Football (or soccer as we call it) has had a bit of a chequered history in Oz. From the highs of beating England and getting through to the World Cup (only to be CHEATED out of it by the wops) to the current lows when no-one goes to watch games and players perform in almost empty stadia. Now we have a billionaire who wants to start a (cricket-like) Soccer World Series. He has the wedge alright, but is openly anti-soccer saying it is a stupid game and that Rugby League is much better and, to be honest, he's probably right in this country. What are your opinions? Would you want some-one with more money than soccer sense running the game in the UK? How about, for example, a ten player a side game that runs for three twenty minute stanzas, no off-side rule (a la the yanks a few years back) and a ref that stops the game every time the whistle blows so that he can explain to the crowd whay the whistle was blown in the first place. Thoughts..........
Sounds like the worst idea I've heard in my entire life. A mate of mine lives in the merry old land of oz. He follows someone called "the dragons" playing today. I think a "soccer" franchise would do well in oz, but stick to official "soccer" rules!
The Dragons are a rugby league side from south of Sydney, our league season kicks off tonight. Don't get the impression that I support this drongo idea, I don't, its just that it was mentioned on the TV news tonight and i thought i might solicit some opinions from real fans that know real footy.
I'm not sure if you're old enough to remember the commotion Kerry Packer caused with his cricket revolution. Look at it now and cricketers playing tap and run in pyjamas is a common occurrence.
Old enough!!! You cheeky, long unpronouncable named little bastard. I was old when Kerry Packer was the froth on a Guiness. I supported Millwall at the old (real) Den in the early fifties and would have done sooner had i not been living in Somerset. Old enough? My God, the youth of today...................