Stopped reading after had covid twice and vaxxed to the Max lol. 

Haven’t been to AL game since last season’s GF. Live in regional Vic now. Watch 2-3 games each round on Paramount plus though. If i lived near Gosford i would definitely attend Mariners games cos they play more interesting football and have some decent atmosphere at home games

i watch it - no long attend games cant stand the FA and the lack of atmosphere 

i do not follow the league and where near as close as i used too however i still watch most games or at least have them on in the background 

preferred the NSL over the A league it had P/R and passion  

the A-League has a number of fake clubs and celebrates mediocrity, i also am not a fan of the 'finals series' 

this isnt AFL or NRL whoever tops the ladder wins the league - you have an Australia cup as the knockout competition  

The A-League has the same amount of P/R as the NSL did.

And now with double the effnik hooliganism :)

No, he's not. Just like 90% of coaches in the league he's not good enough. 

that true good pick up on his error einstein, doesn't mean its right in 2006 - 2023 let alone way way back then but was a whole different world then mind you as mentioned, funny similar problems have prevailed at the supporter fronts.

I have been a Brisbane member since season 3 and we have been attending games with a group of 5 or 6 since the A League's inception. Since the Grand Final decision we are no longer attending matches. 

It was far more prominent with Croatia and SM Hellas in the NSL. 

Take Greek clubs in Greece for example - quite accepting of flares and is the norm. Heck, seen kids light flares at village games.

Yep, that football kulcha certainly transfers

Will Apl even care when most clubs membership numbers plummet before next season for the same reason?! 

Insightful post, LFC.

Would have had you down as a regular live AL attendee. I've always thought of you as a veritable football tragic.

I unequivocally believe using football performance metrics, the ALM and ALW have never been a better standard. Qatar has shown many overseas leagues in Europe that Aussies play in, to have less standing  relative  to the ALM than they did  prior to the 2022 WC. 

Regardless of machinations of various AL admins, whatever they do or don't do, isn't enough to stop me attending every game live if we had a team here. I'd become a member too. I'd also observe some coaching sessions. 

The only thing I  don't like is summer football played in heat.  I  prefer  to be at the beach in warm weather, rather than watching live football or coaching it.

Wow!

I'm annoyed about the three GF decisions too, but it  wouldn't be enough to stop my club membership if we had an AL club here.

I'm a Tas Cricket member and it costs $300 per season. What does a Roar membership cost?

With due respect, how much insight do you have regarding Australian coach education, Anthony?

I've undertaken a number of semi- pro or pro  courses with Football Aus and the Dutch KNVB.

Since the Berger Tech Dir tenure for Football Aus, our coach education in Aus is similar to what they have in France, Spain, Germany, Belgium and Holland. Without it we would never have come 11th in Qatar.

Haven't  seen enough of Roar, but  Moon may be doing a good job with the cattle he has. He was in the games I saw last season.



  

I used to watch every game when it was on fox. I used to love saturdays marathon that lead into the epl fixtures - good times.

Now I might watch two games a week but with little care of the result. Usually watch Adelaide United games and Melbourne Victory (great atmosphere). I hate paramount plus and I don’t think I should be shuffling from tv to tv around the house trying to get an app to work so I can watch a game. Absolutely ridiculous. 

I have been an Adelaide United member for about 15 years. Some seasons I may go to most games, some others not so much. Last year I didn’t manage to go to any! This season I have gone to 3 games, started taking my son as well. As mentioned above, I don’t really care if they win 10-0 or lose 10-0.. maybe I am just getting older? 

Hard to disagree with what I'm saying, hey Con. Another issue SM Hellas has to overcome.

Can't agree OR disagree with what you are saying when I dont understand what it IS you are trying to say Paulie???  Flares in Greek football matches??? Yeah so what, Its been happening for decades? It also happens in Poland, Serbia, Croatia, Italy, Argentina, Ukraine, Holland, Germany .... and on and on and on......

Even the little shitbag plastic "ultras" in this country try and copy it to a laughable cringy extent... Whats your point?

