Make your predictions for the A-League (etc.) in the year 2025...

LEAGUE
1. Will there still be an A-League?
If No;
1a. Why not?
1b. Will it have been replaced by another national domestic competition, or will the top level in Australia be State League?

2. Will it still be sponsored by Hyundai, and known as the "Hyundai A-League"?

3. How many teams will be in the A-League?

4. Will all of the current teams still be in the A-League?

5. Where will the new teams (if any) come from?
5a. Will they be completely new teams or existing state league teams taking a step up?

6. Between 2015 and 2025, will there be any new teams which come and then disappear again (like NQF and GCU)?

7. Will there be a national 2nd division?
If yes;
7a. Will there be promotion & relegation between the A-League & the 2nd division?
If yes;
7aa. Will the promotion/relegation be automatic, or will 2nd division teams have the option of choosing not to promote?
7ab. Will promotion/relegation be dependent soley on ladder position, or will there be other criteria (stadium, crowds, geography, etc)

8. Who will have been the most famous player to have played in the A-League? (subjective question of course, but ATM you could argue for ADP, Yorke, Romario, Kewell, Fowler, etc.)

9. Will there still be a salary cap?

10. Will we have seen any more current teams "rebrand" their name? (eg: Queensland Roar -> Brisbane Roar, Melbourne Heart -> Melbourne City FC)

11. Will there still be a finals competition, or will we go to a "first past the post" system most other countries use?

12. How will most people watch games when they are not attending? (Pay TV, FTA TV, Streaming, some other as yet unknown technology)

13. What will be the average crowd size across the season? (To the nearest 1000, currently 13,000)

14. What will be the record winning margin in a match? (currently 7 goals, Adelaide United against both NQF & NJ)

15. What will be the record number of goals scored in a match (Currently 9 goals, Adelaide United 8-1 vs NQF & CCM vs SFC 4-5 & CCM vs SFC 7-2)

16. What will be the least number of points accumulated by a team in a season? (Currently 6 points in 21 matches, NZK)

17. What will be the largest number of bookings in a single match? (Currently 12 - AU vs PG, AU vs MH, AU vs FC Bunyodkor)

18. What will be the largest number of red cards in a single match? (Currently 3 - CCM vs MV, PG vs SFC, AU vs FC Bunyodkor)

19. Who will be the A-League's all time top goalscorer? (Currently Archie Thompson on 89, Shane Smeltz on 85, Besart Berisha on 63)

20. What is the most number of A-League teams a player will have played for? (currently 6, Isaka Cernak)

21. What will be the longest undefeated streak (Currently Brisbane Roar on 36 matches)

22. What will be the lowest position on the ladder that the A-League Grand Final winner finished? (Currently 2nd; SFC in 05/06, NJ in 07/08, BR in 11/12 & CCM in 12/13)

CUP
23. How many times will an A-League side be knocked out by a state league team? (Currently once in one season).

24. Will a state league team have made the final of the FFA Cup?

25. Will a state league team have actually won the FFA Cup?

26. What will be the record lowest position on the League ladder that that season's FFA cup winner finishes? (Currently 3rd place for this season's winners) (Excluding State League winners, if any)

ACL
27. How many times will an Australian team have made the final of the ACL? (currently 2)

28. How many times will an Australian team have won the ACL? (currently 1)

29. Will we have seen 2 Australian teams meet in the ACL?

30. What will the "success rate" of Australian teams making the 2nd round of the ACL be? (Currently a dismal 29%)

GENERAL
31. Which team will have won the most silverware?

Edited by petszk: 19/5/2015 10:52:21 AM

1. Will there still be an A-League?
Yes

2. Will it still be sponsored by Hyundai, and known as the "Hyundai A-League"?
Yes
3. How many teams will be in the A-League?
12
4. Will all of the current teams still be in the A-League?
Yes
5. Where will the new teams (if any) come from?
Wollongong, Canberra

