Ivan: Tell the FFA to shove it!

Football Federation Australia has delayed making a final decision about a potential 12th A-League club following the national governing body’s board meeting last night.
FFA's board met to decide on the fate of a 12th potential A-League team. However, the decision to defer was taken to allow bidders more time to work on "...matters relevant to their individual applications".
The next board meeting will be in October but that does not preclude an earlier decision if possible, we understand.

Not sure what to make of this, other than Canberra isn't wanted, not considered ready, although I know the funds are largely in place and other discussions are developing as they say.

Still hard to get commitments when you don't have a licence isn't it.

As for an October deadline....forget it.
How could we possibly be ready for next season? Read the article below.

Clearly Western Sydney are nowhere near ready, as if they had $5 in the bank they'd have been in!

And guess what...the two A-League games in Canberra will have passed by the October meeting...someone is taking the piss ain't they.

Time for Ivan to tell em to shove it! We're in or we're out; and if we are out they can stick their football league up their proverbial.

Anyone got better understanding or reasoning.

Alternatively we could get 20,000 to the Central Coast Mariners games and we might get further consideration I guess. With the communication system to our junior base non-existent you would consider 5,000 a good crowd.

On that point: We might have 20,000 kids playing but if you don't have their email or phone number in a central place..you actually have no members.



EXCLUSIVE: Football Federation Australia has delayed making a final decision about a potential 12th A-League club following the national governing body’s board meeting last night.
FFA's board met to decide on the fate of a 12th potential A-League team. However, the decision to defer was taken to allow bidders more time to work on "...matters relevant to their individual applications".

The next board meeting will be in October but that does not preclude an earlier decision if possible, we understand.

It's understood there was a range of issues which varied from bid to bid that the FFA wanted more detail and clarification on before making any decisions.

Bids from western Sydney, Canberra and Wollongong were all considered, though it's been reported that a second Sydney team remains highest on the league's agenda.

Meanwhile A-League expansion franchise Melbourne Heart, the 11th A-League club set to kick off next season, has begun advertising for key roles within their organisation.

These positions include football operations manager and two roles in their commercial and financial departments.

Heart can begin signing up players currently with rival A-League clubs from October if the player's contract runs out at the end of this season.

The longer a decision on their fellow newcomers is delayed, the more advantage it will hand Melbourne Heart.

The new club will be able to recruit the best of available players without any competition from the as yet undecided 12th franchise - which will still only be in the early stages of its basic setting up and backroom staffing.