A-League season 2016-17

[Brodlach]

Sydney first goal one of the funniest goals I have ever seen

[mighty hounds]

Jim, with the talk of West Adelaide joining the comp, what's the deal with City - I always thought they'd be the next in line?

Surely South Australia can't have two professional teams. I would be against Weat Adelaide joining

Will be 2 teams in SA within 5 years.
A-League looking at another 4-6 sides over the next 5 years. Tassie has a very strong proposal infront of the league currently

I hope not

The league is getting better slowly and the money is there but we need a promotion/relegation system that can't happen without new sides. I also believe the FFA is under pressure from FIFA and the AFC to implement a 2 division setup or risk losing a spot in the Asian champions league and could affect our chances of hosting future events[/quote]

NQ and GC have come and gone. Adelaide United only have 10k members. How many of them would jump off if another team came in? Is there die hard West Adelaide fans that refuse to get Adelaide United memberships for various reasons. My fear is Hindmarsh getting crowds of 5-7k again because everyone is split between the two. They got the extra Melbourne and Sydney team right but failed miserably with Gold Coast and NQ. I hope they don't put another SA team in just for the sake of it.

[whufc]

It's around having the relegation/promotion system which will see more 'meaningful' games throughout the system which should increase crowd attendances.

Also having an extra derby will generate an inner state rivalry and much publicity in those states such as we have now seen in Melbourne

[Wedgie]

Less than 10K at Friday's game, hard to see Adelaide being able to justify 2 teams with those sort of crowds.

[whufc]

Less than 10K at Friday's game, hard to see Adelaide being able to justify 2 teams with those sort of crowds.

I agree mate but it was mentioned by an Adelaide official when we had discussions in regards to United moving into the front offices of the recreation centre I'm a director at.

[Jim05]

Less than 10K at Friday's game, hard to see Adelaide being able to justify 2 teams with those sort of crowds.

The apocalypse at 4:30 would of kept people away. Have spoken to several regulars that at one stage thought the game may of even been called off so didn't go. The weather was actually brilliant and they missed on a decent game.
In regards to the new teams it's all about TV rights aswell, do you think the AFL cares that 4,000 people attend a Suns or GWS game? The A-League is in a similar boat, by putting a team in Tassie, a second side in SA and WA plus maybe a Canberra they can get more games per week on TV

[Wedgie]

Less than 10K at Friday's game, hard to see Adelaide being able to justify 2 teams with those sort of crowds.

The apocalypse at 4:30 would of kept people away. Have spoken to several regulars that at one stage thought the game may of even been called off so didn't go. The weather was actually brilliant and they missed on a decent game.
In regards to the new teams it's all about TV rights aswell, do you think the AFL cares that 4,000 people attend a Suns or GWS game? The A-League is in a similar boat, by putting a team in Tassie, a second side in SA and WA plus maybe a Canberra they can get more games per week on TV

Yeah doubt the weather would have accounted for many, was awesome nigh on 4pm and perfect again by 5pm for the rest if the night. I would suspect the loss to Central Coast the week before would have accounted for a lot more!

[Booney]

All over for Adelaide's title defence you'd think.

Can keep a clean sheet ( giving away 2 goals per game ), the coach is losing the plot and worrying more about referee's decisions than he should and another farcical effort with him being kicked out of the game throwing his arms around like a spoiled brat throwing a tanty.

[RB]

Amor has more class than all the other coaches put together - you should see how Arnold and Muscat act every week.

The amount of times he's played down questions about referees whilst under immense pressure this season and last tells you about the character of the man. I guess that frustration built up on Friday but he's still by far and away the coolest coach the A-League has ever seen.

[LaughingKookaburra]

Sorry need to side with Amor here. They are bottom fair enough but some of the issues Adelaide have had with blatant disgraceful handling of hard tackles which have given Adelaide 4 impact injuries on its players this year is a disgrace. That challenge on Galekovic Friday night would have tipped any coach over the edge. Blokes fully in line with the ball and the forward collects him and puts it in. Andy Harper is on drugs when he says he didn't have any issue with that. If that occurred at a World Cup fixture there would be a riot!

[Wedgie]

How bad's the A League at the moment, the Mariners are in the 6!

[Jim05]

2 absolute peaches from Henrique and a missed pen from the Nix. About time we had some luck

[Jim05]

Yay, finally off the bottom!

[Keefy]

The Nix go bottom and the coach quits

http://www.a-league.com.au/article/erni ... bhu3tjqe0r

[mighty hounds]

Yep there will be a southern based Adelaide side in the next 5 years.

That is why United have moved to the north as they were told they needed to capture a region and they chose the north

I spoke to someone who works for FFSA and asked about this. Apparently not true about trying to capture an area in hope of a second team coming in. Playford were the only ones that upgraded the facilities for free so that's why they ended up there. Adelaide tried to set up in other regions south, east, west but were told that had to pay. FFSA and Adelaide United are also on very bad terms.

[LaughingKookaburra]

How bad is the deck at Suncorp. Looks like a cow paddock!

[RB]

United 2-0 down in Brisbane at HT.

[RB]

4-0 at FT. Back to the bottom of the ladder for the Reds.

[Wedgie]

Yep there will be a southern based Adelaide side in the next 5 years.

That is why United have moved to the north as they were told they needed to capture a region and they chose the north

I spoke to someone who works for FFSA and asked about this. Apparently not true about trying to capture an area in hope of a second team coming in. Playford were the only ones that upgraded the facilities for free so that's why they ended up there. Adelaide tried to set up in other regions south, east, west but were told that had to pay. FFSA and Adelaide United are also on very bad terms.

I'm not surprised AU aren't on great terms with most people with the people who have been running/owning the club (and their first coach), I still to this day cannot work out how any true fans of soccer in this state can follow them.

[king neptune]

LOL @ Adelaide United. Man U/Liverpool hybrid wannabes.

Bring back Adelaide City.