2013 NBN State League Thread

[MFKS]

MFKS when was your day? What years did you play NBN? How did you find the coaches you had back in the day?

one or two good ones most poor. 90's

[hawk]

lost 7 players, mainly due to not playing, 3 went to other clubs, keeper now playing first grade, etc,

this is the biggest disappointment. fairly talented kids who get disillusioned with a club/the game then quit, hit the piss and be ffat knts.

tiky taky looks the best but long ball gets golas...

[Captain Obvious]

You have issues MFKS, big issues!!!

Hello to you as well

[Jardelsimage]

QUOTENewy has its own Federation the 3rd biggest in Australia backing it and in all the 30 odd years of National Competition we have had`1 title. 3 seasons where we were a chance of winning .6 seasons where we made the play offs all this came off the back of blokes who were not from Newy and we can barely name a few blokes who represented Socceroos and nearly any fan outside of Newy would be cluthcing at straws to rememeber who the **** they were.)

we might be the 3rd biggest, but a lot of that is due to geographical area I believe, is it not. you take north of singo out and we are rather small.

As for Magic they have set the bar high in terms of improvement, especially now they have lights, but when the NNSWFA keeps feeding them money by giving them GF etc it does make it easier.(and no I am not bashing magic here either) to bring in the better coaches etc etc.

the bottom line is everyone has a chance to say, what they think and see, but if it pisses you off that much don't go, turn on the Fox and watch the comps that we all want the NBN and the jets to be, but sadly will never happen.
Me i'll go and watch my local sides and enjoy a couple of ales with the mates, bag who we can, cheer when we can, bitch when we can, that's football.................
last one MFKS maybe you should take up coaching......

[magician]

Don't have kids.

Rather pointed to note you who disagree with me are having fun trying to justify my right to an opinion by what level I played at and now that I am some disgruntled parent. You ain't even close.

End of the day these clubs deserve the criticism I am giving them for their ineptness. In the last 20 years only one club has improved in my eyes in Newy and that is Magic. Olympic have treaded water and not really pushed on and the rest of them have gone nowhere stuck in a time warp with poor management where the committees seem to think they need a pat on the back and a medal for their efforts and the coaches need a tickertape parade for barely being able to produce players who can play at HAL/NSL Level.

Newy has its own Federation the 3rd biggest in Australia backing it and in all the 30 odd years of National Competition we have had`1 title. 3 seasons where we were a chance of winning .6 seasons where we made the play offs all this came off the back of blokes who were not from Newy and we can barely name a few blokes who represented Socceroos and nearly any fan outside of Newy would be cluthcing at straws to rememeber who the **** they were.

Yet the clubs who are allegedly responsible for the success/failure of Football in Newy want a pat on the back from me for their ineptness that sees us a laughing stock.

Cry me a river

For someone who has slaughtered newy football and thinks its the worst in Australia, you still attend games. You must have a very boring life

[BodyNovo]

Lambton v Lakes tonight in a rescheduled match. 8pm kickoff for 1st grade

@ Arthur Edden Oval Lambton

is wheelhouse playing tonight? going to head in want to see Ireland play in goals anyways.

[dingdong]

Many a time in my experience have I seen blokes with skill talent and ability left to rot on the sidelines as the bloke who can run for 90 minutes and physically dominate an opponent got the opportunities as the coach viewed the stronger physical attributes as more important. This is plain well not ****ing right in my book

that's football in Australia for you. I don't know why so many people are hammering the local league. I cant remember watching any team in the NBN league keep the ball for than 10 passes. Realize that it's a semi- professional comp deal with it. These blokes train for 2 days a week a grand total of 3-4 hrs. What can they possibly learn in that amount of time? The beautiful "tiki taka" that barcelona play?

[FaroeMassive]

I don't understand what the whole argument is about.

It is common knowledge that Australian Football has lacked any form of consistent youth development structure and that the standards of Football at State League level nationwide aren't where they need to be if we are to become a Footballing force as a nation.

We don't have enough skilled coaches and have for many years focused too much on the physical side of the game rather than the technical and tactical side. They're are just the facts.

Having said that though, the NBN State League has made huge strides forward in the last 3 or so years in terms of professionalism etc. There is still plenty of work to do, however the standards are improving. It's not something that will change overnight.

Coaches are now being better educated, our elite youth players are being exposed to better coaching and our top clubs are working really hard to structure themselves properly and focus on the right facets to enhance the quality of development our players receive.

It's not perfect but the wheels are in motion.

[Zico]

I don't understand what the whole argument is about.

It is common knowledge that Australian Football has lacked any form of consistent youth development structure and that the standards of Football at State League level nationwide aren't where they need to be if we are to become a Footballing force as a nation.

We don't have enough skilled coaches and have for many years focused too much on the physical side of the game rather than the technical and tactical side. They're are just the facts.

Having said that though, the NBN State League has made huge strides forward in the last 3 or so years in terms of professionalism etc. There is still plenty of work to do, however the standards are improving. It's not something that will change overnight.

Coaches are now being better educated, our elite youth players are being exposed to better coaching and our top clubs are working really hard to structure themselves properly and focus on the right facets to enhance the quality of development our players receive.

It's not perfect but the wheels are in motion.

Well said. Rome wasn't built in a day.

[Imyourhero]

The beauty of football in my opinion is that the entertainment structure is built around the concept of varying tactics, skills and mentalities battling it out for 90 minutes to see who can take their chances and win the game. There is no BEST way to play the game, it is all completely subjective to coaches, commitees, players and supporters. If "tika taka" football was theultimate style then teams like Barcelona would be undefeated throughout all competitions..but they aren't, in fact alot of the times that you see teams hammer them for e.g. bayern, madrid- these are teams that have mastered their own complete opposite tactic of counter attacking football and will often have times where there are very low passing numbers between transition of defending to scoring.

