all ranked higher in Australia.
As usual the soccer urgers getting all excited by the WC which will do NOTHING to improve the A League which has to be said once Lowy pulled his money out has been on a downhill slide ever since!
A good result but far from incredible.
Look at the "progress" from the previous "incredible" Socceroos success.
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Nice stirring account of the Soceroos' recent incredible WC success, but the headline really ought to end with a question mark because the article actually says bugger all about the way forward for Australian soccer.
How this World Cup can change Australian soccer
Devoid of international stars, the Socceroos were widely written off before the World Cup. Following their success, will their self-belief and fighting spirit spark a new era of talent and interest in our domestic leagues?
We have to read this sort of crap every four years.
Those who know their soccer know that the socceroos were just ok, played to the level of a middling national team, and in a one-off soccer game that can be enough to get you a result against superior opposition.
Play again next week and the result is reversed.
Play again next week, and the opposition is probably scoring a lucky goal from a deflection.
That's soccer.
Don't get too excited by the implications for the domestic league.
It means nothing.
Look at last night's piddly crowd for the first A-League game in about 4 weeks.
Look at Wookie's internet traffic figures, showing the A-League struggling to keep up with Womens AFL (actually, that's not just the A-League - that's all soccer).
The round ballers have been settling down after the high they had through the WC.
They'll start moaning about how the media & 'everyone' is against them.
The reality is as you list above.
The Soccer crowd need to realise that this ain't like much of the world. We have sporting options. Also the best players will go OS to play. Thus the Aleague will remain as a 3rd rate competition.
Yet, most people will always hope any national team, soccer included, do well. Thats about it. & they need to recognise that fact so they stop getting so angry, frustrated & stressed. Its not good for them!
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first time ive seen them do the whole "is AFL/NRL stealing the talent we need to be world competitive" schtick though - normally the AOC does that crap
Like this:
A-League of their own: How Australian football can capitalise on the Socceroos' World Cup run
As the springboard for 'generation next,' the A-League Men must strike while the Socceroos' iron is hot, writes Samantha Lewis.
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They could always pay their players
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Also no doubt we all get excited by the Socceroos at the World Cup but going off the TV figures apparently 93 out of 100 people preferred a sleep in rather then getting up at 6 to watch a game. Those sort of figures don’t really scream revolution.
The hype around now wouldn’t be half of what it was around 2006. I remember going to Victory games back then truly believing they would be averaging 30k plus crowds by now and that they would be one of the countries biggest clubs. Unfortunately I think the status quo is inevitable.
A-League of their own: How Australian football can capitalise on the Socceroos' World Cup run
As the springboard for 'generation next,' the A-League Men must strike while the Socceroos' iron is hot, writes Samantha Lewis.
Also no doubt we all get excited by the Socceroos at the World Cup but going off the TV figures apparently 93 out of 100 people preferred a sleep in rather then getting up at 6 to watch a game. Those sort of figures don’t really scream revolution.
Interesting you say that, I was discussing with a mate that Irish football is the biggest sport in the country yet they don't pay their players so must be absolutely loaded. Was also questioning what the hell they do with all the money. Then I found this article, how the hell does it make such little revenue?
So this is exactly what the GAA does with all their money
OF all the criticisms directed against the GAA, the most consistent one concerns money. The general theme of the sniping is 'What does the GAA do with all that money anyway?' When a referee plays several minutes of additional time in a big championship game and then blows the whistle immediately...
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