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A-League Women/Matildas transfers and delistings

rebelliousfeminist974 said:
As the league contracts then younger talented players will need to head overseas or it's more likely that they'll end up playing in Member Federation competitions unfortunately.
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Not really. It’s perfectly possible to have a development/retirement league for the ones who aren’t quite ready or good enough for playing overseas (anymore).

Have a look at the WE League for example. Japan has a shit ton of players overseas but the WE League develops the talents for other clubs to scout. They don’t have many foreign players over there unfortunately (since it’s good to have a few foreigners in each team) but they develop good players which top clubs directly scout. They also have academies that players get scouted from. Tōko Koga barely even spoke English when she signed for Feyenoord then she was really good, got a few Nadeshiko caps and joined Spurs.
 
libelous said:
That’s a bit ominous for the future of the Matildas. 😳
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Sadly the harsh reality is that the current state of the round ball game in Australia is not conducive towards player development as the Dub is still a semi-professional comp and is not going to achieve full-time professionalisation any time soon which ultimately means that the Matildas farm system and senior national team setup are going to fall behind the likes of Japan and North Korea as we stagnate and end up well off the pace.
 
HonestSpursFan said:
Not really. It’s perfectly possible to have a development/retirement league for the ones who aren’t quite ready or good enough for playing overseas (anymore).

Have a look at the WE League for example. Japan has a shit ton of players overseas but the WE League develops the talents for other clubs to scout. They don’t have many foreign players over there unfortunately (since it’s good to have a few foreigners in each team) but they develop good players which top clubs directly scout. They also have academies that players get scouted from. Tōko Koga barely even spoke English when she signed for Feyenoord then she was really good, got a few Nadeshiko caps and joined Spurs.
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The WE League season runs between late August and May though so the offseason in Japan isn't nearly as long as the Dub which gets underway in October, in addition to the fact that Japan has women's domestic cup competitions whereas there is no women's equivalent to the Hahn Australia Cup so apart from heading overseas players like Caitlin Karic and Skye Halmarick have to play in Member Federation comps instead in the absence of a proper development and retirement league.
 
rebelliousfeminist974 said:
The WE League season runs between late August and May though so the offseason in Japan isn't nearly as long as the Dub which gets underway in October, in addition to the fact that Japan has women's domestic cup competitions whereas there is no women's equivalent to the Hahn Australia Cup so apart from heading overseas players like Caitlin Karic and Skye Halmarick have to play in Member Federation comps instead in the absence of a proper development and retirement league.
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Which is what needs to change. The off-season thing especially, and that goes for the men too. We create so many good players and export them only for some to get injured or it not work out because of the schedule outside Australia.
 
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