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Steven of Balwyn wrote:Priest wrote:Hopefully Surf Coast and Galaxy both get in. Watch them Socceroos roll in =p~ Well done Priest. You've now shown yourself to be the arrogant snob I suspected you were. At least everyone can now see what you really stand for....certainly not the improvement of football across the board. Basically you have your vested interests (presumably your old club) and that's where you're coming from. That's cool. Just don't profess to care about the good of football. No need for further comment from you mate. Heaven forbid that someone might have their club's best interest at heart. My club always comes first. I dont understand why anyone would be willing to sacrifice their club for the so-called "greater good" If that's the case, then it's not really your club... just someone you follow out of convenience
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It's clearly a thinly-veiled attempt at blackmailing regional clubs into submitting expressions of interest
Sad.
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Arthur wrote:paladisious wrote:Quote:[quote]“In the presentation slides from the FFV … I think on page 24, [it says] all regional clubs will not be allowed to put in teams into the Melbourne competition.
“So teams like Ballarat Red Devils, if they don’t get a license in the NPL, all their juniors would have to go back and play in the Ballarat competition. Or if Geelong didn’t get a license in the NPL, all our kids would have to go back and play in the Geelong competition. Well that is just fucking retarded. Ballarat Red Devils, North Geelong Warriors, Morwell Pegasus, etc. have been part of the metro pyramid for donks. Why undo all that work? Thats probably a lessor known conditions the FFV has placed on the "revolutionary" changes they are implementing. It probably not a good idea especially as Gippsland will not have representation in the NPL due to lack of interest but also Warrgul Utd and Morwell Pegasus will be pushed out of the Metro Community leagues thus making the games development at a decent playing standard uncertain. As FFV's plan is for the NPL to serve player development 100% and watchable, commercially viable club football 0%, cutting off the non-metro areas is even more retarded a decision. The NPL will surely still go ahead, but hopefully some of these terrible, terrible ideas are fixed before the damage is irreparable.
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paladisious wrote:Quote:[quote]“In the presentation slides from the FFV … I think on page 24, [it says] all regional clubs will not be allowed to put in teams into the Melbourne competition.
“So teams like Ballarat Red Devils, if they don’t get a license in the NPL, all their juniors would have to go back and play in the Ballarat competition. Or if Geelong didn’t get a license in the NPL, all our kids would have to go back and play in the Geelong competition. Well that is just fucking retarded. Ballarat Red Devils, North Geelong Warriors, Morwell Pegasus, etc. have been part of the metro pyramid for donks. Why undo all that work? Thats probably a lessor known conditions the FFV has placed on the "revolutionary" changes they are implementing. It probably not a good idea especially as Gippsland will not have representation in the NPL due to lack of interest but also Warrgul Utd and Morwell Pegasus will be pushed out of the Metro Community leagues thus making the games development at a decent playing standard uncertain.
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Priest wrote:Hopefully Surf Coast and Galaxy both get in. Watch them Socceroos roll in =p~ Well done Priest. You've now shown yourself to be the arrogant snob I suspected you were. At least everyone can now see what you really stand for....certainly not the improvement of football across the board. Basically you have your vested interests (presumably your old club) and that's where you're coming from. That's cool. Just don't profess to care about the good of football. No need for further comment from you mate.
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Arthur wrote:[quote]“In the presentation slides from the FFV … I think on page 24, [it says] all regional clubs will not be allowed to put in teams into the Melbourne competition.
“So teams like Ballarat Red Devils, if they don’t get a license in the NPL, all their juniors would have to go back and play in the Ballarat competition. Or if Geelong didn’t get a license in the NPL, all our kids would have to go back and play in the Geelong competition. Well that is just fucking retarded. Ballarat Red Devils, North Geelong Warriors, Morwell Pegasus, etc. have been part of the metro pyramid for donks. Why undo all that work?
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Hopefully Surf Coast and Galaxy both get in. Watch them Socceroos roll in =p~
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Quote:Galaxy NPLV bid spurred by youth By Donald Sutherland June 6, 2013 Leave a comment
Greater Geelong Galaxy Chairman Joe Madunic says he is motivated by the fact local junior footballers could look elsewhere for elite competition should his consortium be unsuccessful in its National Premier League Victoria (NPLV) application.
