A-League season 2015-16

[Wedgie]

The fact they're run by people who couldn't even get a SANFL team a premier ship says a bit.
How anyone could follow that club with the people that own it is beyond me.

[whufc]

Just won another trophy!!!
U know we kind of get use to it

[whufc]

Adelaide United!!!!!

There new slogan should be

'In sempiternum non aedificetur'

[Jim05]

Adelaide United!!!!!

There new slogan should be

'In sempiternum non aedificetur'

Can't do much with the cattle unfortunately. Everyone else strengthened their squad whilst we brought bargain basement hacks. The owners/management are fully to blame, there was a reason Pep and Petrillo left so abruptly and the players are still at loggerheads with the owners.

[Booney]

A league is pretty tough to watch at the best of times but watching the Reds at the moment is like pulling teeth. It's such a frustrating code that is made more frustrating by a club that doesn't have any strikers and aren't in sync with the game plan, that's assuming we have one. Perhaps bigger A League fans than myself could tell me why Adelaide never seem to get or retain the big players? Are we broke or what?

regards,

REB

Call it the A League, call it the NSL, call it whatever you want, you can't polish a turd.

Again the competition has fallen foul of the people who "support" it and it will eat itself and fall into another farce of a "football" competition.

[whufc]

A league is pretty tough to watch at the best of times but watching the Reds at the moment is like pulling teeth. It's such a frustrating code that is made more frustrating by a club that doesn't have any strikers and aren't in sync with the game plan, that's assuming we have one. Perhaps bigger A League fans than myself could tell me why Adelaide never seem to get or retain the big players? Are we broke or what?

regards,

REB

Call it the A League, call it the NSL, call it whatever you want, you can't polish a turd.

Again the competition has fallen foul of the people who "support" it and it will eat itself and fall into another farce of a "football" competition.

Not this time, the support is far to big and GROWING for that to happen.

Much like the AFL, the A-League has its core strong 'main stream' following now that like the AFL they literally like and people will come through the doors because of blind loyalty.

Soccer is just booming at the moment.

Here at the Craigmore YMCA we have record numbers in both our junior and soccer competitions with over 110 teams ranging from 6 year olds to 50 year olds. Apparently Brahma Lodge indoor centre is the same as well.

Junior outdoor soccer numbers are increasing by the year, knowing Elizabeth Downs SC and Elizabeth Grove have both experience record numbers in the last 12 months as well.

[heater31]

Then why if the numbers are increasing the clubs charge ridiculous amounts for fees.....Some clubs are asking $850 per season

[Jim05]

Then why if the numbers are increasing the clubs charge ridiculous amounts for fees.....Some clubs are asking $850 per season

A lot of those fees are imposed on the clubs by the FFA or local federations

[heater31]

Then why if the numbers are increasing the clubs charge ridiculous amounts for fees.....Some clubs are asking $850 per season

A lot of those fees are imposed on the clubs by the FFA or local federations

Does Sepp Blatter get a cut of these fees? Given the growth surely the deals for insurance are better per participant?

[Booney]

A league is pretty tough to watch at the best of times but watching the Reds at the moment is like pulling teeth. It's such a frustrating code that is made more frustrating by a club that doesn't have any strikers and aren't in sync with the game plan, that's assuming we have one. Perhaps bigger A League fans than myself could tell me why Adelaide never seem to get or retain the big players? Are we broke or what?

regards,

REB

Call it the A League, call it the NSL, call it whatever you want, you can't polish a turd.

Again the competition has fallen foul of the people who "support" it and it will eat itself and fall into another farce of a "football" competition.

Not this time, the support is far to big and GROWING for that to happen.

Much like the AFL, the A-League has its core strong 'main stream' following now that like the AFL they literally like and people will come through the doors because of blind loyalty.

Soccer is just booming at the moment.

Here at the Craigmore YMCA we have record numbers in both our junior and soccer competitions with over 110 teams ranging from 6 year olds to 50 year olds. Apparently Brahma Lodge indoor centre is the same as well.

Junior outdoor soccer numbers are increasing by the year, knowing Elizabeth Downs SC and Elizabeth Grove have both experience record numbers in the last 12 months as well.

Time will tell. It's all well and good to keep bleating on about participation rates ( as soccer has been doing for years ) but if the top flight keeps producing it's own bad press then top flight soccer in the country will never prosper.

What is it with soccer, why is it a magnet for **** heads?

[whufc]

A league is pretty tough to watch at the best of times but watching the Reds at the moment is like pulling teeth. It's such a frustrating code that is made more frustrating by a club that doesn't have any strikers and aren't in sync with the game plan, that's assuming we have one. Perhaps bigger A League fans than myself could tell me why Adelaide never seem to get or retain the big players? Are we broke or what?

regards,

REB

Call it the A League, call it the NSL, call it whatever you want, you can't polish a turd.

Again the competition has fallen foul of the people who "support" it and it will eat itself and fall into another farce of a "football" competition.

Not this time, the support is far to big and GROWING for that to happen.

Much like the AFL, the A-League has its core strong 'main stream' following now that like the AFL they literally like and people will come through the doors because of blind loyalty.

Soccer is just booming at the moment.

Here at the Craigmore YMCA we have record numbers in both our junior and soccer competitions with over 110 teams ranging from 6 year olds to 50 year olds. Apparently Brahma Lodge indoor centre is the same as well.

