Finally Football's development plan out tomorrow
And you know it's important because Frank Lowy will be alongside Ben Buckley to announce it.
So what can we expect?
A plan to guide the development and enjoyment of all our young players boys and girls.
Small sided games with an emphasis on touch and skill. No secret there.
But will it incorporate a Youth league. Yes I expect, and a Women's National league as well.
How will territories, like Canberra, without A-League affiliated clubs, fit into a youth league if the Youth teams are attached to an A-League club?
Remember Canberra has produced Ned Zelic, Joe Simunic,Carl Valeri and Nikolai Topor-Stanley in recent times.
How will territories like Canberra, without A-League affiliated clubs, fit into a Women's league, if women's teams are attached in some way to an A-League club?
Remember Canberra has produced Julie Murray, Sasha Wainwright, Lydia Williams and Caitlin Munoz in recent times.
Are the younger versions expected to head up to the Central Coast at the age of 16 to play Youth team football, and the Women to do the same.
And if the Central Coast select only one or two Canberrans what about the rest of Canberra's players?
Will all Federations be allowed a Youth team even if there is no A-League team in town.
For the women should the teams take on the names of the A-League clubs. Is this a good marketing tool or not?
Canberra can have their own Youth team and a Women's team. There are enough players and qualified coaches at all levels in this town.
Linking them to a club, the Central Coast Mariners might be a nice idea. But the club is more than 4 hours from Canberra.
Or will a football hotbed like Canberra get it's own place. Surely if the game is to keep growing across the country, Canberra need their own youth and Women's side in the new set-up.
I await the announcement with considerable interest.
2 comments:
Sounds like Canberra needs an A-League team.
Really, it would be great and maybe even wise if the next expansion of the A-League was not just two more teams, but four or even six in one expansion. A marginal increment is in danger of boring people, especially if the profits and crowd numbers remain unconvincing in many cases. Six more teams, even if we have to wait another three seasons for it, would be a major revitalisation of the whole football community. Would the 2010 World Cup, whether Australia are in them or not, be good timing for such an expansion?
Townsville, Canberra, Gold Coast, Melbourne II, Sydney II, Hobart? All at once. Now that would be exciting.
I'm just dreaming mate.
you are dreaming, good to dream though Hamish
but you never know in ten years your dream maybe reality
bringing so many teams in over the next 2/3 years..we'd need some real money, TV money from Fox and or FTA
other than that..stay off the whiskey!
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