Welcome!

By registering with us, you'll be able to discuss, share and private message with other members of our community.

Sign Up Now!

The Football Australia Thread

patjennings said:
The executive responsible for the Australian Championship competition at Football Australia is Gary Moretti, who serves as the Head of National Teams and is noted for his extensive experience in football competition and event management. His role involves overseeing the operational management of senior professional national football events and competitions, which includes the Australian Championship
Click to expand...
Yeah, Gary Moretti. Ex Campbelltown player. He has been around Australian football and FIFA for many years.
 
From Football Australia twitter

As Federal Parliament resumes, Football Australia will be in Canberra over the next fortnight speaking with our nation’s leaders about the power of football to unite Australians and connect Australia with the world. In line with the Securing Our Football Future policy platform released in April, we’ll be highlighting the importance of providing for sustainable, long-term investment to bridge the facilities gap and ensure community football infrastructure is durable and accessible. We’ll also be talking about how football needs a national headquarters of our own to bring together the entire football community – from the grassroots to the professional level – and to ensure the
Matildas and Socceroos continue making us proud on the world stage
 

Attachments

someguyjc said:
Did JJ achieve much though? He definitely set out to achieve a bunch of positive things, but many haven't really eventuated. 2nd Div seems to have stalled. Domestic Transfer system was promised and appears to have been shelved. Not saying JJ was bad, he was probably the best we've had, but that bar is pretty low.
Click to expand...
I’m lowkey sick of hearing this narrative that JJ ‘did a good job’

Fvck him.
 
BA81 said:
I’m lowkey sick of hearing this narrative that JJ ‘did a good job’

Fvck him.
Click to expand...

I don't think we can judge yet. If the FA gets government buy on the infrastructure gap and government seed money for the Championship and a 17000 Tier 2 stadium at Perry Park then I think people will remember him fondly. This submission was built on his tenure.
 
someguyjc said:
Did JJ achieve much though? He definitely set out to achieve a bunch of positive things, but many haven't really eventuated. 2nd Div seems to have stalled. Domestic Transfer system was promised and appears to have been shelved. Not saying JJ was bad, he was probably the best we've had, but that bar is pretty low.
Click to expand...
Have you been under a rock for the last few years?
The Championship HASN’T stalled, the DTS has been stymied by the PFA, the football infrastructure has improved especially for grassroots football…I could go on but I guess, for some, it’s easier to blame the ‘gubbiment’
Maybe you’d rather be back in the Lowy jnr/Gallop era.🥴
 
Some notes on Merricks document

- he highlights scanning as an area that needs to improve (agree, this is something I've noticed. Apart from ccm players and our imports we for some reason scan less often than euro players)
- he wants to change from a team centric approach to a player centric approach citing the player centric approach as more successful. The NTC did indeed focus on a team centric approach
- This statement also signals an ideological change "The ability to cope with the physical demands of the game, often determines the level of football a player will reach, more than technical ability. Profiling players in their mid-teens is the best time to assess physiological potential." Not sure about this. Our players have become physically remedial while becoming technically good. People often compare the club success of todays youth with yesteryear, but its not a like for like comparison. There were a lot better pathways back then (NYL, colts, underage teams, AIS, more aussie teams)
- striking is still in the same category as passing (page 20) there was a worry that this underemphasizes goal scoring
- gives a plan for how to improve players physically.
 
Given what I’ve read it seems we are going backwards again given what is happening at the FA, people leaving and some apparently made redundant as well.

Seriously why is it so hard to find good people to run this sport? NRL and AFL have a less of a problem than our sport.
Heck even cricket who went through a mini crisis after the sand paper scandal have cleaned up their act more our sport could muster.

Meanwhile I saw a tweet that we have had 6 TDs in 20 years, this is such a poor look when it comes to deciding matters on player and coach development, clearly we not a serious football country.

It’s so frustrating given the potential that’s on the field with our national teams and the players that underpin them that the people within the sport can’t get its act together off it and it’s clearly holding us back.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top