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  1. Player payments are really nobody's business aside from the club, players and agents so I'm not going to bother speculating there. In a more general view from the outside, it really does seem as though the A-League will be heavily stripped back next season. If nothing else, I can only hope that this gives everybody with real agency in the game in Australia the perfect opportunity to reinvigorate the league and shape the direction its to head in for the foreseeable future. For one, while the spectator involvement is so limited with Covid-19 doing its thing, I really hope the A-League heads actually develop a proper, well thought-out strategy to combat the startling decline in interest/attendances - particularly in active support, and bring it back to the amazing levels we reached in times past. I just found myself on a YouTube binge of old A-League highlights from the 2014-16 era and the atmosphere of the games was absolutely remarkable for our little league, a time when the Melbourne derbies really meant something and the passion had nothing manufactured about it. People can argue about money equating to quality all they want but the A-League has thrived with far shitter players plying their trade before the likes of Diego Castro, Ninkovic, Fornaroli, Janko, Diamanti etc. made their way over here. Even before the Del Piero/Heskey/Ono season of 2012/13, the league still had its heart and the atmosphere and support was alive. To focus solely on the lack of money circulating around the league as the primary cause of the league's woes at the moment is ignoring the other issues at hand. I just want to see some effort put in to return this great competition with truly, captivating rivalries, stories, heroes and villains back to what it was and then beyond to what it could have been (from an off-field/in-the-stands perspective).
    3 points
  2. That's why you're a viewer and Bozzas the expert.
    1 point
  3. highlight is seeing JMac live up to expectations, putting the Bruno debacle past us + Erick galvanising the team like never before + beating Sydney + return of red and white strip for a couple of big games + the club's youtube channel in particular the pre game, half time, and post analysis shows, very quick summary of game but a big step in the right direction in their attempts to communicate with fans + liked their end of year awards show as well + i like that paddy has done a solid apprenticeship, is very good in the locker room with the lads lowlight is a general one in that we still haven't taken that final step + as soon as we're talked up a bit we come up short + a pity erick couldn't win one for us
    1 point
  4. The main reason why Atkinson won compared to JMac is that Maclaren usually either got the best player or nothing, Atkinson picked up alot of minor votes. Especially after the restart. Just for anyone wondering when we stopped for Covid it was a tie between Maclaren and Brillante for the win. Atkinson was about 4th and came right over the top
    1 point
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