And as Glover has proven, lit flares are only a problem when Anglo keepers throw them into a crowd 😉☄️ So yeah not sure what his point is either Mono 👍

Hahahahahaha I have to have Tommy Glover submit to a DNA test before I can comment on that mate. hahahahah

D2,
I am a football tragic no doubt about it - keeping my finger on the pulse here and OS obviously and my involvements in local football.
AL/SFC I jumped on the early bandwagon in support of the big picture D2 and my kids when young, my 3 kids lives was/is football as players (all to date) so being at grounds was/is our weekends - then go to a NPL and AL depending the koff times as long as the wife didn't have other plans.
Even became a SFC member for the kids that now, the boys grown up don't care about AL/ALM games whatsoever (both play and go to NPL games) only my daughter keeps going for the social side more than anything else AND I still pay for the membership x 2 to this bloody day ! I'm nuts I know. 
I'll go to a game or 2 sooner or later this season.
AL/ALM/FA are trainwrecks for all to see and unfortunately their actions influence a good % of core supporters away from the game due to frustration and lack of forward progress.

I hear you re the "stats" and all but you coming from down there with all due respect doesn't have the stds like we have week in week out to watch incl NPL.
I get as much as a high watching a good NPL game, be it 1 2 3rd levels as I would watching many AL games over the years.
For top flight pro football I have seen more dross games watching paint dry than exciting ones.
Putting aside MC standards of late CCM are the stand out Club last couple of seasons, the rest is just meh why bother AND as you mentioned, SUMMER is NOT football time !
Only this stupid country that I know off, it just doesn't compute for me and ok NSL didn't have P/R for crying out loud its long long overdue we tried it but for this franchise system Lowy implemented we're stuck in a void.
NSD is the saving grace for the die hards, live and hope it becomes.
Sorry W football kills me to watch, all kudos to them but yer nah not interested even though my daughter played a few rep seasons she's given it away.

Unfortunately if we don't stop supporting in numbers they won't get the message. It's really disappointing to no longer be going to games but continuing to go to games just validates Townsend and the board members decision. Obviously there are many out there like our group, active supporters or not who aren't willing to fold on this one. 

Brisbane club membership has always hovered around that $230-$260 mark. 

Shitbag ultras that try to copy their out of control mother country Con, yep cringeworthy agree.

So not really that different to the NSL days then? Explain this whole "football but not as you know it" solution? Nothing has improved these last 18 years?

FACT. - there has been more violence in the HAL then there ever was in the NSL. 

LOL. i loved the 90 minutes 90 emotions they had.

but these days the AL slogan reads more like 90 minutes 90 arrests

Do Aleague "events" go for 90 mins though? Apparently the abandoned game the other month is now going to be re-started weeks later, not to mention when a player broke his leg on the pitch the other day apparently they stopped the clock instead of adding time on for injury at the end of the half........ "90 minutes ....... or thereabouts depending on the broadcaster" more like it. hahahahah

Support the team, not the regime !!!

Megale, you seem to be quite obsessive about the league.

Nonsense Beretta. Here are better FACTS.

FACT - when there's negligible media coverage as was in the NSL, less is reported even if the violence levels were higher. When it is reported, we know the media blows it up - as it did then and as it does now.
FACT - comparing apples with apples of the lows and highs of the AL vs NSL, A-League produces 3 - 4 times higher crowd averages than the NSL.
FACT - when there's large crowds in attendance, the risk of violence escalates
FACT - violence in the AL is predominantly caused by wannabe individuals or pubic haired groups because they're simply idiots. Violence in the NSL was that too, but predominantly violence caused by those that purport to represent a nation with grievances directed against a nation on the other side of the world. Neither of the 2 cases (AL or NSL) are acceptable, but you would understand how Australians feel with waring factions fighting each other in a neutral country that has nothing to do with their grievances.

I don't think any league has perfect administrators all the time.

I'm sure Roar owners and admin would prefer that you and your mates  keep supporting live football by watching Roar. I'm unhappy with the Sydney GFs decisions, but I would not stop supporting my team by boycotting live games over it. 

I was furious with Gallop for knocking back a Tas A League club franchise, with the best bid they had ever had. However, it doesn't stop me from watching AL M on TV or live when given the chance.

I was also annoyed with Gallop constantly awarding Sydney Socceroo games and  only drawing small crowds of 23 000 on occasions.  Gallop never commented on the small Sydney crowds.

 Conversely, when the likes of regional centres like Perth or Canberra, held Socceroo games, and drew 20- 25 000, Gallop would complain the crowds were too small to  justify  Socceroo fixtures at these venues! I still followed the national team though.

On a few occasions sure Paulie but could you kindly tell me what"grievances"  nations like Italy, Malta, Greece and Croatia had against each other? Ill wait for the wikipedia research shall I?