Speaking exclusively to MFootball, Mr Madunic also said his entity has received support from “traditional” clubs within the local region, a stance quite different from the metropolitan area.
“We’re a new entity, and we’re working towards getting a united bid for Geelong and we owe it to our kids basically to say hey, we’re going to do this for you guys so we can nurture talent and nurture good coaches and nurture good football in our region so we don’t miss the boat and be left behind,” Mr Madunic said.
“That’s probably one of the major reasons why we are actually going ahead with this bid and I think we’re getting a lot of support because of it.
“I think everyone is coming to the realisation that being excluded out of the NPL will pretty much shut the gate in terms of the next three years of football development in Geelong.”
The Galaxy chairman outlined the landscape of Geelong’s football community, where the ‘big’ sides play in FFV metropolitan competitions, saying that if a Geelong side wasn’t accepted into Victoria’s top tier, young footballers would go elsewhere.
“Over the journey, the local competition has been up and down. Most clubs who are FFV affiliated or clubs that are basically playing in Melbourne as a senior club try to get their juniors clubs through at some stage, and that’s been pretty good for player development but it’s got to a stage now where with the new NPL requirements that juniors will not be allowed to play in Melbourne as of 2014.
“In the presentation slides from the FFV … I think on page 24, [it says] all regional clubs will not be allowed to put in teams into the Melbourne competition.
“So teams like Ballarat Red Devils, if they don’t get a license in the NPL, all their juniors would have to go back and play in the Ballarat competition. Or if Geelong didn’t get a license in the NPL, all our kids would have to go back and play in the Geelong competition.
“Traditionally what’s happened in the past when Geelong teams haven’t been allowed to play in Melbourne, players will go up the highway and find a club in the western suburbs somewhere where they can ply their trade and even some coaches have moved up the highway.”
Mr Madunic, who is a passionate supporter of North Geelong Warriors, said he was empathetic to particular metropolitan clubs who have snubbed the new competition due to the licence structure.
“It is a bit of a cultural change, it’s moving away from tradition but they’ve got the opportunity to work out if they want to keep their traditional club’s name, colours, heritage, history, culture – whatever you want to name it.
“Some clubs feel that their clubs culture and tradition are above the NPL, and in some cases, I do agree with them. Melbourne Knights – 60 years of history, North Geelong – 45 years of history, do they want to put all their eggs in one basket and go in a new direction? That’s a big call to make.
“A lot of those metro clubs … the Victorian Premier League clubs, they’ve been clubs for a long, long time. You’re talking about the Oakleighs, you’re talking about the South Melbourne Football Club, you’re talking about the Melbourne Knights, you’re talking about clubs who have been around ever since post-war migration in Australia.
“They’ve got a lot of tradition; they’ve produced a lot of great players – not just for Victoria but also for Australia. So I can’t say much for them, I can’t speak on their behalf but I do understand why. I honestly, as an individual, do understand why they might not want to take the plunge into the NPL because they’re protecting the community club that they are.”
Madunic, who was also secretary at North Geelong Warriors when they were State Champions, acknowledged the financial burden an NPLV license could incur, but said it was something his group had to address in order to provide opportunities for the young Geelong-based footballers.
“The other side of it is the cost factor and charging fees of up to seventeen hundred dollars,” Mr Madunic said.
“Yeah, it is a concern for some clubs, and in the climate of sport and finding dollars through sponsorship – yeah, they are challenges but they are challenges that we in Geelong definitely have to have a decent crack at because if you don’t have a decent crack at it, like I said, we don’t want to be left in the wilderness and we’ll have a mass exodus of players going up the highway to chase their dreams.
“We’re working through that (sponsorship) at the moment. We’re talking with external stakeholders; we’re working with internal stakeholders. We have got a little bit of backing from the local region within our organisations here.
“We’re pretty confident that we can cover the criteria that’s there. We’ll know a little bit more once the expressions close … and we’ll know a little bit more in the next phase once they start releasing more information about the application process itself and what the FFV can do to help us in a lot of the strategic areas.”