Junior outdoor soccer numbers are increasing by the year, knowing Elizabeth Downs SC and Elizabeth Grove have both experience record numbers in the last 12 months as well.

Time will tell. It's all well and good to keep bleating on about participation rates ( as soccer has been doing for years ) but if the top flight keeps producing it's own bad press then top flight soccer in the country will never prosper.

What is it with soccer, why is it a magnet for **** heads?

What like the Fremantle supporter who belted the chick!!
The Adam Goodes booers!!!
The x amount that were kicked out of AFL games for making racist comments!!!
The crows supporters who wait at airports to sing the club song!!!
The Port supporters who allowed their crowd numbers to drop below 15k during the 'dark' times

[Booney]

What like the Fremantle supporter who belted the chick!! - One idiot, pissed.
The Adam Goodes booers!!! - Sheep mentality. Poor form, granted. But was anyone threatened with physical violence?
The x amount that were kicked out of AFL games for making racist comments!!! - Racist comments, again, idiots. Physical violence at all?
The crows supporters who wait at airports to sing the club song!!! - Lol, nothing to do with this at all. Funny, but completely irrelevant.
The Port supporters who allowed their crowd numbers to drop below 15k during the 'dark' times - Lol more, nothing to do with this at all, but I'm sure 15k to a game would baffle A League fans. Can you fit that many into a game? lol....

I tell you what, when any AFL clubs supporters go interstate to watch their team and get escorted by security from a pub to the ground and then into an enclosure away from the home fans and then have mounted police keep the two "supporter" groups separated after the game, you come back to me. Until then soccer will be the poor little brother fighting with itself, again, again and again.

Wilson spent two years shit canning Essendon, did she or her kids get death threats as she had from Western Sydney Wankers this week? Nope.

I'll leave this thread now, but it's terribly sad for the good football people in the country that the idiots continue to give the code a bad name and the happenings of one week will put families off side ( pun intended ) from going to the games in the future.

[Wedgie]

1 Central Coast fan has been banned in the 10 years they've been in the A League. Pretty happy with my clubs fan base, much better record than the Powers in the AFL.

[Booney]

Not sure why you're both bringing AFL content into it, it's not about comparing one against the other,I'm giving soccer a chance to stand on it's own two feet, but by comparing it with other codes you're continuing the us against them mentality that will see soccer lose every time.

Soccer wants to be it's own entity, it wants to grow, well stop worrying about what the other codes are doing and get your own house in order.

[Wedgie]

I'm comparing as it isn't an issue at my club compared to every other sports club.

You've made a blanket statement that soccer breeds ****heads yet your AFL club has 1000 times the troubles my soccer club has which makes your statement appear a blatant troll or complete ignorance.
1 person in 10 years, how is that breeding dickheads?
You generalising all soccer fans would be like me calling all AFL fans women beaters, complete ignorance.

[Jim05]

Not sure why you're both bringing AFL content into it, it's not about comparing one against the other,I'm giving soccer a chance to stand on it's own two feet, but by comparing it with other codes you're continuing the us against them mentality that will see soccer lose every time.

Soccer wants to be it's own entity, it wants to grow, well stop worrying about what the other codes are doing and get your own house in order.

Understand that but the media put plenty of mayo on it!
Morons like Rebecca Wilson who has never had a positive thing to say about soccer has over dramatised and peddled mis truths for years. Yes there are some idiots but not as much as they portray. I would bet that more people were evicted from the test last weekend than probably a whole A-League season. With technology now they can track down offenders and punish them, pretty simple I would of thought

[Booney]

I'm comparing as it isn't an issue at my club compared to every other sports club.

You've made a blanket statement that soccer breeds ****heads yet your AFL club has 1000 times the troubles my soccer club has which makes your statement appear a blatant troll or complete ignorance.
1 person in 10 years, how is that breeding dickheads?
You generalising all soccer fans would be like me calling all AFL fans women beaters, complete ignorance.

Granted, Central Coast have exemplary behavior from their fans, it's a pity the wider soccer community doesn't express the same sentiment. however Central Coast have only 5800 or so members, less likely to have a lots of cocks in there. Bound to be the odd one though.

I didn't say all soccer fans were, either you didn't read my post or didn't understand it. I asked why is it a magnet for **** heads? I noted there are many good people who go to games, support the sport, but what is it with the mob mentality of some of the clubs? It puts the whole league in a bad light.

As Jim notes, sure the media will play on the bad but if idiots don't be idiots they'll have nothing to write about, will they?

Thing is, Jim, of the people expelled from the Test would the majority just be pissed or would they be in large groups looking for a fight?

[Wedgie]

Brisbane have had only one too.
Clubs like Melbourne Victory and Western Sydney Warriors were always going to attract dickheads, its not a soccer issue, its a demographics issue.
Never saw any issues with Adelaide City fans in 20 years but luckily they didn't attract too many of the northern suburbs followers/mentality that would be the predominate issue with AU.

[RB]

1 Central Coast fan has been banned in the 10 years they've been in the A League. Pretty happy with my clubs fan base, much better record than the Powers in the AFL.

Was that one person you? ;-)

[Wedgie]

1 Central Coast fan has been banned in the 10 years they've been in the A League. Pretty happy with my clubs fan base, much better record than the Powers in the AFL.

Was that one person you? ;-)

Nah mate, never seen them win, only lose so I've been pretty tame although I did remind some AU supporters how many championships they'd won and upset a few of them