We all need to read the post on the football fed website that state’s how much non attention football(soccer) in tassie gets. yeah we’ve had a cash injection, and that’l go towards development of youngsters etc, but the post on the site reads as how many people play our sport and the lack of coverage from any news outlet’s. if it be the Mercury or and of the 3 major T.V stations our game gets squat. Touch football get’s a major headline and big colour photo in the mercury maybe twice a week has maybe 1 touch footy player for every 10 of us. hockey which has a nearrly half as many registered players and it gets T.V time on ABC. they train twice a week, we all train twice if not 3 times a week. Bigger crowds for major games, it seems the world game here is getting a tad shunned. We have to submit something to these outlets in the masses to get any attention. Poor old walter’s been writing articals for months, but how many have made the paper, maybe 2?? If there was more exposure youngster like, sanita, sanders, and the like, who have just as much talent, and skill as any of the other codes little faces like young jack rewaldt, but he get’s his own back page artical because of a name… Anywyays like i was saying if there was more media coverage of our beautiful game maybe the like’s of people who are seeking fame and to better thier own game would stay and make our game here so much stronger, and more competitive.

The one problem I see is club allegiance, is there little/none today that will allow a seemless transition into a new club structure??

Should Zebras be handed one of the 3 licences for the south?

And what about the kid who wants to develop by playing alongside the better players?? Where does he/she go?? They’ll struggle playing alongside ‘less able’ or ’social’ players (I’m biting my tongue on THIS comment)

Something to work on here…

You want a three tier Div.1?? Then build it into the Div.1 structure. Don’t change something that is working well. Building a three tier Div.1 league would be a very positive move as it would permit promoted clubs to have the required three tiers that is the current requirement in Premier League and would avoid the mad scramble endured by Hobart United, DOSA, etc. over the past few years.

The original charter for the premier league (I’m not quoting merely making a loose reference) was for Premier League teams to have a three tier structure; Seniors, Reserves & U/23 (the age was to be lowered for the third group as clubs ‘recruited’ or ‘developed’ the younger team structure). It currently stands at U19 but the orginal idea was to take it down to U18 to align the southern comp with our friends in the North.

Clubs are getting fed up having the goal posts moved EVERY year by FFT on the whim of some brainstrust. No one can plan on anything any longer.

Plan the damn leagues THOROUGHLY and then leave the infrustructure alone. Let the clubs get on with trying to develop and strengthen their pathways of development.

Thanks for your positive feedback. It’s greatly approciated.

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Just a little comment to all. Well done Black jack regarding this web site.The only credibility….. I am questioning in your website that I would like to see people after sending the comment sign it by real name.We are living in a democratic country every one can express their own opinion why don’t you sign your name ?
Regarding the northener comment I think FFT has changed in the last 2 years ,how many coaching courses have you attended since Mr Abela travelled to the northen part of the state ? This year we where lucky to put in place fulltime junior state teams playing the U15 in the southern U19 and U14 playing in the U17 and provide better opportunities to perform at better level at the nationals.At the nationals comments from other state coaching director compliment our teams on the way we playing the games. As FFt State team coach during this year I was fortune to see the Festival junior competition in Hobart and also the Launceston cup I have notice good quality young players which clubs should provide them with good quality coaches that are prepare to improve this players instead more interested winning games.Yes win a game I do agree is part of the game but as a coach I would like to give more opportunity to young players in the AIS or A-league clubs and national competition is a platform for it . The last player left tassie for the AIS was Foad Commandari …….
Yes James Sherman, Henry Fagg, Chris Sanita, Joshua Heerey, and plenty others they left because they had compete at Nationals.
we need improve the standard of the game in Tasmania the game is changing and Youth is the the only way to go. for to many years Clubs spend to much money for seniors coaches ( winning premiership) . Well done Clarence and Kingbourough for the set-up of an Academy in your club.

Comment by francoprevidi — November 30, 2006 @ 10:20 pm

Maybe the Div clubs could run an Under 17 team as their 3 team structure ??? as their was only three teams in this league last year plus a State team wasn’t much of a comp, this would assist the club develop ??