2024/2025 Memberships

[priorpeter]

shook things up that needed to be shaken.

He certainly shook up our academy.

Is that why Anton left us?

Anton, Abbas, Ken, Christo…

 

[priorpeter]

The clubs don't want the fans to know how little they got

Or how much they got. Often don’t want to give agents fuel to demand increased salaries for their players/demand overs in the transfer market.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Or how much they got. Often don’t want to give agents fuel to demand increased salaries for their players/demand overs in the transfer market.

Bloody agents, I knew it was them (etc)

😍

 

[FFC Mariner]

shook things up that needed to be shaken.

He certainly shook up our academy.

Is that why Anton left us?

I think the "shake up" of the academy will hurt us for years personally

 

[Ancient Mariner]

I think the "shake up" of the academy will hurt us for years personally

It is what has upset me more than anything else.
A bloody disaster.

 

[FFC Mariner]

It is what has upset me more than anything else.
A bloody disaster.

Maybe they should have played the boy

 

[Meerkat]

It is what has upset me more than anything else.
A bloody disaster.

I said similar today.

We have never been in a position to spend big money on players. We know that. That’s why we had to breed our own, and we did .. Niz, Maz, Faz, Hall etc…

Now what have we got? I’m absolutely not saying we don’t still have talent there. Whether we can keep them is the real question and are players still beating down our door to come here?? I doubt it very much.

 

[Big Al]

I think the "shake up" of the academy will hurt us for years personally

Depends what we want to do as a club.

The difference was in ages. We used to keep them until the end. They were then physically ready for A League but may take a few extra years to be ready to go overseas.

Now we seem to be trying to sell as soon as they are 18. Which isn’t bad if you get the right players.
So far we have a few good ones. But can we afford to bring the top ones from interstate or Sydney.

will struggle to survive the drop but in reality players need to be ready at 18/19 to go overseas if they want to make it to the top