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Matilda's abroad

HonestSpursFan said:
Possibly, but personally I don’t mind where they play. If she holds a deep connection to her local area and club (perhaps her girlhood club) then she should be allowed to go and play for them. In an ideal world they should be fully professional athletes though.
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That’s the problem everything is so disjointed that they never develop teamwork.
Imagine if you had teams playing together in properly organised competitions you would pick out the best players based on their ability in a team environment.
 
rebelliousfeminist974 said:
Agree that there needs to be proper pathways for future Matildas prospects and ideally full-time professionalism in the Dub but I don't mind players like Shelby McMahon and Leticia McKenna going to play for Gold Coast Knights and South Melbourne Hellas respectively for example in the offseason either especially if the connection is there.
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You are talking about individual players joining teams at a lower level just so that you can stay fit regardless of the disruption that causes to the team environment.
When I watch Japanese teams play in tournaments at any level I see teamwork, when I watch Australian teams it is a disjointed mess. This is because they never develop that team mentality.
 
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libelous said:
You are talking about individual players joining teams at a lower level just so that you can stay fit regardless of the disruption that causes to the team environment.
When I watch Japanese teams play in tournaments at any level I see teamwork, when I watch Australian teams it is a disjointed mess. This is because they never develop that team mentality.
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I think it depends. I’ve seen our young girls work together as a team well on many occasions, but I’ve also seen particularly our senior team not work well as a team. This is why I’d like to see starting 11s that are like 80% or rotated with rotated subs so we can see how well they go as a team.
 
Hana Lowry started and played the entire first half for the Valerenga reserves in their 3-0 Norwegian Second Division group 2 loss to Hamarkameratene on June 7th before being subbed off at the half.
 
rebelliousfeminist974 said:
Hana Lowry started and played the entire first half for the Valerenga reserves in their 3-0 Norwegian Second Division group 2 loss to Hamarkameratene on June 7th before being subbed off at the half.
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If she’s just playing reserves she’s made a stupid move. Why leave to go and play for a team in a league much worse than the A-League? Sick of clubs signing our best players and then doing nothing with them.

An example of a move done right is Tori Tumeth to Vancouver Rise. She’s not only playing but she starts every match. That’s a good move. Sitting on the bench or playing academy/reserves is not.
 
HonestSpursFan said:
If she’s just playing reserves she’s made a stupid move. Why leave to go and play for a team in a league much worse than the A-League? Sick of clubs signing our best players and then doing nothing with them.

An example of a move done right is Tori Tumeth to Vancouver Rise. She’s not only playing but she starts every match. That’s a good move. Sitting on the bench or playing academy/reserves is not.
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Hana Lowry has played four matches for Valerenga as part of the first team with two matches apiece in both Toppserien and the Norwegian Women's Cup and was only relegated to the reserves for the one game though.
 
rebelliousfeminist974 said:
Hana Lowry has played four matches for Valerenga as part of the first team with two matches apiece in both Toppserien and the Norwegian Women's Cup and was only relegated to the reserves for the one game though.
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Still, it’s not a good look. She should either start every game or move on. The Toppserien isn’t an amazing league anyway, some of the teams are worse than Dub teams.
 
HonestSpursFan said:
If she’s just playing reserves she’s made a stupid move. Why leave to go and play for a team in a league much worse than the A-League? Sick of clubs signing our best players and then doing nothing with them.

An example of a move done right is Tori Tumeth to Vancouver Rise. She’s not only playing but she starts every match. That’s a good move. Sitting on the bench or playing academy/reserves is not.
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Although to be fair Lowry is at a club in a better league than Tumeth is. I don’t consider the Canadian league to be any better than the ALW.
 
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