A-League thread

[mightytiges]

Here's next season's fixture.

http://www.a-league.com.au/site/_content/document/00001665-source.pdf

The FFA has held off the Melbourne derby until after the footy finishes. Interesting to see size of Heart's crowds and whether the league can sustain two clubs in Melbourne.

[Hellenic Tiger]

Here's next season's fixture.

http://www.a-league.com.au/site/_content/document/00001665-source.pdf

The FFA has held off the Melbourne derby until after the footy finishes. Interesting to see size of Heart's crowds and whether the league can sustain two clubs in Melbourne.

Not unless the AFL GF is a draw.

[mightytiges]

Not unless the AFL GF is a draw.

LOL

Dopey Craig Foster would call it an AFL conspiracy if it happened 

[Hellenic Tiger]

He is actually quite insightful when it comes to tactics MT. Says it how it is.

Alot more thorough than Andy Harper when it comes to tactics. Andy Harper is Soccer's version of Garry Lyon. Just playing it safe.

[mightytiges]

He is actually quite insightful when it comes to tactics MT. Says it how it is.

Alot more thorough than Andy Harper when it comes to tactics. Andy Harper is Soccer's version of Garry Lyon. Just playing it safe.

I agree he knows his Soccer when it comes to tactics and believe it or not I actually agree with him when he says we need to develop players in Australia with better technical skills and technique and that ball-players in the A-league should be better protected to encourage skill over braun. However he is so Sydney-centric so he hates Melbourne and he hates the fact Aussie Rules is the most popular football code in Oz. So he writes absolute BS in his SMH articles when he starts discussing the merits of Soccer over the other footy codes especially Aussie Rules. He perpetuates the myths and this 'us vs them' victim mentality in the Soccer fraternity that all other codes and the Oz media conspire against the sport  . It's that blame others attitude that has covered over the self-inflicted problems Soccer has had in Oz over decades.

[mightytiges]

Great comeback from 0-2 down by the Victory tonight. Finished 3-3 away to Sydney.

[Ramps]

anyone turn up to these games on the weekend?

[the_boy_jake]

anyone turn up to these games on the weekend?

Stick a knife in the a-league, it is just about done.

Gold coast v Brisbane 6,000 people. Gold coast probably only about 2,000 of them. Hardly a shot on goal all game. Who is going to spend $30-40 on that with all the other things to do on the coast?

I watched a few games this weekend and whilst a couple of games had goals, the overall quality is very poor.

[Ramps]

anyone turn up to these games on the weekend?

Stick a knife in the a-league, it is just about done.

Gold coast v Brisbane 6,000 people. Gold coast probably only about 2,000 of them. Hardly a shot on goal all game. Who is going to spend $30-40 on that with all the other things to do on the coast?

I watched a few games this weekend and whilst a couple of games had goals, the overall quality is very poor.

the investors are losing truckloads in cash now - its like there just standing infront of a fireplace chucking $100 notes continually into the fire. within 5 years we will have a new national competition and that will include the big clubs with the big histories like South Melbourne.

[mightytiges]

As usual it was the fickle Sydneysiders that didn't turn up given they were playing the Victory at home. And they want to host the WC final up there . The other games' crowds weren't unexpected. Greedy loopy Clive Palmer doing his best on the GC again to stop people coming charging $49 a ticket on the wing  . Perth Glory had their biggest crowd in ages thanks to the Fowler factor. Heart's first up crowd on a Thursday night was decent.

As for lack of goals there were two 3-3 draws. The WC lacked goals. More a result of the way modern Soccer is played. It's very defensive and even ordinary sides are hard to break down. NZ went through the group stage undefeated for crying out loud.

[mightytiges]

I think we can forget about either Melbourne side challenging for the title this year. Lost 0-2 tonight. The Victory without Thompson can't put the ball in the back of the net and the defence is leaking soft goals. Langerak leaving for the bigger leagues in Europe has left a massive hole in goal.

[the_boy_jake]

I think we can forget about either Melbourne side challenging for the title this year. Lost 0-2 tonight. The Victory without Thompson can't put the ball in the back of the net and the defence is leaking soft goals. Langerak leaving for the bigger leagues in Europe has left a massive hole in goal.

Theoklitos looking quite decent up here MT. Hasn't conceded in 3.

[mightytiges]

Theoklitos looking quite decent up here MT. Hasn't conceded in 3.

Can we have Theo back?! lol

It's just not Petkovic in goal to be fair. Vargas and Muscat are struggling big time as well in defence. I'd reckon age has now caught up with both of them. Merrick will have to rebuild the Victory defence after this season.

[Ramps]

The A League is bleeding. Seen the crowds. Its taken 5 years- most teams are getting less than half what South Melbourne used to get in the NSL.

A League clubs are going out the backdoor! Debts mounting, poohouse stadium deals. The sport has been rooted by the new powerbrokers who sought to destroy the ethnic clubs.

Millionaires looking for ways out of their poor investments, club owners locking stadiums so crowds dont go over 5000. Oh Dear!

Its all falling apart now!

[tiger101]

well done to melb heart on there first win. hopefully its the first of many.