Playing during Ramadan doesn't mean it's disadvantage to players fasting. Sportsmen, Army etc have some leeway during that month. (PS: Egypt almost drove Israel out of the way in 73 during Ramadan conflict).
Franchise system has no collor or culture, it's a business system. It works if the management of such a franchise system is good.
(Ps: Our own IPL is one of the most successful franchise system in sports let alone dominate international Cricket)
Fuck you @7Negi, might as well get that off the bat. As if MLS or the A-League are the reasons for the struggles of the United States and Australia. None of you guys actually follow football in these countries yet you feel entitled to comment on them just because you feel it will fit your anti-ISL agenda.
The MLS guys on the US national team are doing well. Ironically it was Geoff Cameron and Tim Ream, a Premier League player and a Championship player, who messed up against Costa Rica. Christian Pulisic, who plays for Borussia Dortmund, was off his game. Darlington Nagbe, of the Portland Timbers in MLS, actually added a spark to our game. Matt Besler, an MLS only player, was one of our better defenders against Honduras after we dropped Cameron. Acosta and Morris also had good games and are young players in MLS who have room the grow. We are not helped however by having Bruce Arena as head coach.
Australia has struggled for a variety of reasons not related to the A-League. Two glaring ones are head coach Ange Postecoglou refusing to drop players who are not playing like Brad Smith and not call up a guy who is playing regularly abroad such as Aziz Becich. You also have guys who are regulars on Australia who fucked up by going to China. China has not helped their development. Trent Sainsbury is the best Aussie defender and he is trapped in China and doesn't play whereas before he was a regular in the Netherlands. Mathew Spiranovic is in Chinese League One! Ange also refuses to change tactics. His refusal to change costed Australia points in Iraq and Thailand, games Australia should have won which would have sent them to the World Cup. The team also lacks a clinical striker. Tomi Juric and Jamie MacLaren are still finding their feet in Europe and will take time. Both are A-League products btw, as are guys like Mat Ryan (Brighton), Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield), Tom Rogic (Celtic), and Matt Leckie (Hertha).
Also we shouldn't be talking. Australia had 5 wins, 4 draws, and only 1 defeat in the qualifiers and that was 2-0 away in Japan, only failing to get into the World Cup directly on goal difference and a point off of Japan. That to after a good Confederations Cup which they got into from winning the Asian Cup two years ago.
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Probably they have improved a lot since 2009
They have proper league structure
16 teams first division with Pro/rel and even have good fan culture and Ultras group
Check recent Copa 90 video on Ultras in Syria
They had confronce based system with 18 games per team now changed to 30 games excluding cup games
Also not playing foreigners has helped them a lot
Playing during Ramadan doesn't mean it's disadvantage to players fasting. Sportsmen, Army etc have some leeway during that month. (PS: Egypt almost drove Israel out of the way in 73 during Ramadan conflict).
Franchise system has no collor or culture, it's a business system. It works if the management of such a franchise system is good.
(Ps: Our own IPL is one of the most successful franchise system in sports let alone dominate international Cricket)
The MLS guys on the US national team are doing well. Ironically it was Geoff Cameron and Tim Ream, a Premier League player and a Championship player, who messed up against Costa Rica. Christian Pulisic, who plays for Borussia Dortmund, was off his game. Darlington Nagbe, of the Portland Timbers in MLS, actually added a spark to our game. Matt Besler, an MLS only player, was one of our better defenders against Honduras after we dropped Cameron. Acosta and Morris also had good games and are young players in MLS who have room the grow. We are not helped however by having Bruce Arena as head coach.
Australia has struggled for a variety of reasons not related to the A-League. Two glaring ones are head coach Ange Postecoglou refusing to drop players who are not playing like Brad Smith and not call up a guy who is playing regularly abroad such as Aziz Becich. You also have guys who are regulars on Australia who fucked up by going to China. China has not helped their development. Trent Sainsbury is the best Aussie defender and he is trapped in China and doesn't play whereas before he was a regular in the Netherlands. Mathew Spiranovic is in Chinese League One! Ange also refuses to change tactics. His refusal to change costed Australia points in Iraq and Thailand, games Australia should have won which would have sent them to the World Cup. The team also lacks a clinical striker. Tomi Juric and Jamie MacLaren are still finding their feet in Europe and will take time. Both are A-League products btw, as are guys like Mat Ryan (Brighton), Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield), Tom Rogic (Celtic), and Matt Leckie (Hertha).
Also we shouldn't be talking. Australia had 5 wins, 4 draws, and only 1 defeat in the qualifiers and that was 2-0 away in Japan, only failing to get into the World Cup directly on goal difference and a point off of Japan. That to after a good Confederations Cup which they got into from winning the Asian Cup two years ago.
Pfft, blaming the franchise system. Piss off.