We have all seen with our own eyes the past 12 months by watching the jets that the amount of passes a team makes does not directly correlate with the domination of teams, the scoring of goals and the winning of games. You can have all the possession you want in a game of football and look very pretty however if you do nothing with the possession then you are wasting everyone's time. There is no right or wrong way to play football, if you enjoy a certain style of football and cannot handle any other then only watch games where you know this style will be played but this does not mean that you have the right to put down other styles and label them as of lesser value.

In MY opinion a good team is able to play "tika taka" against a particular opponent that requires that style to be deployed, and then play effective counter-attacking football against a different opponent that struggle to deal with it.

[namwob99]

The beauty of football in my opinion is that the entertainment structure is built around the concept of varying tactics, skills and mentalities battling it out for 90 minutes to see who can take their chances and win the game. There is no BEST way to play the game, it is all completely subjective to coaches, commitees, players and supporters. If "tika taka" football was theultimate style then teams like Barcelona would be undefeated throughout all competitions..but they aren't, in fact alot of the times that you see teams hammer them for e.g. bayern, madrid- these are teams that have mastered their own complete opposite tactic of counter attacking football and will often have times where there are very low passing numbers between transition of defending to scoring.

We have all seen with our own eyes the past 12 months by watching the jets that the amount of passes a team makes does not directly correlate with the domination of teams, the scoring of goals and the winning of games. You can have all the possession you want in a game of football and look very pretty however if you do nothing with the possession then you are wasting everyone's time. There is no right or wrong way to play football, if you enjoy a certain style of football and cannot handle any other then only watch games where you know this style will be played but this does not mean that you have the right to put down other styles and label them as of lesser value.

In MY opinion a good team is able to play "tika taka" against a particular opponent that requires that style to be deployed, and then play effective counter-attacking football against a different opponent that struggle to deal with it.

Agree 100%

[Premy]

The beauty of football in my opinion is that the entertainment structure is built around the concept of varying tactics, skills and mentalities battling it out for 90 minutes to see who can take their chances and win the game. There is no BEST way to play the game, it is all completely subjective to coaches, commitees, players and supporters. If "tika taka" football was theultimate style then teams like Barcelona would be undefeated throughout all competitions..but they aren't, in fact alot of the times that you see teams hammer them for e.g. bayern, madrid- these are teams that have mastered their own complete opposite tactic of counter attacking football and will often have times where there are very low passing numbers between transition of defending to scoring.

We have all seen with our own eyes the past 12 months by watching the jets that the amount of passes a team makes does not directly correlate with the domination of teams, the scoring of goals and the winning of games. You can have all the possession you want in a game of football and look very pretty however if you do nothing with the possession then you are wasting everyone's time. There is no right or wrong way to play football, if you enjoy a certain style of football and cannot handle any other then only watch games where you know this style will be played but this does not mean that you have the right to put down other styles and label them as of lesser value.

In MY opinion a good team is able to play "tika taka" against a particular opponent that requires that style to be deployed, and then play effective counter-attacking football against a different opponent that struggle to deal with it.

You're my hero, hit the nail on the head I'm sick of all this oh we have to play this way blah blah we're not Brazil, Netherlands, Spain, England or Germany we're Australia let's play football our way high tempo physical counter football in my opinion is what Australians are best at we got to the round of 16 in a World Cup and almost went further minus a brain snap from Neill. Lets work on what we do best and make it better rather then what Foster and Co are calling the future of football. Oh and please spare me the big picture look towards the future bullshit

[chocolate soldier]

jaffas 2- lakes 0 in first grade
think it ended up 3-1 to lakes in 23's

[TheBean]

yep 3-1 to lakes, firsts 2-0 to jaffas.
Lakes never really got going, Jaffas ran the show (in my biased opinion). Ireland was forced into a couple of smart saves, i will admit.

[ForeverRed]

Are valentine serious, who on earth would have a drug user around young footballers

[plague]

Are valentine serious, who on earth would have a drug user around young footballers

Oh wow.
So there's apparently ONE footballer in the NBN league who has taken recreational drugs.
Yes, barring him would clean the problem right up.

[ForeverRed]

Oh wow.
So there's apparently ONE footballer in the NBN league who has taken recreational drugs.
Yes, barring him would clean the problem right up.

He got caught, move him on, he needs to be made an example of, cocaine leads to many things all bad in life, I have no remorse for this bloke whatsoever, what your saying is its ok to do drugs, great example that is

[plague]

He got caught, move him on, he needs to be made an example of, cocaine leads to many things all bad in life, I have no remorse for this bloke whatsoever, what your saying is its ok to do drugs, great example that is

Nah, what I'm saying is that if you think Troy Hearfield is the only player in NBN who has used (or is currently using) recreational drugs then you are quite the fool.
Never broken a law in your life champ?
That view from Mt Pious must be fairly breathtaking.

[plague]

He got caught, move him on, he needs to be made an example of, cocaine leads to many things all bad in life, I have no remorse for this bloke whatsoever, what your saying is its ok to do drugs, great example that is

Also, by reading your post in real time it makes me think you've just racked up a couple of fat ones yourself.
Use a full stop and take a breath every now and then.

[MFKS]

He got caught, move him on, he needs to be made an example of, cocaine leads to many things all bad in life, I have no remorse for this bloke whatsoever, what your saying is its ok to do drugs, great example that is

I agree Forever Red - No way should an NBN Club be showing sympathy lenience to be associated with a drug cheat about to be banned. But then again there are many amateur decisions made by those running NBN clubs so this doesn't surprise me