You telling me a derby with ad city, that comes about after pro rel and after they are back in NST, that again pits old sokkah and AL wont have interest or work? As far as i can see it was always the best avenue for growth..
Hadnt realised they had such runs!! Heard of them obviously but had no idea of that... cheers for the info!
May work, the only potential problem is that Adelaide is a pissant town where everyone just gets behind the south aussies. Before that was Adelaide city, now it’s Adelaide united
Yeah it wouldn’t work. Everyone supports United here and there’s just no appetite for a second A-League team.
I agree with the concept for everywhere else. But the fan numbers just aren't there in SA. City used to be big, might still be the biggest at state level but it's not a high bar like Victoria. But I'm all for an SA team in the NST with pro/rel and whatever happens happens. But forcing a City vs United derby in the A-League won't work, it would actually harm what they already have.
The Glory would absolutely need to get their sh1t together in every aspect before a 2nd WA team is considered - even so, the already-existing clubs from there would add virtually nothing to the A-League, IMHO. The only way it might work is if the Dockers* were to field their own
side, ala Collingwood & Carlton in the NSL...
Well thats the argument... yes it doesnt work in the current AL no one logical can argue otherwise but an SA with only one side across 2 tiers (eventually) isnt viable either.. representstion needs to be everywhere, thats the benefit NST provides, from it it can either lead to a derby or it wont eventuate and no one folds or dies suddenly aka WU. Risk is minimal.
I reckon you’re right. A single team in the A League and another in the Australian Championship would work best. It allows the whole city to get behind both clubs given they would be in different competitions.
agree right now both teams could not survive , we do not have the core support for both teams to go week in week out , they would have to share the same ground as if they were to use Optus it would be a lunatic move as they would go broke.The Glory would absolutely need to get their sh1t together in every aspect before a 2nd WA team is considered - even so, the already-existing clubs from there would add virtually nothing to the A-League, IMHO. The only way it might work is if the Dockers* were to field their own
*or the Eagles, though they'd have to revamp themselves as a pan-State team rather than merely a Perth one
Yeah it doesn't make sense. Unless there was a storm or something that night? I can't remember.
Yeah dont know how accurate the numbers are tbh .... That was a nurs match and the crwod seemed =fairl loud... looked good on tv...
it was deflating losing the league format, but credit to crowds for persisting at those clubs that remained commited, current system has little merrit though beyond couple years bc it stales quickly (even if it was exciting it fails to entice growth and includes too many smaller sides), hard to gage true interest when its not cream of the crop aligned with p&r etc.
apparently fa take ticket sales plus 15% as a flat formula for all crowds
Not too bad, but only 55 matches, compared to the other leagues which would in all likelihood had 300+ matches.
