Shahanga Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 This week the FFA released their Whole of Football Plan. it can be viewed and or downloaded here: http://www.wholeoffootballplan.com.au/ I've read through it, they call it a plan, but really its more like a series of goals. The one that might get the most interest from this forum is academies. They want to see many many more players receive world class coaching and their plan to get these seems to be academies. Every A League and NPL club to have an academy and plenty of others. Basically the overarching theme is to make the game bigger and better in Australia and become genuine players on the world stage. I like their goals, now they'll need a real plan behind it to make it happen. Anyway its another step forward since the turning point of the Crawford Report (& Frank Lowy answering the SOS). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schrecky Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Npl clubs have little interest in developing players. Junior teams are just a cash cow for the senior team. I can see aleague club academies working and private academies but not npl clubs. Overall the plan is very ambitious. The hard bit is they seemed to overlooked community clubs which account for 90% of footballers. Cant just concentrate on the elite without making grass roots better. Thats where we need the good coaching. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted May 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 I agree with you shrecky. I think they know all that though. In regards to NPL clubs I don't know enough about them to comment, but once upon a time teams like Melbourne Croatia were extremely successful at developing talent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Related Articles talajic featured Talajic goal downs Paco May 9, 2015 HCvMK_2015_matchreport_featured Chances go begging in dramatic draw with Hume May 4, 2015 HUvMK Knights edged by Heidelberg April 27, 2015 Melbourne Knights Football Club would like to express a grave sense of frustration regarding the recently released Whole of Football Plan (WOFP) by Football Federation Australia (FFA) which outlines the governing body’s ambitions for the sport in the coming 20 years. MKFC surprised at promotion/relegation being ruled out for next 20 years. MKFC questions why FFA has not aimed to implement a National second division. MKFC concerned why compensation for players was not addressed. MKFC concerned by further centralisation of the game and potential abolition of state federations. MKFC confirms that the Club was not consulted by FFA prior to WOFP publication. MKFC to publish deconstruction and alternative to the WOFP in coming days. MKFC to call an Extraordinary General Meeting in coming months regarding updates on WOFP & Australian Human Rights Commission complaints lodged mid-last year. While the plan has many meritable and welcome goals – such as those surrounding the issues of refereeing and coaching – we are of the strong opinion that the FFA has totally disregarded the ambitions of clubs to improve their standing and operations – most notably in the omission of planning for a truly national second division. While promotion and relegation to and from the Hyundai A-League may be many years off, it is quite surprising that the FFA has not even considered it as an aspiration to aim for in the next 20 years. With that in mind, the Club struggles to understand why the FFA has decided not to aim to implement a National Second Division. There are clubs willing and ready to participate in such a competition with the aim to bridge the gap from the National Premier Leagues (NPL) to the Hyundai A-League. The Club believes this would concentrate Australia’s best second tier talent from the current eight NPL state leagues into one National league, which we can all agree will translate to immediate tangible benefits to clubs, players, coaches and referees. What is also concerning is the fact that the FFA has not addressed the issue of adequate compensation for players being on-sold to A-League franchises or to other NPL Clubs. The incentive to develop players is simply not there anymore. The FFA has created an environment where young talented players are either part of ‘the pathway’ where they are schooled in one version of playing football or they’re on the outer. When did it become the responsibility of the governing body to develop players? What is the point of clubs in Australia if they’re going to be relegated to second tier education providers by the organisation that is meant to look after the interests of clubs and by extension all those people clubs represent- players, coaches, officials and fans? The sport of football is a fluid environment: an open marketplace where people develop and trade ideas and ways of doing things. The current environment of total control of all areas of the sport suppresses some of the most important principles of football to our own detriment. The opinion put forward that the FFA aims to have an even more centralised system of delivery, from player development right down to potentially abolishing the State Federations is very concerning – the FFA is not the font of all football knowledge nor is there any singular ‘right’ way of administering, playing or coaching the sport. To infer that is the case is quite disingenuous, while going along for this ride is potentially disastrous for the future of the sport and we feel it is our moral obligation to speak out. The FFA has created a ‘Football ecosystem’ that is totally out of sync with the world’s football ecosystem which we, whether we like it or not, are a part of. This has created a vacuum where clubs at all levels don’t have a true unity of purpose as the WOFP states and our sport is more disjointed than ever before. The notion that we can separate ourselves from the rest of the world with solutions that are applicable to local sports such as Australian Rules indicate a poor understanding of how football functions. The sport of football has, at its core, principles which are a reflection of some of the best things in life and some of the greatest Australian values that we all aspire to – true egalitarian spirit and being able to have dreams that aren’t hampered by anything other than a person’s drive and willingness to work. Unfortunately, we don’t recognise that the future of Australian soccer incorporates these crucial pillars. It is also concerning that the FFA has formulated the WOFP without any direct consultation with any clubs other than A-league clubs. Whilst the public were invited to comment at the WOFP roadshows over Australia, clubs were not invited to make submissions. Melbourne Knights Football Club will release a total deconstruction and alternative to the Whole of Football Plan in the coming days to be sent to the FFA and released to the public. Melbourne Knights Football Club will call an Extraordinary General Meeting in the coming months regarding an update to all members about the Whole of Football Plan and Australian Human Rights Commission complaints that were lodged mid-last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALZALOL Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 I would have liked to have seen plans to atleast work towards expansion of the A-League through having rotational positions for each states NPL league, ie. The premier of the NPL goes into their respective placement and if they get to a certain position (above 5th for example) they are saved from having to go into a play off on two legs against the respective NPL premier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 This was released today.http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/article/ffa-announces-major-changes-in-digital-and-fan-engagement/1quv5i1snjbei1tj4q6u46l6cvLots of nice buzzwords in there, but I'm not quite sure what it all means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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