They've stopped being subtle about it, haven't they.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roundball Enthusiast
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They've stopped being subtle about it, haven't they.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roundball Enthusiast
When Nth Korea installed the dictators son as the new dictator all hell broke loose yet the FFA is all like "yeah nah this is the only option".Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
You realise that means Trump is the only bloke who can save us now.
and when you realise it was John Howard who installed Lowy as dictator in the first place
clearly this is a right wing conspiracy
De Silva plays more centrally though.
From ESPN:
lets go.Quote:
The A-League salary cap could be abolished and transfer fees finally permitted between clubs as part of a new collective bargaining agreement due to come into effect next year.
Dramatic changes to the competition's "contractual architecture" will be on the table as part of a full review of the current CBA, which expires at the end of this coming season.
A working group featuring representatives from the A-League clubs, Football Federation Australia and Professional Footballers Australia has been formed to discuss all possibilities.
The A-League has had a salary cap since its inception but there is a growing view that it isn't fulfilling its intended purposes -- equalising the competition and ensuring clubs stay within their financial means.
Similarly, intra-league transfer fees have been prohibited since the A-League's inception.
The recent introduction of loan moves for players under the age of 23 -- which allowed Daniel De Silva to make his long-awaited shift from Central Coast to Sydney FC -- is seen as the first step towards a full-blown domestic transfer system like in most other countries, where clubs exchange fees to sign players on a permanent basis.
The Mariners were determined not to release De Silva to a rival for free, which many A-League clubs often end up doing when faced with a wantaway player under the current CBA.
"All those things will be on the table and decided in the next nine months so that the new CBA has had all those matters laid before it, reviewed and agreed or disagreed," A-League chief Greg O'Rourke told AAP.
PFA chief executive John Didulica said the players' union would push for the salary cap to be dismantled and for transfers between A-League clubs to be allowed, saying it was in the "best interests" of the competition and the sport in Australia.
Didulica believes it would help slow the high churn rate of players in the A-League and also encourage clubs to sign young talent on longer-term contracts.
"Our position will be that the salary cap does more harm to the game in this country than good," Didulica told AAP.
"What we're seeing is so many young players signed to short-term deals -- more than 50 percent of players under the age of 21 are signed for one year.
"We've just got to reassess the entire contracting architecture so that we can allow players to grow and develop, so clubs are incentivised to invest in players, and then allow clubs to build value in their rosters."
next up, promotion/relegation.
get to it Middleby.
Slow down sonQuote:
Originally Posted by plague
Lets not get excited
These are the same cunce who have had NFI or any vision on running this game for the last 5 years
They have FIFA with an axe poised over them ready to chop them asnd they now coming up with big ideas
Sure they not trying to keep the wolves at bay with lip service ideas whilst clinging onto power any way they can??
Sure looks like Politics 101 to me
Nah, this is all from the PFA as they'll be thinking their members can be even more overpaid if they scrap the cap.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
PFA I dont think will believe the clubs have cash to burn that they are currently denied spendingQuote:
Originally Posted by The Camel
If they are they are pretty stupid
The PFA though are in a rock and a hard place here
By weakening their individual demands they currently have which are strangling growth on the HAL they could theoretically easily increase the numbers of paid professionals in Oz as reduced wages would allow more clubs into the comp easily and would also help the prospects of more young players
But I backing the greedy ****ers are happy to keep the good wicket thge current HAL players are on at all costs before they look at anything like what they should be doing for all footballers in the country
The PFA are a cancer on Australian football and the FFA being weak as piss against them exacerbates it. The Socceroos were pretty much the highest paid team at the world cup. How the **** does a team that doesn't win a game get paid ridiculous sums?Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Farque me, some of you are horrible people. Some professional footballers are paid effectively the minimum wage, an amount that makes even an office sh|t-kicker's salary look princely in comparison. Many excellent amateur footballers will never even consider playing full-time because to do so would mean losing $20k, $50k or more a year relative to their other job.
But the PFA is a cancer? Farque me. Actually, farque you and your support for an Indian-style labour market.
You support Chelsea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Couscous
No, I'm a Forest fan.
Tree-hugger...Quote:
Originally Posted by Couscous
Oh wait, the football team. I get it.
PFA are a trainwreck but I don't think people want to get rid of the whole thing Gary/CousCous.
The PFA is needed to help out the little guys, but unfortunately they only care about the big guys. They care more about getting their mates in the socceroos camp paid as well as possible (read: more than they deserve) with little care for the guy killing the NPL who can't afford to pay a mortgage on the minimum football salary.
So yeah, screw the PFA in their current state.
Oh wow I honestly just confused you with Stanny.Quote:
Originally Posted by Couscous
Please accept my apology ima go for a walk there's a few things I need to think about.
am sure the clubs can agree on a minimum wage for players (who knows, there may be industrial relations laws in this country that help).
Other than that what the hell you want from them?
So no, we wont miss the PFA at all.
I dont see what Chelsea has to do with the PFA you better take a long walkQuote:
Originally Posted by plague
The walk was short.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Yo they are called 'mobile' phones for a reason innit?Quote:
Originally Posted by Couscous
Now, as for Chelsea/PFA.
Our boy Roman charged in with the attitude of "here is how I want to spend MY money on MY football club".
And it brought them success as well as helped increase the profile of the whole league*.
Last thing we needed back then was someone trying to tell Roman how to spend his money. Why do we not give A-League clubs the same motivation?
*I absolutely contend that Chelsea and Man U have done more to build the global appeal of the EPL than any other clubs (and prob more than every other club combined) in the last 20 years and im not wrong fight me.
No your 100% correct maybe 5 or 10% to ArsenalQuote:
Originally Posted by plague
How many % to Man City (using the Plague methodology)?
