Posted August 30, 2025 00:20
· last edited August 30, 2025 00:21
Nommag
Is this an assumption or is there a source for this? I'd be interested to know what's in it for south Melbourne if they can't get the cash for the win.YoungHeartHM
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rua_taniwha
Why are existing pro teams allowed to join - will Auckland play a reserve team? More importantly, why are South Melbourne involved?
Ideally, This would be a reserve team for Auckland to help build a full on squad towards their 1st team. CHCH will be really good for the comp. Why the Nix missed out is weird. The reserves could have played in that too, like AFC. WTF has South Melbourne got to do with this, God only knows. An Aussie team can play in an Oceania League but neither the Nix nor AFC can play in the Asian Champions League. Double standards me thinks.
South Melbourne will not be allowed to compete at the CWC if they win the OFCLeague.
I can't speak for SMFC's motivations towards being in this competition. Maybe its a big middle finger to Football Australia, The A-League? I don't know exactly. They're a polarizing figurehead in the game over there.
I dont have a source to hand per se, as this is what I've been told in private conversations with several people more in the know than me. Andrew Pragnell has said previously about Oceania clubs being the only ones who could progress to the riches of the Club World Cup out of this league too, and that is something I support 100% - If NZ teams can't qualify through an AFC league, then an AFC side should face the same blocking mechanisms.
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Nommag
Is this an assumption or is there a source for this? I'd be interested to know what's in it for south Melbourne if they can't get the cash for the win.YoungHeartHM
LG
rua_taniwha
Why are existing pro teams allowed to join - will Auckland play a reserve team? More importantly, why are South Melbourne involved?
Ideally, This would be a reserve team for Auckland to help build a full on squad towards their 1st team. CHCH will be really good for the comp. Why the Nix missed out is weird. The reserves could have played in that too, like AFC. WTF has South Melbourne got to do with this, God only knows. An Aussie team can play in an Oceania League but neither the Nix nor AFC can play in the Asian Champions League. Double standards me thinks.
South Melbourne will not be allowed to compete at the CWC if they win the OFCLeague.
I can't speak for SMFC's motivations towards being in this competition. Maybe its a big middle finger to Football Australia, The A-League? I don't know exactly. They're a polarizing figurehead in the game over there.
I dont have a source to hand per se, as this is what I've been told in private conversations with several people more in the know than me. Andrew Pragnell has said previously about Oceania clubs being the only ones who could progress to the riches of the Club World Cup out of this league too, and that is something I support 100% - If NZ teams can't qualify through an AFC league, then an AFC side should be met with the same measures.