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A-league attendances 24/25

Decentric said:
Jets are playing some slick football too.

They deserve more than 5 461.
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Their season crowds are up slightly, perhaps because they finally have crowds back

From my perspective they are less exciting as a neutral for me as they are one of the eldest teams in terms of having a small number of australian u23s start (natta and taylor) and only one 2005+ player getting semi regular time in dobson in fairness that would be decent in previous seasons
 
grazorblade said:
Their season crowds are up slightly, perhaps because they finally have crowds back

From my perspective they are less exciting as a neutral for me as they are one of the eldest teams in terms of having a small number of australian u23s start (natta and taylor) and only one 2005+ player getting semi regular time in dobson in fairness that would be decent in previous seasons
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I know fans offline of Jets.

They think they are a young side. Must be a lot of 23 and 24 yos - Aquilero, Timmins, Ko ( captain), Eli ?, Wilmering, Bayliss - fractionally too old for the u23s, but I'm told are still young. I've looked some of them up.

I think only Rose and Koto were over 25 of the outfield Jets players who played Roar?

Taylor and Natta are going well.

From what the commentators say, Jets have the highest number of passes accrued in the AL this season.
 
Decentric said:
I know fans offline of Jets.

They think they are a young side. Must be a lot of 23 and 24 yos - Aquilero, Timmins, Ko ( captain), Eli ?, Wilmering, Bayliss - fractionally too old for the u23s, but I'm told are still young. I've looked some of them up.

I think only Rose and Koto were over 25 of the outfield Jets players who played Roar?

Taylor and Natta are going well.

From what the commentators say, Jets have the highest number of passes accrued in the AL this season.
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Yeah it depends how u measure it. If u go average age, sure.

But I think if you have a couple of 30 plus players and a bunch of 17 year olds you are younger in the more meaningful sense of the word than a team with a bunch of 24 yeat olds
 
grazorblade said:
Yeah it depends how u measure it. If u go average age, sure.

But I think if you have a couple of 30 plus players and a bunch of 17 year olds you are younger in the more meaningful sense of the word than a team with a bunch of 24 yeat olds
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The trick is getting the balance between youth and experience. I get your point that we all like to see younger players getting game time and improving the quality of the game but too much youth without guidance leads to disaster.
 
WhatAmIWatching said:
The trick is getting the balance between youth and experience. I get your point that we all like to see younger players getting game time and improving the quality of the game but too much youth without guidance leads to disaster.
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The current fraction of minutes is similar to what the eredivisie, jupiler league and the nsl produced year in and year out. The pfa just recently released a comparison demonstrating just this

In my opinion it only seems like a lot of minutes to youth since we were for most of our history, even post covid, one of the most conservative leagues in the world (for some reason) so fans aren't used to investing in youth
 
grazorblade said:
The current fraction of minutes is similar to what the eredivisie, jupiler league and the nsl produced year in and year out. The pfa just recently released a comparison demonstrating just this

In my opinion it only seems like a lot of minutes to youth since we were for most of our history, even post covid, one of the most conservative leagues in the world (for some reason) so fans aren't used to investing in youth
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Michael Lynch writing in the The Age years ago wrote the same thing.
But the AFL has always made a big thing about youth players. So it will not be a big leap.
All we need is for an A-League youth player to land a contract and game time in the EPL and people will start switching. Pity about GKuol.
 
WhatAmIWatching said:
Michael Lynch writing in the The Age years ago wrote the same thing.
But the AFL has always made a big thing about youth players. So it will not be a big leap.
All we need is for an A-League youth player to land a contract and game time in the EPL and people will start switching. Pity about GKuol.
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I think just about any player that signs for the epl will take a few loans and years on the sidelines. True even of our absolute elite in irankunda and eames. The jump these days is pretty formidable
 
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