The chairman of the bid also revealed that the Greater Geelong Galaxy identity, which was born out of the Victorian Champions League, would exist for one season before a vote would be put to its members to change.
“This new entity, if we do get the NPL, will run for one year or basically for one cycle. Once the membership and the governance is up, then the members will decide which way they want to go in terms of ownership, in terms of colours, in terms of name, in terms of the board structure and things like that.
“So we’re doing this as an interim measure until the governance up and going, until we get the membership base up, and until we get an AGM where obviously the members will vote what direction they want to take the NPL licence if we are successful in getting one.”
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Steven of Balwyn wrote: Arthur, I don't know what Perri is talking about.On face value it seems worrying but he is one person, not the whole FFV Board.
Thats the ramblings of a FFV Director who just stepped down, don't feel left out cause no-one else knows what his talking about. But he did have direct involvement in the the FFV's version of the NPL. Which is the issue at hand.
[quote]Secondly, you seem to be suggesting we create another FFV to replace the current FFV. And what happens when that board starts to develop new and fancy ideas we don't like? We go for another league with and FFV Mk III?
No that is not what I'm asking for, in reference to taskforce documents an idependant board to operate the league competition revolves around FFV participation, club participation and independant expert board member appointments. Obviously operating under a set of guidelines. I beleivet this to a reasonable option to help make the competion Commercially viable and Commercially attractive. One of my major arguements with my own club, SMFC has always been that for the club to be the major developer of talent (and for any club for that matter) it is necessary to have development squads paying ZERO dollars. Along with a solid coaching staff it is the only way to attract the best emerging talent to the club. Budgets being prepared now to would suggest the junior operational costs for the NPLV will range from $200K to over $350K. As you stated the parents will bare this cost. Without a commercially successful competition with top down revenue streams to subsidise these costs, the quality of player development will not change and I believe the quality of juniors comming through the competition will be no better or worse as drop out rates will probably be still be high after U16 level and above. The senior competition will most likely be of a quality that would commpare with the current State 2 or 3 and most of the more talented players crossing over to the Community Clubs competition. Edited by Arthur: 6/6/2013 10:32:24 AM
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Steven of Balwyn wrote:Arthur wrote:Steven of Balwyn wrote:Arthur do you believe that the competence exists within the club structures at VPL and State 1 and 2 in order to run the leagues themselves? I am not confident that the level is there across the board to do this at this time. In my view we simply can't avoid the governing body running the leagues at this time. Firstly I refer to the thinking of the former FFV Board member who believes this Joe Perri firmly believes that the sport and the Federation’s ambitions would be better served if the competition was restructured and the men and women’s senior / reserves leagues were replaced with ongoing age groups i.e. Under 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, and so on.and I ask you is the FFV have the competence to run the NPLV? Secondly an independant Board and staff could be appointed to run the NPLV if the FFV had the concerns of the competition at heart and operated with a greater level of humbleness. Arthur, I don't know what Perri is talking about. On face value it seems worrying but he is one person, not the whole FFV Board. Secondly, you seem to be suggesting we create another FFV to replace the current FFV. And what happens when that board starts to develop new and fancy ideas we don't like? We go for another league with and FFV Mk III? The independent board running the league should be accountable to the clubs within that league - that seems to be the key problem with the FFV at the moment - and it's where all of the current problems come from... The FFV make decisions, all the clubs complain, the FFV steam on - and things get worse... Maybe that's because the FFV decisions are bad, maybe it's because the clubs are overly resistant - but the way to sort this out is through open discussion and mediation. Nothing is ever solved by simply stonewalling.