6. Between 2015 and 2025, will there be any new teams which come and then disappear again (like NQF and GCU)?
No
7. Will there be a national 2nd division?
No
8. Who will have been the most famous player to have played in the A-League? (subjective question of course, but ATM you could argue for ADP, Yorke, Romario, Kewell, Fowler, etc.)
Maybe see Rooney come over in a few years for a team.
9. Will there still be a salary cap?
Yes
10. Will we have seen any more current teams "rebrand" their name? (eg: Queensland Roar -> Brisbane Roar, Melbourne Heart -> Melbourne City FC)
Hope not.
11. Will there still be a finals competition, or will we go to a "first past the post" system most other countries use?
Finals
12. How will most people watch games when they are not attending? (Pay TV, FTA TV, Streaming, some other as yet unknown technology)
Still PayTV, although Streaming to become a lot more popular.
13. What will be the average crowd size across the season? (To the nearest 1000, currently 13,000)
15,000
14. What will be the record winning margin in a match? (currently 7 goals, Adelaide United against both NQF & NJ)
Surely must get up to 10 goals at some point..
15. What will be the record number of goals scored in a match (Currently 9 goals, Adelaide United 8-1 vs NQF & CCM vs SFC 4-5 & CCM vs SFC 7-2)
Ditto. There must be a 10-0 at some stage.
16. What will be the least number of points accumulated by a team in a season? (Currently 6 points in 21 matches, NZK)
NZK will still hold that record.
17. What will be the largest number of bookings in a single match? (Currently 12 - AU vs PG, AU vs MH, AU vs FC Bunyodkor)
Still 12
18. What will be the largest number of red cards in a single match? (Currently 3 - CCM vs MV, PG vs SFC, AU vs FC Bunyodkor)
4.
19. Who will be the A-League's all time top goalscorer? (Currently Archie Thompson on 89, Shane Smeltz on 85, Besart Berisha on 63)
Can see Smeltz overtaking Thompson next season, then Berisha powering past him to hold the record.
20. What is the most number of A-League teams a player will have played for? (currently 6, Isaka Cernak)
Still 6. Surely...
21. What will be the longest undefeated streak (Currently Brisbane Roar on 36 matches)
Still BR on 36.
22. What will be the lowest position on the ladder that the A-League Grand Final winner finished? (Currently 2nd; SFC in 05/06, NJ in 07/08, BR in 11/12 & CCM in 12/13)
A team finishing 3rd will win the title at one point.

23. How many times will an A-League side be knocked out by a state league team? (Currently once in one season).
On average, once every 2 seasons.
24. Will a state league team have made the final of the FFA Cup?
Yes
25. Will a state league team have actually won the FFA Cup?
No
26. What will be the record lowest position on the League ladder that that season's FFA cup winner finishes? (Currently 3rd place for this season's winners) (Excluding State League winners, if any)
4th

27. How many times will an Australian team have made the final of the ACL? (currently 2)
4
28. How many times will an Australian team have won the ACL? (currently 1)
2
29. Will we have seen 2 Australian teams meet in the ACL?
Yes. At least, I hope so, it'll be a cracking match!
30. What will the "success rate" of Australian teams making the 2nd round of the ACL be? (Currently a dismal 29%)
Would hope it can get up to around 50%


31. Which team will have won the most silverware?
Melbourne Victory.

May 2025: SMFC spam forums claiming there is a popular undercurrent to place them in the headline national competition.

by 2025 the aleague will finally be a level playing field, egalitarian utopia ...salary cap will be replaced with a fully redistributive system to ensure success is equally avaialble to all regardless of merit...

chairman gallop's ten year reign of socialist terror will be complete....

In 2025 we will be playing with half round - half egg balls to eat into the egg ball demographic

In year 2025....

16 team comp. Known as Westfield A-league. Lowy would've passed away by then. All teams will be same except for Jets. Who will be taken over as Newcastle Red bulls. Tinkler gone by then. City will be a top four team, bringing in big marquees. Average crowds for them will be 17000. MV crowds will remain high average of 25 000. Victory will have had 8 league titles by then.

Wanderers will go through terrible period for next five years before overhaul of club to italian focus. Parramatta stadium upgrade to 30,000. average crowds will be 24 000. They will be mid-table club but produce the best young talent, given their location.

Sydney will be unchanged. Top 5 side, average crowds of 22,000. Occasional bursts followed by periods of utter shit.

Mariners will be on brink of death. average crowds of 8000 and dying a slow death languishing in the bottom of the league. First team relegated.

All young Australians under 23 will be exempt from the cap. There will also be cap exemptions for players who have been at a club for 3 years.

