Not to mention Rashid and JBD have both played NPL level and still talk about clubs having "owners"....

Yes mate YOU may have said it (pretty much every football fan in Australia may have said it) but it is noticeably absent in Matt's proposal is my point...

ESPECIALLY if we win the Aus Cup the week before.... :cool: :cool: :cool:

what year... Best Olympics ever held and Greece made Ronaldo cry... twice :cool:

After seeing the photos Im SURE you are listening and not just looking... hahaha perve,. hahahahaha

That is some fine "evidence based research" right there. hahahahaha Don't know how or why you bother mate...

Yeah I know, pure escapism.. Dont look too deeply into it, Its stylish, funny and Ive always had the hots for Kaya Scodelario :)

Can't stand how he is constantly referring to "product" and "value capture" and "commodity" just makes me sick...

Im not trying to diminish your post but its NOT really rocket science is it? If the APL just got the fuck out of the way and the franchises were willing to accept that, if they want the sport to grow, they have accept the jeopardy of potential relegation then it can start next year. Lets be...

How about having a proposal for promotion/relegation that INCLUDES relegation? This whole "concept" is a mechanism to increase license value by protecting current franchisees from EVER having to drop below a controlled, professional level, It is pro/rel in name only... You watch football...

Probably for the best they dont make anymore finals then... Pffft as if he really thinks Lakeside is the worst after some of the doozies served up by other NPL clubs this year..... hateful prick.

Preston dont NEED our support to attract a crowd and I would be quite pleased if both Oakleigh and Avondale fold as clubs anyway so best if they remain ghost towns :cool:

It won't be nonsense if we miss out on a finals spot because of it.

Not during NPL, but would be ideal during the Aus Champs..

Depends on the schedule for me.. Edensor Park is a lock, already discussed with the boys, and Canberra, if its Thursday or Friday will be a "business trip" .. Will try and go to Sutherland, but November is a pain in the arse with work travel anyway so depends on how close it is to the other two...

:cool: :cool:

TiN POt NSL clubs ... wait sorry what year is it again?

A big reason why expansion "by auction" is a such hit and miss scenario...

Yeah I saw the new season of the Gentlemen come up so Im re-watching the 1st season just to remind myself why I liked it the first time... :)

late 90s.

If opening match is Friday night at Lakeside against Syd Croatia I reckon it will blitz any of last years crowd numbers.... there will be 3-4,000 "away" fans

My point exactly... Whats next Star Wars round?

Yeah but thats NOT any of us... and they know it... This is like they are trying to make it seem ridiculous... it stinks

Yeah but to what purpose? Nobody would have asked for this? Especially not the broadcaster with decades of pure football experience... are the APL trying to kill it?

wtf is this shit?

with open arms....

You are certainly a sucker, we agree on that. I hope, when you say "little people" you are just ebign senile and not exposing a dirty secret.

No doubt. Better get Zelen to call the cops first ...

The boys want to be coming up ACT too..... its gonna be fun....

Come over to King Tom, you can sit with us... hahahahaha

Happy for Championhsip to be semi pro but open at the bottom to ALL of Australia . The A1-A2 best if they stay as new franchsies then...

Better get the grills at King Tom cleaned and serviced.... I reckon we'll be travelling in numbers for that one.

FUCK YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well we HAVE announced our entry into the Aleague, lets see what happens eh?

12.7 and sometimes the flowers turn a lovely purple colour... If you listen carefully the sound of the waterfall is mesmerising.

Its so niche you constantly mention it.. Show us on the doll where the AFL administrators touched you.

They dont want clubs in the long run, they only want them there as placeholders in 2029 when the broadcasting right come up and they can value add then find more franchise investors to sell licenses too... its PONZI... clear as day. I just hope no football club (mine included) falls for the sizzle.

Im glad you brought up the Australian Championship ... seems to be a very glaringly obvious ommison from this (I haven't read it all yet admittedly just glanced through some of it and got bogged down in the macroeconomics of justifying the protection of foreign investment zzzzzzz) ). I wonder...

The APL cares mate. If they could get away with making the same revenue and ONLY playing one game a year, they would....

Dont even get me started with how impossible it is to get a horse into a bathing costume for water polo .... :cool:

If nothing else, at least the APL is now conceding (like the AAFC concluded what feels like a decade ago) that travel costs are not an impediment to pro/rel... :P All they need to realise now is that clubs, many who have been around for 70-80 years, don't actually need to be "branded" as...

Yeah Baby...

It is ALL about maximising existing equity and figuring out how to squeeze more out of the 2029 Broadcasting deal - Its more "football but not as you know it" If the broadcaster wants another club in Tarneit the APL will provide another club in Tarneit... There is a reason Matt states: "By...

They are mate. This is an APL proposal. Matt has been "set free" into grass roots football land in order to make A1-A2 closed shop more palatable to the rest of us. I agree its great to have a starting point, but it seems like this has the valuation of the APL licenses as its main reason of...

