OT: Association Football

[the phantom menace]

Sure, but the A-League has nothing to do with that either way. It's just a place for kids to play if they're not good enough for Europe.

But but but A-League only exists because of the "active support" crews... lol.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Possibly they stay to long. And not talking about A league really but the fact the old schools Mediterranean Descendants are running things at junior level.

They still are. My lad plays soccer and Mediterranean Descendants are running it everywhere, at least in Perth and Canberra. I don't see why it would be different elsewhere. Who else is going to do it?

 

[hindy111]

They still are. My lad plays soccer and Mediterranean Descendants are running it everywhere, at least in Perth and Canberra. I don't see why it would be different elsewhere. Who else is going to do it?

Ok. My assumption/knowledge was at age 10 or under kids are moved positions so they can all have a bit of fun and score a goals. Whilst in Europe by that age your allocated a position and thats that at a very young age.
I'm not an expert in tbis area. But from what understand

 

[85 Baby]

Ok. My assumption/knowledge was at age 10 or under kids are moved positions so they can all have a bit of fun and score a goals. Whilst in Europe by that age your allocated a position and thats that at a very young age.
I'm not an expert in tbis area. But from what understand

“From what I understand about something I have no idea about.”
@Suitman can probably tell you it’s still full of ethnics, especially at early competitive levels, and they can be part of the problem because they’re also more likely to talk or even pay their way into teams

 

[T-Boon]

Football here has gone down the gurgler. Since all the old Mediterranean Descendants got pushed out of coaching and running the game. A league was supposed to unearth heaps of stars. It's done the opposite. Progressively gotten worse. It peaked 10yrs ago.

Very interesting take. I hadn't heard that explanation before. Did you come up with it? It makes some sense.

 

[T-Boon]

Since the A-League has been around Australia has not really developed any player into a level of player that would make that initial team that made the world cup in 2005 or whatever it was. Maybe a goalkeeper or a back. Development definitely seemed to fall off a cliff around about the time A-League took off. Bresciano, Emerton, Grella, Kewell, Viduka, Agositino, Aloisi, Moore, Cahill. Just before them Okon. Then off the cliff.

 

[hindy111]

Very interesting take. I hadn't heard that explanation before. Did you come up with it? It makes some sense.

Yes I've heard it plenty. They say once clubs like Marconi, Sydney united and Parra power etc lost that cultural rivalry it ruined things.
Another of ethnics where lost to coaching.

 

[T-Boon]

Yes I've heard it plenty. They say once clubs like Marconi, Sydney united and Parra power etc lost that cultural rivalry it ruined things.
Another of ethnics where lost to coaching.

Parra Power existed for like 5 minutes. I'd say Sydney Olympic. They produced really good attacking sides. When young Nick Carle was 16 and playing for Olympic they were beautiful to watch for a few years. I was into the NSL then. Watched a lot of games at Newcastles cute little ground at Birmingham that is now used for Greyhounds or was a few years ago its probably units now.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Since the A-League has been around Australia has not really developed any player into a level of player that would make that initial team that made the world cup in 2005 or whatever it was. Maybe a goalkeeper or a back. Development definitely seemed to fall off a cliff around about the time A-League took off. Bresciano, Emerton, Grella, Kewell, Viduka, Agositino, Aloisi, Moore, Cahill. Just before them Okon. Then off the cliff.

Were we really better back then? We are currently ranked 25th in the world. We were never ranked this high any time before 2009, when we qualified for the 2010 World Cup.

 

[TheParraboy]

Were we really better back then? We are currently ranked 25th in the world. We were never ranked this high any time before 2009, when we qualified for the 2010 World Cup.

Do we need a soccer power ranking ?

Since there is too many nations , lets limit it to a top 75 power rank ?

 

[Twizzle]

Do we need a soccer power ranking ?

Since there is too many nations , lets limit it to a top 75 power rank ?

*football

 

[the phantom menace]

Saw these floating through on facebook - from around the time I started to get interested in the socceroos.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Those Qatari dollars must still be coming in for poor Timmy.

Fancy Celebrating them making a world cup especially after the way they got the world cup in 2022.

 

[85 Baby]

Did they pull her out of crowd to sing US anthem?

 

[85 Baby]

At least we’re starting with Bos today in place of Rowles on flank

 

[85 Baby]

And great start in midfield already…. Turn ball over completely unmarked

 

[85 Baby]

That was fun ball movement at least. We do that occasionally and it makes you wonder what the thought processes are in rest of games

 

[85 Baby]

Crunching cover tackle

 

[85 Baby]

f**k yeah boi!

 

[85 Baby]

Guys who attack the ball and are willing to control at speed are who we need on flanks. Bos and Boyle at his best