10000% Agreed... Ive said it before, its gotta start somewhere... I would be happy for this to be Season 0 and as of next season they announce that whoever wins their NPL (plus 2nd and or 3rd depending on the size of the state) will start season 2028 as part of the National Premier League of...

How many times are they going to try to "fish where the fish are" before realising that the fish aren't real?.

A closed 10 or 12 or 14 club NST will fail , maybe not immediately but after 2-3 years it will.. Has to be pro rel from the very start (or from the second season at worst) for this to have ANY chance of succeeding. The first 2 years were meant to be about "gathering metrics" lets see what lies...

Thats the scuttlebut sure, but lets see what the "new" format will be for the final 3 years before we crack the bubbly.

Has anything changed?

Never EVER forget who the enemy is mate.... One day, when we have ALL had enough it will be time for the fire and the axe.

If it is NOT killed, as I anticipate, there is some mild hope for football in this country

All questions we would like to know answers too.

try your hand at analysing the National Curriculum and how many forward facing touches each player made during a full moon. hahahah ...

Yes I know I am a cantankerous old cynic but we dont hear ANYTHING about the NSD or the championship for months then ON THE SAME DAY we get an article expanding on the APL model of A1-A2 for pro rel (and yes it IS the APL behind it, Matt Windley may be the eh"spokeperson" but this is very much...

Because the APL has more votes on the board of football Australia than anybody else and the fact you dont know this is even more baffling.

Couldn't possibly be a more passionate derby than Melbourne City vs Western United could it? Poor South Hobart AND Davenport Strikers, AND the Knights AND Olympic and all the others... always so disrespected.

To be fair it IS a tough ask to have someone pay to set up a soccer club in Tasmania, especially someone not planning to live there or who even necessarily loves soccer.

Exactly right.. My understanding is that its to do with geographic spread as requested by broadcasting agreements.. The protectionism around pro/rel certainly supports this.

Hahha WTF is wrong with the Germans? ahhaha love it....... Thats insane. BTW ABC gets it don't they? "Starting out as supporters holding up cards to create a display across a grandstand, Australian fans can think of a tifo as something similar to the fan-made banners AFL teams run through...

Thats almost as evil as stealing money from a blind child. I might have wanted to leave, or even tried to, but feet remain firmly planted to the spot until the final whistle.

Paycheck players...

Proudly sponsored by APL, the PFA and Vince Rugari. hahahahahahahaha

Do you think the new dawn crowds that show up in Summer are going to leave if there is a " penalty shootout thingy like Messy and Rolando during the World Cup" ? They will eat it up.

Incompetence I can understand, sabotage on the other hand.......