Football Media Discussion 2

[Wanderboy]

3 minutes ago, Edinburgh said:

Right or wrong we have opinions on why the commercial stations mistreat football.  But for the life of me, I don't understand why the ABC is effectively just as bad.

A lot of their content comes out of Melbourne. That's why.

[hawks2767]

It's always baffled me as to why they are so keen on EPL news but not A League.

The only reason I can think of is they don't see football as a threat overseas, only when it's here.

[Neverbloom]

26 minutes ago, hawks2767 said:

It's always baffled me as to why they are so keen on EPL news but not A League.

The only reason I can think of is they don't see football as a threat overseas, only when it's here.

i think the reason is by reporting on oversea's football but not A-league they are saying that oversea's football is great but A-league sucks which creates more eurosnobs

[leslie]

If theres one thing we learned this season its that you actually need flares to get  msm attention.

[Valter43]

what on earth

https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2018/04/17/sage-close-making-history-league-clash-borneo

[Davo]

18 minutes ago, Valter43 said:

what on earth

https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2018/04/17/sage-close-making-history-league-clash-borneo

When you're used to travelling over 5000km for a league match, going 3700km to Borneo doesn't seem too bad.

Seriously though, he's a moron.

[MeurantsLane]

You can't spell Asia without the A.  

[Paul01]

Article from Offsiders journo 

Analysis: A-League the Loch Ness Monster of Australian sport
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-20/hinds-a-league-the-loch-ness-monster-of-australian-sport/9676950

[EmMac]

That's pretty good analysis, if not a bit light on the subject of the FFAs culpability in the stagnation and decline of the A league

[Sithslayer1991]

9 hours ago, Paul01 said:

Article from Offsiders journo 

Analysis: A-League the Loch Ness Monster of Australian sport
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-20/hinds-a-league-the-loch-ness-monster-of-australian-sport/9676950

"I was among those who figured Ten would bolster the A-Leagues profile with cross-promotions from the BBL and innovative production.

Instead, Ten's programmers seem determined to treat the A-League as a contractual obligation until Sydney FC plays Lisa Wilkinson in the midfield"

I know its a serious article about the down trend which makes great points..... but seriously that line  

[WHACKO]

Can anyone post the link to Vitor Saba's comments on Popa article I read in a thread here somewhere, I can't seem to find it. I think it was an article from ABC Sport.

Thanks

[StringerBellend]

1 hour ago, WHACKO said:

Can anyone post the link to Vitor Saba's comments on Popa article I read in a thread here somewhere, I can't seem to find it. I think it was an article from ABC Sport.

Thanks

https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2016/01/15/wanderers-reject-saba-slams-bully-popovic

[WHACKO]

1 hour ago, StringerBellend said:

https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2016/01/15/wanderers-reject-saba-slams-bully-popovic

Thanks for that StringerBellend.

[BoyFromTheWest]

I wonder, if he's as good as he believes he is, why no other A League team has picked him up?  Probably Popa's fault as well.

[dcrow]

A nice mention about how our club and how we embraced the people of Western Sydney in the LA Times. 

http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-lafc-fans-20180427-htmlstory.html

[EmMac]

Nice read dcrow

[Unlimited]

Also nice how to see the club there chose to listen to its supporters and work with them - kinda like what we used to be...

[JackDoff]

They mentioned Blacktown!!!    

......in a positive way!!!!    

[Wobblies]

26 minutes ago, Unlimited said:

Also nice how to see the club there chose to listen to its supporters and work with them - kinda like what we used to be...

True, however the clubs current priority is ensure that the swelling is excised from your wallet.

[FCWanderers]

20 hours ago, dcrow said:

A nice mention about how our club and how we embraced the people of Western Sydney in the LA Times. 

http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-lafc-fans-20180427-htmlstory.html

I like this statement from the LAFC chairman 

“When you build an organization, you build a culture,” said Peter Guber, the entertainment magnate who heads LAFC’s 30-member ownership group. “Culture is your business plan. Culture is the people. The stadium’s great — all the flags and all the banners and all the scarves.

“But the culture endures.”

He seem to get it.

[btron3000]

We once had someone that seemed to get it.

[tardotz]

Good article.....feels very similar to how we feel. The only saving grace is that we will be going back to that same surroundings

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/apr/29/why-west-ham-fans-are-in-revolt

[Paul01]

Just watched the start of Offsiders.

They opened with A-league and it was positive.

[Neverbloom]

14 hours ago, FCWanderers said:

I like this statement from the LAFC chairman 

“When you build an organization, you build a culture,” said Peter Guber, the entertainment magnate who heads LAFC’s 30-member ownership group. “Culture is your business plan. Culture is the people. The stadium’s great — all the flags and all the banners and all the scarves.

“But the culture endures.”

He seem to get it.

#LAFCChairmanIn

[Neverbloom]

7 minutes ago, Paul01 said:

Just watched the start of Offsiders.

They opened with A-league and it was positive.

that seven guy was a massive turd throughout but everyone else was pretty good

[hawks2767]

32 minutes ago, Paul01 said:

Just watched the start of Offsiders.

They opened with A-league and it was positive.

Meanwhile other ABC journos are rubbishing the A League openly on twitter right now

[MajorMelons]

What are they saying?

[ZachMercer]

14 hours ago, GoatyMcGoatFace said:

#LAFCChairmanIn

Don't think we'd worried about marquee spend with him as chairman.

[btron3000]

I've decided I can't stand Peacock. I used to think he got it, but his continual defence of VAR on twitter, and now his comments about the Victory coaches "they came on the field and got involved with a player, 4 weeks is about half of what they deserve. If I did that on the weekend, I'd be out for the rest of the season" have just reinforced to me that is nothing more than a little, simple company man.

It took Andy Harper to say that context matters, and that he didn't see the coaches go directly for Carney, that they were celebrating and then on the way back it escalated, and we don't know what David Carney's role in this was.

I find it so strange that they have been banned and no-one has bothered to see what Carney's role was. Like if someone is accused of something but that is the end of it, no investigation, judiciary, nothing. Just decide a punishment.

[Butts76]

Totally agree with you btron.

I just listened to abc radio on the way home. Heaps of hand wringing with two blokes whose names i forget but nobody made any mention of carney.

Carney is a grub and it wouldn't surprise me to hear that he ignited something. De marigny was a grub too back at marconi, but 'think of the children' drama was a bit over the top.