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Once again I have been tricked into speaking to a brick wall ](*,)
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Arthur wrote:Steven of Balwyn wrote:Arthur do you believe that the competence exists within the club structures at VPL and State 1 and 2 in order to run the leagues themselves? I am not confident that the level is there across the board to do this at this time. In my view we simply can't avoid the governing body running the leagues at this time. Firstly I refer to the thinking of the former FFV Board member who believes this Joe Perri firmly believes that the sport and the Federation’s ambitions would be better served if the competition was restructured and the men and women’s senior / reserves leagues were replaced with ongoing age groups i.e. Under 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, and so on.and I ask you is the FFV have the competence to run the NPLV? Secondly an independant Board and staff could be appointed to run the NPLV if the FFV had the concerns of the competition at heart and operated with a greater level of humbleness. Arthur, I don't know what Perri is talking about. On face value it seems worrying but he is one person, not the whole FFV Board. Secondly, you seem to be suggesting we create another FFV to replace the current FFV. And what happens when that board starts to develop new and fancy ideas we don't like? We go for another league with and FFV Mk III?
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Priest wrote:How the fuck would you know? Do you personally know every board member of every VPL club? I can guarantee you, that the clubs would run the league 1000 times better than the FFV is at the moment. You're very angry Priest. You need to stay calm if you're going to try to get your point across. You don't know me so you don't know who and how much I know. Don't make assumptions. I know enough to know that the competencies aren't there. It's not enough for some clubs to be at the required level. It needs to be across the board and it isn't. If they were up to it then the clubs would have taken over long ago. They haven't because they can't. Let's see if your mates mount a new alternative league and how long they can run it before it collapses. I'm prepared to take my hat off to them and to eat humble pie here on this forum if it ever happens...but we all know it won't don't we. This is what really upsets you, but you'll never admit it. And let me make it very clear that I am a VPL supporter and go to many matches of my club and I support no A-League outfit. It's just that I can admit the reality of the situation and the need for a new vision and strategy.
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Steven of Balwyn wrote:Arthur do you believe that the competence exists within the club structures at VPL and State 1 and 2 in order to run the leagues themselves? I am not confident that the level is there across the board to do this at this time. In my view we simply can't avoid the governing body running the leagues at this time. Firstly I refer to the thinking of the former FFV Board member who believes this Joe Perri firmly believes that the sport and the Federation’s ambitions would be better served if the competition was restructured and the men and women’s senior / reserves leagues were replaced with ongoing age groups i.e. Under 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, and so on.and I ask you is the FFV have the competence to run the NPLV? Secondly an independant Board and staff could be appointed to run the NPLV if the FFV had the concerns of the competition at heart and operated with a greater level of humbleness.
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How the fuck would you know? Do you personally know every board member of every VPL club? I can guarantee you, that the clubs would run the league 1000 times better than the FFV is at the moment.
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Arthur do you believe that the competence exists within the club structures at VPL and State 1 and 2 in order to run the leagues themselves? I am not confident that the level is there across the board to do this at this time. In my view we simply can't avoid the governing body running the leagues at this time.
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Reading through past documents such as the Crawford Report, the NSL Taskforce Report and the APL report, there is much said about the realtionship between the major competition and the administrative body.
It is a constantly repeated theme how a League should be self administered and seperate from the governing body to succeed.
The FFV has yet to present a business plan or marketing plan to clubs or the wider community on how the competition will be marketed or presented.
In any busisness process this must be a concern to club decision makers wether they have submitted an EOI or not.
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Steven of Balwyn wrote:A tough choice indeed but what's the alternative? Youth development in VIC is piss poor, ad-hoc, hit and miss stuff.
Something has to give.The NPLV is one serious attempt which at least makes logical sense. Genuine consultation between the governing body and the clubs?
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A tough choice indeed but what's the alternative? Youth development in VIC is piss poor, ad-hoc, hit and miss stuff.
Something has to give.The NPLV is one serious attempt which at least makes logical sense.
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Steven of Balwyn wrote:Priest, SydneyCroatia,
It aint over until the fat lady sings guys.
If there is enough desire from the clubs that put in an EOI I believe that things can change if they need to. And with a new CEO there is a ready-made, face-saving way to do it. No one can say, "You said you wouldn't change". So if you want to have a chance to push for change then inside is where you needed to be. From the outside little will be achieved....not least because you will be seen as recalcitrant.
It's even harder to understand when one considers that there was nothing about the EOI that tied you down to any further obligations of any sort.
I don't buy the line that the Knights didn't have the resources to be part of the next phase of the process.
