Opinion: The Football Tragic (cont) Half-Time Heroes: Mike Salter
no.1 Aug 2009
Idea: a regional-based summer league, presumably perceived as a launching pad for some B-League. Then there's the sensitive issue of young players from the state league clubs being signed to the new A-League youth teams on amateur contracts. Which is fine, as long as they stay youth-teamers, but what about when they step up to the ALeague as Brendan Gan as others did in 2008/09? The Solution? Ideally the A-League would fall into line with the local competitions and head for the winter, but there are too many imperatives, both political and logistical, in the way: it won't happen for a very long time, if ever. Instead, the state league clubs might end up being forced to move the other way, if they want to avoid complete emasculation.
Double Indemnity: Wayne Snowden:
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