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HappyGuus said:
Great tournament, very smooth and done well. Nearly every team brought their best. South Melbourne proving again that NPL Victoria are top of the pops haha. And before the tournament I tipped them to win it, they didn't disappoint. Well done everyone!
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curious if it grows in crowds or plateaus like other football competitions.

It does have hybrid p&r which gives it some degree of hope to improve. I feel olympic and particularly su58 have the biggest room to grow of the f8 clubs

the ofc pro league will also have an interesting effect on south melbourne

will it help them their crowds giving them enough high level games to basically have a league level squad and crowds? Or will having so many big games thin their crowds out?
 
grazorblade said:
curious if it grows in crowds or plateaus like other football competitions.

It does have hybrid p&r which gives it some degree of hope to improve. I feel olympic and particularly su58 have the biggest room to grow of the f8 clubs

the ofc pro league will also have an interesting effect on south melbourne

will it help them their crowds giving them enough high level games to basically have a league level squad and crowds? Or will having so many big games thin their crowds out?
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Ill tell you after we win that also! 😜
 
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grazorblade said:
curious if it grows in crowds or plateaus like other football competitions.

It does have hybrid p&r which gives it some degree of hope to improve. I feel olympic and particularly su58 have the biggest room to grow of the f8 clubs

the ofc pro league will also have an interesting effect on south melbourne

will it help them their crowds giving them enough high level games to basically have a league level squad and crowds? Or will having so many big games thin their crowds out?
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Assuming we won't have a league format for the next four seasons, I'd still like to see the competition format tweaked. I wrote this after matchday one:

HappyGuus said:
10. I know we have another season of this, but I’d like to see the format modified closer to the modern champions league model for next year. Keep the 16 teams but make it the one league, and play a selection of six other teams from other federations, then the top 8 to knockouts. I know it would be a little costlier, but I’m not thrilled with the lack of spread amongst the opposition a team plays and doubling up in the group stage, and possibly a third time in the finals. Add in the number of times they’ve played each other during their NPL season (in Victoria and NSW) plus finals and Australia Cup, that adds up to possibly facing the same team SEVEN times in a season. So next year PLEASE scrap double round robin and playing your own federation in the group stage! Making it one league now will also make it easier to expand to full home and away in future. It seems a logical step along the “proof of concept” path.
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In addition to those ideas, using the Swiss champions league model allows more foundation clubs to join whenever they can and it won't affect the tournament format, it's just another team or two on the table, another match per round etc. So if we have one, or three, new foundation clubs, we would have a table of 17 or 19 teams and not have to worry about shuffling groups around with odd numbers.

It's controlled expansion, albeit still slower than we want.
 
HappyGuus said:
Assuming we won't have a league format for the next four seasons, I'd still like to see the competition format tweaked. I wrote this after matchday one:



In addition to those ideas, using the Swiss champions league model allows more foundation clubs to join whenever they can and it won't affect the tournament format, it's just another team or two on the table, another match per round etc. So if we have one, or three, new foundation clubs, we would have a table of 17 or 19 teams and not have to worry about shuffling groups around with odd numbers.

It's controlled expansion, albeit still slower than we want.
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also any format that is flexible enough to add teams and rounds at will wouldgive the comp room to grow
 
Sutherlandbear said:
Does matter, when you read the never ending MUFC V LFC, who has won the most honours, you will never see their lower league championship wins included. And you made the total to look like SMFC are Australia’s most successful national league team.
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National competition started in 1977 - not 2005. 5 premierships, 4 Championships, a Champions League win and 2 NSL Cups.
 
LFC said:
cheers mate - just tried being OS the local links don't work.
Have to wait till back.
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Ah ok, there's still the FA youtube which you should be able to see from overseas:

www.youtube.com

Football Australia

Welcome to the official Football Australia YouTube channel. Check out all our videos from the CommBank Socceroos, CommBank Matildas, Youth National teams, Hahn Australia Cup, and more.
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I think if this was a home and away league format we would likely finish 1st still.

This is arguably our strongest team since the nsl finished. Full of quality, the intensity of our play is off the charts, and we now have a coach who coaches like an smfc coach (attack).

Only real weakness is maybe our depth isnt that great. How the presidents son still gets on the field pisses me off.

As for the day overall, first of all seeing so much blue and white at northland shopping centre before the game was incredible. I have no idea how everyone managed to find parking cos it was an absolute shitshow. I give the FA 0/10 though, did they bring in a single food truck? Our arch enemies Heidelberg made an absolute killing! Whilst im not one to complain about watching a grand final for free it was absolute amatuer hour at the entry points, the main ticket windows at the regular entrance were closed, just one small window open behind it which everyone ignored and just walked in, it did not feel like i was walking into a venue hosting a grand final!

South fans were excellent though, only thing missing was a 2nd half goal to see everyone erupt behind the goals.
 
Wsw asian champions league worth 10 trophies

Nsl and a league trophies worth the same
 
grazorblade said:
Wsw asian champions league worth 10 trophies

Nsl and a league trophies worth the same
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Are you now trying a comedy routine? They haven’t even been champions of their own country.

Agree on your second point, although the NSL had both grand finals and first past the post, which , sort of skews things a wee bit.
 
Sutherlandbear said:
Are you now trying a comedy routine? They haven’t even been champions of their own country.

Agree on your second point, although the NSL had both grand finals and first past the post, which , sort of skews things a wee bit.
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Its so much harder to win the acl than the national league so i ratr it way higher. On average we have been maybe the 7th best league in asia, how would the 7th best league in europe rate a uefa champions league title compared to a domestic league one? Irregardless i think its the most impressive achievement of any club of any code in australia
 
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