Adelaide United

[southern]

I thought ffa /ffsa had a hot weather policy 36 + need to play games to finish before 11am or play after 5pm.
If game goes on as scheduled, then again, as usual they do not practise what they preach??

FFA/FFSA have a NATIONAL policy like that!! A national policy that not even they can comply with! What are the clubs supposed to do now when it's hot? Look at wet bulbs or comply with the NATIONAL heath policy???
Why for the WLeague now they talk about wet bulb and for local Prems the rules are different and they look at the Advertiser???? What is this CRAP???? Will they understand that the game in ONE and at any level the rules have to be the same, men, women, local, national....?

[neits/burgo/shadow]

Both teams will be fine. I played in 47 degree whether a couple of months ago on a friday and then again that sunday. my teammates and myself all survived just fine! when uv been training at the intensity im sure the girls have been they will be preapared to go 90min in the heat. Refs will add in a few water breaks to help out.

GOODLUCK THIS WEEKEND GIRLS! get that much needed W

Dont forget that the college leagues have pretty much have free interchange. I am sure that would have helped a lot. And dont get me wrong, I am also sure that some players could last a whole game in that weather at ur school gianna, but I wuld also be sure that some could not with out the option of interchange.

[lollipop]

ok neits...

GOODLUCK

[Red-4-Life]

Lady Reds - 0
Mariners - 6

[batumgoesthedynamite]

terrible result

twice we have lost 6-0 this season.

also lost to the mariners at home twice 6-0 in both seasons, surely the gap between them and us isnt that big.

[themagnet]

terrible result


also lost to the mariners at home twice 6-0 in both seasons, surely the gap between them and us isnt that big.

going by todays performance it is

[Red-4-Life]

Defence needs a massive reshuffle. Some need to be dropped and others promoted. They attacked well towards the end but it wasnt enough obviously. should have started like that.

[Benni Stogolo]

Dont blame the defence when the midfield didnt
check back to help out and their forwards were
coming through in droves...

Oh and those duds from Qld stop flying them in, its
a waste of money...

The only reshuffle there is that Barnett is out of
his depth with this league. Its not the same as
coaching mens football, and you dont ask your players
to write an essay on the previous weeks game on why
you are 1-2 up then draw 3-3... Why should the girls
put themselves in a bad position against their own team
mates. He would never had got his Metro stars to do that...

Mike if you read this take resposibility for your teams actions...

[John Cena]

as i have said before...give the job to a womans premier league coach who knows the players from all teams and will play his best team every week...i feel sorry for the players......unfortunately was a very sad result.......

[Red-4-Life]

passing today was average too

[Joe Bloggs]

Seriiously if you think these players can match it with the likes of Central Coast & Sydney your all dreamin.What a sad reflection of our local talent Bexis, player of the year in the local competition, yet cant even hold the ball up, doesnt know when/where to run omg. The passing today was woeful.The reality is what players have we/are we producing in this state? Each team has Matildas present, do we have any, not a single one.Yes Macca is on the fringe but today she was poor, at least 4 goals were her fault. Did you really expect anything different this year with this group? Unless they are able to train/play together for 9 months of the year, like the other teams, the difference in quality is miles apart.

[slazenger]

Maybe players shouldn't be given contracts for a whole season because once they receive that contract, they have no competition for that position. They're already in the team, they've already received free clothes, why should they work any harder? Their position isn't in any jeopardy unless they get injured. Players have become complacent with their ability because they have no threats. Bring in threats and they'll start working harder.
Likewise, I'd assume those that aren't contracted don't work very hard at training because they know there's no chance of being contracted. You may say people shouldn't train to get into teams but they should train to become a better player, but the realistic thing is, players train hard when they know there's a possibility of having recognition for their efforts. The recognition being selection in teams. The attitude by both contracted and non-contracted players doesn't make for a very appealing training environment and reflects on the team's results.

Print out a blank team sheet every week and tell the players to fill out the positions themselves. Those that train poorly, don't play. This way there's no guarantee they'll be playing the following week. Sure you need continuity each week with the same team but you also need competition for those positions. This would see an increase in intensity during trainings and games.
When players go on camps, they're constantly worrying about making a mistake and impressing the coaches. That doesn't happen here in South Australia. We need to take a page out of the Eastern state's book and start training and playing with purpose.

[gubs]

Well maybe the train-on/non-contracted players arent good enough players to push the first 11/contracted players. Non-contracted players are there to do a job and make the contracted players get the best out of the sessions but clearly that isnt happening

[Red-4-Life]

promote young players to pressure the ones in the current squad now. Better to look to the future

[Joe Bloggs]

The only reshuffle there is that Barnett is out of
his depth with this league. Its not the same as
coaching mens football, and you dont ask your players
to write an essay on the previous weeks game on why
you are 1-2 up then draw 3-3... Why should the girls
put themselves in a bad position against their own team
mates. He would never had got his Metro stars to do that...

