Depends on what he does and how long the interim appointment ends up being.

If he keeps the same old faces and the same old practices we will get the same old results.

If he makes changes that allow the Tillies to develop as a professional team then it could be a good start.

If he is appointed interim coach and we get a win somewhere, or they do a survey and he meets the popularity requirements, then they make it permanent without actually looking for 'the best coach' I see it as regressive.

Personally, appointing Staj for a decent period with the authority to actually be the coach would be a good start for me but I just couldn't see it working out even if it could be made to happen.

The limiting 'we know what we are getting' mentality is a big factor in our national coaches I expect.

Sermani appointed interim coach seems rather regressive to me. Do we only have like 10 or so coaches in the country? 

Then it becomes even more imperative that programmes are put in place to help prepare teams for major competitions.

Apparently we dont usually make the u20 wc, so in principle this is progress, but perhaps signals the womens team is where the mens team was around 2009ish

U20 lost 2:0 to Cameroon. What a crash and burn world cup campaign. 

Of course they do….everyone loves the Matildas don’t they?🥰

And trust me - the Federal Gov. loves the Matildas.

Perhaps FA’s pursuance of the reopening of the AIS programmes would be of benefit with the expansion of opportunities for girls/women.
This would shift the cost burden onto FA /Federal Government, let’s face it Australia has to do something, and pretty quick, to prepare the next generation of Matildas.

Some might find it controversial but most, if not all, our star Matildas grew up playing against boys. Now, as participants skyrocket and they get identified earlier, they are brought into the girls/women's system earlier and earlier.

Sure, girls mature earlier than boys, but by 12/13/14 the boys are generally faster, stronger, rougher, cocky kids showing-off their tricks etc. Competing at a decent level against the sheer number of boys means you've definitely "got something". If you've made it at the highest level, it kinda just makes sense that you've been kicking butt against the boys first, more often than not. This might not be such a thing in countries with massive numbers of girls playing.

Now that’s a much better story from the ABC than ‘AFL’s gunna take over the world’ nonsense.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-03/australia-franchising-industry-scandals-new-treasury-review/103175984

Because the APL ….you know, self interest and all that.

So why are all potential NST clubs AND NPL clubs required to have both a women's senior team AND junior squads playing in competiton?

I mean its a great thing, girls participation is booming but why do some "clubs" not feel the need to do whats best for football? 

I dont know about the other states but I cant seem to find any record or reference to Victory, CFG or WU junior football women's results.. does anyone know if they play or even have teams? And no, Calder United being an "umbrella' club for the gypsies isnt what Im talking about.

I note that MacArthur Bulls have a team in NSW NPLW although in reality it is Northbridge Women.
Also a team called Emerging Jets is in NSW NPLW although I don’t know if they are funded by Newcastle United Jets or Northern NSW FA.

CCM play in NSW League 1. And I think go down ro SAP level for everyone. 

It would be almost certainly a cost thing. Franchise (I hate using that term) owners are already being asked to fund more of their ALM teams so would be reluctant to fund more women’s teams.

Does anyone know why the APL franchises dont have womens/girls NPL teams like they have for mens football? Is it a cost thing or something else?

All of this and it looks like it will get worse if FA doesn’t step in to help.

yeah starting to finally produce players regularly for europe for those born 2000 and after

what's going wrong with the women?

Is it the AL women's being underpaid? Or the season being too short? Lack of pathways underneath (like the men's game)?

it's pretty complicated
you can win youth titles by having more players born earlier in the year, use speed, power and athleticism

if you do a more technical approach you handicap yourself for the sake of results at senior level

but if both teams are playing the same style then you can probably read more into results

The socceroos talent pipeline looks better than the matildas 

It's always been an interesting discussion. Teams with youth titles tend to bear some fruit in senior years either with a title or going deep into tournaments. Nigeria are the funny exception. You look at Mexico among other nations here and it's so apparent that US and European clubs will start bringing these players into and our players will be akin to the doldrums of 2012-15 or so for the men's team with slimmer European pickings.

I watched snippets of the game and what was alarming is how poor technically they looked compared to the opponents, something is not going well in the youth development front and it needs fixing fast otherwise the next decade or so could be a different one.

What’s the saying, no youth no future? The countries that improve focus on the youth, it seems we can’t say the same about us sadly.

shame, so pretty much as its been years and years for the boys/men, head abroad.
Really showing how lacking we are at the back end worse for womens football considerign its growth last 10yrs and more.
No matter whos's up top managing our game its always just about the top making sure the honeypot keeps the money rolling in.

Our female youth teams appear to be absolutely rubbish. Every other nation, many still fairly unknown for women's football, are doing well. The question remains whether our players will eventually kick on a few years older but it's unlikely as the pathways aren't really there and the US and European Leagues will prefer these better developing nations. 

I don't watch those games but for Matildas and I cough what I see there but this sounds ugly.

Not a good watch, another abysmal performance.
2-0 to Mexico. Shots on goal mexico 24-3.
Blayney should have been fired years ago… FA have got a lot to answer for.

That is where my thoughts were heading.

I don't think there is the emphasis on young women's football development in this country; sufficient to lift the younger players into anything close to world competitiveness at their age. I think it is only once they start playing in the ALW that they begin to develop and become footballers in a career sense. Countries that have serious development at the younger age will see players stepping up to their national competitions (and higher) from a significantly higher starting point.

We may question the managers of the younger groups and their lack of success but I have seen several people say that our senior national coaches lack the cattle to do anything better and yet our underage coaches don't get much credit for lacking the calves for better football themselves.

As someone who does not follow youth development much at all - am I being too generous on Leah Blayney thinking that she may not have much to work with due to the low priority placed on female youth development in this sport?

I think most if not all the girls are playing for clubs in the ALW.