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The Western United Thread

Hellenic_blue&white said:
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Dont think that highly of yourself champ... you dont matter to me in the least just like your club and league! Always only what relates to SMFC & us Greeks!
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The very fact that you keep replying , has me in your head ,rent free ,boy. Now go back to your SMFC page, and leave the big boys in peace. This page comes under , Australian football, not Greek.
 
Sutherlandbear said:
The very fact that you keep replying , has me in your head ,rent free ,boy. Now go back to your SMFC page, and leave the big boys in peace. This page comes under , Australian football, not Greek.
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Sure BOY!!!... whateeeever you say!.. Id suggest you fuck off from our threads though also, to keep it even dont need ginger cunts anywhere near us!
 
Sth Melb have a establish fan base, a stadium and rich foot history to go from, but money wise i doubt they have the funds to run a pro team in the ALM.
 
patjennings said:
I'm not disagreeing with you.

But to me I think the problem lies in being weak. And now may be the time to make another bold move.
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As mentioned agree but trouble is who's out there to go right through the game top to bottom - get the facts and make directives, BA mentioend Paul McNamee, hence a known tennis player/then into sports admin who did a great job it seems, he is a good mention But I'd really like to have a football background person who has capable skills as McNamee - let alone a foreigner who has the smae background skills into admin.
patjennings said:
The implementation of some things under Lowy was not great but it had the chance of being transformational. The A-League was formed relatively quickly when the decision was made. Teams were announced November 2004 and early in the New Year they were playing in the OFC club qualifiers before kicking off in August 2005. The implementation should have had two teams in Melbourne and Sydney at least from the get go.
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I accept some good initiatives made, finally Pro, this is what was/is needed, the marketing $ resource brilliant, the CEO decisions we're always going to go pear shaped, the closed league for a while yes but to not have any PlanB was diabolical to the game, the left behind Jnr Dev etc sickenning, agree re how/where they established Franchise's, No point adding more for you go on for paragraphs much been noted over the years.
patjennings said:
I know on the other thread about the World Cup bid for 2022 you thought it was a mistake. But the money for the bid was miniscule in terms of sports spending by the government. It seemed from then that they became spooked and retreated.
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Ofcourse it was miniscule compared to what other codes get BUT 42M back then to us/the game like a last desperate roll of the dice at the roulette table was wrong, they surely should have read the room ME/Qatar had it in the brown paper bag only a blind/deaf person couldn't have seen that. Spooked retreated ? I think more so Football still wasn't respected no matter who was representing us.
patjennings said:
Maybe now is an opportunity. Rewrite the script. Is the Western United demise a sign of impending doom or an opportunity to rewrite the landscape.
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I just can't see anyone with balls and the ability actioning a mutiny, sad.
patjennings said:
If the Foundation 8 of the Australian Championship are ready to go in a H&A league and ALM needs to expand join them together. A_League license until 2034 are useless if there is no A-League so start P and R from the get go.
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Big call my friend re P/R from the get go, alot has to be cleaned up to open those doors, Graz has mentioned alot whats behind the scenes how to unbundle whats in the way if I recall right in another thread somewhere.
patjennings said:
The top 10 remaining ALM for an 18 round home and away season. The bottom two plus the Foundation 8 from the Championship do the same.

After the 18 rounds the teams play the other tier for 9 games.

Top of Championship moves up if they are confident of the extra wages bill and the bottom team moves down. Second can maybe have a playoff against the second bottom. Both divisions can have a final series as well if they want but promotion should be based off league position

Introduce a tier below the Championship of maybe a further 24-32 divided into conferences below that that don't have to meet the strict criteria that the top 2 tiers have to. When clubs can reach the criteria then they can be eligible for promotion to the more regulated tiers.

Now this couldn't be done for this year - but why not next?
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As for the remaining last comments/paragraphs patj, I'd be open to anything that can be done to bring the game TOGETHER at the top and possibly 2 levels below, the AL license holders no matter pre 2034 I can't see coming to any peace pipe unless there's that damn smart respected FA CEO that comes in who has played in this huge high level corporate game of influence/politics.
In saying that I would get behind what you have suggested with an open mind for the good of the game for its something to work with/on.
 
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