General A-League discussion
stopping banned fans into the stadium is up to the staff on the gates on gameday, I'm certain banned fan's photos are all over the place and are identified to staff before tge event. Tough job to pick one banned fan from a group.
But there should be an onus on the VUC or fan groups like OSM to help the stadium staff. Other codes like rugby union & rugby league that play at AAMI Stadium for example don't provide the same problems for the stadium. It's a unique issue to football, and the clubs especially Victory should be helping provide solutions to solve the problem.
Ain't easy for some young kid on a gate to spot banned fans amongst the hordes pushing through the entrances. Could easily be intimidated by it all. Clubs & fan groups need to be part of the answer. Cameras at the entrances, fans having to look directly at the camera, just before the gate, staff watching the cameras in a control room somewhere etc etc etc
There was a big crowd for that Melb derby, so far from easy to pick out banned fans without a well planned security system in place.
Easy, just read the whole chat again and channel this in one or two sentences.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/a-league/300772656/melbourne-victory-hit-with-penalties-over-pitch-invasion-upcoming-games-to-have-fewer-fans
Nothing we havnt heard before more just an explanation as to why it happened and an admission that it wasnt handled well. We were asked not to say to much as they had other meetings coming up with other fan groups.
What i found interesting is they want to speak to a broad spectrum of fans not just active groups.
What is abundantly clear is the league cannot continue relying on owners to keep making the losses they are even Domey said our owners are sick of the constant stream of money going out.
There is going to have to be some sort of compromise between the League Owners and Active Fans and if active fan groups cant see why then i really do fear for the future of the League.
People are kidding themselves if they think if the A League folds its just going to resurrect its self in another form.
He should not have touched that flare.
I think he new exactly where he thrown that thing, he is goalkeeper.
He should not have touched that flare.
I think he new exactly where he thrown that thing, he is goalkeeper.
the flare should not have been on the pitch in the first place, Glover had tossed one from the field before the second one was thrown towards him.
Put the blame where it should be, the "fans" who brought the flares to the game and then threw them at the field. That's solely where blame and punishment shoud remain.
.@thepfa investigating claims an @aleaguemen's coach punched one of his own players https://t.co/4Dw0TVu8JK
— Marco Monteverde (@marcothejourno) February 23, 2023
An A-League head coach is understood to have been physically violent to one of his players during a 5-a-side match. It’s believed that both the APL and PFA are investigating.
— AussieScout (@scout_aussie) February 23, 2023
So many coaches it could be Rudan, Verat, Zad and Popovic I could see doing it
Corica?
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Wonder if the A-League will take a break for this?
City and ALW grand finalists Western United both would have earned the right to host a decider but instead lost to NSW clubs on "neutral" territory.
We just gotta suck it up, according to Danny T
They are actually very good compared to some other major leagues in the AFC.
I read recently in World Soccer magazine about the decline of the K-League.
The last pre-pandemic crowd figures averaged only 8000 in 2019.
And that was due to an increase in interest, up from an average of 5000 the previous season.
That makes the A-League men crowds look pretty good.
This is it really, it's not the size of the crowd that's the problem at all.
I seem to remember there being a great fan experience at Hutt Rec back in the day. Shame thar never became more of a permanent thing.
This is it really, it's not the size of the crowd that's the problem at all.
I seem to remember there being a great fan experience at Hutt Rec back in the day. Shame thar never became more of a permanent thing.
NIMBY's put an end to that, there was speculation of upgrading it or putting a stadium in Petone, but it all got rained on.
This is it really, it's not the size of the crowd that's the problem at all.
I seem to remember there being a great fan experience at Hutt Rec back in the day. Shame thar never became more of a permanent thing.
NIMBY's put an end to that, there was speculation of upgrading it or putting a stadium in Petone, but it all got rained on.
Yeah wasn't Morgan gonna stump up some big amount to make it happen too? Bloody shame.
This is it really, it's not the size of the crowd that's the problem at all.
I seem to remember there being a great fan experience at Hutt Rec back in the day. Shame thar never became more of a permanent thing.
NIMBY's put an end to that, there was speculation of upgrading it or putting a stadium in Petone, but it all got rained on.
Yeah wasn't Morgan gonna stump up some big amount to make it happen too? Bloody shame.
I went to the submissions hearing at the Petone Working Men's Club. Some of the arguments AGAINST having the development were poor and in a couple of cases, embarrassing. The Rugby fans wanted to keep their condemned Stand despite it being written of as an Earthquake risk. You drive past that area now and not one improvement has been made. So much for the Boofheads improving the area. Yes, it still irks me.
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— Vince Rugari (@VinceRugari) September 14, 2023
I'm hearing a rumour that there won't be VAR this season in the A-league. Apparently the old tech supply contract finished and the new supplier couldn't have the VAR up and running by round 1.#aleague
— Adam Hoskins (@hosko) October 3, 2023
I'm hearing a rumour that there won't be VAR this season in the A-league. Apparently the old tech supply contract finished and the new supplier couldn't have the VAR up and running by round 1.#aleague
— Adam Hoskins (@hosko) October 3, 2023
good grief. how long do they need????