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General A Leagues thread (Men and Women) 2025/26 season

From a football perspective, abolishing homegrown and loyalty mechanisms could quite hurt clubs trying to build long-term identity with academy talent which is something supporters increasingly value more than your short-term imports.....

Financially, though, the APL is likely arguing sustainability first after years of losses and instability. The real question is whether cutting costs this hard would stabilise the league… or shrink its ambition.

What you might call a classic clash between romantic football identity and cold, hard balance sheets!

If you stabilise the finances but lose the entertainment value and the emotional connection of local heroes, you risk curing the disease but killing the patient.
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
So a kid at 10 is 4 times as likely to be a professional footballer in Australia if he chooses AFL? THATS sad.
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Actually no, there are probably almost as many plying their trade outside Australia as at home. Whereas the AFL only have Australia. As has been said elsewhere, play football, the world is your oyster, play AFL, really?
 
Ahead of the World Cup, Latin American influencers and streamers are picking who they think fans should back at the World Cup. One of the guys being shouted out is All Whites and Wellington Phoenix defender Tim Payne, who now has 543,000 Insta followers (by far more than any Kiwi player)!

 
HonestSpursFan said:
Ahead of the World Cup, Latin American influencers and streamers are picking who they think fans should back at the World Cup. One of the guys being shouted out is All Whites and Wellington Phoenix defender Tim Payne, who now has 543,000 Insta followers (by far more than any Kiwi player)!

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Tim Payne has now reached a million followers on Instagram, which is the largest following of any New Zealand football-related account.
 
Hillbilly55 said:
Yes, I got that, I was just being a pain, but obviously, if someone is a professional footballer, they would hope to play in the best league possible, which would be overseas. This should be our selling point to any young athlete/player.
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Yes but in general unless you are Johnston or Harry Kewell, you need to become a pro footballer in Australia first before heading overseas.
 
HappyGuus said:
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www.smh.com.au

A-League clubs slammed over taxpayer-funded $14.5m Football in Schools scheme

A damning external investigation has revealed major compliance failures, unverified attendance figures, and unjustified expenses within the Western Sydney Wanderers and Macarthur Bulls.
www.smh.com.au www.smh.com.au

Herald figured out how they are doing it!! Really living up to the taglines.
 
Football us life said:
From a football perspective, abolishing homegrown and loyalty mechanisms could quite hurt clubs trying to build long-term identity with academy talent which is something supporters increasingly value more than your short-term imports.....

Financially, though, the APL is likely arguing sustainability first after years of losses and instability. The real question is whether cutting costs this hard would stabilise the league… or shrink its ambition.

What you might call a classic clash between romantic football identity and cold, hard balance sheets!

If you stabilise the finances but lose the entertainment value and the emotional connection of local heroes, you risk curing the disease but killing the patient.
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Well said!
 
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