tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503414687298565438.post3130765896389055085..comments2024-03-16T09:26:42.761+11:00Comments on South of the Border - a South Melbourne Hellas blog: Notes from today's members forumPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844708719537648292noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503414687298565438.post-86776417687097168282020-12-23T11:31:26.437+11:002020-12-23T11:31:26.437+11:00Yes, success! btw ... I see that the 'white pa...Yes, success! btw ... I see that the 'white paper' or whatever it is supposed to be will now be released in January 2020.Savvas Tzionishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18401504876863188801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503414687298565438.post-41570769870261190282020-12-22T19:59:08.663+11:002020-12-22T19:59:08.663+11:00Not sure what you're testing, Savvas, but I ho...Not sure what you're testing, Savvas, but I hope it worked.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03206486881622385464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503414687298565438.post-24907484130007521702020-12-22T13:42:37.658+11:002020-12-22T13:42:37.658+11:00Test Test Savvas Tzionhshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763693747144083898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503414687298565438.post-47115396683090071342020-12-22T09:44:18.089+11:002020-12-22T09:44:18.089+11:00Not necessarily frozen, but certainly the pace of ...Not necessarily frozen, but certainly the pace of change has been a little slower than people anticipated or would have liked. <br /><br />At state league level, we are still in a state of undoing (for better and/or worse) the process of establishing the NPL in its various state guises. <br /><br />At A-League level, they are in some ways moving both toward and away from the rest of Australian soccer. They're moving toward it in the sense of teams seeking to play in winter, and at smaller suburban venues taking the game to the people so to speak. But the increased foreign ownership, the break with Football Australia, and the desire to maintain the closed system - with the exception of their youth teams playing in local comps - will set them further apart from the greater soccer mass.<br /><br />Neither side appears to be in a great position to achieve their desired aims in their entirety; but "the perfect being the enemy of the good", it will also be a race not just in terms of who gets to establish their ideal first, but also who gets to the point where they come up with a model acceptable to their own kind first.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03206486881622385464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503414687298565438.post-70806401678599223042020-12-22T09:35:21.557+11:002020-12-22T09:35:21.557+11:00At least some people at Lakeside are able to vent ...At least some people at Lakeside are able to vent their frustrations a healthy and disciplined manner.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03206486881622385464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503414687298565438.post-51573779831676431002020-12-22T09:26:21.481+11:002020-12-22T09:26:21.481+11:00".... the goal of establishing an NSD along w...".... the goal of establishing an NSD along with promotion-relegation to all tiers, is that such a scheme is in a race against the desires of the extant A-League licence holders. Who will get to their promised land first"<br /><br />That is my thoughts as well.<br /><br />But some people would rather the A League die than even allow the sliver of a chance that an old wog club would be introduced back into the fold (even if we could never compete with 'mainstream' clubs, especially the original big city versions).<br /><br />I hear it amongst one or two of my suburban friends (who are more or less part of the mainstream).<br /><br />It feels like we have all been sitting on a test pattern for the last 5 years. A League supporters waiting for their league to finally take that next step to mainstream acceptance (for want of a better word). NSD supporters waiting for some actual movement towards introducing this concept.<br /><br />I think Joe Gorman put a curse on local soccer. As soon as he released his book, the game froze!!Savvas Tzionishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18401504876863188801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503414687298565438.post-60144237589139961122020-12-21T07:10:54.408+11:002020-12-21T07:10:54.408+11:00What about Kendo?! Are they sticking around? Lov...What about Kendo?! Are they sticking around? Love the sight of ornately costumed martial artists cracking stick across each other as I leave Lakeside on a Sunday evening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com