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Post by jollyroger on Mar 12, 2006 19:45:01 GMT 10
I would go. I think it would be fantastic.
On the subject of touring sides, I hope the days are gone where these sides play against our national team. While these may be fairly evenly matched games, i think they devalue australian football
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Post by jollyroger on Feb 1, 2006 18:30:56 GMT 10
A good posting WT.
I really cannot see how football is limited to "so many moves" as you put it Neil. I like to watch rugby league occasionally, but I fail to see the endless dimensions to the game you say exist.
Football is very strategic, and the tactics and field positions are probably difficult to grasp for people who don’t understand the game. I think the game is very versatile and provides endless flexibility in formations and tactics as WT said.
At the end of the day, you have your opinion, which you are entitled too. Personally I think you made this post to start a war of words on RL v’s Football.........or a war of text for a better word.
Just out of interest though, since football is played with your feet, and RL is mostly played with your hands , what are the grounds for calling RL football?
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Post by jollyroger on Jan 11, 2006 22:06:45 GMT 10
Imagine trying to drink winners piss out of it!
I suppose after we win the thing, we could screw it to the wall of the leagues club and shoot some hoops.
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Post by jollyroger on Dec 15, 2005 21:27:00 GMT 10
Are any of you guys or girls in the A-League tipping comp? www.a-league.com.au/tipping/home.aspxAnybody who is would know how hard it is to keep putting runs on the board. I carry the same log on name in this comp and are placed 262nd. Round 5 i was as high as third which is my only claim to fame (got a print out for bragging rights on my mates). Ive been crashing ever since.. The tight competition is making it difficult to pick the results. The leader is on 34 points from a possible 60. This suggests a strike rate of not much more than 50%. It is certainly a tough league to pick
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Post by jollyroger on Dec 10, 2005 8:39:56 GMT 10
I am sure expansion is something that will occur over time. Your right about New Zealand, i think that unless things improve, they will get punted. They also complicate the situation with New Zealand being in a different confederation to the Australian Teams. I dont know what would happen if they qualified for the asian champions league.
North Queensland and Canberra are large population centres that will need to be catered for in time.
On a general note, I think that the one team per city format is good and should be retained for the next few years. At least until the competition becomes firmly established.
The FFA are in a very unique and fortunate position in that they have been able to wipe the slate clean and strategically establish teams in population centres around the country.
Slow and steady is the way to go with these things. More teams can lead to a thinning of the talent pool which would impact on the quality of the league.
As for reserve teams, there is no secret that major costs would be involved running such teams at national level. However i do believe they are required.
I think the answer is for national league teams to run their reserve teams in the state premier league competitions. This would enable fringe players to play each week and would probably solve the current problems associated with the restriction of 20 players per team. It would also be alot cheaper as well.
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Post by jollyroger on Nov 26, 2005 20:49:34 GMT 10
I hope the Bling go really well. At the end of the day it will improve the profile of our game if they do.
Here is a thought. Imagine if they won the thing. Technically speaking they would sit on top of the heap. And that heap contains the juggernaughts of world football. Think of Real Madrid, Juventus, Barcelona, Man united etc etc. And now imagine Sydney FC on top... Its almost amusing.
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MY WCQ
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Post by jollyroger on Nov 19, 2005 16:46:05 GMT 10
Good Thread,
There is not much that can be said that hasn’t already been said about Wednesday night apart from personal experiences of the evening. My personal observations were similar to yours but generally as follows; I arrived early to the stadium at about 5.30pm. Even at this time there was a sea of people out the front of the stadium. I looked up at the Novatel hotel and saw that virtually every balcony had groups of people wearing the yellow shirts, drinking the amber fluid, and watching what was going on below.
Got something to eat, and walked into the stadium and found my seat. Watched the uraguayans do the pre match walk around while the game one highlights were shown. Jumping all over each other when the goal highlights came on.
I saw our boys come out and get booed too, but as you say, it was a case of mistaken identity. The players got a laugh out of it. I am not sure who it was but someone unzipped there tracksuit top to reveal an Aussie emblem on the undershirt. At about the same time the stadium cameras focused on them. The boo suddenly changed to a massive cheer.
