Re: The Official A-League Thread.
Komit said:
It's Gay. Fucking up State League football big time and ruining the footballing future of Australia. They desperately need to create a Reserve/Youth squad for every club and give our juniors incentive to stay in Australia and play at a higher level.
Komit, stop being Macedonian!
Apart from NSW (and I guess you can include Victoria too), State Leagues in the other states were piss-poor. At best.
Let us all be disappointed in the A-League, because the EPL has youth development systems, reserve teams and training squads in place. Forget the fact the EPL is technically only about 12 or 13 years old, because we all know that in theory, it is a lot older than that.
The A-League will develop everything necessary to entice young players to stay here instead of going to Europe. First off, though, it would be a good thing if people like Archie Thompson didn't run off to Europe at the first opportunity, and Dave Carney talk about going to England as soon as possible also.
Hopefully, young children in Australia will grow up dreaming of playing for Sydney, Perth and Adelaide .. instead of Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus. Obviously the quality of the competition doesn't currently warrant this .. but there is hope for the mid-to-long-term future of the game in Australia.
And nevertheless, the A-League has shown that there IS a market for the game in Australia .. the NSL just did not bother even trying to exploit it because of all the self-serving European dickheads running the clubs and the competition.
Perhaps, though, your reason for being upset is founded.
I recall your posts early on in the season, and I called you a closet Mariners supporter.
The Mariners lost the Grand Final .. hmmm.