11 January 2009

W League - Canberra United qualify for the Grand Final

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Well our gals are into the final (beat Newcastle Jets 1-0).

Hopefully Sydney can beat QLD on Sunday so we get a home GF.

If that does happen, it better be at Bruce Stadium.

UPDATE: And here’s video of the score!

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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?

Nambucco Deliria11:25 am 12 Jan 09

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

Nambucco Deliria9:42 am 12 Jan 09

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.

Holden Caulfield8:52 am 12 Jan 09

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.

Nambucco Deliria11:12 pm 11 Jan 09

But why do people want an A-League side? I keep asking this question on various websites but no-one seems to be able to give me an answer. The standard of football in the A-League is woeful as it is – how is expanding the league going to make things any better? Why would football fans want to pay good money to see third rate players – remember, the A-League’s stupid salary cap regulations mean you’ll only ever see the genuinely third rate, unproven or over the hill playing here?
It seems to me that the whole campaign is merely a vehicle for Ivan Slavich and his band of local wannabes to attain some sort of notoriety.

I’m hoping that the a-league team (if we get one) will be called Canberra Utd, and wear the green that the girls wear. But I’m sure there’s some marketing team somewhere dreaming up some naff name and trendy colour scheme.

d’oh…

i rekkun it is a fillip ’cause it raises the profile of football in the act, berraboy sagely notes… and apologies for my lack of typing skills to make the whole of that last bit italicised, i promise, it will never</i. happen again, i really promise! ; )

Oh, well! There goes that idea ….

I heard on the radio that Qld beat Sydney on penalties. Unfortunately the final will be held in Brisbane.

Go Girls! This is great for ACT football.

Nambucco Deliria6:00 pm 11 Jan 09

Astrojax – Why is this a filip for an A-League side? Does that mean that because Adelaide came bottom of the absurdly short W-League season (why only ten matches in the ‘home and away’ section?) that their A-League side is in danger of having it’s license revoked? How are the two competitions linked?

I’m up for a bit of cheering next week, astro, if it goes that way!

i watched the game – good ol’ aunty! – and while bare stats will tell you ‘castle had the bulk of possession and more time around the canberra goal, our girls always looked much better and really should have had two, if only sykes (i think?) knocked a square ball across to her unmarked teammate instead of trying to punch it past the excellent ‘castle ‘keeper (actually, both ‘keepers were close to player of the match), it would have sealed victory with a wad of time to spare.

good effort, neither queensland nor sydney will hold much fear for them (in fact, go sydney today and we’ll get to host it! can’t see that happening, though) so we’ve as good a shot as anyone to waltz away with the inaugural title – what a coup that’d be a fillip for an a-league side. in fact, just getting thisfar and having the support at the ground yesterday can’t have done the a-league hopes any harm…

good luck! what granny said! ; )

…if we do</i., perchance, host, what say a riot-act cheer squad at the ground next week??

You go, girls!! Best of luck for the Grand Final – you are doing us proud!

Nambucco Deliria2:53 pm 11 Jan 09

Are you saying this was posted by a moose head?

Nambucco Deliria10:52 am 11 Jan 09

“Canberra United make qualify”

I’ve been going to football since 1973 and I’ve never heard this expression.

I suppose this also means that Eamon Flanagan will be saying that this proves that Canberra should have an A-League side over on the Capital Football Website.

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