Don't get me wrong, you may be right that nothing will change. But it's a big risk they've taken. You're basically implying that the FFV cant be trusted. Why would anyone put the future in the hands of people who say one thing and then do another? Especially one who has a track record of poor financial management, poor administration, poor marketing and promotion of its 'Premier' competition etc. You're being asked to make a huge financial commitment over the next 3 years to an organisation that is basically saying - we dont know how this will work, we dont know who will be in it, we dont know how it will look, we dont know how you will be able to recoup the increased operational costs, we certainly havent given you any reason in the last 5/10 years to put this much faith in us, but just do it anyway because it looks sexy on paper. I didn't say the Knights didnt have the resources, I simply said that they're better off focusing their resources on other things instead of worrying about an application process for a competition neither the board nor their members are keen on for a wide variety of reasons
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Steven of Balwyn wrote:If there is enough desire from the clubs that put in an EOI I believe that things can change if they need to. And with a new CEO there is a ready-made, face-saving way to do it. No one can say, "You said you wouldn't change". So if you want to have a chance to push for change then inside is where you needed to be. From the outside little will be achieved....not least because you will be seen as recalcitrant. The worry that a lot of clubs have, is that despite all the consultation the FFV has done over the past 12-18 months, they've actually changed very little in what they want as their criteria. Both the interim CEO Peter Gome and the person he replaced Mark Rendell insisted that the criteria as the FFV wanted to apply it would not be changed. Of course, there is always the chance that things could change, but the real concern here is not with the individual CEO at any given time, but with the institutional ideology that the FFV has, which pushes toward a certain way of doing things. The FFV's NPLV is not merely a reaction to the FFA's NCR recommendations, but an attempt to force through the failed VCL concept whether anyone thinks it's a good idea or not. And while it's an easy decision for perhaps the vast majority of clubs to not enter, the clubs that are at the top of the tree are left with a kind of Sophie's choice, take a huge gamble by participating in this unproven model, or risk being left to rot for at least three years in an amateur competition.
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Priest, SydneyCroatia,
It aint over until the fat lady sings guys.
If there is enough desire from the clubs that put in an EOI I believe that things can change if they need to. And with a new CEO there is a ready-made, face-saving way to do it. No one can say, "You said you wouldn't change". So if you want to have a chance to push for change then inside is where you needed to be. From the outside little will be achieved....not least because you will be seen as recalcitrant.
It's even harder to understand when one considers that there was nothing about the EOI that tied you down to any further obligations of any sort.
I don't buy the line that the Knights didn't have the resources to be part of the next phase of the process.
Don't get me wrong, you may be right that nothing will change. But it's a big risk they've taken.
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Steven of Balwyn wrote:
But it's not about the senior teams of these elite clubs; it's about increasing our strike rate in respect to identifying and developing talent which will move beyond the states. In Australia, with our small population, limited resources and the dominance of the hand-ball codes we cannot achieve this in the same way that it is achieved overseas. That's just a fact of the lay of the land. So the powers that be have come up with this approach. It may not be the best approach and will definitely need to be tweaked as we go forward but it's certainly better than what I've seen around the traps at this moment.
In the Victorian context this appears to be the main focus of the NPL, if my understanding of the NSW and QLD context is correct there appears more emphasis on the Senior teams and creating a commercially viable competition that is the face of the state. The FFV version also harps back to the failed "Summer League" plan which morphed into the Victorian Champions League (VCL) which became a glorified junior competition that after 5 seasons became tired and boring. A common theme from children was to experience once and that seem to satisfy most. But even the "Summer League" plans had the Senior Clubs as the key aspect of the competition, it does not appear so at this moment in time. Quote:Clearly one of the key consequences will be that the current VPL competition will change. The emphasis will not be on the club and the fan who comes to watch their VPL senior team. It will be on the development of young talent. I have to agree that this will be a consequence of the change in competition in Victoria. By extension this will also mean that a Senior Competition will most likely be commercially unviable if not financially weak and unsatble. A key component of the NPLV is to drive down player payments, but by doing this what is the tipping point that the competition has no value for emerging players? Does this mean emerging players once completing an "apprentiship" at U18 and U20 level will seek out "Community Clubs" for remuneration and competition. Could they also seek financial remuneration by joining clubs in a "rebel" Summer Competition? Lets not forget the roots of the FFV are one of being a rebel organisation nearly 60 years later it is still going. Quote:Another consequence will probably be that the quality of the senior squads/teams will suffer over the short to mid term because of the point system. We will lose experienced players to the lower divisions. But I think with time this will come around again and perhaps surpass what we have today because the quality coming through will improve and cannot all go to the A-League, even in an expanded form. The talent of the pool of top tier state players will, over time, get much better even if they are younger. Agree with this assumption the only question remains is there or will there be an alternative for players in a the "Communit" Competition or Rebel "Competition" which you have not accounted for. To compete the FFV might have to loosen restrictions on the PPS and VISA players and maybe redirect funds from Community Clubs and Players to prop up the "Elite Clubs". Or change the corporate structure rules to allow for private investment. Quote:So in the end what does this all mean?