TLDR summary, lets get some wog clubs into the A1-A2 so we can pretend to have pro/rel and hopefully save the current APL investors. hahahah In all seriousness, alot of work has gone into this so kudos to Matt and his team who have been pushing this forever.. Ill got through it when I get a chance.

Not enough emojis. hahahahahah

To be honest, I draw too much enjoyment from being a football fan. Maybe (If I wasn't such a shitkicker) a pro playing career would have been nice but Im happy being a club member. P.S not offended. just wanted to explain I didnt hate S Hill.

I think a few of the Championship clubs will look quite mercenary from both a playing and coaching perspective this year... Not a good look or feel for us NPL tragics but somethign that wont effect the caual fans that are "once a year, big event" types. A proper H and A can't come soon enoguh.

"Idemo" ? hahahahah

Im not debating what is or isnt fair, or even the mercenary quality of a player jumping ship... More so the right of ANYONE to tell them how they should behave if they want to remain Australian. In your example, if I may be so presumptuous, should one of your children one day be blessed enough...

We havent yet seen what happens at the end of season to see which will be a bigger disgrace.

There is LOTS of room for more.

Its OK, the bacon and eggs you fry up in the morning more than make up for it.

Chin up mate, Lets hope Marconi make some moves in the window.

Yeah I agree. Georgies had a really solid season this year, They even threatened to play finals, Eric had the squad performing better than the sum of its parts.

I usually breath OUT first , mainly because you always sleep with your head on my tummy. :cool:

Hahah you are always welcome at South, you just need to speak Greek and change your name.... Maybe get under a sun bed for a few weeks first depending on how pale you are :cool:

I don't know enough about it but the way it was explaiend to me was that this applied to what FA deems "professional players" and until this year with OFC and some South Melbourne players on "professional contracts" that was not the case in NPL yet... could be wrong though.

Hahaha matey I AM AGREEING with you. hahahaha I though you would be pleased I wasnt bashing the Alegaue saying they arent to blame its the proper DTS that hasnt been impleemnted :)

HAHAHAHA να'σε καλλα.. I wonder if I'll get an award from the club for community service?

Even when you own your own business you have to tow the line sometimes matey.. You know that... Your not accountable to a boss but you DO need to keep clients and staff happy.. There are levels to everything.

I dont think Robbos has attened an Australian football match in a few decades..

I think old mate is secretly Kim Kardashian... a TRUE football supporter.

How fucked up is @Robbos for thinking this?

Hmmm is this another one of those famous examples of you palying the ball and NOT the man is it @Kitwally ? For the record I stated that I dont blame S Hill for his cronysim, like I said before we all have to tow the line sometimes.

Hahah not really I bag out NRL because I dont understand the appeal of people beating each other up while using a ball as an excuse to do so... Either play Soccer or do boxing or wrestling what the fuck is the point of combining the two... Its like Polo, shit either just ride a horse or play hockey.

I never claimed to be a "sports" fan like you did.. I just like "da sokkah" and maybe watch a bit of AFL, Basketball or NFL out of curiosity...

A bit of a milestone today for this thread... 500 pages and over 600K views... Hated, Adored, Never Ignored. South Melbourne Hellas is eternal.

Hahah I honestly reckon its so that the pitch iscnt completely chewed up after two previous matches but if it IS indeed because of the Preston vampires cannot play at night policy that is absurd... hahha

JA can "get the results" with a hand picked squad and 6 weeks of 7 day a week training... could he have done it with our demands this year... I doubt it...

I will be interested to hear how much he bags his former employers on the podcast now. hahahaha I don't blame the guy for "towing the line" we've all gotta feed the family somehow...

There are actually quite a few... We also have Yuki Uchida and David Yoo, so attract a few Japanese and Koreans fans and their friends.

Hes a solid signing...

HAHAHAH GTFO I thought this was AI. hahahaha thats absolutely hilarious... what a laughing stock...

If you think JA is a better coach than someone like Sinisa who didnt have ANY NPL senior experience prior to last year than I guess we are watching different sports.

Some not happy with the envirnment but most chasing the Italian Lira...

Sounds like you are in for some :

Dude, the kid is playing for HULL! hhahahaq you are the best sometimes. hahahahahahha

It is what it is and most clubs dont stand in the way of players getting a chance to have a pro career. It would be fairer though if we had an in place domestic transfer system that would allow these NPL clubs to make a bit of money to compensate them AND also have a synced transfer window so...

Nothing more or less than any other mouthpiece feeding at the football trough. His opinions on all things Australian Football certainly changed when he was no longer financially dependant on first Fox and then Paramount.. I wonder if he still thinks there will NEVER be such a thing as an Asian...

WTF I read RIP Baggio and I immediately got sad... dont scare me like that. As for the No Italian World Cup player in Serie A, I wouldnt make too much of that Italy hasn't been at a world cup for more than a decade, its just people, trying to kick Serie A down... I think it is one of the most...