I'd say minimal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Couscous
By the time Citeh got good most of the untapped markets had been exposed.
I got no issue with the blokes on 55k a year at the HAL clubsQuote:
Originally Posted by Couscous
Where I do draw the line is the ****ers on 6 figures
I not talking about your Dimis and Roys amd Vargas etc
But that we are forced to pay 3million plus out on players so it jacks up the prices for all so you have blokes who are essentially average players in this league on your 100k + wages Hoole Boogaard Hoffman Elrich etc
The PFA are also strangling growth of the competition to protect this status quo
By having this artificial minimum spend of 3 million potential clubs and owners are priced out of the league as the model is flawed
We couldhave expansion much quicker if newclubs arent obligated to pay shit **** players 6 figure deals
The other thing 2 with the PFA is they are basically strangling access into the HAL for the 18/19 year old kids
So much so that by 20 they are cut and left in no mans land as far as a professional career goes
How many Nabbouts out there who have not made it at a young age and then been cut to be left in the NPL/OS tinpot leagues and never given another opportunity as some **** thinks it necessary to give Daniel Mullen or Matt Simon or Raheem or Ben Kennedy or Fabio Ferreira another go at it??
PFA are a ****ing joke
They are not fighting for opportunity for pro footballers in Australia at all levels
They protecting the Socceroos and HAL players being over paid at the expense of our game
**** them and the horse they rode in on
Honda to Victory all but confirmed.
THIS is a great signing. Great Marquee. Globally renowned name in Football. Will bring a tonne of eyes from Japan and Asia to Australia and will engage with the Victorian Asian demographic.
Good work by Victory.
Fu¢k Victory.
Why is he coming here??Quote:
Originally Posted by Roundball Enthusiast
It aint like he cant play any more
He played for the Japs in Russia FFS
Why is he coming to this football backwater of all places ??
In other words according to the market they are better at their regular jobs than they are football. So relatively speaking they should not be professional footballers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Couscous
Comparative vs Absolute advantage.
Moreover, many office shit kickers in the private sector do not earn anywhere near $55k a year. A lot of them would struggle to earn $40k, and those that are part-time earn even less, then you have casuals on even less again but with no sick leave or paid annual leave entitlements.
The footballers do very well in comparison.
Can you imagine an office worker failing too perform in the role ? They'd be on a dole Que quicker than you can blink.
A professional footballer can be shit for the term of their contract and still receive full pay and entitlements for the duration of the contract.
When was the last time a footballer had to meet performance criteria on a weekly basis to keep their pay cheques coming in every week ?
I'm not for paying anyone less - but if you are concerned about people getting paid according to what they need rather than what they are offered then Capitalism probably isn't for you.
Why do all players move? $$$$$$$$$$$Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Arzani to Celtic?
http://global.espn.com/football/socc...celtic-sources
bought by Man City and loaned to Celtic - international media reporting it, not just the nupties at Fox
https://www.a-league.com.au/news/ale...s-done-deals-4
Looking at those lists who’s coming out best and worst in terms of off-season transfers to you guys? Sydney have to be the worst so far but a couple of teams are doing some decent recruitment going forward so hard to pick a best
Also, what are your thoughts on our off-season? I think we’re doing amazing by getting rid of all of the deadweight from last season and aiming to improve on that by signing better players going forward
All depends on how we use the 2 foriegn spots leftQuote:
Originally Posted by Mark325
Mariners are doing pretty well.
Just to show what a ****ing joke the HAL is Honda besides being Marquee man for VARtree and the poster boy of the comp etc
Has today accepted a role as Cambodian FAs General Manager
Absolute pissing myself laughing at this
Obviously feels the league here is that weak he can multi task
Bloke is now deadset taking the piss
By Video Chat as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Where has Ryhs Williams gone?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark325
Middle eastQuote:
Originally Posted by Premy
Someone on Twitter said this was a breach of FIFA regs:
https://i.imgur.com/UvbNffe_d.jpg
Might need another image. Can't resize it to read it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Couscous
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Originally Posted by Mark325
Adelaide has picked up some good players but lost an equal amount. So no idea how they will go.
Brisbane are picking up good scraps but didn't have much to work with before hand so no idea there either.
Mariners have replaces 3/4 of a rubbish squad with a bunch of no bodies and old timers. Spoon favourites for sure.
Citeh have lost Arzani and therefore any chance of winning the league. Unless they sign someone big I can see them finishing the same as last year.
Victory have lost their defence but Neidermeier is quality and the FBs they signed are good enough for the HAL. Berisha will be a huge loss for them and they will be weaker for it. They will go nowhere in ACL and be top 4 again in the HAL.
Jets have cut some dead weight but don't have a striker. If we don't sign two decent visa players I won't be confident of another GF appearance.
Perth have signed an entire back line and one of every other position as well. Have probably gone over the cap and will be kicked out of the finals again. Watching Santalab score against the wankerers will be great to see though.
Sydney FC must be waiting for the FFA to announce their new rules before announcing anyone. If they don't sign anyone else they will be caught very easily, if they sign another 20 goal a season striker then it will be their's to lose again.
Wellington have recruited decent players but have a numpty coach who will be sacked after about 10 weeks and are just trying not to get relegated in a one tier football comp.
Wanderers have signed the best players for mine. Baumjohann is a great signing, Zeigler is perfect for our level of football. Coach will have instant respect and could do well. Not sure where the assists will come from now that Lustica has been moved on.
So i'd say
Good window
Wanderers, Victory, Perth, Wellington.
Bad Window so far
Mariners, Sydney
Not much has changed
Jets, Adelaide, Brisbane, Citeh,