A-League thread

[dwaino]

South west Brisbane is already the Roar, unless they're talking about Ipswich in which the only thing they know is XD Falcons, VL Commodores, XXXX and Brisbane Broncos. Just bring back the Strikers and they can have Coe back

[Diocletian]

Then we could have Ipswich v Newcastle and pretend it's the EPL.

Will be years before a second Qld side is remotely viable - even Roar wouldn't be if they ever went for too long a period wthout success.

[one-eyed]

Victory lost 2-4 to Perth in extra-time in the FFA Cup.
 
The only non-A-league side left in the comp. is Bentleigh Greens. The other 3 semi-finalists are Perth. CCM and Adelaide Utd.

[mightytiges]

Proper promotion and relegation would be disastrous for the A-league. Many clubs that would be relegated would die or at least never recover financially to make it back to the top flight. Australia just doesn't have a P/R culture.

I see this talk as having a pseudo P/R to appease the requests from the AFC. Clubs at the NPL level will have the opportunity to be promoted if they satisfy a whole heap of off-field criteria as well as being successful onfield. They would need average crowds and membership pushing 8-10k+, annual revenue capabilities of $20m+, facilities up to A-League standards, etc ....  Alternatively, clubs in the A-league that fail consistently to satisfy certain criteria will be open to be relegated to the NRL level and replace by a NPL club that has met the promotion criteria.   

[one-eyed]

Wanderers have become the first Aussie club to win the Asian Champions League.

They can thank Covic in goal and two dodgy non-penalty calls that went WSW's way.

[Judge Roughneck]

The last three teams Wanderers  beat in the acl

Just the manager alone per team, was on more money p gear, than the Wanderers salary cap.... Lol

Wanderers have become the first Aussie club to win the Asian Champions League.

They can thank Covic in goal and two dodgy non-penalty calls that went WSW's way.

https://vine.co/v/OOe2LVu1gp0

Dirty mongrel

Well done western Sydney .

World club cup vs real Madrid upxomming *

* Now they are one win away from playing Real Madrid in the semi finals of the Club World Cup.



edited: no need for the racicial rubbish, next time the entire post will be removed

[tony_montana]

what a dirty dog that el shamanananai or whatever his name is - spiranovic should have decked the dog

congrats top the wonderers, historic win for the A-league

[mightytiges]

Considering the outs, a good win by the Victory. Back on top  .

[🏅Dooks]

Considering the outs, a good win by the Victory. Back on top  .

 

[Judge Roughneck]

Proper promotion and relegation would be disastrous for the A-league. Many clubs that would be relegated would die or at least never recover financially to make it back to the top flight. Australia just doesn't have a P/R culture.

I see this talk as having a pseudo P/R to appease the requests from the AFC. Clubs at the NPL level will have the opportunity to be promoted if they satisfy a whole heap of off-field criteria as well as being successful onfield. They would need average crowds and membership pushing 8-10k+, annual revenue capabilities of $20m+, facilities up to A-League standards, etc ....  Alternatively, clubs in the A-league that fail consistently to satisfy certain criteria will be open to be relegated to the NRL level and replace by a NPL club that has met the promotion criteria.   

Massive load of wank


For starters. Footy seems OK at ammos, doesn't it.

How come culture is not being destroying by promotion/relegation

[🏅Dooks]

[tony_montana]

[dwaino]

 

[mightytiges]

Proper promotion and relegation would be disastrous for the A-league. Many clubs that would be relegated would die or at least never recover financially to make it back to the top flight. Australia just doesn't have a P/R culture.

I see this talk as having a pseudo P/R to appease the requests from the AFC. Clubs at the NPL level will have the opportunity to be promoted if they satisfy a whole heap of off-field criteria as well as being successful onfield. They would need average crowds and membership pushing 8-10k+, annual revenue capabilities of $20m+, facilities up to A-League standards, etc ....  Alternatively, clubs in the A-league that fail consistently to satisfy certain criteria will be open to be relegated to the NRL level and replace by a NPL club that has met the promotion criteria.   

Massive load of wank


For starters. Footy seems OK at ammos, doesn't it.

How come culture is not being destroying by promotion/relegation

Yes it occurs at amateur level in footy but not at the professional level. That's my point. Ammo clubs have small budgets and a tiny fan base (mostly family/friends/past players/officials) who connect with their ammo club irrespective of division. At the professional level, budgets are now at least $30m+ for most AFL clubs and Collingwood's revenue is $75m pushing towards the $100m mark. For any code, these budgets depend on increasing sponsorship, tv rights and membership which are directly linked to a club's exposure in the market place and form onfield. A poorly performing club that ends up relegated would see a significant drop in all categories as well loss of their best players. In one of the most competitive sporting markets here in Australia where many football clubs (all codes) are barely keeping their heads above water, relegation would break them financially. Australia doesn't have a culture of following second tier clubs in the numbers needed to support a promotion/relegation system. We're not the UK.

[dwaino]

What the hell was that penalty for? Everyone was all over everyone on that corner.