SMFC1959
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Exactly this...
My hope is that yhe serious foundation clubs will strengthen and that includes for the NPL, some more some less, all will have the next Championshipnin mind.
Re the foundation clubs Sth, Avondale, Wests, Marconi are more complete, and need few signings.
Preston is already showing its view moving forwRd with strong signings.
I highly doubt SU58 will be this complacent again, wollongong will see this year as a learning experience and only get better the next time round, olympic is interesting and dependent on the coaching/management.
As far as the rest go, they need to step up,
South hibart proved its good off the field and has interest but needs to get the on the park stuff sorted and apply to be permanent, bergers has retained and strengthened but they need to commit fully and not just rely on the easy qualification aveneue or miss out on h&a, i expect Ad City to ginally apply succesfully, qld i expect a solid permanent bid also.
Interest should be there for a EOI from the ckubs that fixed the issues the last time round to be successful this time and then easily h&a.
All good points.I think a major point of interest should be how much favor these foundation clubs can gather from local government in terms of funding, also think control of facilities will be important.
I desperately hope SU58 can get it together considering they are obviously having issues with policing at games and having half of their squad absent from their inaugural Aus Championship campaign.
There will be some clubs who would prefer the status quo and and others that would want to step up and invest in a proper home and away league structure. Even Football Australia would be surprised by the response from fans and the wider football community. I think 1 or 2 clubs who were sitting on the fence may be now in favour of re-evaluating how they could push to join a future a separate home and away league competition.