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

This is going to have to be my thread for AL ATM, because I've only just finished games from round 2. I just can't keep up with current AL rounds.

I'm speaking from the perspective of sitting in heaps of National Coaching Conferences and coach education, with Rob Baan, Han Berger, Ali Edwards et al, delineating what sort of players Aus needed to create to improve from 2008 - 2014.

Boy oh boy, are those players appearing en masse in the age 24 and under!

The only issue is that compared to the teams Socceroo seniors are playing ATM, most teams don't Squeeze intensively in the AL, apart from SFC against Jets in the first half. Players have heaps of time on the ball - not space as the lines are much closer together in the the AL than in 2005- 2012.

Who has impressed? So many players and so many teams.

Haven't quite finished the entire game with Vic playing Glory in Perth, but Glory have played very well under Griffiths in this game to be so low on the table. They've played some superb possession football and attacking interplay at times.

I've always rated Lachie Wales. He has done some superb dribbling - body swerves and La Croquetas to wrong foot players and create overloads for Glory. If you don't know what these moves are, I can explain.

Max Burgess, who I thought looked outstanding in his Hobart games, live, seems to be enjoying playing with younger, talented, well - coached, more technically adept teammates at Jets, under Milligan.
 
Decentric said:
This is going to have to be my thread for AL ATM, because I've only just finished games from round 2. I just can't keep up with current AL rounds.

I'm speaking from the perspective of sitting in heaps of National Coaching Conferences and coach education, with Rob Baan, Han Berger, Ali Edwards et al, delineating what sort of players Aus needed to create to improve from 2008 - 2014.

Boy oh boy, are those players appearing en masse in the age 24 and under!

The only issue is that compared to the teams Socceroo seniors are playing ATM, most teams don't Squeeze intensively in the AL, apart from SFC against Jets in the first half. Players have heaps of time on the ball - not space as the lines are much closer together in the the AL than in 2005- 2012.

Who has impressed? So many players and so many teams.

Haven't quite finished the entire game with Vic playing Glory in Perth, but Glory have played very well under Griffiths in this game to be so low on the table. They've played some superb possession football and attacking interplay at times.

I've always rated Lachie Wales. He has done some superb dribbling - body swerves and La Croquetas to wrong foot players and create overloads for Glory. If you don't know what these moves are, I can explain.

Max Burgess, who I thought looked outstanding in his Hobart games, live, seems to be enjoying playing with younger, talented, well - coached, more technically adept teammates at Jets, under Milligan.
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The problem with Wales is that he rarely scores (over 50 games at MC for no goals) and similarly his crossing into the box is really hit & miss.
 
grazorblade said:


no npl or a league clubs I believe
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I think that's likely the case because there's more income for NPL and A-Leagues clubs associated with investment from FA, Member Federations and the APL whereas for other codes there isn't as much which necessitates divesting into other sources of income including pokies machines.
 
rebelliousfeminist974 said:
And rightfully so especially given that the Melbourne derby next week is the first one since last season's grand final and the stakes are as high as ever.
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I just hope there is a good crowd and good game just so the league finds a bit of momentum.

It feels like the season has started slowly. It’s funny because none of us wants a big derby to begin the season as the games generally turn into a fizzer, but opening last season with a Sydney Derby brought big TV numbers.

grazorblade said:
Anyone know of places/pubs near their area?

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The A-League App has started showing lists of venues that are showing games live. Only 4 of them are in Melbourne which is dire.

Why can’t we get Paramount Plus into pubs? This needs to be an unconditional condition of the next TV rights negotiations
 
Paramount is a bottom feeding streaming service. I mean seriously how many places actually have Paramount ?
 
melbcityguy said:
If you're a boxing promoter you'd want Wellington to win tomorrow. The return derby would sell out
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I think the New Zealand derby will be a close game given how both sides are missing key players with injuries but I'd say Auckland FC have the edge especially since their list is stronger compared to the Wellington Phoenix one.
 
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