leffe186 Posted Friday at 20:09 Share Posted Friday at 20:09 23 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said: Do they not even have an Aaron Mooy level player? Not even a Chris Wood. The population is increasing but still, for example, 10 million short of Poland. So many young athletes go into other sports like Rules, both rugby codes, cricket, breakdancing etc. When I was a kid, football was almost exclusively for children of recent emigrés like Ange, Bosnich, Cahill, Viduka, Bresciano and me. Like all nations with a small pool of players you might have a spell with a couple of world-class players then a decade or so with nobody. The baseline is better than it has been with the A-Lwague infrastructure helping, but that can only get you so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiseman Posted Friday at 20:10 Share Posted Friday at 20:10 1 minute ago, ponsaelius said: I presumed there had to be something there. Lack of academies when those franchises came in to replace the clubs that disappeared? Irony is Australia missed out in 1998 and 2002 losing difficult one-off play-offs - teams which would have cruised AFC qualifying every time since. I was in the youth set up of one of the clubs at that time and senior teams manager was useless and got the job not based on merit. And since then we have had some better managers come through, but the likes of Postecoglu, Muscat,Arnold and Popovic is not an extensive list. Theres also been a disconnect between a league clubs and local communities that our ethnic clubs had prior to that thats definitely played a part. Poor decision making and proper investment into grassroots has hurt us. This is compounded further by cost of getting kids to play is getting out of hand, was close to $300 for registration fees for my 8 year old daughter to play. Unless things change its going to get worse sadly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted Friday at 20:11 Share Posted Friday at 20:11 1 minute ago, Deuce said: Did I just see RFK Jr. walking behind Poch Deuce please just let me have this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted Friday at 20:12 Share Posted Friday at 20:12 What a punt that was! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroblack Posted Friday at 20:12 Share Posted Friday at 20:12 3 minutes ago, SteV said: There’s only ever been 12 transfers from the MLS to the PL, and 3 or 4 of them have hardly ever played. Thinking more recently - Alphonso Davies, Thiago Almada, Gomez for Brighton, Jhon Duran, Tyler Adams is an absolute menace when he plays against us. Think that Josh Sargent has chosen the easy way out going to MLS, could have carved out a decent career in England. Jack Harrison. Castellanos(who we should be in for) did a lot of NYC FC. Maybe not the sexiest names but didn't look out place. Dempsey, the GOAT US player. Think Brendan Aaronson will have a solid PL career if he stays here, wouldn't mind signing him tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted Friday at 20:12 Share Posted Friday at 20:12 1 minute ago, leffe186 said: Not even a Chris Wood. The population is increasing but still, for example, 10 million short of Poland. So many young athletes go into other sports like Rules, both rugby codes, cricket, breakdancing etc. When I was a kid, football was almost exclusively for children of recent emigrés like Ange, Bosnich, Cahill, Viduka, Bresciano and me. Like all nations with a small pool of players you might have a spell with a couple of world-class players then a decade or so with nobody. The baseline is better than it has been with the A-Lwague infrastructure helping, but that can only get you so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted Friday at 20:13 Share Posted Friday at 20:13 Just now, wiseman said: I was in the youth set up of one of the clubs at that time and senior teams manager was useless and got the job not based on merit. And since then we have had some better managers come through, but the likes of Postecoglu, Muscat,Arnold and Popovic is not an extensive list. Theres also been a disconnect between a league clubs and local communities that our ethnic clubs had prior to that thats definitely played a part. Poor decision making and proper investment into grassroots has hurt us. This is compounded further by cost of getting kids to play is getting out of hand, was close to $300 for registration fees for my 8 year old daughter to play. Unless things change its going to get worse sadly. Really iteresting perspective - cheers. To be honest I think there's also an element that the PL is infinitely more global now than it was in the late 90s and early 2000s, which makes it harder for Aussie players to find a pathway into the PL (same is true for Scottish and Irish players). This probably exaggerates the (very real) difference in quality when perceived from a UK perspective. Most Aussie players now seem to forge careers in the Championship, across European leagues or settle for financial success in Asian leagues. But there's no doubt that the likes of Kewell, Viduka and Schwarzer are a million miles ahead of the current talent level and would still be very good PL players if playing today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted Friday at 20:14 Share Posted Friday at 20:14 Poch's outfit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted Friday at 20:14 Share Posted Friday at 20:14 1 minute ago, B-more Mag said: All dat talent being snapped up by Breakin’ has done for Aussie soccer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted Friday at 20:15 Share Posted Friday at 20:15 1 minute ago, Pata said: What a punt that was! He said, in American. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted Friday at 20:17 Share Posted Friday at 20:17 Really wish there were more 'tache and mullet combos in the Australia side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo2 Posted Friday at 20:17 Share Posted Friday at 20:17 4 minutes ago, ponsaelius said: Really iteresting perspective - cheers. To be honest I think there's also an element that the PL is infinitely more global now than it was in the late 90s and early 2000s, which makes it harder for Aussie players to find a pathway into the PL (same is true for Scottish and Irish players). This probably exaggerates the (very real) difference in quality when perceived from a UK perspective. Most Aussie players now seem to forge careers in the Championship, across European leagues or settle for financial success in Asian leagues. But there's no doubt that the likes of Kewell, Viduka and Schwarzer are a million miles ahead of the current talent level and would still be very good PL players if playing today. Based on this showing they'd all still get a starting spot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted Friday at 20:18 Share Posted Friday at 20:18 Balogun has to put that away Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted Friday at 20:18 Share Posted Friday at 20:18 Just keeping his price down for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted Friday at 20:19 Share Posted Friday at 20:19 Cant be allowing a Championship defender to get back there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted Friday at 20:19 Share Posted Friday at 20:19 That was so poor by Balogun Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiseman Posted Friday at 20:20 Share Posted Friday at 20:20 I know not a great showing so far from us but id like us to go for Circati, think he would be good defensive option Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted Friday at 20:20 Share Posted Friday at 20:20 1 hour ago, cubaricho said: Trinity Rodman god damn girl. Again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted Friday at 20:22 Share Posted Friday at 20:22 3 minutes ago, cubaricho said: Just keeping his price down for us. Will be an honor to see him at Anfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bonk Posted Friday at 20:22 Share Posted Friday at 20:22 4 minutes ago, Fak said: Really wish there were more 'tache and mullet combos in the Australia side. Russ Wilson answered your call. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted Friday at 20:22 Share Posted Friday at 20:22 Robinson has not been good today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted Friday at 20:23 Share Posted Friday at 20:23 2 minutes ago, wiseman said: I know not a great showing so far from us but id like us to go for Circati, think he would be good defensive option He’s been linked in the last couple of days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiseman Posted Friday at 20:24 Share Posted Friday at 20:24 Just now, Nucasol said: He’s been linked in the last couple of days. Shows how little ive paid attention to our transfer rumours then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted Friday at 20:28 Share Posted Friday at 20:28 Never looked like scoring as he shaped up there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted Friday at 20:32 Share Posted Friday at 20:32 Riding our luck here a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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