Cheers mate... I know Im a Hellas tragic but can't help it :)

https://twitter.com/smfc/status/1527061354955149313?cxt=HHwWgsCgxcWNm7EqAAAA

Well don Ajden, A current Socceroo is aEuropean Chamion for the first time since Harry in 2005 ... thats a HUGE positive. (and he scored his penalty)

I'm positive we'll never see pro / rel in the A League in my lifetime.

I'm positive a NSD will be established in the far distant future. (10+ years.)

AU watching from the far sideline.........

Yes the mention of Volpato and McGree player wise is good to see and I hope they make it.
Ange winning is great re he's Aussie on peoples lips around EU.....

I'm positive that the APL don't really know what they're doing.   :D 

Removing the cap on transfer fees would be the biggest positive. A decision with long-term thinking involved.

Congratulations that is a very positive post.Most of us here love football and should cherish the game ,its history and global significance.It is the game of the people and can be played anywhere-playgrounds,rubbish tips,against a brick wall,on a beach,etc

Mate, people should check out ANY club, whether its down the road, across the state or country or overseas. The heart wants what the heart wants... Its ALL football.

One thing I am POSITIVE about is that any kind of crazy, tribal, single minded passion for a football club is a good thing and can only lead to Australia being as mad about the sport as what we all envy from overseas. Enough of this old vs new football, eurosnobs vs plastics etc etc. The dear old duck in the canteen for the last 40 years at Upper Goondiwindee Rovers SC is just as valuable to Australian Soccer as Yoshi and the 18 year old, FIFA playing, FM nerd with the Harry Kane poster in his room :)

Despite a rough road so far, IF Roos DO make Qatar it will be incredible- will remind me of 2005.

The emergence of G Kuol is exciting and when he gets consistent games under his belt next season he could develop into world class foward.
Same for Volpato.

great to see Daggers reach new high level. Folami showing signs of brilliance. Good to see Cummings scoring some very skillful goals and another striker option for Roos

Despite interruptions the A league season was able to be completed

Ange's success with Celtic

McGree doing well in the UK

Socceroos still have some hope to qualify  -so don't write them off yet

The emergence of all these African Australian kids over the last few years particularly at CCM and AU

Players like Daggers,Brimmer,Rowles ,Miller and Thurgate coming of age as A League players

Transfer fees at NPL level

This forum staying alive despite some long term posters going

CCM making finals two years running

That's very positive -we don't have to hear from you on this thread.

Nope, can't contribute here!

Love it. Who are you supporting in the a league finals?

Yes I love your passion for your club even though people wouldn’t agree with everything you say you’re right in saying people should check out their local club 

The huge bonus would be the Roos qualifying doing the impossible - a boost football needs here like mad under the circumstances but alas no one is confident.
NSWPL going to 16 Club comps next season....hooray so where you finish this season is very important that your either gonna go up a level or stay where you are and welcome quite a few new Clubs.
Touch wood NSD starts up, that will be epic.
Current season way to go yet so nice to be busy amongst the local grounds barring recent rain washouts in Sydney.
Got my own games as well as getting to PL games be it top div down to 3's.
Great watching young skilled players putting their bodies on the line and competitive football.
Good making use more and more of games on NPL tv - spread over any division more and more.

My club, after 4-5 years of appalling results is slowly but surely pulling itself out of the doldrums. To add to that there is a new found enthusiasm (with the hope of NSD) that the club's former greatness can be revived.... New markets/fans are being engaged with and we seem to be spoken of and mentioned both nationally and internationally (particularly Scotland of course) with a whole new level of respect..... is that the sort of thing you are looking for mate ? :)

I’m bringing back this thread let’s talk about things in Australia football that is working for you.

who wants to start?

Is the Chinese salary cap about equalisation or about ensuring clubs stay solvent?

Yeh I am not saying they are not bad teams.

I know for a fact that they are far better than the HAL teams. The Cypriot First Division is quite cut throat and there is a lot of talent there.

We are delusional if we think that the HAL is at this level. I hear people comparing us to Holland, Austria or Switzerland. I don't think so.

The Chinese Super League will have a salary cap from next season onward. I mentioned it to show that more leagues have salary caps, not because I want the HAL to have an $80 mil cap.

If you want to use the Chinese salary cap as a measure, then yes, we can set the cap at the level that the CSL will set it... 

I disagree with you in many aspects of your post. Every single team in the HAL is owned by a multi-millionaire and so this idea that all the best players will be at 2-3 clubs is an utter fallacy. It will be extremely competitive to sign the best Australian players and every club in the HAL will be able to afford their fair share of talent. The foreign players wont matter so much because it all depends on your scouting and your contacts overseas to know which players to go after. The players also have to weigh up their options as well because a club stacked with talent means you won't necessarily be guaranteed a start in every game. You also have to understand that it is also about managing your club and your budget. There comes a point when trying to get the best player in every position becomes futile and a big drain on resources especially when that might not be the best way to build your football club. In fact plenty of clubs in the past have gone down that route before and have come unstuck. 

Its funny that you mention China having a salary cap especially when they are one of the biggest spenders in the world transfer market. Way to go against your own argument. If you are advocating for Australia to have a similar salary cap where we are in the top 5 for spending on football players then I am all for it :D

The salary cap improves the standard, not the other way round as it allows all clubs to sign good players. Otherwise all of the best HAL players will be at 2-3 clubs and the rest will have crap players. It would result in current starting XI players not playing or on the bench while players who aren't good enough to start will be starting at the poorer clubs.

Also more Asian leagues are adding Salary caps so they are realising it has benefits. The Phillippines and now China have salary caps (China has a wage cap for domestic players as well) while Indonesia doesn't have a salary cap but has marquee players. 

The top sides in Cyprus including his side larnaca are these days quite good teams, upper championship level. The Cypriot league these days is rated as equal to the Greek league albeit with far less teams. Put it this way his side are as good as PAOK who he used to play for, and better than his other Greek team (can't remember the name). Barring the peak of the golden gen I'd say this current crop are paying at the highest level than any of our previous generations of Socceroos as a collective. 

Snowflake thread, there’s the positive.

Mabils performance v Jordan and his potential

Agree. Countries with big populations like India, china thailand and Philippines are improving at a drastic rate now they are starting to get their acts together. 

We use to produce better players.

Where is Giannou playing. A Google search shows Cyprus First Division. If that is our call to fame, then honestly, God help us.

The positive is we have produced another good set of players playing at the highest levels again (sains behich and degenek at CO, mooy and Ryan pl, rogic at Celtic, Giannou and mabil in EL) but we dont hse them correctly. We don't even pass the ball to our forwards for a start. So I think the positive is are players aren't as bad as we think.

Ange retained his job at YFM and has the springboard for second year success in the J-League.