I’m waiting to hear back from a group accomodation enquiry so I can put some rough costs together. Will let you know once I do. In regard to the reason, I think match quality has a lot to do with it. Come u16/u17 most countries have high performance leagues, where top academies play each other...

So a couple of reasons. 1) Absolutely this is an age bracket where it’s been identified that development falls off. So more games against higher level opposition hopefully helps boost that. 2) U16s is an important year for U17 Joeys identification. So 6 months of consistent games generates...

Noting the pushback that A-League teams get, I imagine the push back would be even harder against a national team. I think if you were to do that as well, it would be a fixed squad and therefore harder to bring players in and out of that team. I think what you'd be looking at instead is the...

Feels like I've been here forever funnily enough :ROFLMAO: Yes, the big focus at the moment seems to be on coach education in Football Australia world. There's nothing wrong with this and it's good coaches are getting educated. But I think we're at a stage now where it's becoming obvious our...

Hi all. Been a follower of the forum since it's inception and was a stalker on the old forum as well. I've been a coach in the youth performance space for the last 10 years. In that time, it's become apparent that we need the best players in the country playing more often against each other...