I don't have much reason to do it, probably because I think it's irrelevant, but If you were to really pin me down on the issue of the A-League's quality compared to professional leagues in Europe and specifically England I'd have to say....
Overall the standard is a bit like League One, but you have some players who could easily play in the Championship, maybe even the Premier League and others who would be at the level of League Two or the Conference....
It's a mixed bag!
Why is there a huge variation of standards amongst the players. I don't know. You'll have to ask someone who has been able to professionally data-analyse them to find out if and why... .
As a layman, yes, it's slower paced than England but that's normal because here in the A-League they play in hot weather, sometimes excruciatingly hot weather but the quality is there and A-League players are getting scouted a lot and that means something, it means the league is actually decent and Aussie fans should not be ashamed of it, it should be embraced....