The new elite NPLV clubs will be different beasts to the current VPL clubs with a different focus. Or at least two very distinct areas of focus. The quality of senior team football may/will suffer in the initial phase but will probablycome back better in time. Agree again as I have made note of in my comments "Probably" still means that everything else stays static around the NPLV. If the Community Clubs have higher revenue streams to the NPLV they can recruit the players secondly if the Community Clubs create a 12 or 24 team Super Summer League under an independant soccer body like Vicsoccer or a new Association with no FFV or FFA or FIFA ties. There is already a precedent of FFV CLubs fielding teams in these type of competitions simultaneously I think a court of law would find it difficult to support the FFV kicking them out. Quote:The clubs who opted out will unfortunately play no role in making it a better process over the next few years and in correcting the NPLV's initial shortcomings. In time I think they will probably regret their decision and their members will not forgive them. The FFV already stated there is a cap on the number of possible entrants of 24 teams and I would suggest to you there are a couple of VPL Clubs let alone State One Clubs that wether they apply or not would be very unlikely to be accepted. And I think one would Dandenong Thunder. So the talk of who applys and in the cases raised who doesn't of noe real consequence anyway. And lets face it the FFV's track record in these things hasn't been the best over the years so it is oppurtunity for them to get it right as well. There is a three year moratorium on new licences any way so it will offer clubs reluctant to join the oppurtunity to see how it all goes. Dean Hennessy a VPL Coach offered his point of view on Mfootball which was very interesting; Most coaches in the VPL have introduced young players into senior football, and I know all of them are proud of this when it happens. There are a number of variables that a coach will need to assess when deciding if it is the time is right to introduce a young player into the system. The player must have the ability to compete physically at VPL level, with a duty of care in mind, and be good enough to play at that level based on their current form – in other words they have earned the right to be picked. Once picked, the next hurdle is trying to keep their place in the team. Most players learn a certain amount from their coaches, but I believe that most of the education in a young player’s development comes from his team mates (especially the experienced players) and the actual opponents themselves. If this opinion is agreed by most of the people within the game then the new format has some major flaws. The new league will penalise clubs for signing players who are over 25-years-old. However, when I look back when I played I actually thought this stage of my career was when I was at my peak. So too were my opponents, because we had experience and had been at that level for six-seven seasons. So to encourage clubs to stop signing players 26-years-old and over will dilute teams dramatically and I believe the development of the young players will be affected enormously. They simply won’t be learning from experienced team mates and opponents.http://www.mfootball.com.au/dean-hennessey-is-the-nplv-whats-best-for-our-young-players/What concerns most in Victoria is how the FFV brains trust is thinking and what their vision is for the game here is a quote from an article with former FFV Director Joe Perri and his thoughts on the game here. Former Football Federation Victoria (FFV) Board member Joe Perri believes that football (soccer) would benefit immensely if the Federation and community-based clubs reviewed the participatory models and abandoned the senior team competition.
Joe Perri firmly believes that the sport and the Federation’s ambitions would be better served if the competition was restructured and the men and women’s senior / reserves leagues were replaced with ongoing age groups i.e. Under 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, and so on.