How OLD are you actually mate? Do you eat all of your meals mashed together with a spoon? hahahaha

Mate Im in the same boat... I reckon Ive watched maybe a whole 25 mins of AFL all season on tv, no matches live, yet its hard to avoid hearing about whats going on.

Maybe but if you sit in the stands on ANY Friday, Saturday or Sunday you will hear that days footy score update all throughout the match anywhere match you go to, its unavoidable.

And yet IT has only every mattered to plastics. Go figure. hahahaha

Bullshit, you just bag it because its a Melbourne thing and for some reason you think some plastic rivalry between Melbourne vs Sydney really matters. hahahahahaha

Yeah I guess not always harmoniously, but its just an accepted part of life.. I would guestimate that 80-90% of NPL supporters down here have an AFL club and I guess maybe simialr in WA and SA? From what I understand, most NSW NPL fans are the same with NRL clubs?? Its only ever Aleague fans...

Doesn't make a difference. Love it or hate it, the ones making the most noise about how AFL should fear football, are the ones who are trying to make a buck out of the game like S Hill and the ones defending the opinion are the APL customers trying to maintain market share or whatever metric...

The squad that "nobody wanted to go near" had the bones of 3 grand finals in a row... I agree that noboday wanted to coach us but I dont think it was a squad problem. Would YOU be willing to go and work for a company that sacks you one day (very publicaly)and then hires you back 3 days later...

Lucky they have pared down the classified section too, most of that was people selling AFL merch. hahahahah

I dont think any of the fans do, Sinisa is a saviour, gave us our pretty football back, saved us from relegation, won us some silverware for the first time in a while and more importantly approaches his craft with dignity and respect for the club and the fans. As to why the board may or may not...

Fausto was playing 20 years ago mate, been coaching for about 10 I think.

Are you being serious?

Or Leigh Minops and Tyson Homes, or Esteban before them or Tangalakis, and on and on and on... I would take Fausto after he has been coaching for a decade and just had back to back promotions with a club with financial limitations anyday.

I am not sure if you realise or not, but 170,000 paying fans sitting in stadium watching a sport dont really care if it is played in any other country or in any other city. Being a self proclaimed "sports' fan and also being proud of your ignorance of a major Australian sport is sort of a...

I think AFL lives rent free in quite a few posters heads on here...

Im the same down here... 5pm Sunday is PERFECTION...

I think you need to go and lie down old man, too much gayfl for you.

Thats what Im saying... "the big games" I dont think the NPL is a pirority this year, we will sit back and let Bergers beat us 3 times in a season, badly, just so we can lose another Cup final this year.

Ive actually been to one of their gala days, my daughter's best friend in Primary school was Nepali :)

I think he was more impressed with the "Yeti" bit. As was I hahahahahahha

Nic for the record I stand corrected :) I no longer think there are NONE, just that there arent that many in comparison to the number of migrants.

I agree, but is he full 90 min player?

Sure matey, but considering there are 50 x more Indians migrants here than Italians, Greeks, Yugos and Maltese combined, you would think they would have hundreds of clubs if they cared about soccer. The have hundreds of local cricket clubs that compete in locals districts and leagues.

They are training clubs or community academies my friend, I dont think they compete in FFV or FNSW leagues... Stay off Google...

I think, if anyone from that list, JA is the one to go over...

If you want Indian migrants to join their own cultural clubs perhaps you can point to ONE Indian club, either north or south, they could join?

I dont think there is any spare land around Princess Park to build thousands of metricon monstrosities.

To be fair, this is a sport podcast and Ange is a notorious AFL tragic.

Menelaou and Eliopoulos might be a little underdone still, I reckon he would maybe not even have them on the bench on Sunday, saving for Australia Cup. I also think maybe SInisa may prefer a 442 against Bergers, They seem to be the only team that isnt troubled getting wide against our back 3...

Hahaha I should point you to the Western United thread you love so much...

Or get rid of the red text box...

#3...... no other answer is necessary.

Thats a really interesting observation... Those old migrant communities and social institutions arent exactly dying (from what I can see) more so they are shifting their roles to cater to an ageing migrant population.. Some of them though are experiencing a bit of regeneration from the children...

Still waiting on justification for why he was sacked and then three days latter he was resurrected. But never fear, we have declared our interest to join the Aleague, happy days have come again... hahahahah

Thats some NPL VIC level weekly wages right there. HAHAHAHAHAH

"... here is the church, here is the steeple .... um wtf was I doing with my hands for tiktok again?"

If Sinisa is going to Avondale and JA is coming to South we may very well see both sides field the U15s in an effort to lose. hahahahha

Ummm Star Wars round says hello :P

Yeah thats what I thought, only members.

So does that mean if Preston beats Avondale THEY play Oakleigh, but if Avondale wins South plays Oakleigh?

Was the Dragons the Vietnamese community based out of Springvale? If so they were talking about that in the 90s as well.