To win stuff. Isn't that why football clubs exist? 

There's no prize money to win the a-league, or for winning a gold medal at the Olympics for that matter.

That's Sanchez the striker, and apparently he has re-signed with Olympic for ridiculous money.

As for marconi, the only one i know that hasnt resigned from those names mentioned was Jesic.

Look I've done football administration in the past so I'm aware of the balance between money & winning.  I'm not saying that the kind of money that get thrown around at the top echelon of football isn't a waste of time however when you have players in a semi professional league who are potentially on the same kind of money as certain A League professionals then it's a bit silly.  I think in many ways it will get worse due to the possibility of  FFA Cup exposure & potential money that can be made from that, I mean it's the only way that clubs are going to make any significant amount of money outside of the very generous individual sponsors that exist.  Those guys want to pump money in, go nuts however my concern is that I want to see a light at the end of the tunnel for this sort of money besides the odd FFA Cup crowd & the odd NSWPL finals appearance.   Where I'm going with this is that unless a 2nd Division or P/R comes in I'd start to question what it's all for.   

Your viewing it as a business. Remember, these are generally community clubs, particularly in the ethnic clubs, representing the ethnic community and a club that does well is often seen as a sense of pride amongst that community, to those interested in football.

These clubs don't expect to make profit, they expect to break even, and break even only after considering the generous contributions.

In terms of top money, I'd be surprised if clubs were throwing around 65k for players, very surprised. That's the minimum a league deal. I think the top players will be closer to 30k in the npl.

More rumours 

Nathan Millgate APIA to Marconi
Speranza Brothers, Zac Cairncross, Connor Evans Blacktown to Marconi 

Who is marconi letting go, surely they cant buy that much and be under the points system?

Not sure who is going but you would have to think most of the side. 200 points is the limit and there is no way they can keep them all. 

Depends who they're letting go, and how many years, if any, these new guys spent at Marconi in youth. All 2018 signings become 10 points or less in 2019.

what's considered to be a youth player? is it a certain amount of years spent at the club as a junior?

From what I understand, anything from 13 to 20s is considered youth. -1 for every year

i'm hearing that Mitchell Stamatellis is going to Sydney Olympic

It seems there was some fire among that smoke, if Marconi's signings are correct. Roberto Speranza, Evans and Cairncross all did stints on the bench while inferior players filled their positions. A lot of quality walking out the door if this rumour is true.

Danny Choi gone to play fourth tier in Portugal??

I was trying to figure that out yesterday and contacted OS Aussies. He is listed as an Oliveira do Hospital player on zerozero.pt. 

Also, Oliveira do Hospital are in the third tier. I've contacted the Sporting Director at the club and I'll keep everyone posted when he gets back to me. It would be about 1am there at the moment.

Choi hasn't really recovered from all his injuries.  Quality player when fit.  

Peter Simonoski signed for United 58.

Blacktown and Hakoah are going to need to make some massive signings if all the rumours are true. 

I believe we signed Judah Cleur from Marconi last night. 

cheers for the work.

so far, whats been reported on here and speculated about:

cleur- Marconi to united
simonoski- wolves to united
g sperenza- blacktown to Marconi
r sperenza- blacktown to Marconi
mallia- blacktown to Marconi
cairncross- blacktown to Marconi
evans- blacktown to marconi
frangie- hakoah to Marconi
o'shea- stgeorge to sutho
littler- sutho to wolves
millgate- apia to marconi
de jong- hakoah to apia
bouzanis- hakoah to sutho
cox- syd fc to sutho
romero- mounties to sutho
diaz- bonno to apia
choi- blacktown to Portugal
alameddine- rockdale to mt druitt
Vasquez- qld to mt druitt
payne- united to manly

messi- Barcelona to Marconi
Ronaldo- juve to marconi

Cheers for that

Would I right in assuming that the club are not fulltime?
Good to see that he has apparently scored twice already in a friendly. I think he can do very well over there if he stays free from injury.
A few A League clubs will be regretting that they didn't give him a chance.

He never got a proper go with Adelaide, IIRC I think he was only on an injury replacement contract. But even then, hopefully he can do really well, and earn himself a move up the divisions.

I'm not sure. I think the third tier in Portugal is a mixture of pro and semi pro clubs.

Marconi look like they're spending.  APIA's team will probably experience a few more losses & Raciti isn't involved in the club anymore from what I'm hearing. 

It was mentioned here as while ago that Raciti stepped down due to health reasons if I recall right.

now announced, rockdale signings:

sasa macura
david bradasevic
josh da silva
panny nikas
leigh egger
matthew lecce

A serious question
What will the announcement that Football NSW are capping fees for juniors and making them transparent do to some NPL clubs?
https://footballnsw.com.au/2018/09/20/football-nsw-capped-registration-fees/

Fees have been capped for years.  I don't think any NPL club would be stupid enough to charge over what FNSW sets?