“In order to harness opportunity requires the FFV to take a more proactive approach that demands courage and leadership to challenge traditional conventions, including the local suburban club model and senior team ceiling. Failing to do so will be to the long term detriment of the very players, stakeholders and the sport that the Federation is entrusted to administer and oversee,” concluded Joe Perri. http://www.goalweekly.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=6894:pre-adult-teenagers-continue-to-pay-the-price-for-ffv’s-outdated-senior-competition-model&Itemid=134 I think all posters can see why many are concerned with the direction of the game here when the FFV Board of Directors are think along the above lines.
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Steve when you can answer SydneyCroatia's question we can continue talking. Until then :-$ Quote:Media Release
Wednesday 5 June 2013
FFV APPOINTS NEW CEO
Football Federation Victoria (FFV) today announced it has appointed Mitchell Murphy as its new Chief Executive Officer.
Mr Murphy who has a Master of Business Administration was appointed after an extensive recruitment process by the FFV Board and recruitment firm Derwent Executive.
Mr Murphy has more than 15 years’ experience in senior media management roles in Australia and New Zealand and during that time has worked closely with elite sport including football.
He has covered three Olympic Games (Sydney, Athens and Beijing) as a writer and editor.
A former Editor-in-Chief of Fairfax Community Newspapers in Victoria, Mr Murphy spent four years in New Zealand as General Manager (Auckland) of Fairfax Media before taking up his current role as Executive Director (Publishing) of The Newspaper Works, the peak media industry body for the Asia Pacific Region.
“I have been passionate about football for a long time and as the father of a son who has played junior football for the past five years, I understand the issues for parents and grassroots participants,” said Murphy, who is the uncle of Matildas star Katrina Gorry.
“I am excited to be joining FFV at a time when football is on the rise, with a record A-League season on all fronts. With the leadership David Gallop and the FFA are providing and the anticipation of the AFC Asian Cup in 2015, I believe we can further grow the game in Victoria.
“I am also particularly excited to be involved in the National Premier Leagues Victoria launch.
“While all businesses face hurdles, and FFV is not without challenge, I will be particularly focused on ensuring our financial performance is strong to enhance our services to clubs and players and to keep the costs of participation in check.
“My approach will be collaborative with our members and stakeholders. Football has grown 56 per cent in the past 10 years in Victoria and to ensure that continues I will listen to the views of everyone involved with the game.”
FFV President Nick Monteleone said that he was delighted with the appointment.
“On behalf of the Board and the football family we welcome Mitchell and look forward to a new and exciting chapter for football in Victoria,” said Mr Monteleone.
Mr Murphy will take up his position at FFV on 1 July.
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The FFV have made it very clear that nothing will change in regards to the criteria.
Why would the Knights piss away valuable resources to 'participate in the next phase' when the next phase of the process is putting together an application?
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Priest wrote:I've never got a response from a brick wall so I don't bother trying to get one anymore. You seem to know the Knights have got it all wrong anyway so nothing to discuss.
Just waiting for you and the rest of the experts to say I told you so, once the FFV moves the NPLV goal posts. Priest why do you assume I'm a brick wall? We've never conversed before have we? Have I ever behaved in such a way towards you or anyone else on this thread/site? I think the Knights and some others did get it wrong. They should have submitted an EOI and participated in the next phase of the process. No one could easily condemn them of walking away because they didn't get what they wanted if they did this. Now it just looks pig-headed. As to saying 'I told you so' it's not my way. I won't be happy to see the Knights left out and much less so if they end up being diminished over time by their exclusion.
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I've never got a response from a brick wall so I don't bother trying to get one anymore. You seem to know the Knights have got it all wrong anyway so nothing to discuss.
Just waiting for you and the rest of the experts to say I told you so, once the FFV moves the NPLV goal posts.
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Priest wrote:No, forums are about people with NFI getting to have their say to some sort of an audience. Now now. Why so nasty? You don't like what I'm saying then make an argument. I'm prepared to listen and to change my view. Throwing stones isn't going to help anyone.
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TheSelectFew wrote:Priest wrote:Where is the facepalm when you need it? 
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