A League has produced jackshizen players ... even the coach is leaving, hes seen the writing on the wall already. FFA executive should resign- theyre hopeless.
That's why Borussia Dortmund paid a good price for Mitch Langerak and why Tommy Oar, Michael Zullo and Adam Sarota are off to Utrecht in the Dutch Eredivisie . Ramps the reason the Socceroo talent is thinning out is because like the draft in the AFL you pay now for neglecting kids 5-10 years ago. The NSL and Soccer Australia in the last years of its existence 2000-2004 was a broke basketcase.
I only rate Langerak and Rukuvytsa from the youngsters. The rest are average. 80%+ of the squad chosen by the coach for the world cup were developed by NSL clubs- FACT!
Schwarzer - Marconi ...... playing OS at 22
Federici - AIS ................ playing OS at 18
Jones - Bayswater City (non-NSL)...playing OS at 18
Chipperfield - Wollongong Wolves ....playing OS at 26
Carney - Everton ............ playing OS at 16
Neill - AIS ...................... playing OS at 17
Beauchamp - Marconi/Parra/Olympic/CCM (AL)...... playing OS at 25 ...... returning to A-League (Heart)
Moore - AIS ................... playing OS at 17 .................returned to play A-League (Brisbane)
Milligan - Northern Spirit/Sydney FC/Newcastle Jets (AL) ... playing OS at 24
Wilkshire - AIS/Wollongong Wolves (youth) ..... playing OS at 17
Grella - Canberra/Carlton ...... playing OS at 19
Valeri - AIS ..........................playing OS at 18
Culina - Sydney Utd/Olympic .. playing OS at 20 ......... has returned to A-league (GCU)
Jedinak - Sydney Utd/CCM (AL) .playing OS at 20 then returned within a year and left again at 25
Cahill - Sydney Utd (youth) ..... playing OS at 17
Holman - Parramatta .............. playing OS at 18
Vidosic - Brisbane Roar (AL) .... playing OS at 20
Bresciano - Carlton ................. playing OS at 19
Emerton - AIS/Olympic ........... playing OS at 21
Garcia - West Ham ................. playing OS at 18
Rukavytsya - AIS/Perth Glory (AL) .... playing OS at 22
Kennedy - Carlton ........................... playing OS at 18
Kewell - Marconi (youth) .................. playing OS at 16
Add Williams (Middlesbrough) who just missed out due to injury and Oar was too young. Both non-NSL.
LOL @ 80%
. Lucky if it's 50% and that's including youth teams of NSL clubs so many of them didn't play in the NSL itself. Actually the AIS has done not too badly when you look at it. If we're going to include NSL youth teams then remember there's an A-League youth league but it's going to take longer than 5 years before these juniors crack into the Socceroos.