The penny has dropped and most AL clubs are investing in developing youth for sale. This should stem the red ink, and lead to better football. Salary caps do not hurt incentives for clubs - all it means is that they cannot spend their way into bankruptcy and provides for a more even competition...

The football and more importantly the youth are continuing to improve. Given that the football is the primary product, then we can see that it will take time to filter through. Given that the 7 Network owns the right to the AFL, and 9 network owns the rights to NRL, the AL will not get any...

In Victoria for decades there were two Aussie Rules comps: the old VFL (est. 1897) and the VFA (est. 1877). The VFA had P/R. The VFA no longer exists, the AFL re-created the VFL and absorbed the surviving clubs from the VFA and re-introduced the seconds for AFL clubs. Admittedly, the sports...

The salary floor was introduced in 1990 as West Coast Eagles and Adelaide Crows, the new franchisees, had much larger memberships than the existing clubs (no longer the case) allowing them to poach and tilt the competition. This was to prevent the two clubs from dominating every season. The...

Interesting to note that MC has the tightest defence with only 20 goals conceded but one of the weakest scoring team with 31 goals scored placing it 9th.

Yes, keep the player salary caps. Even the European leagues are now reviewing whether to introduce them in order to keep costs under control. The problem with removing the floor is that some franchisees will spend way below that making the teams perennial losers and non-competitive - the AFL...

Torn on this one. I think it's too early to leave the AL given that he has played about 14 games this season. BUT he must leave Roar if he is to grow.

surprised by Olie Sail! Given where PG is on the table and goals conceded. Contrast that with Freke.

Hopefully he can get some minutes.

Those figures are appalling for all sports other than horse racing.

I believe that Rob Stanton is available from next season. He at least would create a consistent team.

I still have vynyl with home recording will kill the music industry. As it turns out, it was the algorithm.

Neither can I. What he has done under the circumstances has been astounding. You only need to look at BR & PG to see how bad it can get but NJ never plumbed those depths.

Nope. Other teams have quality imports and they get to see each other play every week. Hence they know how to nullify each player. It also comes down to the coach who is very average.

Tilio is not lazy nor a luxury player. Prior to his move to Celtic, he covered a lot of ground and has a big engine. Due to injury over the last 24 months, his fitness is not yet up to scratch. Tilio himself said that he need to work on his match fitness to be considered a selection prospect and...

Losing Matthews and JGR has left a big hole in defense.

The Jets lost it at the bench- they had one more change and I would have pulled Ely Adams. Lachie Roses' replacement was useless.

It works on a line of best fit. Does this mean that it works for every player? No. You mention Messi & Beckenbauer but they are way, way , way above average, hence the line of best fit would not work. When Ronaldo played at the MCG, Melbourne City had Warren Joyce as coach who insisted in...

Solomon Islands under John Howard.

Is there another FIFA window for the NT training between now and the June Games?