Best teams from each NPL state comp will converge in Champions league like comp to determine who gets promoted. One team will be promoted. Both the relegated and promoted team will get a monetary boost to consolidate.

Extra teams will come from Sunshine coast, Canberra, Wollongong, Townsville, Southern Sydney, Geelong. These teams will have average crowds of about 8000.

New TV deal. Share between Foxtel and 7 who will show two matches per week, one delayed by an hour. 7 will get all finals matches live as well as foxtel.

The crowning moment will be when Victory host the champions league final at Etihad in 2020.

Matt Simon will be considered a god, and you'll all be my bitch.

Yeah when he retires next season and starts his own barefoot beach religion after smoking too many cones.

He'll be massive in Gosford.

he scores in 90% of games I watch him play, so if he is willing to pay me, I'll watch his games in order to get him a contract :lol:

Maybe you're the God?;)

#filthy

should add the question, any current day players who may become A-League managers

LEAGUE
1. Will there still be an A-League?

YES UNLESS ARMAGEDDON ARRIVES

If No;
1a. Why not?
1b. Will it have been replaced by another national domestic competition, or will the top level in Australia be State League?

2. Will it still be sponsored by Hyundai, and known as the "Hyundai A-League"?

PROBABLY NOT

3. How many teams will be in the A-League?

16 TEAMS

4. Will all of the current teams still be in the A-League?

WELLINGTON PHOENIX DOUBTFUL CENTRAL COAST MARINERS HOPE SO BUT NOT SURE.

5. Where will the new teams (if any) come from?

Canberra, 2nd Brisbane, 3rd Sydney, 3rd Melbourne, Wollongong, 2nd Perth

5a. Will they be completely new teams or existing state league teams taking a step up?

BOTH

6. Between 2015 and 2025, will there be any new teams which come and then disappear again (like NQF and GCU)?

HOPING NOT OTHERWISE THE FFA IS COMPLETELY INSANE

7. Will there be a national 2nd division?

YES BUT NOT WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME

If yes;
7a. Will there be promotion & relegation between the A-League & the 2nd division?

NO THAT WILL COME BETWEEN THE YEARS 2035-2055

If yes;
7aa. Will the promotion/relegation be automatic, or will 2nd division teams have the option of choosing not to promote?
7ab. Will promotion/relegation be dependent soley on ladder position, or will there be other criteria (stadium, crowds, geography, etc)

8. Who will have been the most famous player to have played in the A-League? (subjective question of course, but ATM you could argue for ADP, Yorke, Romario, Kewell, Fowler, etc.)

DWIGHT YORKE - HE STARTED IT ALL

9. Will there still be a salary cap?

YES BUT TWEAKED TO FOLLOW MAYBE THE GERMAN/JAPANESE MODEL

10. Will we have seen any more current teams "rebrand" their name? (eg: Queensland Roar -> Brisbane Roar, Melbourne Heart -> Melbourne City FC)

MELBOURNE CITY IF THE CITY GROUP HAVE HAD ENOUGH AND SELL THE CLUB. PERTH GLORY IF THEY MOVE TO JOONDALUP AND BECOME NORTH PERTH GLORY. BRISBANE ROAR MAYBE DEPENDING ON THE 2ND BRISBANE/QUEENSLAND TEAM.

11. Will there still be a finals competition, or will we go to a "first past the post" system most other countries use?

YES BUT I WOULD HOPE DOWN THE TRACK THE ACL BECOMES THE PRIORITY AND THAT WE HAVE A ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIP STYLE PLAYOFF FOR THE LAST ACL QUALIFYING SPOT.

12. How will most people watch games when they are not attending? (Pay TV, FTA TV, Streaming, some other as yet unknown technology)

PAYTV AND DIGITAL STREAMING

13. What will be the average crowd size across the season? (To the nearest 1000, currently 13,000)

18,000

14. What will be the record winning margin in a match? (currently 7 goals, Adelaide United against both NQF & NJ)

10-0

15. What will be the record number of goals scored in a match (Currently 9 goals, Adelaide United 8-1 vs NQF & CCM vs SFC 4-5 & CCM vs SFC 7-2)

13 GOALS (7-6 SCORELINE)

16. What will be the least number of points accumulated by a team in a season? (Currently 6 points in 21 matches, NZK)

15 POINTS (ASSUMING 30 GAME REGULAR SEASON)

17. What will be the largest number of bookings in a single match? (Currently 12 - AU vs PG, AU vs MH, AU vs FC Bunyodkor)

