I agree with Cobweb Rides Again that this is a long thread, but it is a very important topic and sometimes long discussions lead to better solutions. Your suggestion that juniors need to play more games is not actually correct, training is more important than games for junior development. And we nee...

There may be some merit in a zonal based junior competition followed by playoffs but I don't see that as preferable overall to the senior-junior aligned proposal or even how things are now, apart from travel convenience. Football is not a zonal concept and FFSA needs to work with all clubs not geogr...

Always interesting to see how people interpret or maybe like to interpret things. I am not saying junior results (and league standings) are the only measure of quality/merits of a junior program, it is just one of several measures. My example of White City juniors is indicative only (for simplicity,...

Let me clarify my position. My suggestion is if we are to support the proposal to align the seniors and juniors, in line with FFA preference, then I think the senior teams need to be evaluated and play either PL or SL also based on junior outcomes, not simply their own season performance. Based on t...

A substantive change to a competition structure or operations usually has pros and cons. What needs to be considered is the net benefit of the proposal and whether it can be made to work, ie if the issues can be overcome in a constructive way, without sustained disadvantage. An example of an offset ...

14A results

Comets 3 Cove 0
Cumberland 0 Adel City 0
Croydon 2 Campbelltown 2

14B

West Adel 2 ABE 1

Unfortunate for players who wished to stay at Metros but will now need to find new clubs unless they make the PL team. I guess Metrostars is trying to manage space and resources, and maybe decided to focus efforts on top level players. There will be a revenue loss if say 45 players leave but maybe t...

U14A

City player or comets player sent off?

Adel City player, fair call by ref, very late on and Comets unable to capitalise.

Comets a tad fortunate to get the draw actually.

U14A Comets 2-2 Adel City, tight tense game, a red card near end, good resolve by both sides, some un-necessary external issues marred the game (notably Adel City linesman, should not do the job with that kind of attitude, ref ordered him be replaced, first time I have seen that in many years...), s...

U14A Comets 2 Raiders 0, excellent quality game decided by two free kick goals, expertly refereed by a young ref. Other U14A results Enfield 4 Croydon 2 Birkalla 0 Campbelltown 1 Cove 2 Adel City 1 U15A Comets 1 Adel City 0 U13B Comets 4 Playford 4, Playford coming back from 4-1 down; WA 7 Toros 0. ...

Heard that Adel City def Western Strikers 3-2 in the 14s semi, with Strikers being the dominant & pressing side for most of the game but credit to Adel City as they got the goals to win in extra time, a very notable effort coming from winning the Kanga Cup in Canberra.

Maybe you can out her a little by mentioning the game details, club she belongs to and how she showed this disrespect, the only way some people will learn. I also know crowd marshalls can be less than useful in many instances, tend to worry more about the other team and the game than what their own ...

Pitch sizes and goals do vary even in the same division and it is up to the teams to check these out if concerned and confirm their agreement to play, verifying with ref if necessary. We have played Metros and Croydon on grounds that to me are smaller than ideal for 14s (but assumedly meet the minim...

Great effort by AC to win the 14s Kanga Cup, agree Mario Boffa doing a good job given he had to re-make a team, by the scores it seems maybe the competition was not as strong as the local JPL 14A (where City are third) but results can be misleading too. No doubt a wonderful tournament experience for...

U14A JPL Comets 3 def Western Strikers 2 @ Ellis Park, good hard-fought game, both sides had several scoring opportunities, spells of pressure, and showed their mettle, Strikers missed a penalty (saved by goalie) at 2-2 then Comets created a nicely worked goal and held on resolutely. Game attracted ...