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Dear @rorkygreg @FFA & @green_dot, please find below an open letter outlining my concerns with details of the Western Melbourne Group EOI #ALeagueExpansion submission that have been made public. Happy to dicuss off-line. drive.google.com/file/d/1fV4…
🚨SIGN PETITION FOR REFORMS🚨
If after reading this article you have concerns in the way FA is governed & financially managed, please sign this petition & share, share, share‼️
These critical issues can’t be ignored & @AnikaWells & @ausport MUST step in‼️
c.org/9gP9YS6ZWL
SM Pete retweeted
MIKE’S MANUAL CROWD COUNT 🧮
#BREAKING: The manual crowd count for these #MACvWSW screenshot images is:
6️⃣0️⃣1️⃣*
*Six hundred and one
👌 🎥 from the mutually blocked @melsportslover with poor resolution when zooming. A margin of error of approx. 9%.
P.S. This looks very likely to be a 1,500-2,500 attendance tops, yet they’ve somehow declared “6,232”.
Unequivocally, #FAKE⚽️ is a sham no? 🤔
#DeathToTheAleagues💀
#DeathToThePFA📄 #ALeague
SM Pete retweeted
The problem is the FA don’t want ethnic clubs so these made up teams with fans who don’t care are what we got. You’re right about Melbourne city fans being the left over crumbs from victory. They are general sport fans not football people. Checking cricket scores at halftime ect
SM Pete retweeted
The AL began as an intercity comp, like the MLS, but we have only 7 cities. An 8 team comp with NZ. Daft. Melb V got the keys to Melb. 5-yr exclusive. Collected most available fans.
AL failed. Switched to intracity 'Derbies'. Melb got its 2nd franchise. Melb Heart. Dafter. Got leftover fan crumbs. UAE came in by stealth. FA claims to have been surprised. Amazing. Heart became a UAE outpost-Melb City. Light blue. Victory Lite. The two 'protected their investment', so we got Western Utd. Daftest. Gone now.
Melb City promised growth and big crowds. Over a decade later, game 1 at home of a new season. Against Sydney, the other light blues. At AAMI bathed in sunshine. Clear air. A Heart crowd. Heart-breaking how our game is run.
Stultified. Strait-jacketed by protected investment. Owned and operated by a self-interested, private, for-profit company, owned by Silver Lake and whoever owns the franchises. FA has given it away. Made itself and us impotent. Sidelined.
Melb City: Useless. Unloved. Superimposed. Bought. It's VP involved in Man City's shenanigans has more say in selecting FA directors than our historic clubs.
It will be a uni course in How Not To Govern Sport.
At least moves are afoot to remedy this ridiculousness.
SM Pete retweeted
I should add my club the Western Sydney Wanderers #WSW were rightly criticised for partial compliance, with three identified administrative shortcomings
Governance reform is needed
c.org/7C4QBWLn8F
When I watch Man U & I’m feeling blue, I just remind myself #SMFC are #AustraliaCup champions‼️#MagicOfTheCup
SM Pete retweeted
MIKE’S MANUAL CROWD COUNT 🧮
#BREAKING: The manual crowd count for this #MCYvSYD image is:
3️⃣8️⃣8️⃣*
*Three hundred and eighty eight
👌 🎥 @sebth with good resolution when zooming. A margin of error of approx. 6.5%.
P.S. This looks very likely to be a 1,000-1,300 attendance tops.
Unequivocally, #FAKE⚽️ is a sham no? 🤔
#DeathToTheAleagues💀
#DeathToThePFA📄 #ALeague
SM Pete retweeted
The interesting thing about your pic @sebth is the distribution of the tiny crowd. A large portion of it is in Lev2. Corporate guests. 700 of 20k is ok. But out of 2-3k means MC's real crowd is negligible. Over a decade in. Hopeless. Yet, its influence on our game is pervasive.
SM Pete retweeted
Newcastle fans have completely abandoned the team. 12 -17,000 crowds just vanished. Poor Supporter base #NEWvWEL
What does it tell you about Australian club football, when ongoing expansion into NZ is what keeps the #ALeague above water⁉️
Honestly, might as well call it the NZ League & play in Oceania‼️
God forbid APL act in the interests of Australian football‼️
🚨BREAKING: The A-League will have a 13th team based in NZ from 2028. The “Orcas” will play in Christchurch and are backed by South-Island local Peter Thiel.
[@7NewsSoccer]
SM Pete retweeted
“The committee determined that providing millions of dollars of taxpayer funding to Macarthur and the Western Sydney Wanderers for the program after accepting their donations has ‘the appearance of favours in return for government funding’.”
Perhaps #MCFRANCHISE🍟 CUSTOMERS coined the term “Peak .\-Liga” so they could defer having to make appropriate commentary on what amounts to one unacceptable occurrence after the next no? 🤔🤦♂️
#DeathToTheAleagues💀
#DeathToThePFA📄
#AustraliaCup #ALeague
#WhereJournosIgnoreTheTruth✍️
#WhereTransferSystemsDontExist🔁
#WhereSelloutsComeToTheFore🤦♂️
#WhereClosedLeaguesAreUnique
#WhereSelfInterestComesFirst🤫
#WhereExcusesReplaceLogic🤯
This is depressing
Government funds to Football are already scant and this is how they are treated
Puts at risk future grants so Bulls have a lot to answer
So does FA with WU and Bulls
Macarthur FC lacked capacity to manage $8m grants: report smh.com.au/politics/nsw/emba…
SM Pete retweeted
We all look through our own lense on who should run Football.
But Craig Foster & Mark Schwarzer could not even get to a vote for FA Board and withdrew. Shows that broadening the voter base to fairly represent all stakeholders is needed
How does Gino Marra pass Football Australia’s fit & proper assessment?
I guess being mates with Simon Pearce & Anter Isaac just makes him one of the boys.
This is depressing
Government funds to Football are already scant and this is how they are treated
Puts at risk future grants so Bulls have a lot to answer
So does FA with WU and Bulls
Macarthur FC lacked capacity to manage $8m grants: report smh.com.au/politics/nsw/emba…
SM Pete retweeted
This is depressing
Government funds to Football are already scant and this is how they are treated
Puts at risk future grants so Bulls have a lot to answer
So does FA with WU and Bulls
Macarthur FC lacked capacity to manage $8m grants: report smh.com.au/politics/nsw/emba…
SM Pete retweeted
We hope to see the Falcons rise again.
Latrobe City Mayor Sharon Gibson publicly laid down that very challenge yesterday.
First step was to rebuild the facility.
Second is to build the academy.
Third is to develop a model that balances ambition with long-term sustainability.
Fair point by @RobbieSlater17. We currently have Isaac as FA Chair who nearly nobody outside of APL know. Why not have a Tim Cahill as Chair, supported by a @TheRealBozza Craig Johnston & Emerton. Something to consider as part of wider governance reforms.
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Speaking of reforms don’t forget to sign here c.org/fLjbR7rLNC
