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A-league attendances 24/25

someguyjc said:
Yep, nothing has changed because the core issues still remain. Too many boardrooms. Too many agendas. No accountability and not even close to enough planning.
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Yep someone gets it.
Agendas, too many not looking at the whole picture
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
I personally have never met an NSL fan or an Aleague fan... Everyone I associate with is a club fan... regardless of where their club plays.... You never answered my question on the other thread btw/ Have you ALWAYS been a Sydney City fan? They were a powerhouse during the NSL days and NEVER actively promoted themselves as exclusively Jewish, so assume you would have been?
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I think I have answered that many times. I have never been a Sydney City fan, always a Sydney FC fan.
I never found a NSL club I wanted to follow even though I followed the players and the Socceroos.
I wan the A-league to succeed, so in a sense I'm a A-League fan, I wanted Wanderers to win the Asian champions league, love it when Victory had a huge following.
 
The FA , has to be in overall control of the game, not the state federations who only care about themselves.
 
LFC said:
pretty much where in the same position pre AL therefore.
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Yes, there were glimpses of hope here and there, but at present we in dire straights as we were prior to A-League.
To see how the APL had no idea how to use the success of the last 2 world cups men and women to promote the A-League, yes the administration in this country to poor.
 
patjennings said:
Reminds me of Sir Arthur!!
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well this is the thing that I struggle with, ol Sir Arthur sure was a rogue and a half, then the whole sheila's wog's poof eras And sockha overall was the aussie enemy game with hardly a leg to stand on.
The along comes bigtime Frank, $$$$$$$$$$$$'s galore, sets up his game, box's it in, like humpty dumpty, sure sponsership revenue like we've never seens before, that opens the door into Fox, win win, humpty dumptys wall came tumbling down.
After all the history, learn from wrongs, watching from their boardrooms these new humpty dumpty's follow the same lead.
Seriously, Sir Arthur and the nsl were up against it all, these mugs could have done so so so much betta, Frank for starters had the game in his palm and a sockha devotee, business head fucked him up and bitterness towards the old league for they didn't listen to him was his words, got his way the the prick.

Now look at it, same shit different day and like GOT, one family against the other.
It ain't going to work but as mentioned, a high here, more lows there.
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
I personally have never met an NSL fan or an Aleague fan... Everyone I associate with is a club fan... regardless of where their club plays.... You never answered my question on the other thread btw/ Have you ALWAYS been a Sydney City fan? They were a powerhouse during the NSL days and NEVER actively promoted themselves as exclusively Jewish, so assume you would have been?
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Reckon there are a lot of a league fans including myself. I'm trying to force myself to care about roar results, but I've never connected with a club in Australia, I tend to watch games to watch youth players
 
LFC said:
pretty much where in the same position pre AL therefore.
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If not for the young players and the possibility of a h and a nst there would be little to look forward to in Oz football

I would much rather the a league survive and connect with the nst than it crash and the nst become the premier comp. I suspect if that happens the nst becomes another closed shop and we are right back to where we started

But maybe (and to be fair this is a bit of hopium on my part) if things are bleak enough in the a league, p and r with an nst becomes more attractive. It might happen ad hoc at first with the best clubs being promoted to try and sabotage the nst, then the weakest a league clubs blowing up like fury or gold Coast, but joining the nst rather than the npl
 
grazorblade said:
If not for the young players and the possibility of a h and a nst there would be little to look forward to in Oz football

I would much rather the a league survive and connect with the nst than it crash and the nst become the premier comp. I suspect if that happens the nst becomes another closed shop and we are right back to where we started

But maybe (and to be fair this is a bit of hopium on my part) if things are bleak enough in the a league, p and r with an nst becomes more attractive. It might happen ad hoc at first with the best clubs being promoted to try and sabotage the nst, then the weakest a league clubs blowing up like fury or gold Coast, but joining the nst rather than the npl
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Graz, I am so fed up of this divide - thats the biggest stumbling block in the end.
The growth to attend games isn't that show for its bleatingly obvious for all to see.
The fellow GG members here that beat up on us need to take the blinkers off, below is where the serious potential growth is full stop period.
Adults/young old/families into the game, resign to fact the eco system needs to get and alignment start.
The DNA of the game is there to finally enhance it, massage it, bit by bit.
Frank blew it, APL are on their own, its highs lows but content is lacking, look at the example of the game there right now, a new club is leading the comp after 7games ffs.
Tell me where does that occur in the game abroad ? no fucking where generally.
The 3 so called biggest clubs are so inconsistant, like WTF, barirng the exceptions most times they are always in the top5.

Anyway I'll mopve on had my rant, stick to my clubs for thats the model/s I relate with all my life for obviously we can't move forward but commercially for a moment in time.
 
Robbos said:
I think I have answered that many times. I have never been a Sydney City fan, always a Sydney FC fan.
I never found a NSL club I wanted to follow even though I followed the players and the Socceroos.
I wan the A-league to succeed, so in a sense I'm a A-League fan, I wanted Wanderers to win the Asian champions league, love it when Victory had a huge following.
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... Ill try again... Why NOT follow Sydney City in the NSL??? They weren't "effnik" they didn't chant Jewish songs or fly Jewish flags, they were pretty successful on the park and they eventually formed the backbone of the club you now support????? What about them prevented you from following them in NSL?
 
grazorblade said:
Reckon there are a lot of a league fans including myself. I'm trying to force myself to care about roar results, but I've never connected with a club in Australia, I tend to watch games to watch youth players
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To each their own I suppose.. Sorry can't relate to that myself, nor anybody I associate with. All good.

Don't meant to diminish it btw, sorry if it comes across that way.. I just find it hard to relate to is all.
 
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grazorblade said:
If not for the young players and the possibility of a h and a nst there would be little to look forward to in Oz football

I would much rather the a league survive and connect with the nst than it crash and the nst become the premier comp. I suspect if that happens the nst becomes another closed shop and we are right back to where we started

But maybe (and to be fair this is a bit of hopium on my part) if things are bleak enough in the a league, p and r with an nst becomes more attractive. It might happen ad hoc at first with the best clubs being promoted to try and sabotage the nst, then the weakest a league clubs blowing up like fury or gold Coast, but joining the nst rather than the npl
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Hope is one of the last things to die I suppose :P
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
... Ill try again... Why NOT follow Sydney City in the NSL??? They weren't "effnik" they didn't chant Jewish songs or fly Jewish flags, they were pretty successful on the park and they eventually formed the backbone of the club you now support????? What about them prevented you from following them in NSL?
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You mean Hakoah Sydney City, no I'm not Jewish.
To follow a club it had to resonate with you.
I could still give you the Derby lineup that won the Division 1 in the 1974/75 season, it was in the blood, maybe I was eurosnob then, but no club captured my attention locally until Sydney FC and have been member since day 1.
 
Robbos said:
You mean Hakoah Sydney City, no I'm not Jewish.
To follow a club it had to resonate with you.
I could still give you the Derby lineup that won the Division 1 in the 1974/75 season, it was in the blood, maybe I was eurosnob then, but no club captured my attention locally until Sydney FC and have been member since day 1.
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I'm envious of those that connect with a team, whether an a league or nsl/npl team. The emotions that football can bring is unrivalled by other sports, but i only really get that for the national team. I care about the brisbane broncos, even tho I like the sport less but have never connected with an Australian football club despite watching every roar match

Curious why you connected with sfc?
 
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