At this time there was only about 15000 – 20,000 in the stadium and my mate and I commented on how loud it was.
I booed at the uruguayan national anthem and have no regrets. A reasonable response given the blatant disrespect they showed us at the beginning of the first game. It was almost amusing to see the stadium cameras focused on the guy who was singing the anthem. I can still see the desperation on this guy’s face and the veins in his neck as he shouted into the microphone trying to penetrate the crowd. At one point I thought he was going to give up.
Aussie anthem was great and sung loud by everybody. A mate of mine commented on how loud it was coming through the TV back home.
Recoba was getting jeered down constantly as he walked to the corner flag to take the corners. The whole corner of the stadium was pointing and shouting at him as he walked over to take the corner. I never once saw him lift his head up and look into the crowd.
A mate of mine was jumping up and down on his seat when the goal was scored. His seat broke, and he carried the broken piece home with him as a souvenir of the night. He is getting the seat mounted along with his ticket to hang in his rumpus room.
Nothing much else can be said about the rest of the game that hasn’t already been said.
Leaving the stadium everyone was singing, It didn’t seem to bother anyone that we had to wait so long for trains. 10,000 all lined up at the front of the Olympic Park train station at 11.55 p.m. and some city rail monkey makes the announcement that the last service leaves at 12.05am. The crowd breaks into song “Bullshit”, “Bullshit”, “Bullshit”.
Finally got back to unima and went to bed at about at 3.00am still buzzing……… .
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Post by jollyroger on Nov 7, 2005 21:26:02 GMT 10
The papers suggest that it will be up to the FFA as to whether the time comes back to 5.00pm. I cannot see that happening.... we are certainly winning the mental battle at the moment.
I wouldnt get to over excited by uruguays predicament. I have no doubt that their government will come to the rescue and get their charter flight happening. I seem to recall that this is what happened last time they played when the team management botched their travel plans.
The Aussie and uruguay teams will be waving at each other from their plans on the way here......
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Post by jollyroger on Aug 9, 2007 20:32:20 GMT 10
Rowdy Roddy is right.
There were teams who showed to the competition serious and fired up to win, and others were here for the piss up.
I can remember playing on the main field in the comp one day and my opposite number was hunched over the side line barffing his lungs up from the night before. It was a classic.
I can also remember in another game the sweeper had a tinnie in his hand and a fag.
I seem to recall the coasties entering the comp under another name one year. I forget what they called themselves.
It was a great weekend.
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Post by jollyroger on Apr 28, 2007 10:50:42 GMT 10
I attended the youth licence course at the beginning of the year which Mark carried out.
I have nothing but respect for the guy. It was a magnificent programme and if anybody gets the chance to attend his courses it would certainly be to their benefit. I think the Central Coast is lucky to have the guy.
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Post by jollyroger on Apr 27, 2007 20:17:10 GMT 10
Anyone who has had some involvement in the representative programs would probably be interested in this. The days of the "open try out" appear to have ended. In addition the coaching for the rep teams has also been addressed. Personally, i agree with virtually everything that has been written in the document. I would be interested to read peoples views. www.ccfootball.com.au/lightning/news/99www.ccfootball.com.au/lightning/home/Talent_ID
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Post by jollyroger on Mar 22, 2007 21:30:32 GMT 10
I believe you can play up one year but not two.
There are also insurance and liability issues at hand here as well.
I know of an under 11 kid at our club serveral years ago who played up two years and was involved in a hard tackle with an opponent. He ended up with two bones broken in his lower leg and ruptured medial and crutiate ligament. Nasty for anyone especially for an 11 year old.
If you good enough to play up two years at your club then your probably good enough to be playing with the lightning.
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Post by jollyroger on Feb 9, 2007 7:28:21 GMT 10
On the subject of grounds, what sporting body has staked a claim for the new field under construction on Empire Bay dr between kincumber and bensville?
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Post by jollyroger on Feb 8, 2007 22:45:22 GMT 10
We certainly pay a levy on our rates for parks and recreation. I have my rates notice in front of me right now. $7.97 is the charge this quarter.