WONT BE BEAT

18. What will be the largest number of red cards in a single match? (Currently 3 - CCM vs MV, PG vs SFC, AU vs FC Bunyodkor)

WONT BE BEAT

19. Who will be the A-League's all time top goalscorer? (Currently Archie Thompson on 89, Shane Smeltz on 85, Besart Berisha on 63)

Smeltz because any good new players won't be in the A-league that long as our standard improves

20. What is the most number of A-League teams a player will have played for? (currently 6, Isaka Cernak)

WONT BE BEAT

21. What will be the longest undefeated streak (Currently Brisbane Roar on 36 matches)

CAN'T SEE THAT EVER BE BROKEN

22. What will be the lowest position on the ladder that the A-League Grand Final winner finished? (Currently 2nd; SFC in 05/06, NJ in 07/08, BR in 11/12 & CCM in 12/13)

3RD

CUP
23. How many times will an A-League side be knocked out by a state league team? (Currently once in one season).

THERE WILL BE ON AVERAGE ONE UPSET A YEAR BETWEEN A STATE LEAGUE AND A-LEAGUE SIDE

24. Will a state league team have made the final of the FFA Cup?

POSSIBLY ONE TIME BUT VERY UNLIKELY GIVEN THE WIDENING GAP BETWEEN A-LEAGUE AND NPL

25. Will a state league team have actually won the FFA Cup?

NO

26. What will be the record lowest position on the League ladder that that season's FFA cup winner finishes? (Currently 3rd place for this season's winners) (Excluding State League winners, if any)

6TH

ACL
27. How many times will an Australian team have made the final of the ACL? (currently 2)

ANOTHER 2 TIMES

28. How many times will an Australian team have won the ACL? (currently 1)

MAYBE ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN TEAM OR WSW WINS IT AGAIN

29. Will we have seen 2 Australian teams meet in the ACL?

NO THE ASIAN FOOTBALL CONFEDERATION WON'T ALLOW IT

30. What will the "success rate" of Australian teams making the 2nd round of the ACL be? (Currently a dismal 29%)

50%

GENERAL
31. Which team will have won the most silverware?

MELBOURNE VICTORY

Edited by Timmo: 19/5/2015 01:24:28 PM

Q32 - Will the A-League still be in played the summer months?

With average summer daytime maximums increasing a great deal of thought will have to go into game time scheduling. Playing games in midsummer in Perth at 5.00 pm will become very problematic.

Well leaving aside the climate groupthink.... ;)

If there ever is to be a fully integrated, pyramid league structure with all the pro rel bells and whistles....the league would need to be played in a calendar year season.

It would be an absolute mess having some tiers in summer, the others in winter.

Football being a year round sport could actually be played summer, autumn, winter, spring....late jan kickoff to the current ffa cup final in november.

All levels of the game played around the same time ....from juniors to their heroes in the top flight....now thats a real 'whole of football' league structure....

Would probably be closer to the mark than anything else suggested in here

Great question!

I can't make a prediction about current day players, but I could see Jamie Harnwell becoming Glory coach at some point in the next 10 years.

Association protection is removed at the quarter final stage, so if 2 A-League teams can make it that far, they could be drawn against each other.

they should really be considering this, once the competition is big enough of course. climates in northern queensland would be unsuitable for a summer a-league tournament. sunshine coast, townsville and cairns

wonder if 2022 summer world cup would be a catalyst in 7 years time. though we would need more time than that.

LEAGUE
1. Will there still be an A-League? Yes

2. Will it still be sponsored by Hyundai, and known as the "Hyundai A-League"? Yes

3. How many teams will be in the A-League? 14

4. Will all of the current teams still be in the A-League? Yes

5. Where will the new teams (if any) come from? Tasmania, Canberra, Wollongong, Qld (somewhere - most likely Gold Coast again)

5a. Will they be completely new teams or existing state league teams taking a step up? New

6. Between 2015 and 2025, will there be any new teams which come and then disappear again (like NQF and GCU)? No

7. Will there be a national 2nd division? Yes
If yes;
7a. Will there be promotion & relegation between the A-League & the 2nd division? No

8. Who will have been the most famous player to have played in the A-League? (subjective question of course, but ATM you could argue for ADP, Yorke, Romario, Kewell, Fowler, etc.)Honestly think it will be someone we haven't heard of yet - a young, Aussie super star.

