W League - Canberra United qualify for the Grand Final

Exactly. It’s a healthy sport, and the presence of a local A-league team might inspire a lot of kids to play who otherwise wouldn’t have bothered.

Also, why stomp all over other people’s dreams when there’s no good reason to deny them?

Presumably, if you want good players in any place you need to have the young blood coming through. Aussies are as capable as anyone of playing a sport well with the will to succeed and the right training.

The quality of the game is a matter of opinion. I know many avid A-League fans who would love a team and the fact that they are drawing crowds to the W-League matches is a good indication of the support here in Canberra. I don’t see how it would be harmful. The stadium isn’t being used by anything else in that part of the year so why not?

George said :

Nambucco…why does there “need” to be a Raiders, Brumbies, Capitals? Lets not stop there…why does there “need” to be a National Library, National Art Gallery etc etc.

If there is support and funding for an A-League team in Canberra…why not!

BTW…the W-League, established this year, has each W team linked to an A-League team. Canberra was the only city granted a W-League team that didn’t have an already established A-League team.

A good sign to me that FFA wants an A League team in the Nation’s capital!

I use the word ‘need’ because that’s the word that is always bandied about by spokesmen for the Canberra A-League bid. I actually couldn’t care less if there is an A-League team in Canberra. I certainly wouldn’t go to see them because, as I’ve mentioned countless times already, I don’t think the standard of football is very good in Australia. What I object to is the brainless parrotting of the ‘fact’ that Canberra is somehow worse off because there is no football team in the nation’s capital, or that the presence of a side in Canberra will in some way influence FIFA to award World Cup hosting rights to Australia – which it won’t.

I don’t think there’s any doubt that the FFA would like to see a team in Canberra, just like they’d like to see multiple teams in Melbourne and Sydney and teams from Cairns, Wollongong, Geelong, etc etc, but that (and again I’ve said this many times) doesn’t mean the standard of football will be any good. The Brumbies and the Raiders (can’t talk about the Capitals as I have no interest in Basketball whatsoever), with proven track records of success in their respective competitions still have trouble attracting and/or retaining top quality players to this area, and there’s no reason to believe that any football team based here would be any different.

I am a league man too and I don’t follow soccer, but if there was an A-League team, I would probably go along to the games with mates who are interested.

Nambucco Deliria said :

Again, I ask the question -why? How are the competitions linked, and why does there need to be an A-League team in Canberra?

Maybe the fact that Canberra have provided the best crowds in the W League and there is a genuine interest in the sport. The competitions are linked. W league is the female equivalent and Canberra is the only W League team without a supporting A League team. There are plenty of reasons.

It doesn’t generate any interest in soccer for me. I don’t care much about W-League, nor A-League. Rugby league’s my game.

Nevertheless, making the grand final is an achievement I respect! Congratulations to the Canberra W-League team! And good luck for the GF.

Nambucco…why does there “need” to be a Raiders, Brumbies, Capitals? Lets not stop there…why does there “need” to be a National Library, National Art Gallery etc etc.

If there is support and funding for an A-League team in Canberra…why not!

BTW…the W-League, established this year, has each W team linked to an A-League team. Canberra was the only city granted a W-League team that didn’t have an already established A-League team.

A good sign to me that FFA wants an A League team in the Nation’s capital!

Because I said so you Troll

H1NG0 said :

Well done and good luck for the Grand Final! Hopefully this will generate more interest for a Canberra A-League team.

Again, I ask the question -why? How are the competitions linked, and why does there need to be an A-League team in Canberra?

Well done and good luck for the Grand Final! Hopefully this will generate more interest for a Canberra A-League team.

Nambucco Deliria said :

Are you saying this was posted by a moose head?

Haha, not at all. Like you I was simply commenting on the sterling grammar of the original title.