General Football and Random Topics Chat

[melbcityguy]

Also stunty

 

[Muz]

 

[offshorejack]

hey all,

i’m considering coaching my local women’s side… however, i’ve had zero experience and haven’t played since the early 2000’s

can anyone point me in the direction of any online courses or resources?

any advice would be greatly appreciated

cheers

 

[HappyGuus]

hey all,

i’m considering coaching my local women’s side… however, i’ve had zero experience and haven’t played since the early 2000’s

can anyone point me in the direction of any online courses or resources?

any advice would be greatly appreciated

cheers

I can't speak for anything to do with coaching, only give you some official links:

Coaching Pathways

www.playfootball.com.au

Coaching Journey

www.footballaustralia.com.au

Coaching

www.footballaustralia.com.au

 

[offshorejack]

thanks guus

i’ll have a squiz

 

[JS96]

Bundesliga has officially released data on countries with only one player in Bundesliga history, and three Southeast Asian players made the list!

Witthaya Hloagune
Chhunly Pagenburg
Kevin Diks

Here are the other countries that made the list!
Ben Manga, Deniz Yilmas, Jiloan Hamad, Stathis Aloneftis, Jerome Roussillon, Joan Simun Edmundsson, Artjoms Rudnevs, Sandro Wieser, Michael Mifsud, Marcelo Moreno, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Myziane Maolida, Almami Moreira, Gibril Sankoh, Musona, Jong Tae-Se, Alexander Huber, Andres Andrade, Evans Wise

 

[NicCarBel]

Bundesliga has officially released data on countries with only one player in Bundesliga history, and three Southeast Asian players made the list!

Witthaya Hloagune
Chhunly Pagenburg
Kevin Diks

Here are the other countries that made the list!
Ben Manga, Deniz Yilmas, Jiloan Hamad, Stathis Aloneftis, Jerome Roussillon, Joan Simun Edmundsson, Artjoms Rudnevs, Sandro Wieser, Michael Mifsud, Marcelo Moreno, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Myziane Maolida, Almami Moreira, Gibril Sankoh, Musona, Jong Tae-Se, Alexander Huber, Andres Andrade, Evans Wise

I saw all these flags and I got so worried for a second, especially the first one being Thailand...

 

[Pasquali]

Bundesliga has officially released data on countries with only one player in Bundesliga history, and three Southeast Asian players made the list!

Witthaya Hloagune
Chhunly Pagenburg
Kevin Diks

Here are the other countries that made the list!
Ben Manga, Deniz Yilmas, Jiloan Hamad, Stathis Aloneftis, Jerome Roussillon, Joan Simun Edmundsson, Artjoms Rudnevs, Sandro Wieser, Michael Mifsud, Marcelo Moreno, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Myziane Maolida, Almami Moreira, Gibril Sankoh, Musona, Jong Tae-Se, Alexander Huber, Andres Andrade, Evans Wise

Diks!!

 

[HappyGuus]

What the deal with De Vanna?

 

[Kitwally]

She was against the Stajic sacking? What’s the backstory there?

 

[Monoethnic Social Club]

She was against the Stajic sacking? What’s the backstory there?

She made some allegations that the Staj sacking was because he wouldn't let the players have sex with each other before big games and then some veiled insinuations about older Matildas preying on the new generation of girls.... Claimed, from memory, that this was all swept under the carpet by a certain few in the FFA who condoned "that sort of thing"....

 

[LFC]

She was against the Stajic sacking? What’s the backstory there?

her issues were long before Staj.

‘Nothing can be swept under the carpet’: FA to set up independent complaints process

Football Australia will partner with Sports Integrity Australia for an independent complaints system for harassment, abuse and misconduct in women’s football.

www.smh.com.au

 

[LFC]

well considering general topic here's one where the $ divide is pretty obvious of the 2 major codes here.......compared to our game.
NRL is for the 2nd year of 5 kicking off their season in Vegas with 2 NRL games
2 English Super League Clubs having a game
and a Aussie vs English W game.
AFL I suppose must be kicking off with much fanfare as well.
I am a fox subscriber so have seen bits and pieces of both codes pressers.

I've read or heard on radio bits and pieces the NRL have shipped to Vegas around 22ton of gear.
350 eggballs
$9K of meals - not sure why poisonning fears haha
They had booked around 68 field training sessions whatever that means.

They are playing in the NFL Raiders stad, 65k capacity, they hope to get up to 50k - I suppose heaps of freebies would be handed out soon enough to make it look fuller for the viewership.

Have a read of some cost estimates and future - nice having a $ treasure chest.
Now this presser was Dec '24, I expect costs have increased thats for sure - let alone the Aussie/Kiwi travellers $ exchange rates, having been to vegas on business quite regularly to stay in a 4star your paying US$350/450 a night !

The NRL takes its biggest gamble yet

Documents obtained by AFR Weekend provide the clearest insight yet about what exactly the league is planning in its big push into the lucrative US market.

www.afr.com

Documents obtained by AFR Weekend provide the clearest insight yet about what exactly the NRL is planning.
It will pay for more than 90 business-class flights with Fiji Airways, 32 economy flights, and six days of accommodation at Resorts World, a luxury Las Vegas hotel, for at least 128 players and club staff.
An average business-class flight on Fiji Airways is almost $16,000, but the NRL costs are subsidised through advertising deals.

The NRL has also agreed to pay for training venues, meals, the creation of a VIP hospitality facility and medical insurance for players and doctors, as well as the costs of sending its staff over. They will also split almost $1 million in licence fees among the clubs – the Sydney Roosters, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Brisbane Broncos and Manly Sea Eagles – selected to go.

The rental of Allegiant Stadium, where matches will be played for the next five years, is estimated to cost about $1.2 million a year. That could take total annual costs, according to a number of rugby league sources familiar with estimates, to between $6 million and $8 million a year. Some sources believe this cost will blow out and NRL clubs will be asked to stump up cash (which they don’t believe they should have to do).

 

[JS96]

 

[erogenouszone]

She made some allegations that the Staj sacking was because he wouldn't let the players have sex with each other before big games and then some veiled insinuations about older Matildas preying on the new generation of girls.... Claimed, from memory, that this was all swept under the carpet by a certain few in the FFA who condoned "that sort of thing"....

Her comments weren't taken seriously due to the fact that they could be economically damaging no doubt.

One of them in regards to preying was insinuated towards " the somersaulter ". Make of that what you will.

 

[HappyGuus]

 

[melbcityguy]

Diego Simeone has to be up there as one of the all time great managers surely

 

[LFC]

Diego Simeone has to be up there as one of the all time great managers surely

he sure punch's above his weight compared to the usual suspects with alot more $'s behind them.
Admire him alot and they are my fav Liga Club.

Talking gaffa's of note I came across this article yesterday that was worth noting Capello expressing his POV re Pep.
Makes some sense imo - for all have followed and many have failed unless you have the cattle capable.
You laways need to play what your team is capable of doing and some trying to keep playing out from back get caught out bigtime one not having the players technical enough to cope especially when under todays high press style game without the ball.

'Arrogant' Man City boss Guardiola told he's 'done tremendous damage to football'

"He changed things and made up things so he could say: 'The players don't win, I win'." 😬

www.football365.com

 

[LFC]

How Yugoslavia shaped Australian football ethos - and why the Socceroos need to honour it — The Roar

When Slovenian players walked on the ground of MHPArena in Stuttgart in June 2024, emotions ran really high. It was Slovenia’s first competitive event in 14 years, as they last participated at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

apple.news

 

[Muz]

Hahahaha. What a fun doco.

Thanks for posting.