The subject of tanks has been brought up in this thread already. I am not sure what size tanks would be needed to provide the necessary water the fields would require. Each field is different and therefore the water requirements would be different at each location.
Working in construction, i recently tendered a project that required an above ground water tank with a capacity of 750,000 litres. The nett cost of the tank (supply and install) was approximately $120k + an additional cost of $20k for the ring beam footing system underneath to support it (cost price- excl builders supervision, prelimaries & margin etc). They are a panelised system and relatively easy to construct. This excluded the electics, pump systems, and the necessary retriculation/ irrigation system that would be required to make the system work.
Smaller tanks would never fly, you might just as well get your mates down to the local ground and piss on it rather than get a 10,000 ltr tank. However a problem with larger tanks is the necessary catchment area required to fill them. The average 120m2 roof on the amenties block at your local field would never work. Not to mention that the tank would probably be higher than the catchment point which in itself is a problem. Perhaps filling the tanks with desalinated water might work???.
All this would lead to a new problem. It would hardly be worth having such systems around the grounds if there isnt enough maintenance guys on each ground coordinating the watering. I couldnt imagine what it would cost each year to administer the systems around the coast if they were implemented.
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Post by jollyroger on Feb 7, 2007 22:16:39 GMT 10
All senior football cancelled?? Is that for real?? has anybody else heard anything about that?
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Post by jollyroger on Feb 6, 2007 18:12:10 GMT 10
Packaged temporary lighting systems (like the things you see on the freeway with built in generators) operating on school fields..................that would be an interesting concept.
Unsure what the cost implications would be but it could be an option. Of course the schools would probably want something out of it as well.
Perhaps a way to offset the costs of such a system would be to share the school oval with another club. ie one club trains monday & wednesday, the other tuesday & thursdays. The days on and off could rotate each week. to keep it fair on both clubs.
It would mean that the council fields would only be used on game days on the week end. Council should contribute something to the cause since there would be enourmous savings in not lighting up the council ground with the flood lights during the week.
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Post by jollyroger on Feb 6, 2007 12:13:45 GMT 10
your right. i should put my car head lights on the field
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Post by jollyroger on Feb 6, 2007 11:06:51 GMT 10
i dont know of any schools that have flood lights
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Post by jollyroger on Feb 6, 2007 8:55:23 GMT 10
The point that I was trying make is that teams or clubs will not train less through only accessing the fields on two days. It just means that there is a concentration of usage over two days rather than moderate usage over three to four days. I cannot see the damage to the grounds being significantly less.
The rest day may apply on some fields which are used by a single code, but for many fields that are used by more than one code it is a myth. Umina Oval is shared with Rugby League and Soccer. One would assume that different codes will sort it out amongst themselves as to what days will be used for training.. If soccer grab Tuesday and Thursday, Rugby league may grab Monday & Wednesday. Hence the rest day doesn’t exist.
Bearinator, as I have said above, most teams don’t train more than two days so it isn’t that much of an issue. My problem is that it restricts the days available for a coach to train a team. For example, I cannot train a team on a Tuesday or Thursday night due to my wife’s commitments at university, Wednesday is the only night available for me. This option is extinguished through the council policy as most likely Tuesday and Thursday will be the training nights at the club. Therefore the policy denies me the opportunity to coach.
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Post by jollyroger on Feb 5, 2007 21:13:06 GMT 10
The most absurd thing about the policy of restricting usage to two days is this;
I dont know of any teams that train anymore than two days per week. The policy does not restrict the use of fields, but rather leads to a greater concentration of use over two days than say moderate usage over three or four days.
In past years at Umina, the senior teams train Tuesday and Thursday at 7.00pm (Probably as per most other grade teams on the coast) and all junior teams were instructed to be off the field by the time seniors started. Wednesday nights were always an option for junior coachs who found it difficult to train their teams and be off the field before 7.00pm. They could stay back later to say 7.30 or 8.00pm without any hassle. What are the junior coaches who have exercised the Wednesday night option in the past going to do now? Give up coaching because they cannot fit within the tueday and thursday time slots?
I love coaching and want to coach but i can see the policy hindering my ability to train my team within the aloted time frames that the club are surely going to impose
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