NSL Reform Plans

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http://www.thewest.com.au/20030922/sport/soccer/tw-sport-soccer-home-sto113230.html

"Lowy blueprint boosts Tana hopes

By Jonathan Cook



PERTH Glory chairman Nick Tana said he would swap last season's NSL championship for a successfully reformed league.

"That's how important reform is to the future of the game," Tana said.

"There's no joy in being so far ahead of the pack. I don't take the same pleasure that other clubs and club owners take in winning a championship.

"I would take more pleasure in having the game right and everyone doing it correctly both on and off the field."

A meeting with Soccer Australia chairman Frank Lowy has convinced Tana reform would be achieved despite delays.

The lack of information from the new governing body after Lowy and his hand-picked board swept to power two months ago had handed critics more ammunition.

But Tana said his optimism soared during a head-to-head with Lowy last month.

"I was absolutely enthralled by what he had to say," Tana said of his Sydney meeting with the shopping centre magnate.

"If we achieve only a percentage of what he is thinking, we will put this game through the roof."

The new Soccer Australia board finally broke its silence on Saturday with a five-paragraph statement confirming it had been reviewing several reports into the financial and structural status of the governing body.

Chief executive Richard Johnson said the board would discuss the options with the Australian Sports Commission and Federal Government and make public details of its plans in a week or so.

For Tana, the statement represented a degree of relief after he had openly backed Lowy and the much-needed changes.

Tana admitted the ensuing silence after his August meeting with Lowy was concerning.

In fact, he sent a letter to Soccer Australia a week ago pointing out that, in this case, no news was bad news.

Tana said specific detail was not discussed during his meeting with Lowy but the broad picture painted by the Soccer Australia chief was encouraging.

"Frank laid out his vision in a general sense," Tana said. "And what he saw for the national league excited me."

For years the domestic competition has been blighted by ad hoc measures and false dawns. However, Tana believes the game can blossom under the right circumstances.

The new season, expected to be the last in the current format, kicked off last Friday night with little fanfare and an unglamorous fixture between Wollongong Wolves and Sydney United.

Only 2346 spectators bothered to watch United's 1-0 win, while a paltry 1861 saw highly fancied Parramatta Power draw 0-0 with South Melbourne.

The declining condition of the NSL was considered partly responsible for the fall in Glory attendances last season.

However, the fact the 10,000 average still dwarfed the number of spectators anywhere else in the country confirmed the club's status as off-field leader."

Tana is bloody crazy I wouldn't trade that championship for the world
 

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Damn straight. Why stop. Even if 2 people are interested,
it does not matter,
however waiting for the day of Deigol would get pretty boring, and you would be looking for plenty of things to fill in the time.
 
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And obviously Koolo your one of them other wise you wouldn't read it. I mean only a complete Goose would read something with a title that doesn't interest them. Nobody forced you to open this thread.
 

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Nah, nah..

I think you should keep posting, whether it's he World Cup or
Springvale City.

I opened your post (and plenty before) because I take an interest in the NSL.
I just get sick of people belittling the post's because they don't concern Euro football, or more to the point, the stunningly overrated EPL.
 
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Originally Posted by Koolo
Nah, nah..

I think you should keep posting, whether it's he World Cup or
Springvale City.

I opened your post (and plenty before) because I take an interest in the NSL.
I just get sick of people belittling the post's because they don't concern Euro football, or more to the point, the stunningly overrated EPL.
Ahhh K sorry mate i thought you were being sarcastic. Good to see your not a goose that bags anything to do with the NSL.


I agree with everything in you said in the above quote.
 

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Hmm,

It seems to be quite pointless trolling you and the NSL, as soon as I post something you just bleat out the same rhetoric all the while inserting the word 'goose' about 10 times as well as the occasional mum joke.

:eek:
 
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Originally Posted by Clucas91
Hmm,

It seems to be quite pointless trolling you and the NSL, as soon as I post something you just bleat out the same rhetoric all the while inserting the word 'goose' about 10 times as well as the occasional mum joke.


And yet you are a dumber enough goose to continue to do so. And in all your trolls you seem to end with a :eek:.

:eek: Pretty much somes up the type of Goose that you are.
:eek: pretty much the story of your sad pathetic life.


You can continue to attempt to troll all you like, i will just respond, and the NSL threads will stay around longer. You are a Tool.
 

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Originally posted by KiNgCliVe26
And yet you are a dumber enough goose to continue to do so. And in all your trolls you seem to end with a :eek:.
:eek:

:eek: Pretty much somes up the type of Goose that you are.
:eek: pretty much the story of your sad pathetic life.
:eek: also does a very good job of summing up the NSL.


You can continue to attempt to troll all you like, i will just respond, and the NSL threads will stay around longer.
Hmm, you have a point there.

You are a Tool.
I thought I was a goose?
 

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I f*cked ya MUM'S BUM last night with a big TOOL ya GOOSE!!!!

Nandrolone take a chill pill calm it down. Whats wrong you sound a bit:mad: :D If your not angry and were trying to be funny well your about as amusing as 1 tennis player.

Its alright Nandrolone it must suck to have no friends and everybody laughing at you all the time so you have to befreind girls that are 15 years or younger. Its O.K that you feel threatned by the NSL and feel the need to bag it all the time. Actually your pretty screwed up you should just go kill ya self so u can be dead like ya mum that i shag.
 
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Bomber Aus Perth Glory's average attendance was 10,000 last season well above what you think. 38000+ saw them take out the championship.

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KiNgCliVe I'm that far ahead i lost count
 

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Originally posted by KiNgCliVe26
Bomber Aus Perth Glory's average attendance was 10,000 last season well above what you think. 38000+ saw them take out the championship.

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KiNgCliVe I'm that far ahead i lost count
Not one for originality are you?

Hard to believe your over 20, not sure if your age and IQ are getting mixed up.
 
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You obviously don't understand. Which comes as no great suprise. You always have had trouble with simple concepts. You Troll the NSL i will give you the sh1ts. Its so obvious that you find my posts annoying:D . And I will continue to annoy you.

So little man I will never give up. You can shove your originality up your arse. The more you troll the more inspired i am to post more stuff on the NSL.

BTW I heard about ya mum how she's into drugs. Heard she's a crack smoker. After I FUKKED HER HER CRACK WAS SMOKIN!!!:D
 
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