9. Will there still be a salary cap? Yes, but at about $6m

10. Will we have seen any more current teams "rebrand" their name? (eg: Queensland Roar -> Brisbane Roar, Melbourne Heart -> Melbourne City FC) No

11. Will there still be a finals competition, or will we go to a "first past the post" system most other countries use? Finals gone. 3 trophies - Premiership, FFA Cup, League Cup

12. How will most people watch games when they are not attending? (Pay TV, FTA TV, Streaming, some other as yet unknown technology) Streaming through an A-league App

13. What will be the average crowd size across the season? (To the nearest 1000, currently 13,000) 20,000

14. What will be the record winning margin in a match? (currently 7 goals, Adelaide United against both NQF & NJ) 8-0 (Victory beating Adelaide in another nightmare game for them0

15. What will be the record number of goals scored in a match (Currently 9 goals, Adelaide United 8-1 vs NQF & CCM vs SFC 4-5 & CCM vs SFC 7-2) 10 in a 6-4 game.

16. What will be the least number of points accumulated by a team in a season? (Currently 6 points in 21 matches, NZK) Don't think that is going to change - record is safe.

17. What will be the largest number of bookings in a single match? (Currently 12 - AU vs PG, AU vs MH, AU vs FC Bunyodkor) 15

18. What will be the largest number of red cards in a single match? (Currently 3 - CCM vs MV, PG vs SFC, AU vs FC Bunyodkor) Not going to change.

19. Who will be the A-League's all time top goalscorer? (Currently Archie Thompson on 89, Shane Smeltz on 85, Besart Berisha on 63) Bes - going to crack the ton..

20. What is the most number of A-League teams a player will have played for? (currently 6, Isaka Cernak) Not going to change - I hope.

21. What will be the longest undefeated streak (Currently Brisbane Roar on 36 matches) That's going to take some beating - not going to change.

22. What will be the lowest position on the ladder that the A-League Grand Final winner finished? (Currently 2nd; SFC in 05/06, NJ in 07/08, BR in 11/12 & CCM in 12/13) 4th.

CUP
23. How many times will an A-League side be knocked out by a state league team? (Currently once in one season). In each season? There will be one FFA Cup where at least 3 HAL teams get knocked off.

24. Will a state league team have made the final of the FFA Cup? Yes.

25. Will a state league team have actually won the FFA Cup? Yes

26. What will be the record lowest position on the League ladder that that season's FFA cup winner finishes? (Currently 3rd place for this season's winners) (Excluding State League winners, if any) 6th.

ACL
27. How many times will an Australian team have made the final of the ACL? (currently 2) 5 times in total.

28. How many times will an Australian team have won the ACL? (currently 1) Twice. Victory will have won one.

29. Will we have seen 2 Australian teams meet in the ACL? No.

30. What will the "success rate" of Australian teams making the 2nd round of the ACL be? (Currently a dismal 29%) 43%

GENERAL
31. Which team will have won the most silverware? Victory.

AKA "scientific consensus". You and ricey would get on like a house on fire.

Interesting a lot of people are picking 14 teams.

It's only 10 years away, that's not much time to increase the size of the comp by 40%.

nah i just have a skeptical brain! Like u know scientists and stuff...

Im more on the Bjorn Lomborg line...not quite the simplistic denialist angle ....

Big prediction - "In and out Expansion": the NPL competition will gain an A- league license in the same vein as the FFA Cup spot this is not P and R but a purely a one season shot for the winning club

the NPL championship will be expanded to 10 with a 2*5 group stage to include a defending champ spot and the NT NPL comp

Edited by GDeathe: 19/5/2015 08:32:26 PM

Lomborg, the environmental economist without degrees in either biology, geology, any other earth science nor economics and who has been laughed out of countless unversities? The bloke is a neocon stooge of the highest order who is only qualified to be a politician - via his political science degree.

You should be more sceptical when it comes to who you take scientific information from, cause if it's coming from a bloke that Tony Abbott personally picked out, you're probably the furthest away fro real science that you can possibly get.

Edited by Draupnir: 19/5/2015 08:42:09 PM