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Green & Gold FC podcast

HappyGuus said:
Guys! Another terrific podcast!!
Why on Earth did he leave FA? Sounds like he's put in a lot of work in the last three or so years, building relationships and understanding structures etc., and now we're losing that or the next person almost has to start again?
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Alot of good people started leaving FA from around the middle of May moving forward ... join the dots.
 
Really enjoyed the Nathan Godfrey podcast.

I learned a lot.

I think he really cares about football and is pretty pleased the Champ is off the ground. However, I don’t like him suggesting that the Champ needs to be established before promo/releg. The promo/releg adds extra incentive.

I found it interesting that FA wants the new Champ clubs to become more professional on every way.

I was also interested to learn Japan has 3 pro leagues. Netherlands only has one. Eerste is semi-pro.
 
Decentric said:
Really enjoyed the Nathan Godfrey podcast.

I learned a lot.

I think he really cares about football and is pretty pleased the Champ is off the ground. However, I don’t like him suggesting that the Champ needs to be established before promo/releg. The promo/releg adds extra incentive.

I found it interesting that FA wants the new Champ clubs to become more professional on every way.

I was also interested to learn Japan has 3 pro leagues. Netherlands only has one. Eerste is semi-pro.
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You might want to email Vitesse, Roda, Camburr and the others and let them know they are now considered semi-pro... Im sure they will be as surprised as I am.
 
Decentric said:
Really enjoyed the Nathan Godfrey podcast.

I learned a lot.

I think he really cares about football and is pretty pleased the Champ is off the ground. However, I don’t like him suggesting that the Champ needs to be established before promo/releg. The promo/releg adds extra incentive.

I found it interesting that FA wants the new Champ clubs to become more professional on every way.

I was also interested to learn Japan has 3 pro leagues. Netherlands only has one. Eerste is semi-pro.
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Eerste Divisie is a fully pro league.

But maybe Tony Popovic thinks it's semi-pro also, and that's the reason he is not selecting Nisbet.
 
Decentric said:
Really enjoyed the Nathan Godfrey podcast.

I learned a lot.

I think he really cares about football and is pretty pleased the Champ is off the ground. However, I don’t like him suggesting that the Champ needs to be established before promo/releg. The promo/releg adds extra incentive.

I found it interesting that FA wants the new Champ clubs to become more professional on every way.

I was also interested to learn Japan has 3 pro leagues. Netherlands only has one. Eerste is semi-pro.
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Thanks! Don't forget there is a qand a with nathan open till friday
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
You might want to email Vitesse, Roda, Camburr and the others and let them know they are now considered semi-pro... Im sure they will be as surprised as I am.
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I read a recent overview of the Eredivisie and Eerste. It claimed the Eerste was semi- pro. I was surprised to say the least.
 
Keeper66 said:
Don’t accept everything that Google’s AI Overview tells you as gospel.
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This wasn't a google AI overview.

I thought it had a name to an article I read some time ago and it had heaps of photos. Offline mates are saying that AI on Google searches can be inaccurate a fair bit too.

I'd love the Eerste to be fully pro. It becomes a better league for our players to play in.
 
Decentric said:
This wasn't a google AI overview.

I thought it had a name to an article I read some time ago and it had heaps of photos. Offline mates are saying that AI on Google searches can be inaccurate a fair bit too.

I'd love the Eerste to be fully pro. It becomes a better league for our players to play in.
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It is fully pro.
 
Keeper66 said:
It is fully pro.
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Do you have a source?

I must admit I was really surprised reading that it wasn't ? I almost thought it was some official KNVB ancillary website too.

It will be a relief knowing if Euroroos play in the Eerste it is pro, and knowing Netherlands has 2 pro leagues. It becomes an excellent destination.

When Rob Baan brought KNVB coaching luminaries Ad Derkson and Arie Schans to Aus in 2008, they thought the then AL was equivalent to the upper Eerste teams on the ladder and the lowest Eredivisie teams on the table. Much worse tactically though.

Ad and Arie didn't rate the lower ranked teams of the Eredivisie though!
 
Decentric said:
Thanks, Happy Guus.

It makes for interesting reading. Croatia has a semi-pro Div 2.
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Yeah I was looking into them 12 months ago (can't believe it's been that long already). They have an interesting pyramid which could help guide us towards connecting ours.

HappyGuus said:
I was looking at the Croatian pyramid the other day and how they go about it with a small population. Interesting to me was they only have 10 clubs in the top division, 12 in div 2, and 16 in div 3. Five regions below that lead into div 3. It does lead to the cream playing each other more at a higher standard, rather than having a larger league and filling the season with smacking minnows at the bottom.
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