Mike if you read this take resposibility for your teams actions...

Hahahah, what a load of shit, of course Mick wouldnt ask his Metro players to write an essay, they know what their doing you idiot! Maybe him & ritchie asked the girls to see if they had a basic understanding of what went wrong by conceeding 2 late goals. The way i see it they have played quite well for 5 out of the 7 games & have been competitive. Obviously the top 4 teams have many matildas + have added either Danish/american imports to bolster their squads, what resources to AU have..nothing. Its not the girls fault, its the womane's game here in SA. What coaching are at the grassroots level are they getting, thats where the real problem lies,not blaming these girls, the whole system needs an overhaul. From what i've seen there is only 4 players up to National League standard & physically the girls are way behind whats required. Ive even heard some of them cant get more than8 or 9 on a beep test OMG..thats woeful.

[themagnet]

promote young players to pressure the ones in the current squad now. Better to look to the future

or stop relying on such young players and find some more mature girls that can cope with the physicality of the league. 15-17 yr olds cant be expected to compete week in week out against far more mature teams.

[Red-4-Life]

some may be able to, some may not be able to. i know one that can.

[Unretired]

promote young players to pressure the ones in the current squad now. Better to look to the future

or stop relying on such young players and find some more mature girls that can cope with the physicality of the league. 15-17 yr olds cant be expected to compete week in week out against far more mature teams.

There has been no 15-17 year olds playing yet....

The team that has been on the park every week is 18 years or older.

[Red-4-Life]

Angela Fimmano is 17 and shes played most games. Others have been away on international duty for the last month or so.

[Unretired]

She has been playing off the bench but what Im trying to say is that the majority of the players on the park are 18 years and older. The average age of the team is 21.

So age has nothing to do with it.....

How much older do you want the team to be...


The average age last year was 26 and they still came bottom...

[Red-4-Life]

yeah fair enough. its clear theres problems, and they need to be fixed. at least try to avoid the wooden spoon again. Can you imagine if they took a point from Brisbane? or even won...

But realistically, look to next season and make some changes.

[billy the kid]

Again....How can you put together a team (local or national league) in only a few weeks before the season and expect results.

If we are serious about the W-League here then it needs to change

[Red-4-Life]

they need a proper pre-season, not just the local prem league. they need to sign most of their players in time for pre season so they can all gel in trial matches and learn how to play as a unit come the W-League season. this season players were signed pretty late just before the season.

[SAD GAL]

Bloomin Simple isn't it..so why won't it work? here are a couple of reasons:

SASI won’t release players to do a pre-season with A Utd
Clubs will whinge and moan about “their players”
FFSA will have to bring in another rule that precludes Ad Utd from having players before the local season ends

If players cannot get together months beforehand with the sole objective of developing a cohesive and professional unit, we will fade away into oblivion. Sad but true. Coaches will come and go however, its rally not their fault. The same will happen whomever comes into eh coaches seat.

To be honest from the games I have seen, the former National League poops all over it. Why? Most of the players were from the local NTC (SASI, NSWIS, etc) squads and were part of a cohesive unit that trained and played all year round. Its not that the other teams were great. It was that Adelaide was ordinary.

The squad for next year should be considered at the end of the current w-league season. The National body should; get together and if they ant to see it grow and get credibility then the standard needs to lift. Its appalling.

This has been the case last eyar and this year. Read past posts.

No more finger pointing. Time for change. we deserve better and so do the players.

[Red-4-Life]

AU's squad is pretty much a local premier league outfit whereas other clubs have foreign players as well as matilda's in their squads, what Adelaide lacks both of and i think money is an issue there. There are definately players who bust their guts everyweek but unfortunately we cant rely on them to win us games on their own, everyone needs to step up! This week vs Brisbane will be very hard especially on the road but if somehow, they can take a point, that will be a great effort. 3 games left, try getting at least 4 points and beat Sydney in the last home game to end the season on a high. There's definately potential but it has to be put to practice. I'll support them win-lose or draw, but some goals to celebrate at Hindmarsh would be nice!

[southern]

Maybe the FFSA season should finish early to leave more time for AU to become cohesive? But I think this year AU has trained together for a looong time, players know each other well, so why the team wasn't ready until last? It's not an excuse to say that they had to put together a team just before the season because it's not true! They were trialling in April!

[Joe Bloggs]

Look, until they get the players to train/play together 6 days a week like the interstate programs the improvement is minimal. They may have been training since April-May but what's 1 night a week going to do. Also the limited involment of the SASI players makes it impossible to gel the team until 1) the local competition finishes & 2) SASi finishes their committments as well. Its not rocket science! As i said before all parties involved in the decision making of the women's game need to get together sooner rather than later to set a strategy for the next 5-10 years, otherwise the game is doomed