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@TheAsianGame @RhyshRai @gabetan13 @IraqFootballPod @IraqXtra @GolBezan @realstevescores @Arya_Allahverdi @plasticpitch - Have ACLE foreign player rules gone too far? Yes they have

🎙️ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 ▪️ Women's Asian Cup ▪️ Iraq prepare for playoff ▪️ Will Iran actually withdraw ▪️ Have ACLE foreign player rules gone too far? ▪️ AFC's changing calendar We discuss it all on a huge #TAGpodcast. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/3UTtAJ…

@scout_aussie @Ripabing From what one scout has told me at an NPL game a couple of weeks back 2 A-League clubs are looking to have a team full of u23 players only promoted from their academy any player aged over 23 has no value to them so their contract won't be renewed & A-League clubs will follow suit

There is plenty of value in having an academy graduate above the age of 23. The A-League has extremely high squad turnover. It makes it hard for supporters to develop connections with players or for clubs to create a stable dressing room environment with leaders and experience. If a player isn't sold overseas or wants to remain in Australia, clubs should try to keep them at the club for as long as possible. It creates connection and identity for fans and a solid, stable club environment. These players will probably also accept less pay to remain at the club. Broxham and Grant are the best A-League examples - there should be more.

A-League clubs should follow a similar approach. Foreign players should fall into two categories: 1) Highly experienced, level-raising players whose experience can help academy players develop. 2) Young players from undervalued markets who can be sold for a profit. There should only be 8-10 Australian players over the age of 22 at each club. At least half of this group should be academy products or club stalwarts who are unable or unwilling to make the jump overseas and who are solid A-League players. An aim of this group should be to provide continuity and stability - both for squad cohesion and for the fans to be able to identify with players who have been at the club for many years. A couple should be experienced Australians returning from good careers overseas and the rest can come from other A-League clubs or NPL. The rest should be academy players. The focus should be to maximise the talent of these players with the goal of selling these players to underwrite and develop the future of the club. Every recruitment decision should be made with this goal in mind.

@scout_aussie @Ripabing The A-League is fast becoming an u23s league and as soon as the player turns 23, the clubs are going to see no value in them and discard them

@Ripabing Because once a player turns 23 it becomes a challenge to sell them for a worthwhile price. In recent years, we've seen Kai Trewin and Alex Bonetig sold at 23-24 yo but generally it's rare.

Dumb supporters Dumb sport Dumb people Dumb chant

@osaussiesadam Standard and quality wise, it's one of the worst leagues I've watched, the football is shit, their fans are shit and their stadiums are shit

MLS deserves slander not for its quality. It deserves slander because it is a closed competition that promotes anti-competition and doesn’t value the global standards of the sport which makes it the best sport in the world. There’s no sporting meritocracy or integrity

@Costaki__ That's 85% of the capacity in quite a small suburban stadium, that's more than good enough, why is it an issue that they didn't sell out?

Surely questions need to be asked how the Sharks can’t sell out a 14k stadium. Canberra pulled more on a torrential downpour Thursday night…….says a lot.

@M1D3V I let chatgpt do the crowd count for me and it even acknowledges a % margin of error

Just letting you know i was one of the 239 people there and i had a fkn belter of the time Up the Jetties

The Matildas are possibly the most overhyped Australian sports team in history. Over-inflated sense of importance because they’re a surface-level marketing dream in the DEI corporate slop era. Maybe they’ll get a second mural in silver this time. #JPNvAUS

Great team goal! Great finish by Gibson!

Galatasaray Brighton

Thats still a penalty, delianov nipped him

Liverpool’s first Conference League game in Kazakhstan next season:

@TheAFCFranco @AUSFUTNews Dreamers can dream

@AUSFUTNews Bro thinks he’s going to get an Italy call up? 🤔

🚨Cristian Volpato🚨 Cristian Volpato has made his stance VERY clear… 🗣️ “I spoke to the coach (Tony Popovic). They've been wanting to call me to Australia for a few years, but I grew up watching the Azzurri… I'm waiting for Italy.” 🇮🇹 Australia kept the door open… but Volpato is still looking the other way 👀 Respect the honesty, but don’t expect Aussie fans to forget this one anytime soon. 🇦🇺❌

He's made his decision, forget about him and move on

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@DeanRosario Issues with the NT being disbanded I assume?

Impressive display by Japan, well deserved winners

#DeathToMexicanWaveFan 💀

Foord and Kerr have been disappointing so far

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