I recalled in the NSL era where the GG nucleus was formed, they had the state leagues aka the NPL of today in the winter, and the NYL in the summer so the players would play year round and get as many competitive games under their belt.
I don’t know why people are against bringing back the NYL, yes its a cost but ultimately it’s an investment for the future for the players, coaches and the teams and ultimately we want to be doing the best we can on the world stage and right now this is not the case.
Should the AIS come back I don’t know, times had changed from the 90s so who knows if it’s a worthwhile idea in todays era.
I just know that player development is a big deal around the world and Australia needs to take it seriously more than ever before because the landscape is going to get more challenging in the future and things don’t improve then I can’t see not much changing for us.
It doesn’t help that football isn’t the main sport but here but the administration haven’t done the best either so they need to lift their game.
We should be developing Irankunda’s every year and not once in a blue moon as that is what a functional player development production line does.