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Where would our State leagues rank in the european leagues systems?


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By victory_12345678910 - 8 Dec 2011 3:52 PM

Where do you think our top Victorian state leagues(VPL and state league division 1)would rank in the a european league system?, for example in england or in the french or spainish league systems.

Edited by victory_12345678910: 8/12/2011 10:31:08 PM

Edited by victory_12345678910: 8/12/2011 10:32:02 PM
By Benjamin - 4 Jan 2012 12:04 AM

Decentric wrote:
Benjamin wrote:
Average players from BSP would do well in the VPL, average players from the VPL wouldn't get a look in at the BSP.

I'd put VPL around 6th division standard, that Bl Sq North/South.

By comparison, A-League would be upper League One on average.



Most A League teams play a better style of football than upper League One.

Surprisingly a fellow from the Tassie split state league has just been awarded a contract in Blue Star Premier. I didn't think many of our players would make that standard.

That CB, Hughes ( I think), for Fury was pretty effective in the A League. I'm not sure if he was from League One or Two?


Hughes came from Walsall in League One, left for Bury in League One. Was wanted by other A-League sides after Fury were closed down. He's played about half of Bury's games this season - not sure if there have been injuries keeping him out or if it's because he's not the best player at the club. Either way, a first team regular in the A-League becomes a semi-regular at a top half of League One - which is approximately where I place the A-league.

No surprise in a decent kid from Tassie, or any other state, can step up to 5th division level - the occasional kid will always be able to do it. It's filling up numerous teams in numerous leagues nation wide that are the issue.

We'll get there eventually - but not as long as the various leagues are so widely spread and the best players so dispersed.