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#ProRelforAus

[Paddy @paddygerry]

Next time you question why the ALM is where it is today, remember the league has spent 24 years (and counting) INSISTING these scenes in these ⚽️ grounds are beneath it.

In 24/25 Bris Roar will once again pay ~$2 million to play in front of 50'000 empty seats next season.

[Pietro Cosenza @pieman_78]

Game on at BT Connor Reserve between Preston and South Melbourne. Packed terraces, smoking and drinking on the terraces, plenty of colourful language. Proper old school football night. Love it. #AustraliaCup

[Mick Attarian @pmens72]

If @smfc pay this they are fools.
Especially with incompetent morons running the game

[Paddy @paddygerry]

@Sotirios1990 @SMEMUFC As Heidelberg proved last year the gap between AL and NPL is disappearing over time.

Give it a few more years and the negotiating position of NPL/Aus Championship clubs becomes much greater.

Dont get conned by APL into joining their mess

[Paddy @paddygerry]

@SMEMUFC @smfcmike @TheAustral61453 If APL are that desperate to sort the tarniet licence out they should be coming to Souths and offering them the licence free.

And then there would still be huge Q marks about the benefit of all this to Souths.
If this went bad it would be entirely predictable

[SM Pete @SMEMUFC]

@TheAustral61453 I would not think so. Important to note APL approached #SMFC, not the other way around.

If the financials don’t add up, stick to the current plan of #AusChampionship & #OFCProLeague.

[Paddy @paddygerry]

@tas_zaf @smfcmike @StanBoukas1 @smfc 7k avg is only (maybe) profitable with a CCM level squad spend. Yet to hit 7k they would need to be getting Auckland level results... Incredible risk and this is before you even talk licence fee - Would be a mistake on Souths part NPL is growing AL is dying. Wait for right moment

[Adam Peacock @adampeacock3]

It’s these people, and those at NPL clubs, who are the backbone.
The backbone deserves some answers.

[Paddy @paddygerry]

@bawv1959 Give it 2 weeks max we will have an article blaming Aus Championship for FA financial woes

[Blue and White Views @bawv1959]

Just a thought, I wonder if the FFA's write offs for APL debt pale in comparison to their Aus Championship spend...

[Paddy @paddygerry]

@SMEMUFC Paramount single handedly drawing out this slow motion car crash

[Paddy @paddygerry]

This whole article is AI generated slop embarrassing @kevinperry

Every irritating line refers to the A-League as "the sport". The sport is doing just fine!

[Kevin Perry @kevinperry]

Is this the worst Television Broadcast Deal in Australian Sporting History?. Read More: https://t.co/wU9lcNdUNe

[Paddy @paddygerry]

@AllanRileyy 😂😂😂

[Adam Howard @adamOsaussies]

People are like “let’s spend 10s of millions on homes of football, boutique stadiums, marquee players, websites” yet in the same breath will claim we can’t afford to implement the system which organically attracts investment at all levels while increasing the value of lower tiers

[Paddy @paddygerry]

@FabClemm394 Not what i said, but you just keepthe faith in the AL mate im sure itll work out.

[Paddy @paddygerry]

Some AL clubs are posting +$10'000'000 annual losses. relegation would be a financial repreive.

[Ticket @FabClemm394]

@DeathNsl It is the most ridiculous topic on soccer Twitter. Relegation will not work in for the A-LEAGUE, we can't even sustain what we got. Imagine WSW being relegated this year, where would they go, how much money would they lose.

[Paddy @paddygerry]

@NickGalatas @aleaguemen @FootballAUS @thepfa @jacksongs I dont know Nick, building next season's draw "around major rivalries in key timeslots at tier one venues" is an untested strategy that I think has some legs

[Paddy @paddygerry]

I can help!

- TV deal is more of a TV giveaway
- Western arent coming back
- Canberra aren't coming in

TIP: A helpful tool to predict these things is simply watching 5 mins of a WSW home game. Pretty good indicator of where things are at.

[.\nthony Vescio @vesh88]

A-League has four rounds left before finals.. Tv deal is up. No deal yet announced. Nothing announced if Western are coming back. If the Canberra bid will be in, which would play a big role in new tv deal.
What's going on????

[Paddy @paddygerry]

A sad, inevitable and entirely predictable ending incoming for the mariners.

The same existential problems that face the mariners apply to numerous other AL clubs. Canberra and Nix next.

[Ray Gatt @Gatty54]

What a bloody mess.
The Mariners are on the ropes.
It’s a disgrace.
The people involved should hold their heads in shame.
It’s one disaster to another.
And the fans have been treated like mugs.
Unless there’s a savior out there I think the club could be in serious trouble

[Paddy @paddygerry]

@DavidMohr5 @au_sport Western v Bulls got 300 to a game once (at Leichhardt Oval on a weeknight)

[Paddy @paddygerry]

Hmmm another developer using WU as means to secure council land for 'multi-billion' $ development? Sounds about right💰

Word of advice to AL media folk: maybe exercise caution before celebrating this news. Or one better, ponder if Western 'surviving' is even good for AL at all!

[Paul Mavroudis @PaulMavroudis]

"Major lender Johnson Controls is set to pay the required $15.5 million to cover the ATO debts.

In the morning's hearing, it was also noted Lederer Group Pty Ltd had proposed to step in further funding."
https://t.co/wasnT8cRHz

[Paddy @paddygerry]

@FrancisAwartefe Incredible reach Francis.